Manuscripts

Personal and business papers, correspondence

Description: Box includes personal papers (1900-1928), business papers (1900-1920), and general correspondence (1891-1938).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1891-1938
Call number: mssDodge
Creator: Dodge, Fred (1854-1938)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William Wreden, August 1963.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Fred James Dodge papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of 2,313 items from 1890 to 1938; it includes letters, documents and 116 photographs related to the activities of Wells, Fargo and Co., special agent Fred James Dodge. Subject matter includes nine criminal investigations in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana from 1893 to 1912. The photographs are of outlaws and others; the collection also includes lists of criminals, and twenty-three letters to and from John P. Clum, 1930 to 1932. There is also a small amount of Dodge's personal and business papers, reports, miscellaneous items and ephemera.

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Photographs: criminals and general

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J.B. Humphrey

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Criminal cases

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Photograph of Captain Fred James Dodge with President Theodore Roosevelt, et al., in Texas

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Removed from box 8, flattened and encapsulated in mylar.

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List of crimes and Wells Fargo criminals

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Removed from box 9 and housed in a large envelope.

mssDodge

Personal and business papers, correspondence

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