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  • Collection: Ameen Rihani Series 2: Personal Papers

Date: 1915 February 10
Twilight Club 690th Dinner Invite, held at Hotel McAlpin on February 10, 1915. was a speaker - and he discussed "The Effect of the War on the Orient".

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zvhvblf8skcpvw/Rihani2018AR37_004.pdf

Date: 1917 August 18
A letter to James Parmelee from the Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, dated August 18, 1917. The letter addresses going to see the Secretary of War.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/cbd5i08frof9oow/Rihani2018AR37_013.pdf

Date: 1918 June 01
A letter to A.E. Baermann from The World's Work magazine, dated June 1, 1918. The letter addresses 's articles, and their unfortunate incompatibility with the writing typically featured in the World's Work magazine.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/u7w0hyxrcv0kdv2/Rihani2018AR37_015.pdf

Date: 1918 September 09
Certification of 's admission to the American Asiatic Association as an associate member, dated September 9, 1918.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/dq728rin82o4c1o/Rihani2018AR37_016.pdf

Date: 1919 February 03
Society of Arts and Sciences Dinner Invitation. is listed as a "teller of tales,"and "poet from the land of Syria," dated February 3, 1919.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/l2qkpxbbrwolnql/Rihani2018AR37_017.pdf

Date: 1919 March 18
A letter to H.W. Francis from The New York Evening Post, dated March 18, 1919. The letter addresses an article that wrote about Princes' Island, and asks for an article on another subject since they already have one on the subject.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/l6oybesj7rcrnac/Rihani2018AR37_018.pdf

Date: 1919 November 17
A letter to Justo Acevedo from V. Carranza, dated November 17, 1919.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/sl0whlabz0k9gxm/Rihani2018AR37_019.pdf

Date: 1920 August 25
A letter to James T. White and Co. from The Moslem World Quarterly. The letter addresses a copy of "The Luzumiyat" being reviewed for their October 1920 issue. Dated August 25, 1920.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/hg66y2ud20larxg/Rihani2018AR37_021.pdf

Date: 1920
Miscellaneous Arabic letter, 1920

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Date: 1922 August 21
A letter to A.F. Kindersley from the American Consular Service, dated August 21, 1922. The letter addresses introducing and his desire to obtain an interview with Sir George Lloyd while travelling with the New York Times.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwy6411ozr15m3v/Rihani2018AR37_024.pdf

Date: 1922 August 22
A letter from A.F. Kindersley to the Commissioner of Police in Bombay (now Mumbai), dated August 22, 1922. The letter addresses 's proposed travel plans to visit Bahrain and Nejd.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/ktj4q382tla8fs5/Rihani2018AR37_025.pdf

Date: 1922 May 14
A letter to the Governor of Aden from Seyied Ahmed ibn Yahya el-Kibay. It addresses 's arrival and his acceptance into the Imam, dated May 14, 1922.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/c4a2v5gtha8uzkw/Rihani2018AR37_023.pdf

Date: 1928 August
A letter to Ralph Deakin from Constantine N. Tabet, dated August 8, 1928. The letter discusses an enclosed letter addressed to a Mr. Montefiore. The letter addressed to Mr. Montefiore mentions in relation to horses he was given by King Abdul Aziz…

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/hfpwtghwct8a71z/Rihani2018AR37_230.pdf

Date: 1928 August 08
A letter addressed to Falbe, Halsey & Co., dated August 8, 1928. The letter discusses the horse shipment mentioned in the previous letters.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/7c227r8csmu0f4x/Rihani2018AR37_231.pdf

Date: 1928 May 05
A letter to Wm. H. Wise and Co. from the editor of an unknown source, dated May 5, 1928. The letter addresses the inclusion of a poem by in a proposed publication titled the American Scrapbook.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/helbkh20f83slo5/Rihani2018AR37_027.pdf

Date: 1928 September 11
Arabic letter from the Saudi Arabian Consulate, dated September 11, 1928

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Date: 1915 January 15
A letter to Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State, from Don C. Seitz, dated January 15, 1929. The letter introduces and describes that he has a matter concerning horses to discuss with Kellogg.

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Date: 1929 December 01
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, undated. The documents list as a speaker at Carnegie Hall on December 1, 1929.

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Date: 1929 December 02
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, undated. It lists as a speaker at Amherst College on the subject of "Religious and Racial Conflicts in Palestine" on December 2, 1929.

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Date: 1929 December 05
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, undated. The document lists as a speaker at the Sinton Hotel on the subject of "Zionism" on December 5, 1929.

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Date: 1929 December 06
A letter to from the Foreign Policy Association, dated December 6, 1929. The letter thanks Rihani for the talk he gave at the Cosmopolitan Club under the auspices of the Committee on Public Interests, and the writer asks to see him when he visits…

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Date: 1929 December 06
Foreign Policy Association Central Ohio Branch, Dinner Meeting and Discussion information, undated. The document lists as one of the speaker on the subject of "Conflict in Palestine." The meeting was dated to occur on December 6, 1929 at the…

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/9daw0dl31370ss1/Rihani2018AR37_060.pdf

Date: 1929 December 06
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, dated November 14, 1929. The document lists as a speaker at the Columbus Athletic Club on the "Outlook in Palestine" on December 6, 1929.

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Date: 1929 December 07
Foreign Policy Association Buffalo Branch Luncheon Information, event dated December 7, 1929. The pamphlet lists information including the subject of the luncheon which is "Zionism." is listed as one of the speakers of the talk.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/cggl22wa4tyvsli/Rihani2018AR37_242.pdf

Date: 1929 December 07
Foreign Policy Association Buffalo Branch, information on Luncheon Discussion, undated. The discussion is listed as taking place on December 7, 1929 at the Hotel Statler. is listed as one of the main speakers discussing "Zionism."

