A Guide to the Papers of J. Rives Childs 1904-1967 Childs, J. Rives, Papers 9256-b

A Guide to the Papers of J. Rives Childs 1904-1967

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Accession number

9256-b

Title

Papers of J. Rives Childs 1904-1967

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 19,000 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of J. Rives Childs, Accession #9256-b , Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Library by Mr. Childs, Nice, France, on November 4, 1969.

Processing Information

Mr. Childs' general papers were offered to the University of Virginia in 1969 as Randolph-Macon College, which had some of his papers, felt it did not have sufficient library space and staff to handle the large collection. Foreign Service Farewell was published by the University Press of Virginia, located in Charlottesville, and this gave an additional tie.

The papers were packed at Mr. Childs' home in Nice and shipped to the University. Here they have been sorted and arranged in the order that seemed most usable.

Biographical/Historical Information

James Rives Childs was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on February 6, 1893. He attended Virginia Military Institute (1909-1911), and received his B.A. from Randolph-Macon College in 1912. In 1915 he recieved a master's degree from Harvard. He served during the First World War in military intelligence and as liaison officer of radio intelligence with the French and British War offices. After the war, he worked in the Soviet Union with the A.R.A., and headed the relief operations in the Tartar Republic. Mr. Childs entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1923, and was stationed during his long career primarily in the Middle East. Among his many posts were Ambassadorships to Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Ethiopia. He is the author of numerous books and articles. Among his published works are The American Foreign Service , Casanoviana , Reliques of the Rives , Restif de la Bretonne: ses critiques et sa bibliographie , and a memoir, Foreign Service Farewell .

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains manuscripts for Child's books Behind the Scenes of History, Foreign Service Farewell, The Buried Life, Operation Torch, Satan's Redezvous, Casanoviana, and over 40 articles.

The foreign service materials include memoranda, correspondence, dispatches, speeches, pamphlets, invitations, scrapbooks, photographs, press releases, reports and documents for Rives's career in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Ethiopia. There are materials from Rives's service in military intelligence during the first world war, and with the American Relief Administration in the Tartar republic.

The papers also contain personal correspondence from 1904-1967, genealogical material, and travel diaries.

Contents List

Box 1

Behind the Scenes of History by J. Rives Childs n.d.

TMs, pt. 1, 412 pp.; pt. 2, 407 p.,

Box 2

Foreign Service Farewell: Thirty Years in the Near East by J. Rives Childs n.d.

TMs, 298 pp. and 15 pages of footnotes

Box 2

Drafts of his autobiography--no title n.d.

TMs, 470 pp.

Box 2

Account with Ambulance Service n.d.

TMs, 16 pp.

Box 3

Satan's Rendezvous by J. Rives Childs n.d.

TMs, 277 pp.

Box 3

The Buried Life by J. Rives Childs n.d.

TMs, 221 pp.

Box 3

poems (no title) by J. Rives Childs n.d.

TMs, 63 pp.

Box 4

Correspondence 1951-1963

44 letters

Box 4

Confidential notes and dispatches 1941-45

6 items

Box 4

Correspondence 1955-56

6 items

Publishers to Writers' Service

Box 4

Operation Torch: An object lesson in diplomacy by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 248 pp.

Box 4

Operation Torch: An object lesson in diplomacy by J.R.C. n.d.

Photostated copy of TMs, 252 pp.

Box 5

Materials n.d.

re Childs' writings

Box 5

Correspondence with publishers 1916-1927

50 items

Box 5

Miscellaneous poetry

Typed, printed, and Ms., 13 items

Box 5

"Gastronomica Americana" by Henry Filmer [J.R.C.] n.d.

TMs, 6 pp.

Box 5

"Some Historical Background of the Anglo-Italian Accord" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 22 pp.

Box 5

"What Woodrow Wilson means to me" n.d.

TMs, 10 pp.

Box 5

"Pages of History from Irun to Barcelona" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 31 pp.

Box 5

no title n.d.

TMs, 4 pp.

Box 5

"A Modest Proposal for Eliminating Depressions" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 6 pp.

Box 5

"Some Social Aspects of Government Economy" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 11 pp.

Box 5

Joke letter to Republican National Committee n.d.

TMs, 2 pp.

Box 5

"The Regulations Say Nothing of Life" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 10 pp.

Box 5

"Film Letter from France" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 3 pp.

Box 5

"Coincidences" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 6 pp.

box 5

"How the White House Correspondents Association Was Born" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 6 pp.

Box 5

"Woman as a Subject for Satire" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 37 pp.

Unpublished Fiction by Childs

Box 5
"Playing the Market" n.d.

