Walter Francis Dillingham Papers and Addenda: Finding Aid

Box 1

Adams – Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin

Adams, -----. 1 letter (1918, Aug. 16) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58322.

B. F. Dillingham Company. Revenue Account for the 6 months ending July 1, 1912 (1912): business record. HM 58323.

“Boy Blue”. 1 letter [c.1880] to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58324.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. Appointment of Benjamin Franklin Dillingham to Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Kalakaua (1892, Mar. 29), copy written in the handwriting of Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 58325.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 1 letter (1871, Nov. 19) to Charles Dillingham. HM 58326.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 3 letters (1897) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 58327-58329.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 1 letter (1883, Apr. 19) to Emma Smith Dillingham and Mary Dillingham Frear. HM 58330.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 1 letter (1910, Aug. 20) to Harold Garfield Dillingham. HM 58331.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 86 letters (1880-1914) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58332-58417.

HM 58401 includes letter by Emma Smith Dillingham to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963, and a poem. HM 58412 includes letter by Emma Smith Dillingham to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 5 letters (1897-1908) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963, and Harold Garfield Dillingham. HM 58418-58422.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 1 letter (1913, Feb. 24) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963, and Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham. HM 58423.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 1 letter [between 1899 and 1904] to Marion Dillingham Erdman. HM 58424.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 2 letters (1889-1892) to Mary Dillingham Frear. HM 58425-58426.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 1 letter (1910, Nov. 4) to George McClellan. HM 58427.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 1 letter (1900, July 19) to Elmer E. Paxton. HM 58428.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918 and Emma Smith Dillingham. 1 letter (1893, Apr. 5) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58429.

Box 2

Dillingham, Emma Smith: Account – to Walter Francis Dillingham (1891)

Dillingham, Emma Smith. Account of Lowell Smith Dillingham’s Baptism [1911]. HM 58430.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. Beneditto: poem (1917, Aug. 15). HM 58431.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. Kahuku Chronicles: journal, 3 journal entries (1892-1893). HM 58432-58434.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. List of Family Birthdays [between 1918 and 1920]. HM 58435.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1902, July 3) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 58436.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter [after 1918, Oct. 14] to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1916- . On verso: list of family birthdays. HM 58437.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1906, Feb. 22) to Harold Garfield Dillingham. HM 58438.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1889, Mar. 24) to Harold Garfield Dillingham and Marion Dillingham Erdman. HM 58439.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 2 letters (1910-1914) to Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham. HM 58440-58441.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1908, Feb. 18) to Margaret Smith Dillingham and Harold Garfield Dillingham. HM 58442.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 58 letters (1883-1891) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963. HM 58443-58500.

HM 58444 includes letter by Mary Dillingham Frear to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58473 includes letters by Harold Garfield Dillingham and Marion Dillingham Erdman to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58475 includes letter by Harold Garfield Dillingham to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58488 includes letter by Marion Dillingham Erdman to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963.

Box 3

Dillingham, Emma Smith to Walter Francis Dillingham (1892-1904)

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 73 letters (1892-1904) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963. HM 58501-58573.

HM 58507 includes letter by Harold Garfield Dillingham to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963.

Box 4

Dillingham, Emma Smith to Walter Francis Dillingham (1905-1912)

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 56 letters (1905-1912) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963. HM 58574-58629.

Box 5

Dillingham, Emma Smith to Walter Francis Dillingham (1913-1919) – Dillingham, Emma Smith and Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 52 letters (1913-1919) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963. HM 58630-58681.

HM 58675 includes three photographs of destruction in Hawaii after a storm.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 7 letters (1905-1914) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963 and Harold Garfield Dillingham. HM 58682-58688.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 9 letters (1910-1919) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963 and Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham. 58689-58697.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 7 letters (1888-1892) to Mary Dillingham Frear. HM 58698-58704.

HM 58699 includes letter by Mary Dillingham Frear to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58703 includes letter by Harold Garfield Dillingham to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 13 letters (1888-1891) to Mary Dillingham Frear and Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58705-58717.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1910, July 13) to Mary Dillingham Frear, Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963, Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham and Harold Garfield Dillingham. HM 58718.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1890, Jan. 4) to -----. Also program from children’s concert. HM 58719.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter [1892, June] to -----, incomplete. HM 58720.

