Cole (Susan Dole) Papers

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Table of contents

Correspondence and documents 1860s-2001

Physical Description: 2.84 Linear Feet(5 boxes)

Scope and Contents

Correspondence to and from Dole family members, primarily Clara R. Dole and her daughters Emily Dole and Clara M. Dole, with a small amount of correspondence from George H. Dole, Sanford Dole, and other family. Many letters in box 2 were written by Emily Dole and Clara M. Dole together. Family papers include estate and financial related documents, a few diaries kept by Emily Dole and Clara M. Dole, extensive genealogy research and writings, and Hawaii related ephemera.

Arrangement

Correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent, followed by family papers arranged alphabetically by type of material.

Box 1

Correspondence: Dole, Clara R. - Dole, Elwyns 1860s-1970s

Scope and Contents

Primarily Clara R. Dole to George H. Dole and their children, including Emily Dole; Clara R. Dole to Sanford Dole; and Elwyns Dole family correspondence.

Box 2

Correspondence: Dole, Emily 1880-1870s

Scope and Contents

Primarily Emily Dole to Clara Marie Dole, Emily and Clara Marie Dole to family, and letters from family to Emily Dole.

Box 3

Correspondence: Dole, Emily - Dole, Sanford 1896-1970s

Scope and Contents

Letters from family to Emily Dole, George H. Dole to Clara R. Dole and their children, Sanford Dole to George H. and Clara Dole, and correspondence related to Jack Dole, Kenneth Dole, and Norman Eliot Dole.

Box 4

Family papers 1902-2001

Scope and Contents

Diaries of Emily Dole and Clara Marie Dole, genealogy research and family biographies, and a small amount of legal and financial papers.

Box 5

Genealogy charts and poster approximately 1920s

Scope and Contents

Genealogy charts tracing the history of the Dole family, and a Plantation brand pineapples poster.

Photographs 1855-1980s

Physical Description: 8.84 Linear Feet(9 boxes)

Scope and Contents

Photograph albums and loose photographs of the Dole family, documenting family life and activities in Hawaii and Riverside, California, and travel in the United States. Photographs are primarily of George H. Dole, Clara R. Dole, their children and extended family.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically, with loose photographs at the end.

Box 6

Photograph albums 1890s-1914

Box 7

Photograph albums 1890s-1920s

Box 8

Photograph albums 1915-1919

Box 9

Photograph albums 1921-1929

Box 10

Photograph albums 1930-1938

Box 11

Photograph albums 1937, 1939

Box 12

Photograph albums 1940s, undated

Box 13

Loose photographs 1855-1980s

Box 14

Oversize loose photographs 1890s-1930s

Collection Contents

Correspondence and documents

Photographs