October 7, 2020 – Edwin C. Bolles
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Title
October 7, 2020 – Edwin C. Bolles
Subject
Tufts University. Tisch Library. Special Collections
Description
Edwin C. Bolles (1836-1920) was Professor of English & American History and the first chaplain of Tufts College. He built a large collection of books and other material about the history and geography of England, especially of London, much of it while living in that city in the 1870s. He set out to “illustrate” his copy of Thornbury’s multivolume “Old and New London” with marginal notes collating the text to a vast external collection of illustrations collected from many other printed sources.
Bolles died at his residence (now known as Bolles House) in 1920. As a memorial to his long & distinguished service to Tufts, the trustees purchased his collection for the college library. Along with the Hosea Ballou and Walter Welch Collections, it is one of the largest named collections in Tisch, supporting research to this day, indeed a student project provided the title image of the book on the plague in London.
Bolles died at his residence (now known as Bolles House) in 1920. As a memorial to his long & distinguished service to Tufts, the trustees purchased his collection for the college library. Along with the Hosea Ballou and Walter Welch Collections, it is one of the largest named collections in Tisch, supporting research to this day, indeed a student project provided the title image of the book on the plague in London.
Creator
Christopher Barbour
Source
Instagram: @Tischlibrary
Publisher
Tufts University. Tisch Library
Date
October 7, 2020
Contributor
Anna Minasyan
Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Type
image
Coverage
2020
Citation
Christopher Barbour, “October 7, 2020 – Edwin C. Bolles,” Tufts Libraries Omeka, accessed April 27, 2024, https://omeka.library.tufts.edu/items/show/5299.