Box 1
Container
Contains 31 Collections and/or Records:
Ferris Greenslet (Houghton Mifflin Company) and William Williams Keen regarding Houghton Mifflin's preparation of a President Cleveland biography, 1916 October 26, 1916 November, 1917 February 19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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 October 26, 1916 November, 1917 February 19
James Ford Rhodes and William Williams Keen regarding article preparation, 1917 February
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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 February
Various acquaintances to William Williams Keen regarding article publication, 1917 September 17-1917 October 17
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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 September 17-1917 October 17
E. J. Edwards to William Williams Keen regarding article publication, 1917 September 26, 1917 October 13
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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 September 26, 1917 October 13
John F. Erdmann to William Williams Keen regarding article publication, 1917 October 3, 1917 October 6
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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 October 3, 1917 October 6
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 — Box: 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 — Box: 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 — Box: 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 — Box: 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 — Box: 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
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