TMs, 10 pp.
Box 5
"Game of Fortune" n.d.

TMs, 7 pp.
Box 5
no title n.d.

TMs, 2 pp.
Box 5
"Maje" n.d.

TMsS, 38 pp.
Box 5
"Maje" n.d.

TMs, 28 pp.
Box 5
"The Unkown Quantity" n.d.

TMsS, 8 pp.
Box 5
"Fuku" n.d.

TMs, 32 pp.
Box 5
prayer (no title) n.d.

TMs, 1 p.
Box 5
"To the Dead in France" n.d.

TMs poem, 1 p.
Box 5
short story (no title) n.d.

AMs, 12 pp.
Box 5
short story (no title) n.d.

AMs, 4 pp.
Box 5
"To a Woman" n.d.

TMs, poem, 1 p.
Box 5
anecdote (no title) n.d.

TMs, 1 p.
Box 5
"Pearl White" n.d.

TMs, 4 pp.
Box 5
"Failure" n.d.

TMs, 6 pp.
Box 5
no title n.d.

AMs, 49 pp.
Box 5
no title n.d.

AMs, 21 pp.

Box 5

Printed Reviews of Escape to Cairo ca. 1938

15 items

Box 5

Materials on Before the Curtain Falls

Box 5

Dust jacket of Before the Curtain Falls

Box 5

"Identity of Characters in Before the Curtain Falls " by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 2 pp.

Box 5

writing on the front and back flap of dust jacket n.d.

TMs, 2 pp., 2nd copy , 2 pp.

Box 6

Papers on Restif de la Bretonne

Typed, handwritten, and printed, 2 folders; 200 items

Casanova

Box 7
Contract on Casanova bibliography June 20, 1960

Printed contract, 3 pp.
Box 7
Casanova: A Biography by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 431 pp.
Box 7
The Ragged Edge by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 355 pp.
Box 8
"The Iconography of Casanova's Memoirs" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 11 pp.
Box 8
"Casanova et la Diplomatie" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 9 pp.
Box 8
"Casanova and Diplomacy" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 14 pp.
Box 8
"Dechiffrement d'une Oeurre anonyme de Jacques Casanova" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 14 pp.
Box 8
Casanova [French translation] by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 422 pp.
Box 8
Giacono Casanova de Seingalt by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 434 pp.

Confidential Materials on Childs' Tangier Consulate

Box 9
Childs to Secretary of State [Cordell Hull] November 17, 1943

TMs, 3 pp.
Box 9
Memorandum on Br. policy April 18, 1944

TMs, 8 pp.
Box 9
Childs to Henry H. Villard, Esq. January 10, 1945

TMs, 2 pp.
Box 9
Letter and memorandum of J.R.C. to the Secretary of State [Edward Stettinius] February 10, 1945

TMs, 7 pp.
Box 9
Memorandum of Morocco March 26, 1930

TMs, 28 pp.
Box 9
"Notebook on North African areas, esp. Morocco" by J.R.C. December 16, 1940

TMs, 132 pp.
Box 9
Materials from Tangier Consulate 1939-1945

27 items

including some correspondence and dispatches
Box 9
Photographs of Morocco n.d.

29 items

Palestine

Box 10
"Morocco, Egypt and Palestine", a speech by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 52 pp.
Box 10
Letters, memoranda, and articles 1925-1945

TMs & Printed, 24 items

re Palestine
Box 10
Notebook on Palestine ca. 1939

TMs, 143 pp.

Near East

Box 11
General Egyptian Information, Memoranda and Pamphlets

3 items
Box 11
Confidential Reports from Cairo ca. 1932
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to the Secretary of State [Henry L. Stimson] December 10, 1932

TMs, 5 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] June 7, 1932

TMs, 5 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] June 1, 1932

TMs, 9 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] December 29, 1932

TMs, 10 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary State, [Henry L. Stimson] January 9, 1933

TMs, 12 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] February 19, 1932

TMs, 7 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] March 16, 1932

TMs, 10 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Cordell Hull] April 13, 1932

TMs, 8 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] February 2, 1932

TMs, 4 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] January 14, 1932

TMs, 5 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] November 21, 1931

TMs, 5 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry L. Stimson] June 17, 1931

TMs, 6 pp.
Box 11
J.R.C. to Secretary of State, [Cordell Hull] September 8, 1973

TMs, 7 pp.
Box 11
________ to Secretary of State, [Cordell Hull] August 13, 1933

TMs, 7 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to J.R.C. February 15, 1935

TMs, 14 pp.
Box 11
W.M. Jardine to Secretary of State, [Henry Stimson] January 9, 1933

TMs, 10 pp.

