Papers of Walter Francis Dillingham, 1871-1938.

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Papers of Walter Francis Dillingham, 1871-1938.

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The collection contains 1,001 catalogued items, including approximately 966 pieces of correspondence. The collection spans the period 1871-1938, with the bulk of the material from 1880-1918. The collection, arranged alphabetically by author, consists primarily of correspondence; however, there are three business records, nine pieces of ephemera, and nineteen newspaper clippings. The collection contains material written by the principal Dillingham family members, as well as Walter Francis Frear, John P. Erdman, Isaac L. Requa, Walter Hyde Dillingham, Harold Randolph Erdman, several friends of the Dillingham family and business associates. The letters largely deal with family events and business affairs. The correspondence provides an account of each family member's travels and experiences abroad, whether it is going east for school, traveling to visit relatives, or raising money for the family's companies. Several letters deal with B. F.'s illness and hospitalization in the summer of 1904. The Dillinghams often discuss in detail the Oahu Railway and Land Company, the Ewa Plantation Company, and the B. F. Dillingham Company. The letters often refer to the social, economic, and political conditions in Hawaii. The business records deal with the B. F. Dillingham Company, the Hawaiian Dredging Company, and the Oahu Railway and Land Company. The ephemera consists of an envelope, an invitation, letter fragments and receipts. The majority of the newspaper clippings deal with the Dillingham family and their affairs in Hawaii.

1,001 items.

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Dillingham, Margaret Bayard Smith.

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Ewa Plantation Company

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Erdman, Marion Dillingham.

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Paxton, Elmer E.

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Pacific Hardware Company.

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Frear, Mary Dillingham, 1870-1951

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Oahu Railway and Land Company

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Requa, Isaac L.

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B. F. Dillingham Company.

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Frear, Walter Francis, 1863-1948

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Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891

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Kalākaua (b. Nov. 16, 1836, Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawai'i–d. Jan. 20, 1891, San Francisco, CA) was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. Born to Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaʻakea and Analea Keohokālole from the reigning House of Kamehameha. Kalākaua married Kapiʻolani, December 8, 1863 and had no children. Kalākaua studied law under Charles Coffin Harris in 1853 and received his military training under the Prussian officer, Major Francis Funk. In the army, Kalākaua served as ...

Erdman, John P.

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Olaa Sugar Company

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Alexander and Baldwin (firm)

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Bishop, Charles Reed, 1822-1915

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Spreckels, C. A. (Claus August), 1858?-1946

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Hawaiian Dredging Company.

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Puna Sugar Co.

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Smith, Lowell, 1802-1891.

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Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1963

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Walter Francis Dillingham was the oldest son of Benjamin "B. F." Dillingham and Emma Smith Dillingham of Honolulu. B. F. Dillingham was an influential and successful businessman in Hawaii and owner of several companies including the Olaa Sugar Company, the Ewa Plantation, and the B. F. Dillingham Company. In 1888, B. F. created the Oahu Railway and Land Company, ultimately building the first railroad on the island of Oahu. Walter, born in Honolulu, April 5, 1875, moved to the United States, in 1...

Thurston, Lorrin A. (Lorrin Andrews), 1858-1931

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Dillingham, Emma Smith.

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Dillingham, Harold Garfield.

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Dillingham, Louise Olga Gaylord.

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Frear, Prosser, Anderson & Marx.

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Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918

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