A Guide to the J. Rives Childs Papers Childs, J. Rives, Papers of 9256-f

A Guide to the J. Rives Childs Papers

A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9256-f


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
9256-f
Title
J. Rives Childs Papers 1823-1950
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of ca. 310 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

J. Rives Childs Papers, Accession #9256-f, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was gifted by Mr. Childs on 1974 March 4.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Childs Papers consists primarily of memoranda, dispatches and resumes of telegrams from J. Rives Childs' consular activities, ca. 1940, in the Near East and North Africa, mainly Tangiers. Of special interest are the minutes of the Franco-American negotiations of 1939 concerning French Morocco. Also included are signed one page letters by Presidents Wilson and Truman, and a Dec. 16, 1823 signed note by President Jefferson recommending Mr. Philips as an accomplished bricklayer.

Arrangement

The collection is filed both by subject matter and chronologically.

Contents List

Thomas Jefferson's recommendation of Mr. Phillips as a bricklayer 1823 Dec 16
ANS
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Woodrow Wilson to J. Rives Childs 1921 Mar 3
TLS
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Letter of thanks to Childs from staff in Russia 1922 Dec 20
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Memoranda re consular activities, 250 l. 1938-1940
10 TMs (carbon)
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Minutes of Franco-American Negotiations, index, 250 l. 1939 Jun 13 - Jul 11
TMs (carbon)
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Memoranda re Near East consular activities 1940
43 TMs (carbon)
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Miscellaneous re consular activities ca. 1940
7 TMs (carbon)
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"The Role of Egypt in the War" 1940 Sep 26
TMs

(2 folders)

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Dispatches to Secretary of State from Childs in Tangier, index, 300 l. 1941-1942
117 TMs (carbon)
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Resumes of telegrams from Tangier preceding and during North African landings, and the telegrams received from the War Department, 73 l. 1941-1943
TMs
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Dispatches to Secretary of State from Childs in Tangier, 300 l. 1942-1943
125 TMs (carbon)
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Harry S Truman to J. Rives Childs 1950 Aug 28
TLS
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