The Suez Canal

Box 11
J.R.C. to Edwin C. Wilson March 31, 1938

TL, 7 pp.
Box 11
"A Selected Bibliography" on Egypt by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 13 pp.
Box 11
News Bulletin April 1, 1938

Printed Bulletin, 15 pp.
Box 11
Congressional Record June 13, 1938

Printed bulletin, 8 p.
Box 11
"The Suez Canal and League Sanctions" by Raymond L. Buell August 27, 1935

Printed pamplet, 17 pp.
Box 11
"The Suez Canal and The Outlook for Egypt" by Halford L. Hoskins February 1, 1944

Printed pamphlet, 10 pp.
Box 11
J.R.C. to Mr. Wynne March 10, 1939

TLS, 1 p. & reply
Box 11
"Italy and the Suez Canal" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 15 pp.
Box 11
"The Suez Canal" by J.R.C. April 6, 1939

TMs, 13 pp.

Egyptian Dispatches

Box 11
Letters ca. 1930-1940

TL, 32 items

Correspondence in Teheran

Box 11
Letters & Memoranda ca. 1934

TMsS, 29 items
Box 11
"Trans-Jordan: Borderland of History" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs (speech), 49 pp.
Box 11
"Trans-Caspia" by J.R.C. 1938 or 1939

TMs (lecture), 46 pp.
Box 11
"Iran" (speech) by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 21 pp.
Box 11
no title (speech on Iran) n.d.

TMs, 22 pp.
Box 11
no title (speech on choosing a profession) by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 7 pp.
Box 11
no title (speech on Palestine) by J.R.C. 1922

TMs, 55 pp. (three drafts, 2nd - 3 pp.; 34d - 4 pp.)
Box 11
"Cooperation in the Field between the State and Defense Departments" (speech) by J.R.C. Jan. 4, 1951

TMs, 19 pp.
Box 11
excerpts from speech "Coordinator of the Political and Military Branches of Government" n.d.

TMs, 7 pp.
Box 11
no title (Memorial Day Speech) by J.R.C. n.d.

AMs, 3 pp.

Near Eastern Materials

Ethiopia
- Box 12
  "Travel to the Blue Nile" by J.R.C. November 20, 1952
  
  TMs, 3 pp.
- Box 12
  "New United States Ambassador to Ethiopia presents Credentials . . ." May 19, 1951
  
  Printed article, 1 p.
- Box 12
  Imperial Invitation to dinner from Haile Sellassie September 6, 1951
  
  AMs, 1 p.
- Box 12
  Imperial Invitation to dinner from Haile Sellassie March 14, 1950
  
  AMs, 1 p.
- Box 13
  Imperial Invitation to dinner from Haile Sellassie October 7, 1952
  
  AMs, 1 p.
- Box 12
  Imperial Invitation to dinner from Haile Sellassie May 29, 1951
  
  AMs, 1 p.
- Box 12
  Imperial Invitation to dinner from Haile Sellassie June 13, 1951
  
  AMs, 1 p.
- Box 12
  Imperial Invitation to dinner from Haile Sellassie November 3, 1951
  
  AMs, 1 p.
- Box 12
  Ethiopian Visa
  
  Printed visa, 1 p.
Turkey
- Box 12
  "Turkey's International Political Committments" by J.R.C. n.d.
  
  TMs, 44 pp.
Miscellaneous Materials on the Middle East
- Box 12
  "When the Golden Rule Came to Jerusalem" by J.R.C. n.d.
  
  TMs
- Box 12
  "Cairo to Teheran by Automobile" March 24, 1934
  
  TMs, 14 pp.
- Box 12
  "H.I.M. Reza Shah Pahlavi" n.d.
  
  TMs, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  Travel itinerary n.d.
  
  TMs, 5 pp.
- Box 12
  Teheran n.d.
  
  Printed pamphlet, 7 pp.
Ambassadorship in Saudi Arabia
- Box 12
  no title (article on Jidda) n.d.
  
  TMs, 12 pp.
- Box 12
  Diplomatic List, Jidda, Saudi Arabia Jan. 15, 1948
  
  TMs, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  Diplomatic and Resident Foreigners, Jidda February 10, 1947
  
  TMs, 4 pp.
Miscellaneous Materials on King Ibn Saud
- Box 12
  Yousuf Yassin to Mr. Childs Jan. 23, 1950
  
  TL, 1 p. with translation
- Box 12
  Press release on Ibn Saud Jan. 27, [19__]
  
  TMs, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  Press release on a feast of Ibn Saud Jan. 23, [19__]
  
  TMs, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  Press release on Ibn Saud's visit to an American Oil Refinery Jan. 22, [19__)
  
  TMs, 5 pp.
- Box 12
  "The New Reign in Saudi Arabia" by J.B. Philby April 1954
  
  TMs, 11 pp. [copied from vol. 32, no. 3 of Foreign Affairs ]
- Box 12
  "Arabian Sun and Flares: Life of Ibn Saud" n.d.
  
