Manuscripts

Family papers

Description: Diaries of Emily Dole and Clara Marie Dole, genealogy research and family biographies, and a small amount of legal and financial papers.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1902-2001
Call number: mssColes
Creator: Cole, Susan Dole(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Susan Dole Cole, November 2023.
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Correspondence and documents

Manuscripts

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.

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Susan Dole Cole papers

Manuscripts

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.

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Correspondence: Dole, Clara R. - Dole, Elwyns

Manuscripts

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.

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Correspondence: Dole, Emily - Dole, Sanford

Manuscripts

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.

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Photograph albums

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Photograph albums

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mssColes

Family papers

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