Dillingham, Emma Smith and Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. 1 letter [before 1918] to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. In the handwriting of Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 58721.

Box 6

Dillingham, Harold Garfield – Dillingham, Margaret Bayard Smith

Dillingham, Harold Garfield. 1 letter (1898, July 6) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 58722.

Dillingham, Harold Garfield. 1 letter (1889, Apr. 28) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918 and Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58723.

Dillingham, Harold Garfield. 16 letters (1889-1918) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 58724-58739.

Dillingham, Harold Garfield. 69 letters (1889-1918) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963. HM 58740-58808.

HM 58742 includes post script written by Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 58743 includes letter by Emma Smith Dillingham to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58749 includes letter by Emma Smith Dillingham to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58753 is partly in handwriting of Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 58755 is partly in handwriting of Emma Smith Dillingham.

Dillingham, Harold Garfield. 2 letters (1888-1891) to Mary Dillingham Frear. HM 58809- 58810. HM 58809 is in handwriting of Emma Smith Dillingham.

Dillingham, Harold Garfield and Margaret Bayard Smith Dillingham. 1 letter (1910, Mar. 16) to Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham and Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963. HM 58811.

Dillingham, Louise Olga Gaylord. 4 letters (1913-1914) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58812-58815.

Dillingham, Margaret Bayard Smith. 6 letters (1906-1907) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 58816-58821.

Box 7

Dillingham, Walter Francis to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham (1887-1889)

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 98 letters (1887-1899) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 58822-58919.

HM 58906 includes list of expenses and moneys paid by Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963.

Box 8

Dillingham, Walter Francis to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham (1900-1910) – to Emma Smith Dillingham (1883-1892)

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 30 letters (1900-1910) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 58920-58949.

HM 58945 includes letter by Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 12 letters (1889-1916) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918 and Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 58950-58961.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 5 letters (1889-1900) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, Emma Smith Dillingham, et al. HM 58962-58966.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 53 letters (1883-1892) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 58967-59019.

Box 9

Dillingham, Walter Francis to Emma Smith Dillingham (1893-1905)

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 106 letters (1893-1905) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 59020-59125.

HM 59046 includes letter by Emma Smith Dillingham to Harold Garfield Dillingham.

Box 10

Dillingham, Walter Francis to Emma Smith Dillingham (1906-1920) – to Lowell Smith

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 52 letters (1906-1920) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 59126-59177.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 2 letters (1900-1916) to Emma Smith Dillingham and Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 59178-59179.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 12 letters (1888-1897) to Harold Garfield Dillingham. HM 59180-59191.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 1 letter (1890, Jan. 28) to Harold Garfield Dillingham and Marion Dillingham Erdman. HM 59192.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 2 letters (1898-1899) to Marion Dillingham Erdman. HM 59193-59194.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 1 letter (1889, Apr. 26) to Lowell Smith, 1802-1891. HM 59195.

Box 11

Dillingham, Walter Hyde – Frear, Mary Dillingham to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham

Dillingham, Walter Hyde. 2 letters [between 1918 and 1920] to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 59196-59197.

Driscoll, Tom A. 1 letter ([1898], Aug. 15) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 59198.

Erdman, Harold Randolph. 1 letter (1914, July16) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963. HM 59199.

Erdman, John P. 2 letters (1905-1906) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 59200-59201.

Erdman, Marion Dillingham. 3 letters (1904) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 59202- 59204.

Erdman, Marion Dillingham. 29 letters (1889-1918) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963. HM 59205-59233.

HM 59205 is in handwriting of Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 59206 is partly in handwriting of Emma Smith Dillingham.

Erdman, Marion Dillingham. 2 letters (1888-1891) to Mary Dillingham Frear. HM 59234- 59235.

HM 59234 is in handwriting of Emma Smith Dillingham.

Euchson, Charlotte. 1 letter (1897, Aug. 13) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 59236.

Frear, Mary Dillingham. To Her: poem (n.d.). HM 59237.

