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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word 2000, created by Katherine Schumann, 09/18/2002 Description is in English Feb 20, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu03215::A Guide to the Papers of J. Rives Childs)//EN" "viu03215.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Papers of J. Rives Childs A Collection in The Special Collections Department 9256-d

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2002 Processed by: Special Collections Department Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library The Papers of J. Rives Childs 9256-d English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

The papers were packed at Mr. Childs' home in Nice and shipped to the University in January, 1972.

Scope and Content Information

The additional papers of J. Rives Childs accessioned as #9256-d comprise 19 Hollinger boxes and 1 oversize folio. In addition to his manuscripts, there are nine books and magazines and a newspaper.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three parts, the first of which contains correspondence and personal items. Childs' correspondence is mainly with his family and the Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel. Other correspondence is grouped under the heading General Correspondence.Among Childs' personal items are articles written by him, Confederate bills, a diary of Mrs. John W. Childs, 1873- 1876, items concerning Childs' student days, and pictures of Childs and his wife.

The second part of the collection contains papers relating to the life of Jacques Casanova. Included are copies of Casanova's Memoirsand letters, articles written about Casanova, research notes of Childs and other Casanova scholars, and correspondence between Childs and various people interested in Casanova. Two boxes contain microfilmed copies of Casanova materials.

The last part of this collection contains two manuscripts about the middle east and three boxes of snapshots of Childs' foreign travels.

Printed Materials Belonging to J. Rives Chiles

American Artist, v. 23, no. 3, issu 223, 1959 March, 72 pp. The American Foreign Service,supplement to The American Foreign Service Journal,v.XIII, no. 11, 1936 November, 172 pp. The American Foreign Service,supplement to the "Photographic Register of November, 1936," The American Foreign Service Journal,v.18, no.4, 1949 April, 44 pp. Ballyhoo,v. 2, nos. 2-5, 1932 February-June The Bomb,v.XXV, clas of 1909, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia The Bomb,v.XXVI, class of 1910, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia "The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin," Emery Walker Limited, MCMLVIII, 36 pp., w/inscription, "To Rives Childs from A. Chester Beatty, April 1959" Childs, J. Rives, Giacomo Casanova De Seingalt in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumnten,Rowohlt, 1960, 178 pp. Lectures Pour Tous Constellation,no.207, 1971 April, 182 pp. Lynchburg Republican,v.XL, no. 35, 1873 July 4

Contents List Correspondence and Personal Items of J. Rives Childs J. Rives Childs to his mother and father 1900-1904 1 10 ALS; 25pp., 5 env.

w/enclosed ALS, J. Wesley Childs to his father (not in his hand), and enclosed ALS, Mary Childs to Aunt Lucy

J. Rives Childs to his grandmother, mother, and father 1905-1910 1 15 ALS, 6 APCS; 31pp., 12 env. J. Wesley Childs (brother of Childs) to his mother and father 1901-1906 1 13 ALS; 24pp., 10 env.

and AMsS My Lifeby J. Wesley Childs, 2pp.

Harlan B. Clark (Dept. of State) to Childs 1950 July 10 1 TLS; 2pp. William M. Franklin (Dept. of State) to Childs 1963 May 14 1 TLS; 2pp. General Correspondence 1966-1967 1 26pp. General Correspondence 1968 1 53 items General Correspondence 1969 Jan-Apr 1 44 items General Correspondence 1969 May-Dec 1 ca. 100 items General Correspondence 1970 1 ca. 90 items General Correspondence 1970 1 ca. 100 items General Correspondence 1971 2 ca. 40 items General Correspondence 1971 2 ca. 80 items Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1966 Oct-Dec 2 15 ALS Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1967 Jan-Jul 2 42 ALS Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1967 Aug-Dec 2 41 ALS Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1968 Feb-July 2 45 ALS, 1 APCS Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1968 Aug-Dec 3 43 ALS Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1969 Jan-July 3 47 ALS Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1969 Aug-Dec 3 26 ALS Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1970 Jan-Aug 3 30 ALS Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1970 Sep-Dec 3 20 ALS, 2 telegrams Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs 1971 Jan-May 3 17 ALS Items kept w/letters from Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel 1967-1971 3 7 items

