Papers of J. Rives Childs

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Papers of J. Rives Childs

1935-1987

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Personal papers of Childs contain correspondence, financial and legal papers, and miscellany pertinent to Rives' retirement in Richmond, Va., and particularly to his investments and his interest in Randolph-Macon College and St. Andrew's Church, Norfolk, Va. Issues of the Dacor Bulletin, 1976-1984, are included as are a copy of his memoirs and of a post 1934 article "The March of Modernism in Persia." Correspondents include Casanova scholars Marco Leeflang and Francis L. Mars, college professor Herrick B. Young and Rives' companion Hilda Noel Schroetter.

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Childs, J. Rives (James Rives), 1893-1987

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James Rives Childs was born February 6, 1893 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He attended the Virginia Military Institute before graduating from Randolph-Macon College in 1912, then earned a master of arts from Harvard University in 1915. He served the United States Army during World War I as a cryptoanalyst and radio intelligence liaison in France. After the war he joined the American Relief Administration in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1923 he joined the United States Foreign Service, e...

Leeflang, Marco

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Dutch pastor and Casanova scholar. From the description of About Casanova (Part 3), correspondence between Marco Leeflang and Francis-L. Mars [manuscript], 1986 October. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816510 From the description of About Casanova : Vol. 4 : [manuscript], 1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817247 From the description of About Casanova: Vol.2: Correspondence between Marco Leeflang and Charles Samaran and others [m...

Young, Herrick B. (Herrick Black), 1904-

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Herrick Black Young served as President of Western College from 1953 to 1969. Born in Wisconsin in 1904, he was educated at Indiana University (AB) and Columbia (MA). He served as Executive Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions for 15 years and Executive Director of Columbia University's International House Association. The group had international houses in 33 countries and Herrick Young visited every one of them. Young traveled extensively establishing connections in many coun...

Mars, Francis L.,

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Schroetter, Hilda Noel

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Randolph-Macon College

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St. Andrew's Church (Norfolk, Va.)

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