Finding aid for the Bole Family Photographs


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Bole Family
Title: Bole Family Photographs
Dates: 1898-1989
Extent: 4.25 linear feet (1 container, 1 oversize folder, and 2 oversize volumes)
Abstract: The Bole Family traces its ancestry to Robert Bole (1818-1891) and Euphemia Bole (Kirkpatrick, birth and death dates unknown). They had five children: Joseph Kirkpatrick (1848-1894), John Clark, Mary (Mame), Allen, and Robert. The donors of the collection are descendents of Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole and Melinda Eliza Bole (Patterson, 1850-1918). Joseph and Melinda had seven children. The majority of the material is related to their second son, Joseph "Joe" Kirkpatrick Bole (1876-1952), and his wife's, Winifred Ely Bole (Ely, 1881-1976), line of descendents. Joe Bole attended Cornell University and was an avid golfer and fisherman. The collection consists of candid photos, professional portraits, and wedding photos. The collection contains 506 photos with three in color and 503 in black and white. The media types included in the photo group are albumens, cabinet cards, glass negatives, negatives, postcards, and tintypes.
PG Number PG 540
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Biography of the Bole Family

The Bole Family traces their ancestry to Robert Bole (1818-1891) and Euphemia Bole (Kirkpatrick, birth and death dates unknown). They had five children: Joseph Kirkpatrick (1848-1894), John Clark, Mary (Mame), Allen, and Robert. The donors of the collection are descendents of Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole and Melinda Eliza Bole (Patterson, 1850-1918). Joseph and Melinda had seven children. The majority of the material is related to their second son, Joseph "Joe" Kirkpatrick Bole (1876-1952), and his wife's, Winifred Ely Bole (Ely, 1881-1976), line of descendents. Joe Bole attended Cornell University and was an avid golfer and fisherman.

Roberta Bole (Holden, 1876-1950) was the daughter of Liberty Emery Holden, the owner and publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Martha Gertrude Ely (1870-1906) married William Coleman Carnegie, the nephew of Andrew Carnegie, steel industrialist, businessman and founder of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company (later U.S. Steel).

The Ely family supposedly traces their heritage to 580 BCE and Theodoric the Hun, the Duke of the Bavarians in Hungary. He began a long line of dukes and counts in Bavaria. In 1100, King Henry I of England conferred on Helias de la Fleche, Count of Perigord, a land grant in Cambridge shire, which included the Isle of Ely. King Henry II appointed Richard de Elie Lord High Treasurer of England, the position he maintained until his death in 1199. Richard's youngest son, Nicholas (1200-1280) was the Archdeacon of Ely, Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Chancellor, Bishop of Worcester, and Bishop of Winchester. When he died his body was interred in the Church of Waverly Abbey in Surrey and his heart was deposited near the High Alter in his own Cathedral at Winchester.

Richard Ely (1625-1684) was born in Basingstoke, England and came to America approximately 1660. During England's Civil War (1640-1660), Admiral Phipps assigned Richard the task of taking Prince Charles II to a French boat, which took him to France for refuge. As a reward for Richard's bravery, Phipps allowed him to marry his daughter, Joanne. They had three sons and a daughter before Joanne died. During the Restoration when Parliament recalled the exiled Prince Charles II back to England to resume the throne, Charles II rewarded those who helped him escape. He asked Richard to go to the American colonies and subdue the Native Americans and foster trade with England. Richard accepted and was granted a merchant ship and a charter for land in the Massachusetts colony. Richard's youngest son, Richard, accompanied him to America and later he sent for his oldest son, William. The Elys settled in Boston and then later in Lyme, Connecticut. Richard Jr. was one of the original settlers of Hartford, Connecticut. Winifred Ely Bole's family is descendents of Richard Ely, Jr.


Scope and Content

The Bole Family Photographs, 1898-1989 and undated, consist of candid photographs, professional portraits, and wedding photographs. The collection contains 506 photographs with three in color and 503 in black and white. The media types include albumen, cabinet cards, glass negatives, negatives, postcards, and tintypes.