  TMs, 8 pp.
- Box 12
  "Au banquet de petrole, Ibn Seoud menge, seul, un chameau de lait" February 25, 1947
  
  Printed article and picture, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  "Des Marchenkonig aus dem Morgenland" March 26, 1969
  
  Printed article and pictures, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  "Our Strangest Ally" by C.L. Sulzberger May 10, 1947
  
  Printed article and picture, 3 pp.
- Box 12
  "Deux Rois des Mille et une Nuits" June 25, 1952
  
  Printed article and pictures, 3 pp.
Visit of Amir Saud to the United States
- Box 12
  "Princeton University Visited by Amir Saud" Jan. 23, [19__]
  
  TMs, 1 p.
- Box 12
  "Prince Saud Visits U.N. Headquarters" Jan. 22, [19__]
  
  TMs, 1 p.
- Box 12
  "Amir Saud sees Texas Refinery" Jan. 27, [19__]
  
  TMs, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  "Amir Saud takes the Controls of a Constellation" Jan. 25, [19__]
  
  TMs, 1 p.
Saudi Arabia (general)
- Box 12
  "Reconnaissance in Saudi Arabia" n.d.
  
  Printed article, 12 pp.
- Box 12
  "Guest in Saudi Arabia" by Maynard Owen Williams n.d.
  
  Printed article, 27, pp.
General Materials on the Near East
- Box 12
  Memorandum on Lawrence of Arabia Jan. 10, 1939
  
  TMs, 3 pp.
- Box 12
  Memorandum on Moral Authority of the Arab Rebels Jan. 10, 1939
  
  TMs, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  Memorandum on Syrian Minister to France Jan. 12, 1939
  
  TMs, 2 pp.
- Box 12
  no title (article on Near East) n.d.
  
  TMs, 13 pp.
- Box 12
  J.R.C. to Henry A. Byroade Dec. 18, 1952
  
  TMs, 4 pp.
- Box 12
  La France et l'Iran by Jean Pozzi Jan. 1, 1937
  
  Printed pamphlet, 22 pp.
- Box 12
  Persian Painting 1552 A.D.
  
  Print, 1 p.
Box 12
Thirty Years in the Near East by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 235 pp.

Childs and the Foreign Service

Box 13
"Let's Stop Reforming the Foreign Service" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 7 pp., 2 drafts
Box 13
"For Sale: The American Foreign Service" by Henry Filmer [J.R.C.] n.d.

TMs, 14 pp.

Notices of Diplomatic Appointments

Box 13
Notice of appointment to Yemen August 22, 1946

1 p.
Box 13
Notice of promotion to position of Career Minister Feb. 3, 1947

2 pp.
Box 13
Notice of appointment to post at Saudi Arabia March 2, 1949

1 p.
Box 13
Notice of appointment to kingdom of Yemen January 13, 1947

1 p.
Box 13
Notice of appointment as Consul of Gilbraltar October 28, 1942

1 p.
Box 13
Notice of appointment to Ethiopia April 19, 1951
Box 13
Acceptance of Childs by George VI, signed by Anthony Eden Feb. 10, 1942

1 p.
Box 13
Notice of Childs' appointment of Consul General to Tangier May 8, 1942

1 p.
Box 13
Notice of promotion of Childs to class two August 12, 1944

1 p.
Box 13
Manuscript, in Arabic

Box 13

A Boy's Story of the Foreign Service n.d.

TMs, 215 pp.

Letters

re: Ethiopian Appointment

Box 13
From American Embassy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Imperial Ethiopian Government February 26, 1951

TMs
Box 13
Acheson to American Embassy at Addis Ababa Feb. 21, 1951

TL, 1 p.

Correspondence

re: Childs Resignation from the Foreign Service

Box 13
Bruce Acting to American Diplomatic Officers November 10, 1952

TL, 1 p.
Box 13
J.R.C. to Presidential Appointments Staff November 14, 1952

TL, 2 pp.
Box 13
J.R.C. to Mr. President Nov. 14, 1952

TL, 1 p.
Box 13
Robert [Bob] F. Woodward to Rives September 15, 1952

TLS, 1 p.

Memorandum for Improving the Foreign Service

Box 13
"Suggestion for Improving the Foreign Service and its Administration . . ." by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 13 pp. (3 drafts)
Box 13
no title November 14, 1944

AMS, 1 p.

re languages and the Foreign Service

Box 13

"The American Foreign Service" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 226 pp.

