Mother's birthday poem.
Poem.
Eight line poem composed by the Boller family on the occasion of Claude Villette Boller's mother's sixtieth birthday on August 19, 1888. First line by Mother, Mary Boller. Second line by Claude's brother Frank, also known as Jacob Frank Boller. Third line by sister Nellie, who may be Elizabeth Boller. Fourth line by brother Willie, also known as William J. Boller. Fifth line by sister Minnie, who may be Margaret "Maggie" Boller. Sixth line by sister Addie, also known as Anna Adeline Boller. Seventh line by sister Carrie, also known as Caroline E. Boller. Eighth line by Claude Villette Boller, also known as Vet or Vettie to his family.
Boller Family.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
August 19, 1888.
Claude Villette "Vet" Boller, <br />Mary Boller (mother), <br />"Frank" Boller (brother, Jacob Frank Boller), <br />"Nellie" Boller (sister, perhaps Elizabeth Boller), <br />Willie Boller (brother, William J. Boller), <br />Minnie Boller (sister, perhaps Maggie Boller)<br />Addie Boller (sister, Anna Adeline Boller),<br />Carrie Boller (sister, Caroline E. Boller).
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 8.
Paper, 15 cm. x 22.5 cm.
English.
Text.
The Scrapbook
Life of Claude Villette Boller.
A scrapbook consisting of 130 used pages including dance cards, newspaper clippings, playbills, cards, business cards, poems, wedding invitations, menus, travel ephemera, ticket stubs, ribbons, etc.
Boller, Claude Villette.
1883 - 1906.
Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
Physical object, still images.
Physical object.
Boller Scrapbook Pages 109 and 110.
Chicago Teamsters' Sympathy Strike, 1905.
These two pages face each other in Mr. Boller's Scrapbook. The left side, page 109, presents a copy of Weber's Weekly, Year III, No. 2., which was issued on April 22, 1905. This is a newsletter that was published by George W. Weber; the former editorial writer of the Chicago Record. It is a 4-page document explaining the circumstances which led up to the Chicago Teamsters' Strike of 1905 and details the responsibility of the city authorities to protect property and preserve civil order. It is available electronically through Duke University Library at <a href="http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/broadsides_bdsil10438/">http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/broadsides_bdsil10438/</a>. The right side, page 110, is a 4-page pamphlet produced by Montgomery Ward & Co. detailing their perspective on the Chicago Teamsters' Strike of 1905. It has been digitized and transcribed on this website.
Boller, Claude Villette.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
Weber's Weekly (page 109) and Montgomery Ward & Co. (page 110).
April 1905.
Claude Villette Boller.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, p. 109 and p.110.
Paper, 30 cm. x 41 cm. (Each scrapbook page 20.5 cm. x 30 cm.)
English
Text.
President McKinley Shot Down - His Condition Critical.
Assassination of President William McKinley.
Page 40 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook which shows a photo of President William McKinley and a headline from an unknown newspaper from Saturday Morning, September 7, 1901 announcing the shooting.
Boller, Claude Villette.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
September 7, 1901.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 40.
Paper, approximately 17.5 cm. x 26.1 cm.
English.
Still Image.
Text.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook page 43 - "President M'Kinley Almost Sure to Recover"
Assassination of President William McKinley.
Page 43 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook which shows headlines clipped from various unknown newspapers on Monday September 9, 2001 and Tuesday, September 10, 2001 regarding the assassination of President William McKinley. At that point it was believed McKinley would recover from his gun shot wound.
Boller, Claude Villette.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
September 9, 1901.
September 10, 1901.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 43.
Paper, approximately 18.4 cm. x 29.3 cm.
English.
Text.
President M'Kinley is Dead.
Assassination of President William McKinley.
Page 45 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook which shows a photo of President William McKinley and a headline from an unknown newspaper announcing President McKinley's death.
Boller, Claude Villette.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
September 15, 1901.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 45.
Paper, approximately 18.1 cm. x 30 cm.
English.
Still Image.
Text.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook page 46 - "Dies Without Pain; Unconscious at End"
Assassination of President William McKinley.
Page 46 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook which shows headlines from an unknown newspaper from Saturday Morning, September 14, 1901 details the final moments of President McKinley's passing.
Boller, Claude Villette.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
September 14, 1901.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 46.
Paper, approximately 12.7 cm. x 25.5 cm.
English.
Text.
Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.
Assassination of President William McKinley.
Page 49 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook shows an illustration of the newly appointed President Theodore Roosevelt from the Sunday Record-Herald, Chicago, September 15, 1901.
Boller, Claude Villette.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
Sunday Record-Herald.
September 15, 1901.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 49.
Paper, approximately 17.9 cm. x 25.6 cm.
English.
Still Image.
Text.
Columbia's Crushing Sorrow.
Assassination of President William McKinley.
Page 52 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook shows an illustration of the allegorical figure, Columbian, mourning the death of President William McKinley.
Boller, Claude Villette.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
Unknown.
September 15, 1901.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 52.
Paper, approximately 18 cm. x 20.5 cm.
English.
Still Image.
Text.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook page 54 - "Proclamation by the President"
Assassination of President William McKinley.
Page 54 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook which shows newspaper clippings from various unknown sources, perhaps the Record-Herald, about the death of President William McKinley and the swearing in of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Boller, Claude Villette.
<em>Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook,</em> Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
Unknown.
September 14-16, 1901.
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 54.
Paper, approximately 18.8 cm. x 29.3 cm.
English.
Text.