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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm98084177
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Ameen Fares Rihani, Arab-American author and poet, were given to the Library of Congress in 1998 by the Albert Ferris Rihani family. An addition of two items was given by Ramzi Rihani in 1999.
The papers of Ameen Fares Rihani were arranged and described in 1998. The collection was expanded and revised in 2000. The finding aid was revised in 2008.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Ameen Fares Rihani in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress is controlled by the Albert Ferris Rihani family.
The papers of Ameen Fares Rihani are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Ameen Fares Rihani Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Ameen Fares Rihani (1876-1940) span the years 1897-1940 and focus on Rihani's work as an author and poet and his role as a pioneer in Arab-American literature. Written in English, the material consists of reproductions of originals housed in the Ameen Rihani Museum in Freike, Lebanon. The photocopied items include correspondence, biographical material, and drafts of Rihani’s essays, historical and political analyses, literary criticism, novels, shorts stories, plays, poetry, and travel literature. A small addition to the collection includes reproductions of a photograph of Rihani and a drawing of him by William Oberhardt. Correspondents include Rihani's former wife, Bertha Case, Marie-Louise Fontaine, Michael Monahan, Charlotte Teller, and Charmion von Wiegand.
The correspondence relates to philosophy; writing styles; cultural and political matters; criticism in the fields of art, literature, and the performing arts; and discussions of business matters with publishers and of personal matters with writers, friends, and family members. Subjects of Rihani's writings include art, civilization, culture, history, literature, love, politics, religion, theater, and travel in both the Middle East and the West.
The arrangement of the original material in Lebanon has been maintained.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm98084177