Frear, Mary Dillingham. 1 letter (1912, Jan. 5) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 59238.

Box 12

Frear, Mary Dillingham to Walter Francis Dillingham – Newspaper Clippings

Frear, Mary Dillingham. 40 letters (1883-1918) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 59239-59278.

Frear, Mary Dillingham. 2 letters [1910-1913] to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963 and Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham. HM 59279-59280.

Frear, Mary Dillingham. 1 fragment of letter to -----. HM 59281.

Frear, Prosser, Anderson & Marx. 1 letter (1919, Dec. 11) to “Gentlemen”. Note: Copy sent to S. G. Hindes, 1919, Dec. 12. HM 59282.

Frear, Walter Francis, b. 1863. 1 letter (1894, Mar. 16) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 59283.

Frear, Walter Francis, b. 1863, and Mary Dillingham Frear. 1 letter to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918 and Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 59284.

Oahu Railway and Land Company. Extraordinary Expenditures of the Oahu Railway and Land Company for the period July 1, 1908 to Feb. 15, 1909 : business record, with handwritten corrections (1909). HM 59285.

Oleson, A---- J----. 1 letter (1889, Nov. 13) to Mary Dillingham Frear. HM 59286.

Parker, Mary. 1 letter to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918 and Emma Smith Dillingham, includes note by Emma Smith Dillingham forwarding letter along. HM 59287.

Requa, Isaac L. 1 letter (1902, July 12) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918, copy in handwriting of Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 59288.

Seales, Edward P. 1 letter (1891, Mar. 4) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 59289.

-----, Alice. 1 letter [before 1920] to Emma Smith Dillingham, includes note by Mary Dillingham Frear to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 59290.

-----, Blanche. 2 letters (1913) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 59291-59292.

-----, Sarah. 1 letter ([1914], Nov. 13) to Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham. HM 59293.

-----. Troubles Come For Dillingham, Hawaiian Millionaire is Here to Rest and His Business is Under Investigation: article [1904]. HM 59294.

Ephemera. 9 pieces (1890-1919): an envelope, an invitation, two letter fragments, and five receipts. HM 59295.

Newspaper Clippings. 19 pieces (1889-1938). HM 59296.

Box 13

Addenda

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 1 letter (1909, Dec.) to Samuel M. Damon. Draft. HM 79170.

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. 7 letters (1889-1910) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 79171-79177.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1902, July 13) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 79178.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1918, July 16) to W. P. Dillingham. HM 79179.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 2 letters (1887-1893) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 79180-79181.

Dillingham, Emma Smith. 1 letter (1913, Feb. 21) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875- 1963 and Louise Olga Gaylord Dillingham. HM 79182.

Dillingham, Harold Garfield. 1 letter (1908, Feb. 28) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 79183.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 1 letter (1918, Aug. 31) to Frank C. Atherton. HM 79184.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 2 letters (1903-1910) to Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, 1844-1918. HM 79185-79186.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 3 letters (1897-1919) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 79187-79189.

Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963. 1 letter (1919, July 31) to Mary Dillingham Frear. HM 79190.

Frear, Mary Dillingham. 2 letters (1897-1901) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 79191-79192.

Frear, Walter Francis, 1863-1948. 1 letter (1906, Apr. 5) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 79193.

Harvard Glee Club. 1 letter [undated] to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. Copy. HM 79194.

Harvard Musical Club. 1 letter (1899, Nov.) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1874-1963. Copy. HM 79195.

Whitney, Saida. 1 letter [before 1920] to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. Includes photograph. HM 79196.

Wilder, Lillian Kimball, -1949. 1 letter (1897, Aug. 13) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 79197.

-----, Bob. 1 letter (1913, Mar. 11) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 79198.

-----. 1 letter (1887, May 13) to Emma Smith Dillingham. HM 79199.

-----. 1 postcard (1891, June 3) to Walter Francis Dillingham, 1875-1963. HM 79200.

-----. “B.F. Dillingham Assets & Liabilities” (1912, June 30). HM 79201.

Ephemera [undated]. 3 items. HM 79202.

Newspaper clippings (1910). 14 items. HM 79203.

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