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Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston to William Williams Keen regarding monograph, 1918 January 20
File — Container: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
1918 January 20
Interviews transcribed with John F. Erdmann, Kasson C. Gibson, and Elias Cornelius Benedict regarding involvement in President Cleveland's surgery, 1916 September 13-1916 September 21
File — Container: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
1916 September 13-1916 September 21
Notes written by Robert Maitland O'Reilly, Ferdinand Hasbrouck, William Williams Keen, and Joseph Decatur Bryant regarding their involvement in President Cleveland's surgery, circa 1916
File — Container: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
circa 1916
Photographs of cheek retractor used on President Cleveland, 1893
File — Container: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
1893
Photographs of President Cleveland's jaw cast, undated
File — Container: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
undated
Press clippings: Assembled dispatches made by E. J. Edwards ("Holland") covering President Cleveland's surgery, spanning 1893 August 28-1893 September 6, circa 1916
File — Container: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
circa 1916
Press clippings: Assembled newspaper accounts of John F. Erdmann's involvement in President Cleveland's surgery, spanning 1893 August 18-1893 August 31, circa 1916
File — Container: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
circa 1916
Press clippings: Assembled newspaper accounts of Kasson C. Gibson's involvement with President Cleveland's surgery, spanning 1893 September 19-1894, 1907, circa 1916
File — Container: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
circa 1916
Assembled clippings from 1893, 1893
File — Container: 1, Folder: 29-30
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
1893
Assembled clippings from 1917, 1917
File — Container: 1, Folder: 31-32
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection documents William Williams Keen’s role in President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 secret surgery through Keen’s correspondence and reflections. The collection primarily covers developments surrounding two events: the surgery on July 1st, 1893, and the publication of Keen’s Saturday Evening Post article which appeared on September 22nd, 1917. Material in the collection was initially assembled in a scrapbook, however due to preservation concerns items were removed from the scrapbook and...
Dates:
1917
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