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  • Collection: Ameen Rihani: Documents

Date: 1915-01-15
A letter to Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State, from Don C. Seitz, dated January 15, 1929. The letter introduces Ameen F. Rihani and describes that he has a matter concerning horses to discuss with Kellogg.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fb5c0val3wptrpw/AR37_029c.jpg

Date: 1915-02-10
Twilight Club 690th Dinner Invite, held at Hotel McAlpin on February 10, 1915. Ameen F. Rihani was a speaker - and he discussed "The Effect of the War on the Orient"
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zvhvblf8skcpvw/Rihani2018AR37_004.pdf

Date: 1917-08-18
A letter to James Parmelee from the Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, dated August 18, 1917. The letter addresses Ameen F. Rihani going to see the Secretary of War.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cbd5i08frof9oow/Rihani2018AR37_013.pdf

Date: 1918-06-01
A letter to A.E. Baermann from The World's Work magazine, dated June 1, 1918. The letter addresses Ameen F. Rihani's articles, and their unfortunate incompatibility with the writing typically featured in the World's Work magazine.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u7w0hyxrcv0kdv2/Rihani2018AR37_015.pdf

Date: 1918-09-09
Certification of Ameen F. Rihani's admission to the American Asiatic Association as an associate member, dated September 9, 1918.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dq728rin82o4c1o/Rihani2018AR37_016.pdf

Date: 1919-02-03
Society of Arts and Sciences Dinner Invitation. Ameen F. Rihani is listed as a "teller of tales,"and "poet from the land of Syria," dated February 3, 1919.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l2qkpxbbrwolnql/Rihani2018AR37_017.pdf

Date: 1919-03-18
A letter to H.W. Francis from The New York Evening Post, dated March 18, 1919. The letter addresses an article that Ameen F. Rihani wrote about Princes' Island, and asks for an article on another subject since they already have one on the subject.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l6oybesj7rcrnac/Rihani2018AR37_018.pdf

Date: 1919-11-17
A letter to Justo Acevedo from V. Carranza, dated November 17, 1919.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sl0whlabz0k9gxm/Rihani2018AR37_019.pdf

Date: 1920
Miscellaneous Arabic letter, 1920
https://www.dropbox.com/s/prokvgf3srg1wy4/AR37_229c.jpg

Date: 1920-08-25
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.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hg66y2ud20larxg/Rihani2018AR37_021.pdf

Date: 1922-05-14
A letter to the Governor of Aden from Seyied Ahmed ibn Yahya el-Kibay. It addresses Ameen F. Rihani's arrival and his acceptance into the Imam, dated May 14, 1922
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c4a2v5gtha8uzkw/Rihani2018AR37_023.pdf

Date: 1922-08-21
A letter to A.F. Kindersley from the American Consular Service, dated August 21, 1922. The letter addresses introducing Ameen F. Rihani and his desire to obtain an interview with Sir George Lloyd while travelling with the New York Times.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwy6411ozr15m3v/Rihani2018AR37_024.pdf

Date: 1922-08-22
A letter from A.F. Kindersley to the Commissioner of Police in Bombay (now Mumbai), dated August 22, 1922. The letter addresses Ameen F. Rihani's proposed travel plans to visit Bahrain and Nejd.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ktj4q382tla8fs5/Rihani2018AR37_025.pdf

Date: 1928-05-05
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 Ameen F. Rihani in a proposed publication titled the American Scrapbook.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/helbkh20f83slo5/Rihani2018AR37_027.pdf

Date: 1928-08-08
A letter addressed to Falbe, Halsey & Co., dated August 8, 1928. The letter discusses the horse shipment mentioned in the previous letters.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7c227r8csmu0f4x/Rihani2018AR37_231.pdf

Date: 1928-09-11
Arabic letter from the Saudi Arabian Consulate, dated September 11, 1928
https://www.dropbox.com/s/af4g8fdbqzg32sv/AR37_235c.jpg

Date: 1929-02-19
Invitation to a luncheon held in honor of Ameen F. Rihani, at the Women's City Club on Tuesday February 19, 1929. The document also gives a brief introduction into Ameen F. Rihani and addresses that he will be speaking on "Political Tendencies in…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hgpvk402eckrcop/AR37_032c.jpg

Date: 1929-05-15
Houghton Mifflin Company Book Newsletter, dated May 15, 1929. Ameen F. Rihani 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…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oyogx0h3f3rkfos/AR37_241c.jpg

Date: 1929-05-15
Houghton Mifflin Company Book Newsletter, dated January 9, 1929. Ameen F. Rihani 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.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f2xdysfm1tkqj9e/AR37_240c.jpg

Date: 1929-10-23
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, dated October 23, 1929. The date of the meeting is listed as November 2, 1929 with Ameen F. Rihani being a speaker on the "Outlook in Palestine."
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u13l1xm1687xnjl/AR37_042c.jpg

Date: 1929-10-25
Foreign Policy Association Confirmation of Engagement, dated October 25, 1929. The date of the meeting is listed as November 3, 1929 with Ameen F. Rihani being a speaker on the topic of "The Future of the Near East."
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s34buekmtl3dnbg/AR37_043c.jpg

Date: 1929-10-28
A letter to Ameen F. Rihani from Elisabeth Mck. Scott of the Foreign Policy Association, dated October 28, 1929. The letter asks Ameen Rihani to stay at the Copley Plaza Hotel at the behest of Christian Herter the Chairman of the Boston Foreign…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5q2qkeu9xma8xk9/AR37_033c.jpg

Date: 1929-10-30
Confirmation of Engagement for a speaking engagement held by the Foreign Policy Association. The event was held by the Near East Club of the University of Chicago. Ameen F. Rihani was a speaker and discussed, "Arabs and Arabia of Today." The event is…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s02g67xwe2kpuex/AR37_034c.jpg

Date: 1929-10-31
Confirmation of Engagement for a speaking engagement held by the Foreign Policy Association. The event was held by Open Court Publishing at Northwestern University in Chicago. Ameen F. Rihani was a speaker on the topic "Where East and West Meet." The…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1rai9bpu4h5d9xd/AR37_035c.jpg

Date: 1929-11
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 Ameen F. Rihani about the Arab POV on the situation in Palestine at…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwxrg0pbow4cqm8/Rihani2018AR37_054.pdf
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