including 2 TLS, Childs to the Baroness

Copies of portions of letters from Baroness Marcelle de Jouvenel to Childs, in French 1966-1971 3 TMs, 22pp. The Arab-Jewish Problem in Retrospect,an extract from Farewell to Foreign Service: Thirty Years in the Near Eastby Childs 1969 4 TMs, 17 pp. A Brief History of the American Church, Nice (1873-1970),by Childs and a church program 1969, n.d. 4 TMs, 17 pp. "The Buddha of Kamakura," by Childs, w/autograph revisions n.d. 4 AMsS, 2 pp. The Book Exchange,v. 97, 1956 April, and v. 98, 1956 May, both w/large advertisements for Casanovianaby Childs 1956 Apr-May 4 Printed letter to the editors of The New York Review re: Casanova, by Childs 1967 April 6 4 2 pp. Xerox copy of Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944v. V, includig letters of Childs 1965 4 15 pp. Giacoma Casanova de Seingaltby Childs 1960 4 TMs, ca. 160 pp. Up From Earth's Centerby Childs, foreward and chapters I-VII, 147 pp. n.d. 4 TMs, 147 pp. Up From Earth's Centerby Childs, chapters VIII-XVI n.d. 4 TMs, 166 pp. Childs to Lawrence Grow re: Childs's ms., Whirligig of Time,w/included TMs of criticisms of the ms. 1963 4 TL copy, 4 pp. Miscellaneous TMs and AMs drafts by Childs 1968, n.d. 4 29 pp. 125 Confederate bills, mostly from Virginia, 2 printed sheets of bills, 1 Confederate flag sicker, and 1 paroled prisoner pass belonging to J.W. Childs 1862-1865 5 Diary with the names of Mrs. John W. Childs and Miss Lucy Brown written on the front page, and picture of a man inserted in the back pocket 1873-1876 5 Snapshots and photographs of Childs, his relatives, and his friends ca. 1893-1950 5 55 items Teaching certificate of Childs from Randolph-Macon College 1912 Sep 13 5 17 negatives of scenes and activities at Randolph-Macon College 1912 5 19 snapshots and 2 negatives labelled Harvard, 1914-1915 1914-1915 5 Military papers from WWI concerning Childs 1917 5 4 pp. Printed articles about Nikolai Fechin, painter of Childs and Georgina de Brylkine Childs portraits 1924, 1942 5 2 glass negatives of portraits of Childs and Mrs. Childs, painted by Nikolai Fechin n.d. 5 6 pictures of Childs 1926, 1941-1945, ca. 1949, n.d 5 Printed announcement and menu of a testimonial dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Childs in Tangier, w/signatures of attendants 1945 June 15 5 2 press releases about Childs 1949 or 1950, n.d. 5 Printed items re: Childs's relationships with Randolph-Macon College, and Luther W. White, III to Childs 1955-1969 5 TLS, 75 pp. 2 travel itineraries prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Childs 1960, 1961 5 Printed article, The Alumnifrom V.M.I. Review, mentioning Childs 1962 5 4 pp. Booklet, Old and Rare Books, mentioning Childs n.d. 5 96 pp. 4 miscellaneous menus, 2 w/signatures 1868-1969 5 21 negatives of Childs, his family, and his days at V.M.I. 1908-1910 5 Papers Relating to the Life and Works of Jaques Casanova Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,v. 9, chapters I-V n.d. 6 TMs, ca. 150 pp.

These items represent an attempt by Childs to marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants.

Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,v.9, chapters VI-XI n.d. 6 TMs, ca. 150 pp.

These items represent an attempt by Childs to marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants.

Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,v.9, part II, chapters VIII-XII n.d. 6 TMs, ca. 150 pp.

These items represent an attempt by Childs to marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants.

Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,v. 10, part I n.d. 6 TMs, ca. 175 pp.

These items represent an attempt by Childs to marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants.

Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,v.10, part II n.d. 6 TMs, ca. 150 pp.

These items represent an attempt by Childs to marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants.

Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,v.11, part I n.d. 7 TMs, ca. 150 pp.

These items represent an attempt by Childs to marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants.

Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,v.11, part II n.d. 7 TMs, ca. 150 pp.

These items represent an attempt by Childs to marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants.

Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,v.12, part I n.d. 7 TMs, ca. 150 pp.

These items represent an attempt by Childs to marry Lafourque, Schutz and Busoni texts of Casanova's Memoirs with particular reference to the variants.

Memoirs of Jaques Casanova,beginning of v. 13 1960 7 TMs, 68 pp. plays, La Lorgnette Menteuseand Le Polemoscope,written by J. Casanova, mechanically reproduced (in French) ca. 1956 7 AMs, 5 pp. Essai D'Egoisme(2 copies), Les Voeux de Chasteté,Mort de Reobespierre,and Sur La Langue Françaisen.d. 7 AMs, TMs, ca. 40 items

all in French and kept in originial order in an envelope labelled Veze Archive-Essays and Notes of C[asanova] (copies),

Letters used by Gugitz in his book, Giacomo Casanova und sein Lebenand AMs notes n.d. 7 54 pp. copies of Casanova correspondence, 1769-1796 n.d. 7 ALS and TL, ca. 50 items

in an envelope labelled Veze Archive

Notes and xeroxes of Casanova letters archived near Prague n.d. 8 TMs, ca. 150 pp. Xeroxes of Casanova letter archived near Prague n.d. 8 ca. 150 pp. Xeroxes of Casanova letters archived near Prague n.d. 8 ca. 100 pp. Copies of microfilmed letters to Casanova, 1757-1798, in French 1960, n.d. 8 TMs, ca. 100 pp.

including ALS La Direttrice, Biblioteca Nazionale di S. Marcoto Childs, from Casanova Archives in Prague

Negative photostats of letters from Jean Baptist Boyer de Fonscolombe and from Joseph Roch Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1762-1779 n.d. 8 10 pp. Tage Bull to E. Maynial 1908-1818 8 20 ALS, 2 APCS

w 1 APCS, Louis Bobé to E. Maynial (both in French), w/ 2 related TMs (in German)

Dr. Guède to E. Maynila (in French) ca. 1908-1919 8 43 ALS, 1 APCS, ca. 50 items Notes of Dr. Guède, a student of Casanova (in French) n.d. 8 ca. 25 items Fr. Kohn to E. Maynial (in French) 1911-1913 8 1 ALS, 3 APCS Horace Bleackley to E. Maynial, w/related notes (in French) 1911-1916 8 9 ALS, 1 APCS Aldo Rava to E. Maynial (in French) 1911-1920 8 32 ALS, 23 APCS J. Verset to E. Maynial, w/5 related items (in French) 1913-1916 8 Luis Ulbra (?) to René Veze, pamphlet entitled Christophe Colomb,(in French) and an unidentified book cover. 1929, n.d. 9 3 ALS

All in a folder labelled Postface-La Publication des Memoires

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale to Signore,2 book advertisements, 1 book cover, 2 pictures and AMs note all re: Giacomo Casanova (in Italian) 1932 9 ALS Falchetta to Childs, and notes about Henriette, or Jeanne-Marie Boyer de Fonscolombe, née d' Alber, and her marriage and family 1960, n.d. 9 4 ALS, 2 TMs, 18 pp. notes and photocopies of book title pages all re: J. Casanova, sent to Childs by F.A. Brockhaus (in German and French) 1960, n.d. 9 1 ALS, 2 TMs, AMs notes, 13 items Walker (The University Press of Virginia) to Childs, copies of Casanova letters (in French), TMs Drucker, Verleger, und der Autor Cassanova in der 'Histoire de ma Vie'(in German), TMs re: Gyula Rudnyanszky and TMs bibliography (in Hungarian) 1969, n.d. 9 TLS, TMs, ca. 28 pp.

all in an unlabelled folder

untitled, I-V n.d. 9 TMs, ca. 150 pp.

all in a folder labelled Notes prepared by Ch. Samaran and J. Rives Childs for a critical edition of Casanova's 'Historoire de ma Vie',v. I-V, inclusive of the Brockhaus ed. 1960,(in French). These notes were prepared by M. Charles Samaran for a critical edition of Casanova's Histoire de ma Viein 12 vols. for Garnier Freres, but were never used.

Notes for Casanova's Histoire de ma Vie, tome I. n.d. 9 TMs, ca. 60 pp.