Box 13

"Foreign Service Farewell: My Years in the Middle East" n.d.

Printed draft, 184 pp.

Box 13

Childs' correspondence

18 items

re Foreign Service

Cyphers and Cryptography

Materials on German Cyphers and Codes
- Box 14
  "German Codes and Ciphers" by J.R.C. n.d.
  
  TMs, 10 pp.
- Box 14
  "The War Against German Ciphers" by J.R.C. n.d.
  
  TMs, 38 pp., 2 drafts
- Box 14
  German Military Ciphers November 1918
  
  TMs, 75 pp.
- Box 14
  ________ to Rives April 1961
  
  TL, 2 pp.
- Box 14
  Data for the Solution of German Ciphers 1917
  
  Printed pamphlet, 2 pp.
- Box 14
  "Transposition Ciphers used by the Germans" November 29, 1918
  
  TMs, 1 p.
- Box 14
  Friedmann to J.R.C. Dec. 9, 1959
  
  ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 14
  "War Intercepts" by David Kahn n.d.
  
  TMs, 78 pp.
- Box 14
  "Two Americans" by David Kahn n.d.
  
  TMs, 89 pp.
- Box 14
  "The History and Principles of German military ciphers" by J.R.C. n.d.
  
  TMs, 212 pp.

Materials on the Russian Famine

Box 15
"Red Days in Russia" by J.R.C. n.d.

TMs, 384 pp.
Box 15
American Relief Administration Bulletin January 1922

Mimegraphed bulletin, 39 pp.
Box 15
American Relief Administration Bulletin January 1923

Mimeographed bulletin, 86 pp.
Box 15
American Relief Administration Association Review January 1944

Printed magazine, 35 pp.
Box 15
American Relief Administration 1919

Printed magazine, 20 pp.
Box 15
Materials and impressions of the Russian Famine

40 items
Box 15
Childs' Russian Diary 1921-1923

TMs, 209 pp.

Russian Famine

Box 16
Childs' miscellaneous Russian papers

31 large items
Box 16
Congratulatory letters 1922-23

TMs, 10 items

re: ARA
Box 16
Scrapbook on the Russian Famine n.d.

96 pp.

Russian Documents

Box 17
"Persia and the Soviet Union, 1917-1934" by J. Rives Childs November 26, 1934

TMs, 373 pp.
Box 17
"Documents re: relations between Persia and Russia, 1828-1931" n.d.

TMs, 257 pp.
Box 17
"Report on the Central Volga Region" by J.R.C. August 7, 1926

TMs, 152 pp.
Box 17
The Evacuation of North Russia, 1919 1920

Published documents, 45 pp. & maps
Box 17
A. Nibin to Childs April 7, 1923

ALS, 3 pp.
Box 17
A. Flyne to Madam [Mrs. Childs] Nov. 2, [19__]

ALS, 4 pp.

Russia

Box 18
Miscellaneous articles and letters

20 items

re Soviet Russia
Box 18
Articles on Russia in the 1920s ca. 1920-1930

TMs, 10 items
Box 18
Mrs. Hallie Ermine Childs n.d.

Photograph
Box 18
Russian Currency

66 pieces
Box 18
Photographs of the Russian Famine ca. 1922

73 items
Box 18
Published articles ca. 1922

7 items

re the Russian Famine

Personal Correspondence with Family 1904-1915

Box 19
Correspondence 1904

2 items
Box 19
Correspondence 1908

1 item
Box 19
Correspondence 1909

39 items
Box 19
Correspondence 1910

44 items
Box 19
Correspondence 1911

25 items
Box 19
Correspondence 1912

3 items
Box 19
Correspondence 1913

28 items
Box 19
Correspondence 1914

3 items
Box 19
Correspondence 1915

12 items
Box 19
Correspondence 1914-15

52 items

Correspondence to Parents 1916-1925

Box 20
Correspondence 1916

4 items
Box 20
Correspondence 1917

5 items
Box 20
Correspondence 1918

16 items
Box 20
Correspondence 1919

31 items
Box 20
Correspondence 1920

45 items
Box 20
Correspondence 1921

67 items
Box 46 items
Correspondence 1922
Box 20
Correspondence 1923

11 items
Box 20
Correspondence 1924

47 items
Box 20
Correspondence 1925

15 items

Correspondence to Parents 1926-1945

Box 21
Correspondence 1926

20 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1927

30 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1928

34 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1929

44 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1930

20 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1931

44 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1932

23 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1933

29 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1934

21 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1935

25 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1935

25 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1936

19 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1937

1 item
Box 21
Correspondence 1938

1 item
Box 21
Correspondence 1939

1 item
Box 21
Correspondence 1939

1 item
Box 21
Correspondence 1940

1 item
Box 21
Correspondence 1941

22 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1942

27 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1943

31 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1944

27 items
Box 21
Correspondence 1945

15 items

Box 22

Correspondence to Parents n.d.

