Lise Ravenel Childs family letters, 1883-1939.

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Lise Ravenel Childs family letters, 1883-1939.

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Letters include letters (1890) to Lise R. Childs from her fiance (and later her husband) William W. Childs in Stateburg (S.C.) regarding courtship and personal matters; his letters (1890-1894) from Middleborough (Ky.) giving almost daily reports concerning personal matters, his employment as a clerk for his uncle, his lodgings, town gossip, courtship through correspondence, and other topics; letters (1895-1899) from William W. Childs in Atlanta (Ga.) about personal matters and his job as a manager for a coal and ice company; his letters (1903-1926) from Washington (D.C.) regarding, among other things, his employment with the Bureau of Corporations in the U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor; and his letters (1906-1914) from the Panama Canal Zone, Saginaw (Mich.), and elsewhere. Also included are letters to Lise R. Childs from her son St. Julien R. Childs at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. (1914-1917), in the U.S. Marine Corps at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (1918-1922), and in the Dominican Republic (1922-1923) concerning his schooling, military life, and family matters. Other correspondents include Harriett R. McClain, Harriott H.R. Ravenel, Anna R. Sass, Frank G. Ravenel, and others.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Childs, William Wallace, 1857-1927.

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A native of South Carolina, William Wallace Childs was an agent for the Bureau of Corporations of the United States Department of Commerce and Labor. He was the son of Frederick Lynn Childs and Mary Hooper Anderson. His wife was Elizabeth (Lise) Ravenel (b. 1857), the daughter of Dr. St. Julien Ravenel and Harriott Horry Rutledge of Charleston, S.C. From the description of William Wallace Childs papers, 1867-1927. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794384 ...

United States. Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...

Childs, Lise Ravenel, b. 1857.

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The daughter of Dr. St. Julien Ravenel and Harriott Horry Rutledge of Charleston, S.C., Elizabeth (Lise) Rutledge Ravenel married William Wallace Childs (1857-1927). From the description of Lise Ravenel Childs family letters, 1883-1939. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794360 ...

Childs family.

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Childs, St. Julien Ravenel, 1897-1983

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Charleston, S.C. educator, historian, and investment counselor. Childs attended The Citadel and George Washington University, served as an officer in the Marine Corps, was a professor of history and political science at The Citadel. He received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. Born in Atlanta, Ga., he was the son of William Wallace Childs and Elizabeth (Lise) Rutledge Ravenel. He married (Clara) Margaretta Pringle (b. 1912), daughter of Ernest H. Pringle (1881-1955), in 1935. ...