Correspondence of J. Rives Childs [manuscript]

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Correspondence of J. Rives Childs [manuscript]

1958-1972

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Most of the correspondence is with Melvin Adams Hall regarding the writing of Childs' memoirs and his initiation into the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Nuits-St. Georges, Côte d'Or. There is correspondence with Anthony Powell on the Casanova & Codebreakers series on BBC TV, a letter from David M. Glixon on the selection of Casanova in the Limited Editions Club, Inc., New York, and letters from the president and director of Randolph-Macon College in response to Childs' contributions.

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Powell, Anthony, 1905-2000

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