Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930
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Born in the Netherlands, Edward Bok came to the United States with his family at the age of six. He worked in publishing from the age of thirteen. He founded the Brooklyn magazine and 1886 he established the Bok Syndicate Press. Bok became editor of Ladies' home journal in 1889. In 1896 Bok married Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970), the daughter of Ladies' home journal publisher, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933). He worked as an editor at Curtis publishing for thirty years retiring at the end of 1919. He wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography entitled the Americanization of Edward Bok. Bok had an autograph letter collection that he kept and expanded throughout his life.
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| creatorOf | [Letter] 1895 Apr. 4 [Indianapolis to] Edward W. Bok [Philadelphia]. | Ball State University Library, Bracken Library | |
| referencedIn | A. W. Greely Papers, 1753-1997, (bulk 1880-1935) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Additional correspondence and compositions, 1873-1945. | Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Adolphus W. Greely papers | Dartmouth College Library | |
| creatorOf | Alcott, John Sewall Pratt, 1865-1923,. Papers of the Alcott family [manuscript] (1845-1915) 1932. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Alice Barber Stephens Collection, 1892-1907 | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| creatorOf | Alice Barber Stephens papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Alteration of residence of Mr. Edward W. Bok at Mountain Lake, Fla. Works #173, 176 | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | American Foundation. Collection, 1923-1937. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| referencedIn | Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940. Mary Anderson : miscellaneous papers, 1898-1936 bulk (1898-1904). | The Filson Historical Society |
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| associatedWith | Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. |
| correspondedWith | Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 |
| associatedWith | Alexander, William Valentine, 1859-1938, |
| associatedWith | Allen, William Boyd, |
| associatedWith | American Foundation. |
| associatedWith | Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940. |
| associatedWith | Anna Howard Shaw, 1847-1919 |
| associatedWith | Anthony, Lucy Elmina, 1861-1944 |
| associatedWith | Aylesworth, Barton O. (Barton Orville), 1860-1933 |
| associatedWith | Bailey, Temple, |
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Birth 1863-10-09
Death 1930-01-09
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