139 items

Personal Correspondence

Box 23
Letters ca. 1947

ALS, 3 items

re: Childs' mother's death
Box 23
Correspondence 1952-53

21 items

re: Childs' writings
Box 23
Correspondence with Alfred Dennis 1915-1918

16 items
Box 23
Correspondence 1964-1965

129 items

re: Mrs. G. Childs' death
Box 23
Correspondence 1952

7 items

re: the death of Mms. de Brylkine

Personal Correspondence (non-family) 1916-1953

Box 24
Correspondence 1916-1930

43 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1930-1933

44 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1934

27 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1935

17 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1936

14 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1937

29 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1938

19 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1939

11 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1940

12 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1941

3 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1942

2 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1943

5 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1944

13 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1945

23 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1946

9 items
Box 24
Correspondence s 1947

9 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1948

17 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1949

11 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1950

34 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1951

30 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1952

36 items
Box 24
Correspondence 1953

114 items

Correspondence to and from Friends (topics)

Box 25
re: Lawrenceville School ca. 1915

ALS & printed materials; 24 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1912

2 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1913

5 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1914

4 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1915

2 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1916

10 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1917

23 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1918

5 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1919

19 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1920

17 items
Box 25
Correspondence 1921

6 items
Box 25
Correspondence n.d.

30 items

Correspondence (general) 1954-1958

Box 26
Correspondence 1954

117 items
Box 26
Correspondence 1955

83 items
Box 26
Correspondence 1956

64 items
Box 26
Correspondence 1957

11 items
Box 26
Correspondence 1958

43 items

Correspondence (general) 1959-1965

Box 27
Correspondence 1959

42 items
Box 27
Correspondence 1960

65 items
Box 27
Correspondence 1961

69 items
Box 27
Correspondence 1962

105 items
Box 27
Correspondence 1963

107 items
Box 27
Correspondence 1964

47 items
Box 27
Correspondence 1965

98 items

Correspondence (general) 1965-1967

Box 28
Correspondence 1965

79 items
Box 28
Correspondence 1965

65 items
Box 28
Correspondence 1966

72 items
Box 28
Correspondence 1967

73 items
Box 28
Correspondence 1967

50 items

Casanova Correspondence 1952-1958

Box 29
Correspondence 1952

34 items
Box 29
Correspondence 1953

9 items
Box 29
Correspondence 1954

72 items
Box 29
Correspondence 1955

76 items
Box 29
Correspondence 1956

62 items
Box 29
Correspondence 1957

185 items
Box 29
Correspondence 1958

80 items

Casanova Correspondence 1959-1960

Box 30
Correspondence 1959

131 items
Box 30
Correspondence 1960

143 items
Box 30
Correspondence 1960

160 items

Casanova Correspondence 1961-1967

Box 31
Correspondence 1961

263 items
Box 31
Correspondence 1962

113 items
Box 31
Correspondence 1963

77 items
Box 31
Correspondence 1964-67

189 items

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Box 32
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence

36 items
Box 32
Correspondence of Childs with his mother-in-law 1922-1943

10 items
Box 32
Correspondence of Childs to hs fiancee, Georgina Klokatcheff 1922

15 items
Box 32
Correspondence of Georgina Klokatcheff, nee Georgina de Brylkine to J. Rives Childs 1922

6 items

Miscellaneous Non-personal Correspondence

Box 33
Rumanian Correspondence 1926-1930

20 items
Box 1923
Correspondence with Christian Science Monitor 1923

12 items
Box 33
Letters of recommendation 1909

12 items
Box 33
Letters of recommendation 1912

8 items
Box 33
Letters

19 items

re: teaching at Lawrenceville School
Box 33
Miscellaneous correspondence

116 items

Personal Life

Box 34
General Biographical Material on Childs n.d.

TMs, 3 items
Box 34
Special pamphlet on Childs April 12, 1919

1 item
Box 34
Miscellaneous hotel receipts

12 items
Box 34
Materials re: Childs' Military Tenure 1917-1919

59 items
Box 34
Childs' High School Grade Reports 1906-1908

Printed grade sheets, 2 items
Box 34
Correspondence 1936

27 items

re: Childs' illness
Box 34
List of children's books n.d.

