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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Susan Dole Cole papers
Identifier/Call Number: mssColes
Physical Description:
11.68 Linear Feet
(14 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1855-2001
Date (bulk): 1885-1970
Abstract: Correspondence, photographs, and documents related to George H. Dole, Clara R. Dole, and their thirteen children. Materials
document the family's everyday activities in Hawaii and California, as well as travels throughout the Eastern United States.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Susan Dole Cole papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan Dole Cole, November 2023.
George H. Dole (1842-1912) was born in 1842 in Punahou, Hawaii, the son of Daniel and Emily Dole, who came to Hawaii from
Maine as missionaries in 1841. His brother Sanford B. Dole (1844-1926) was a politician who was appointed the first Governor
of the Territory of Hawaii in 1900.
In Punahou the Doles opened a school for children, later relocating to the island of Kauai and opening a school in Koloa.
George attended the Koloa School, and left in 1864 at the age of 22 to travel in the United States. After returning to Hawaii
in 1867, he married Clara M. Rowell (1847-1916), also from a missionary family, and worked on several sugar plantations, including
the Koloa, Kealia and Kapaa plantations. In 1889, George, Clara, and their twelve children moved to Riverside, California.
Their thirteenth child was born there in 1890. George worked for the Riverside Naval Orange Company and various insurance
agencies, and also invested money in the Minnehaha Oil Company. George H. Dole died in California in 1912. Clara Rowell Dole
died in Redlands, California, in 1916.
Correspondence, family documents and diaries, photograph albums, and loose photographs related to the Dole family, primarily
George H. Dole, his wife Clara M. Rowell Dole, and their thirteen children, particularly Emily Dole and Clara M. Dole. Materials
were collected by Susan Dole Cole, a descendant of George and Clara Dole. The letters and photos document the Dole family's
activities in Hawaii and California and travels throughout the Eastern United States. Photographs include scenes of nineteenth
century Hawaii; scenes of nineteenth and early twentieth century Riverside, California; Chinese servants working for the
Dole family; Dole family business ventures; and studio portraits of family members.
Processed at the time of accessioning by Kelly Kress in March 2024.
Organized in two series:
- Series 1: Correspondence and documents, 1860s-2001
- Series 2: Photographs, 1855-1980s
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chinese Americans -- Hawaii -- History
Hawaii -- History -- 19th century
Riverside (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
Diaries
Family papers
Genealogies (histories)
Letters (correspondence)
Photograph albums
Photographs
Dole, Clara Maria Rowell, 1847-1916
Dole, George Hathaway, 1842-1912