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Frank Bolles: Images, Bio, and Research

A Gallery of Images of the American Author, Educator,
and Naturalist (1856-1894)

See also my research page on Frank Bolles,
with my biographical articles and a bibliography,

and see URLs here for Bolles's writings on-line

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Frank Bolles & his notebook In the 1890s, Bolles got top billing (advertisement in Atlantic Monthly) As Secretary of Harvard University, Bolles spent much time in Harvard's Faculty Room, shown here as it was in Bolles's era.

 

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But his heart was here. . . *
(Captions marked with asterisk* are from 1917 edition of Bearcamp Water, collected or provided by Lily Bolles.)
. . . at Lake Chocorua with its picturesque mountain.* Elizabeth Bolles
Frank Bolles's wife and  companion
(Courtesy Tamworth Hist.Soc.)
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His farmhouse - Crowlands - the "red-roofed cottage" - was on the NW shore of Lake Chocorua. (From Alan Phenix.)

 

Crowlands in 1898. Mount Chocorua in the background (From Alan Phenix) Crowlands from the lake path (early 1900s)*
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His daughters at Crowlands
(From Alan Phenix and Tamworth Historical Society).

 

Crowlands in 2002 has changed little.
(By S. Ells)
Chocorua's peak from SE*
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Where Bolles spent the night alone on the summit *

 

Chocorua from the North* Bolles with the famous Barred Owls (courtesy Alan Phenix)
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Bolles in his Rushton at Heron Pond or Lonely Lake, near Crowlands. (Courtesy Alan Phenix.)

 

His great-grandson's photos of Heron Pond More of Alan Phenix's photos
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Heron Pond. (by Alan Phenix) Looking west along the Sandwich Range*.
 
Doctor Chadwick's Pines*
Crowlands in winter, 1930s
(From A. Phenix and Rauner Library of Dartmouth College)
The Cambridge home of the Frank Bolles family at 6 Berkeley Street. (From Rauner Library of Dartmouth College)

 

See also my research page on Frank Bolles,
with my articles and a bibliography