1 item
Box 34
Notice of alternative acceptance to West Point July 26, 1910

1 p., 1 item
Box 34
Harvard materials ca. 1914-1915

5 items
Box 34
Materials n.d.

14 items

re: Virginia colleges
Box 34
College examinations n.d.

4 items
Box 34
Awards and certificates 1914-1960

4 items
Box 34
Foster parent participation 1950-52

6 items
Box 34
Materials 1914-1967

39 items

re: Childs' financial affairs
Box 34
Miscellaneous materials on personal life 1952

3 items
Box 34
Correspondence

30 items

re: Childs' resignation from the Foreign Service
Box 34
Correspondence with wife 1948

5 items

Travel Diaries

Box 35
Travel diaries ca. 1915-1918

15 items
Box 35
History of Romanticism (for Comparative Literature II) 1914-15

Ms (notebook), 144 pp.
Box 35
A. Hyne to Chere Madame [Mrs. Childs] Nov. 20, ____

ALS, 4 pp.
Box 35
[A. Nibin?] to Childs April 7, 1923

ALS, 3 pp.
Box 35
Catalogue of Russian Coins by J.R.C. ca. 1921-23

AMs, 68 pp.
Box 35
Vol 1. "A Cynic's Scrap Book: Being the Autobiography of a Cynic" by J.R.C. Oct. 1915

AMs, 100 pp.
Box 35
Vol 2. "American Ambulance [Service]: Neuilly" by J.R.C. Summer 1915

AMs, 100 pp.
Box 35
Vol 3. (Book II) "A Cynic's Scrap Book" (cont'd by J.R.C. Summer 1915

AMs, 100 pp.
Box 35
Vol 4. (Book III) "A Cynic's Scrap Book" (cont'd) by J.R.C. Nov. 28 1915-Jan. 13, 1916

AMs, 100 pp.
Box 35
Vol. 4 (Book IV) "A Cynic's Scrap Book" (cont'd) by J.R.C. Jan. 14, 1916-Feb. 16, 1916

AMs, 100 pp.
Box 35
Vols. 5-9 "A Cynic's Scrap Book" by J.R.C. n.d.
Box 35
Vol 10. Miscellaneous items ca. 1918

25 pp.
Box 35
Vol 11. Miscellaneous notes n.d.

AMs, 100 pp.
Box 35
Vol. 12 Miscellaneous notes n.d.

AMs, 18 pp.

Box 36

Miscellaneous Diaries 1913-1960

50 items

Genealogy of Rives, Early, Childs, Gee, Binns, Shands, Brown Families

Box 37
Blandford Old Church: Chapel of Ryves Family n.d.

Sketch, 1 p.
Box 37
Materials on Early Family 1896-1933

15 items
Box 37
Materials on Gee Family ca. 1931

5 items
Box 37
Supplements to Reliques of the Rives 1934-35

TMs, 2 items
Box 37
Correspondence 1929-1943

60 items

re: Reliques of the Rives
Box 37
Materials and Correspondence 1929-1945

46 items

re: the Rives Family
Box 37
Rives Family heirloom n.d.

Photograph, 1 item
Box 37
Miscellaneous Materials on British Rives Family

24 items
Box 37
Wills of Brown Family n.d.

2 items
Box 37
Short Family Tree of the deBrylkine Family n.d.

1 p.
Box 38
Materials on Childs Family n.d.

64 items
Box 38
Materials on miscellaneous Virginia families n.d.

43 items
Box 38
Materials on Filmer, Brown, Flournoz, Browne, Edwards, Binns, Adams, Green, Leftwich Families n.d.

16 items
Box 38
Materials on Wynne Family ca. 1965

Miscellaneous articles and materials on European Countries

Box 39
Newspaper clipping on sinking of Lusitania May 11, 1915

1 p.
Box 39
Anti-right, anti-business articles 1931-1933

Printed articles, 6 items
Box 39
Articles re: British Middle Eastern Policy ca. 1930s

Printed pamphlets, 3 items
Box 39
Death of George VI 1952

Printed pamphlets, 2 items
Box 39
to Mother re: conditions in Serbia May 6, 1919

TLS, 3 pp.
Box 39
Materials on Serbia 1919

2 items
Box 39
The Reichstag Fire 1934

Printed articles, 2 items
Box 39
Nazi Germany n.d.

Printed articles, 7 items
Box 39
Correspondene with Christian Science Monitor ca. 1927

27 letters

re: Rumania
Box 39
Miscellaneous articles by Childs on Rumania ca. 1927

20 items
Box 39
Articles on Rumania's Dynastic Problem 1925-1927

11 items
Box 39
Articles on Michael Manoilescu ca. 1927

3 items
Box 39
Article on the death of Bratianu Nov. 25, 1927

3 pp.
Box 39
Materials on the Battle of Belleau Wood n.d.

