Papers of J. Rives Childs

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Papers of J. Rives Childs

1904-1967

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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.

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University of Virginia. Library

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