This collection is of value to researchers seeking illustrative materials on the period between the 1850s to the 1950s. The fashions of this period are represented. The collection contains images primarily of the following people: Anna Biggar (Ely, 1876-1929), Dr. Hamilton Biggar Bole (1889-1953), Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole (1876-1952), Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole Jr. (1906-1956), Roberta Bole (Holden, 1876-1950), William Carnegie Bole (1910-1972), Winifred Ely Bole (1881-1976), Martha Gertrude Carnegie 1870-1906), William Coleman Carnegie, Liberty Emery Holden (presumably, 1833-1913), and Laurence Stary. Also, the collection contains images of Ansel Road in Cleveland, Ohio, Camp Mowana, Dunginess (Carnegie House, Fernandina, Florida), Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Plain Dealer City Room.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series. Each series is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.
Series I: General Photographs
Series II: Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole (1876-1952) and Winifred Ely Bole (1881-1976) Family
Series III: Oversize Material

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 4989 Bole Family Papers.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Biggar, Anna Harman, 1876-1929
Bole, Hamilton Biggar, 1889-1953
Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1876-1952
Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1906-1956
Bole, Roberta Holden, 1876-1950
Bole, William Carnegie, 1910-1972
Bole, Winifred Ely, 1881-1976
Bowles family -- Photographs
Carnegie, Martha Gertrude, 1870-1906
Carnegie, William Coleman
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs.
Euclid Avenue (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
Holden, Liberty Emery, 1833-1913.
Stary, Laurence

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 540 Bole Family Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Bole Family in 2005.

Processing Information

Processed by Jenna Ogden in 2007.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Series I: General Photographs 1904-1989 undated

Box Folder
1 1 Al Bole (oversize material removed to Oversize Folder 1) undated
1 2 Bole, Benjamin Patterson and Roberta Bole (Holden) Family ("Ben Bole-Grandfather Bole's Brother," "Helen Bole," and "Helen Bole, Pat Bole/Nancy Bole's Daughter" removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1989 undated
1 3 Bole, Hamilton Biggar and Elizabeth Owsley Bole (Boyle) Family 1924 undated
1 4 Bole, Matilda "Tillie" B. 1904 undated
1 5 Kirkpatrick, Jack ("Uncle Jack Kirkpatrick" removed to Oversize Folder 1) undated
1 6 Miscellaneous, including Ansel Road, Andre C., Euclid Avenue, Lucy Ricketson, Bascore Little, Jay Pickands, the Plain Dealer City Room, the Rockford Boles, and Barbara and Jack Wieser ("Possibly funeral at old St. Paul's or Trinity, Cleveland," and unidentified photograph removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1904 1913 1956-1958 undated
1 7 Pattersons undated
1 8 Perkins (Bole), Linda C. undated

Series II: Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole (1876-1952) and Winifred Ely Bole (1881-1976) Family 1898-1950 undated

Box Folder
1 9 Biggar, Hamilton F. and Anna Biggar (Ely) Family ("Anna Biggar's Wedding Party, WEB's sister married Doctor Biggar" removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1926 undated
1 10 Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick 1898-1914 undated
1 11 Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick 1950 undated
1 12 Bole Jr., Joseph Kirkpatrick and Emily Bole (King) Family 1948 undated
1 13 Bole, William Carnegie and Ruth E. Bole (Stary) Family 1927 1932 undated
1 14 Bole, Winifred Ely ("Winifred Ely Bole Wedding Photo, 1903, Winifred Keller Ely to Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole" and Winifred Ely Bole, 1903, removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1903 undated
1 15 Carnegie, William Coleman and Martha Gertrude Carnegie (Ely) Family ( "Gertrude Carnegie" and "Aunt Lucy" (Lucy Carnegie) removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1906 undated
1 16 Ely Family undated
1 17 Unidentified 1943 undated

Series III: Oversize Material 1919-1921 undated

Folder
1 Oversize Folder 1: Oversize material described above dates vary
Volume
1 Black and white cabinet cards of various members of the Bole family such as Allen Bole, John Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole, Robert A. Bole, and the Pattersons undated
Volume
2 Bole, William C., Camp Mowana 1919-1921 undated