Edward William Bok
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Richard Bickel and Allan Teichroew
Revised by
Connie L. Cartledge
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2007
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007067
Title: Papers of Edward William
Bok
Span Dates: 1880-1926
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1920-1925)
ID No.: MSS13128
Creator:
Bok, Edward William,
1863-1930
Extent: 20 items;
3 containers;
1.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Author, editor,
reformer, and philanthropist. Correspondence, autograph albums featuring
prominent American literary, military, and political figures, and writings by
Bok. Also included is a manuscript by Jessie Benton Frémont relating to the
death of her husband, John C. Frémont.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Names:
Bok, Edward William,
1863-1930
Curtis,
Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar, 1850-1933
Frémont,
Jessie Benton, 1824-1902
Frémont,
John Charles, 1813-1890
Curtis
Publishing Company
Bok,
Edward William, 1863-1930. The Americanization of Edward Bok (1920)
Bok, Edward William,
1863-1930, ed. Ladies’ home journal
Bok,
Edward William, 1863-1930. Man from Maine (1923)
Bok,
Edward William, 1863-1930. Twice thirty: some short and simple annals of the
road (1925)
Subjects:
Armed
Forces--Officers--Autographs
Authors--Autographs
Autographs--Collections
Politicians--Autographs
Publishers and
publishing
Women’s periodicals,
American
Occupations:
Authors
Editors
Philanthropists
Reformers
Provenance:The papers of Edward William Bok, author, editor, reformer, and
philanthropist, were given to the Library of Congress in 1966-1970 by Mrs.
Curtis Bok. Additional items were purchased by the Library, 1968-1972.
Processing History:The papers of Edward William Bok were arranged and described in 1980.
The collection was revised in 2007.
Copyright Status:Copyright in the unpublished writings of Edward William Bok in these
papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of
Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Edward William Bok Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
| Date |
Event |
| 1863, 9 Oct. |
Born, Helder, Netherlands |
| 1870 |
Arrived in the United States
Entered public school, Brooklyn, N.Y.
|
| 1884 |
Entered employ of Charles Scribner's Sons as
stenographer
Became editor of
Brooklyn Magazine
|
| 1886 |
Founded the Bok Syndicated Press |
| 1889 |
Became editor of
Ladies' Home Journal |
| 1896 |
Married Mary Louise Curtis |
| 1907 |
LL.D. degree conferred by order of Pope Pius X, Villanova
College, Villanova, Pa.
|
| 1917 |
State chairman for Pennsylvania of YMCA War Work Council
|
| 1919 |
Relinquished editorship of
Ladies' Home Journal
|
| 1920 |
Published
The Americanization of Edward Bok. New York: C.
Scribner's Sons
|
| 1923 |
Published
A Man From Maine. New York: C. Scribner's Sons
|
| 1925 |
Published
Twice Thirty. New York: C. Scribner's Sons
|
| 1930 |
Died, Lake Wales, Fla. |
The papers of Edward William Bok (1863-1930) span the years 1880-1926,
with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1925. The papers consist of a
handwritten draft of Bok's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography,
The Americanization of Edward Bok (1920); a biography of
Bok's father-in-law, Cyrus H. K. Curtis,
A Man From Maine (1923); and another autobiographical
work,
Twice Thirty (1925).
Also included in the Bok Papers are the typescript of
The Americanization of Edward Bok and autograph albums
dated 1880-1889. The autograph collection is made up of signatures of prominent
American political, military, and literary figures. The collection contains
letters to Bok as editor of the
Ladies' Home Journal and a writing by Jessie Benton
Frémont relating to the death of her husband, John C. Frémont. The manuscript
was sent to Bok and is accompanied by a brief cover letter from Jessie Benton
Frémont.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Autograph albums,
1880-1889
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Correspondence,
1892-1926
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| BOX 1
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Writings |
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| BOX 1
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By Bok |
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| BOX 1
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Americanization of Edward Bok (1920),
1920
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| BOX 1
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Handwritten draft
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| BOX 2
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Typescript |
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(9
folders)
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| BOX 2
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Man from Maine (1923),
1922
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Twice Thirty (1925),
1925
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(7
folders)
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| BOX 3
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By Jessie Benton Frémont, with
cover letter by Frémont,
1901
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