A Guide to the J. Rives Childs Papers
A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9256-g
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
J. Rives Childs Papers, Accession #9256-g, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
The collection was acquired on April 15, 1974 as a gift from Mr. Childs.
Scope and Content Information
This addition to the J. Rives Childs collection consists of general and Casanova related correspondence, numerous photographs of his Near East consular activities and personal photographs, as well as a variety of miscellaneous material such as newspaper clippings, printed material, family pedigrees, diaries and scrapbooks. Of special note are a United States map of 1820 and a xerox copy of a signed letter by Casanova dated April, 1798.
Arrangement
This collection is filed according to subject.
Contents List
6 items
15 items
4 items
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Certificate of Distinction from Lynchburg Public High School to Lucy H. Brown 1873 June 30
- 3 Diplomas of Lucy H. Brown from Lynchburg Public High School 1874 June 26
- Diploma of John Wesley Childs from Lynchburg Public High School 1910 June 13
- Childs' M.A. diploma from Harvard 1915 June 24
- Certificate of thanks to America for the Refugee Kitchin Wassiti Ostroff, Petrograd 1922 Aug 22
- Certificate of thanks to America for the Orphan Children's Relief Station 1922
- Certificate of thanks to America for the Orphan Children's Home 1923 Feb
- Certificate of Childs' appointment to Consul, class 7 1923 Oct 6
- Certificate of Childs' appointment to Foreign Service Officer, class 8 1924 Jul 1
- Certificate of Childs' appointment to Foreign Service Officer, class 8 1924 Dec 20
- Membership certificate of Mrs. Lucy Brown Childs to the Daughters of the American Revolution 1925 Apr 16
- Certificate appointing Childs consul to Bucharest, Rumania 1925 May 4
- Certificate appointing Childs Foreign Service Officer, class 7 1929 May 23
- Certificate appointing Childs Secretary in the Diplomatic Service 1930 Feb 17
- Certificate appointing Childs consul to Cairo, Egypt 1930 Oct 1
- Certificate appointing Childs Foreign Service Officer, class 6 1931 Dec 17
- Certificate appointing Childs Foreign Service Officer, class 5 1935 Oct 1
- Certificate appointing Childs Foreign Service Officer, class 5 1936 Jan 18
- Certificate appointing Childs Foreign Service Officer, class 4 1939 Nov 16
- Certificate appointing Childs Foreign Service Officer, class 4 1940 Jan 13
- Certificate appointing Childs consul to Tangier, Morocco 1940 Dec 23
- Certificate appointing Childs Foreign Service Officer, class 3 1942 Feb 20
- Certificate appointing Childs Consul General 1944 Apr 25
- Certificate appointing Childs Foreign Service Officer, class 1 1946 Feb 1
- Certificate appointing Childs Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Saudi Arabia 1946 Apr 27
- Certificate awarding honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters to Childs from Randolph-Macon College 1955 Feb 3
- Certificate from Ordre de Chevaliers Ju vieux Moulin honoring Childs 1959 Jan 24
- Certificate of Childs' membership in La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tasteuin 1961 Jun 17
- Certificate to Childs expressing thanks from Petersburg, Russia Deaf and Dumb Institution n.d.
- Photograph of Childs n.d.
- Photograph of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia n.d.