1897: September 7: Son born; William Curtis Bok.

1900: Published The Young Man in Business: L. G. Page & Company.

1905: January 25: Son born: Cary William Bok.

1906: Published Her Brother's Letters (Anonymous): Moffat, Yard & Company.

1907: Degree of LL.D. of Order of Augustinian Fathers conferred by order of Pope Pius X., by the Most Reverend Diomede Falconio, D.D., Apostolic Delegate to the United States, at Villanova College.

1910: Degree of LL.D. conferred, in absentia, by Hope College, Holland, Michigan (the only Dutch college in the United States).

1911: Founded, with others. The Child Federation of Philadelphia.

1912: Published The Edward Bok Books of Self-Knowledge; five volumes: Fleming H. Revell Company.

1913: Founded, with others, The Merion Civic Association, at Merion, Pennsylvania.

1915: Published Why I Believe in Poverty: Houghton, Mifflin Company.