The History of the Easter Sunrise Service
This year, Bok Tower Gardens will host its 97th Annual Easter Sunrise Service. Despite two years of virtual services, the service remains tje Gardens’ first and oldest tradition. The picture […]
The Third Period: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 37
The announcement of Edward Bok’s retirement came as a great surprise to his friends. Save for one here and there, who had a clearer vision, the feeling was general that he […]
The Beginning of Bok Tower Gardens: A Historical Perspective
In Chapter 36 of The Americanization of Edward Bok, he discusses his retirement and sets the scene for what he calls the “Third Chapter.” Here are two articles that provide […]
The End of Thirty Years’ Editorship: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 36
On the voyage home, Edward Bok decided that, now the war was over, he would ask his company to release him from the editorship of The Ladies’ Home Journal. His original […]
At the Battle-Fronts in The Great War: The Amercanization of Edward Bok Chapter 35
It was in the summer of 1918 that Edward Bok received from the British Government, through its department of public information, of which Lord Beaverbrook was the minister, an invitation to […]
Linking Histories: Edward Bok and the Y.M.C.A
The Evening Public Ledger’s post from Nov. 19, 1917 illustrates Bok’s hard work raising Y.M.C.A. war funds. The article, at the right edge of the page, is titled “Y.M.C.A. Fund […]
A War Magazine and War Activities: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 34
When, early in 1917, events began so to shape themselves as directly to point to the entrance of the United States into the Great War, Edward Bok set himself to […]