5 items
Box 39
Memorandum on Greece May 26, 1919

3 pp.
Box 39
Materials on France 1945

6 items

Travel Materials for Africa

Box 40
Travel brochures on Africa n.d.

Printed pamphlet, 35 items
Box 40
Postcards from African Tour n.d.

Printed cards, 125 items
Box 40
Printed Maps of Africa n.d.

7 items

Travel Materials: Far East and India

Box 41
Far Eastern and Indian travel brochures n.d.

Printed brochures, 35 items
Box 41
Photographs & cards from India n.d.

71 items
Box 41
Far Eastern and Indian information n.d.

Printed brochures, 37 items

Travel Materials: Latin America

Box 42
Latin America n.d.

Printed brochures, 16 items
Box 42
Printed maps of Latin America n.d.

5 items
Box 42
Latin American travel itineraries n.d.

7 items
Box 42
Postcards from Latin America n.d.

89 items

Box 43

Miscellaneous printed maps

21 items

Arabian Photographs and Miscellaneous

Box 44
Photographs of Arabian officals n.d.

Album, 32 pp.
Box 44
Photographs of Arabian officals n.d.

Album, 9 photographs
Box 44
Miscellaneous photographs

19 items

Scrapbooks

Box 45
Scrapbook n.d.

n.d., 52 pp.

virtually all items removed except for some Confederate money and some letters
Box 45
Scrapbook of Childs' earlier life n.d.

62 pp.
Box 45
Scrapbook of Childs' earlier life n.d.

40 pp.

Photographs

Box 46
Photographs from Ethiopia n.d.

55 items
Box 46
Miscellaneous photographs n.d.

44 items
Box 46
Miscellaneous photographs n.d.

27 items
Box 46
Photographs from Iran n.d.

63 items
Box 46
Photographs from Bucharest n.d.

4 items
Box 46
Photographs of Childs in Cairo n.d.

14 items
Box 46
Photo of Foreign Service Class 1923

1 item
Box 46
Photo of Childs' Army Life n.d.

2 items
Box 46
Miscellaneous photographs of Childs n.d.

26 items
Box 46
Miscellaneous photographs n.d.

9 items
Box 46
Photographs of Childs and Shah of Arabia & index n.d.

9 items
Box 46
Photographs of Washington Correspondence 1921

Scrapbooks

Box 47
Miscellaneous scrapbook n.d.

100 pp.
Box 47
Scrapbook containing clippings n.d.

100 pp.

re When the Curtain Falls
Box 48
Miscellaneous scrapbook n.d.

55 pp.
Box 49
Persian materials I n.d.

50 pp.
Box 49
Persian materials II n.d.

50 pp.
Box 50
Scrapbook of clippings n.d.

55 pp.
Box 50
Photo album n.d.

100 pp.
Box 51
Scrapbook, general materials n.d.

100 pp.
Box 51
Scrapbook, general materials n.d.

100 pp.

Miscellaneous Articles

Box 52
Miscellaneous articles ca. 1933

19 items
Box 52
Miscellaneous articles n.d.

8 items
Box 52
Miscellaneous articles of or by Childs n.d.

6 items
Box 53
Miscellaneous materials n.d.

127 items

Miscellaneous

Box 54
Ribbons and handkerchief n.d.

6 items
Box 54
Miscellaneous newspapers n.d.

5 items
Box 54
Miscellaneous newspapers n.d.

19 items
Box 54
Nazi Attack on Poland September 1939

Printed article, 5 items
Box 54
Miscellaneous newspapers n.d.

13 items
Box 54
Anecdote on Robert E. Lee n.d.

TMs, 1 p.
Box 54
Scrapbook containing jokes n.d.

75 pp.
Box 54
Kniga dlia chteniia i beded v shkolakh Vzroslyrch 1921

Printed book, 158 pp.
Box 54
Materials 1924-1945

2 items

re: Virginia Historical Society
Box 54
Lynchburg n.d.

Printed pamphlet, 48 pp.
Box 54
Mrs. Childs' Crittenton Home work n.d.

Newspaper articles, 4 items
Box 55
Richmond Christian Advocate 1934-38

Magazine, 3 items
Box 55
Some intimate facts about Woodrow Wilson April 28, 1921

TMs, 5 pp.
Box 55
Balkans & France n.d.

Postcards, 60 items
Box 55
Miscellaneous cards n.d.

Postcard album, 26 pp.
Box 55
Miscellaneous cards n.d.

Postcard album, 100 pp.