Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James Hoge Ricks papers, 1916-1956, consist of selected correspondence and records of the first judge of the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court as well as files related to Ricks involvement in civic affairs and social movements primarily focused on disadvantaged children. This collection was selected from the much larger main files of the court by graduate student George B. Curtis. In accordance with state law requiring confidentiality of case records, all case...

Scope and Contents Addresses, correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings. Addresses: “The Juvenile Court and its Contribution to Child Welfare” (undated); “The Child and the Law” (undated); Barton Heights Women’s Club (undated); untitled: Under Democratic administrations, Virginia … (undated); “Legal Aspects of Adoption” (undated); untitled: “The Juvenile Court Movement …” (undated); “The Jurisdiction of Juvenile Courts Over Delinquent Children for Acts Committed in Other Jurisdictions” (undated); “The...

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Correspondence: to Miss Mary Crampton, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg (20 February 1931); to News Leader, Richmond, VA (27 June 1931); to John A. Cutchins, Director, Public Safety, Richmond, Virginia (22 September 1936); to Mrs. G. S. Gunter (7 June 1940); from Harvie DeJ. Coghill, Director-Psychiatrist, Children’s Memorial Clinic (18 July 1936); loose notes and newspaper clippings

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“What can be done to secure adequate care for defective delinquents”; “The Juvenile Court and its Works”; “Child Welfare Program for Virginia”

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correspondence, brochure, newspaper clipping

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American Crime Study Commission – correspondence

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correspondence re military training in high school

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correspondence with representatives of the League for the Abolition of Capital Punishment and other individuals; newspaper clippings and brochures

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correspondence

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correspondence

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correspondence and Bulletin, Vol. VIII, No. 1, January 1929; Bulletin, Vol. X, No. 7, September 1931

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Woman’s Club, Richmond, VA – program

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Richmond, VA – correspondence, Annual Report of 1939; Financial Report 1939; Report of the Director (31 December 1939); health survey [incomplete]

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re status of courts] – correspondence with Lewis F. Powell, Chairman of the Richmond City Charter Commission

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two letters

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Public Welfare, Vol. 4, September 1927

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correspondence

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correspondence