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/zmef1lf2fy7047a/Rihani2018AR37_064.pdf

Date: 1929 December 11
A letter from Elisabeth Mck. Scott of the Foreign Policy Association to , dated December 11, 1929. The letter had a check for $100 enclosed for Rihani after his speech at the Columbus branch of the Foreign Policy Association on December 6, 1929.

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Date: 1929 December 12
Receipt from The Guardian Trust Company. The receipt is for 's Larwill Lecture at Kenyon College for $100. Dated December 12, 1929.

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Date: 1929 December 12
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, undated. The document states that was to be a speaker at Kenyon College in Ohio on December 12, 1929. Rihani spoke on the topic of "Zionism."

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Date: 1929 December 14
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, undated. The document states that was a speaker at the Rochester Foreign policy Association, on the "Situation in Palestine" and the event was dated for December 14, 1929.

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Date: 1929 December 21
A letter to from Elisabeth Mck. Scott of the Foreign Policy Association, dated December 21, 1929. The letter had a check for $100 enclosed for Rihani's talk at the Rochester Branch of the Foreign Policy Association.

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Date: 1929 December 23
A letter to from Elisabeth Mck. Scott of the Foreign Policy Association, dated December 23, 1929. Enclosed in the letter were fees and travelling expense checks from three of the Foreign Policy Association branches.

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Date: 1929 February 19
Invitation to a luncheon held in honor of , at the Women's City Club on Tuesday February 19, 1929. The document also gives a brief introduction into and addresses that he will be speaking on "Political Tendencies in Arabia."

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Date: 1929 May 15
Houghton Mifflin Company Book Newsletter, dated May 15, 1929. is mentioned part way down as the author of "The Maker of Modern Arabia," a biography of Ibn Sa'oud. It mentions Rihani signing a contract with the Foreign Policy Association for an…

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Date: 1929 May 15
Houghton Mifflin Company Book Newsletter, dated January 9, 1929. is mentioned part way down as the author of "The Maker of Modern Arabia," a biography of Ibn Sa'oud and has just returned to America after seven years in Mt. Lebanon.

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Date: 1929 November
A letter to unknown from Current History Magazine, dated November 1929. The letter discusses the November 1929 issue of the magazine, with special attention paid to an article about about the Arab POV on the situation in Palestine at this time, the…

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwxrg0pbow4cqm8/Rihani2018AR37_054.pdf

Date: 1929 November
Cosmopolitan Club newsletter, dated November 1929. An interior page states that will speak on "The Near East in Revolt" on November 20, 1929.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/kn4gyzskizp92yi/Rihani2018AR37_050.pdf

Date: 1929 November 02
Information concerning the Foreign Policy Associations First Luncheon Discussion of 1929-1930. The document states that it was to be held on November 2, 1929 at the Hotel Copley Plaza and discusses the "Outlook in Palestine." was to be a speaker.…

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ytkpsogae0wovf/Rihani2018AR37_040.pdf

Date: 1929 November 02
Information concerning the Foreign Policy Associations First Luncheon Discussion of 1929-1930. The document states that it was to be held on November 2, 1929 at the Hotel Copley Plaza and discusses the "Outlook in Palestine." was to be a speaker.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/ymx9qsibznqu49c/AR37_039c.jpg

Date: 1929 November 02
A letter to from Elisabeth Mck. Scott of the Foreign Policy Association, dated November 2, 1929. The letter addresses that a Mrs. Holt is anxious for to arrive at the Hamilton Street Club to meet the Foreign Policy Association Committee.

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Date: 1929 November 06
Confirmation of Engagement that designates as a speaker at an event held by the International Relations Committee at the Upper Montclair Women's Club, the event was to be held January 16, 1929. The document is dated November 6, 1929.

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Date: 1929 November 08
Confirmation of Engagement from Foreign Policy Association, dated November 8, 1929. The document states that was to be a guest speaker at The Linwood Forum on March 16, 1930.

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Date: 1929 November 08
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, dated November 8, 1929. The document confirms that will speak on December 7, 1929 at the Buffalo Branch of the Foreign Policy Association. It lists Rihani's topic of discussion as "Zionism."

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Date: 1929 November 08
Confirmation of Engagement that designates as a speaker that the Hotel Bancroft on January 11, 1929. The document is dated November 8, 1929.

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Date: 1929 November 14
A letter to from Elisabeth Mck. Scott of the Foreign Policy Association, dated November 14, 1929. The letter addresses Rihani's bill for his travelling expenses.

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Date: 1929 November 15
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, dated November 15, 1929. It lists as a speaker at the Hotel Kimball in Springfield, Massachusetts on November 30, 1929. He was speaking on "The Situation in Palestine."

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Date: 1929 November 15
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, dated November 15, 1929. The document states that is to speak at the Town and County Club in Hartford on November 29, 1929. He was speaking on "The Arab, the British and the Zionist in…

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Date: 1929 November 16
Foreign Policy Association Thirty-Second Luncheon-Discussion information, event dated November 16, 1929. The document lists as a speaker.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/oelzf282w35anxi/Rihani2018AR37_047.pdf

Date: 1929 November 16
Foreign Policy Association Thirty-Second Luncheon-Discussion information, event dated November 16, 1929. The document lists as a speaker.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/j0ce5oe8vmymxr5/Rihani2018AR37_045.pdf

Date: 1929 November 20
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, event dated November 20, 1929. is listed as a speaker on the "Near East In Revolt."

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Date: 1929 October 23
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, dated October 23, 1929. The date of the meeting is listed as November 2, 1929 with being a speaker on the "Outlook in Palestine."

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