Proofs: of books by or about J. Rives Childs

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Proofs: of books by or about J. Rives Childs

1968-1969

The collection contains page proof with autograph instructions to the printer of "Collector's quest; the correspondence of Henry Miller and J. Rives Childs, 1947-1965," and uncorrected page proof of "Foreign service farewell: my years in the Near East."

2 items

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 7921666

University of Virginia. Library

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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...

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

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Novelist. From the description of Papers, 1952-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457225 Henry Miller (1891-1980) was an American author. He was known for his experimental, surrealist novels, such as Tropic of Cancer, which mixed fiction and autobiography. His writing was controversial for its graphic depictions of sexuality, leading to a 1964 obscenity trial in the United States, Grove Press, Inc. v. Gerstein. From the guide to the Henry Miller Letter, unda...