Resources

The Robert Frost Homestead is now a museum owned by the State of New Hampshire. On May 23, 1968 it was designated as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Portrait of Robert Frost
circa 1910 - 1920
Library of Congress
Prints & Photographs Division
hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c16102

Robert Frost, half-length portrait, seated, facing left
Palumbo, Fred, photographer
1941
Library of Congress
Prints & Photographs Division
hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.98506674

Primary Resources Used for "Frost on Chickens"

Anonymous (1906). A Happy New Year! from The Parsonage, Charles Loveland Merriam 1906. Derry New Hampshire Public Library Historic Postcards. Retrieved November 10, 2014 from Flickr Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/derrypubliclibrary/5095537242/in/photolist-8LgXGo-8LgXHN". Used under a Creative Commons Generic 2.0 license

Anonymous (n.d.). Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N.H. Derry New Hampshire Public Library Historic Postcards. Retrieved November 10, 2014 from Flickr Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/derrypubliclibrary/4557494083/in/photolist-7WJmdc-7WMALd-7WJn3r-7WJmi4-7WMzKm-7WMA3W-7WMAMQ-7WMzHo-7WMAHY-7WMArE-7WMzFL-7WJkWT-7WJkJR-7WMzib-7WMzgS-7WJmFB-7WMAFQ-7WMAH1-7WJmVZ-7WMAC1-7WJkGK-7WMA7C-7WMzCw-7WMzA7-7WJmnH-7WJmaR-7WJkQt-7WJkSD-7WJkLx-7WJkND-8ZF8Wa-8ZF8XB-8Qf81F-8QidDE-7WMzmy-7WMzNY-7WJm52-7WJmxD-7WJmyi-7WJmKn-7WMAwE-7WJmRt-7WJmMa-7WJkDi-7WJktF-7WMzbU-7WJkrH-7WMzdy-7WJkra-7WJkox. Used under a Creative Commons Generic 2.0 license

Anonymous (1907). Pinkerton Academy Foot Ball Team March 29, 1907. Derry New Hampshire Public Library Historic Postcards. Retrieved November 10, 2014 from Flickr Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/derrypubliclibrary/4557495891/in/photolist-7WMArE-7WJmFB-7WJmMa-7WJmKn-7WMAwE-7WJmRt. Used under a Creative Commons Generic 2.0 license

D. H. Hurd & Company (1892). Derry, Rockingham Co. Seabrook, Rockingham Co. Rye, Rockingham Co. (with) Star Island, Gosport Ward, town of Rye. Retrieved November 10, 2014 from The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/RUMSEY~8~1. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Frost, L. (1969). New Hampshire's Child: Derry Journals of Lesley Frost. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Frost, R. (2014). The Letters of Robert Frost: Volume 1, 1886 - 1921. D. Sheehy, M. Richardson, and R. Faggen (Eds.). Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.

Frost, R. (2007). The Notebooks of Robert Frost. Robert Faggen (Ed.). Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.

Frost, R. (2009). Robert Frost Speaking on Campus: Excerpts From His Talks, 1949-1962. E.C. Lathem (Ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Frost, R, & Frost, E. (1972). Family Letters of Robert and Elinor Frost. A. E. Grade (Ed.). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Secondary Resources Used for "Frost on Chickens"

Helfand, J. (2008). Animal Magnetism. Design Observer. Retrieved from http://designobserver.com/feature/animal-magnetism/6537

Hubka, T.C. (2004). Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England.

Frost, R. (1963). Robert Frost: Farm-Poultryman. E. C. Lathem & L. Thompson (Eds.). Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Publications.

Morrison, K. (1974). Robert Frost: A Pictorial Chronicle. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Mott, F. (1938). A History of American Magazines, 1865-1885, Volume 3. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.

Parini, J. (1999). Robert Frost: A Life. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC,

Sanders, D. (2001). A Divided Poet: Robert Frost, North of Boston, and the Drama of Disappearance. Rochester, NY: Camden House.

Scheuer, L. (2013). Once Upon a Flock: Life With My Soulful Chickens. New York: Atria Books.

Staples, T. (2001). The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Staples, T. (2013). The Magnificent Chicken: Portraits of the Fairest Fowl. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Wilson, W.O. (1974). Housing. In O.A. Hanke, J.L. Skinner, & J.H. Florea (Eds.) American Poultry History: 1823-1973: An Anthology Overview of 150 Years (pp. 218-247). Madison, WI: American Poultry Historical Society.

"Frost on Chickens" contains records for over 200 selected full-text digital books, reports, and images from the late the 1800s and the 1900s on poultry farming, chicken breeding, and competitive chicken exhibitions, referred to commonly as "The Fancy."

The Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire: Present Day

Robert Frost House by Grongar is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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