Guide to the Carolyn Brown Dodge Letters 1938-1968> Carolyn Brown Dodge Letters Finding aid prepared by Julia Stringfellow Central Washington University 2021 Finding aid encoded by M.R. Blackson 2021 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard)2nd Edition. Central Washington UniversityArchives and Special Collections
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MS-023 Dodge, Carolyn Brown Carolyn Brown Dodge Letters 1938-1968 .4 cubic feet 1 letter sized document box Handwritten letters by Carolyn Brown Dodge, and a few letters written by her mother Charlotta Wint Brown to their cousin/niece Carol Robinson. English Biographical Note

Carolyn Dodge resided in Ellensburg, Washington, in the Badger Pocket area on a farm with her family and her letters describe her daily life as a farm wife and later as the wife of a potato broker in the Quincy Basin. Dodge also wrote letters to her cousin at her residences in Kittitas and Quincy, Washington, following her time in Ellensburg.

The Dodge family moved to the Ellensburg area in 1929 from Montana when Boynton Dodge, Carolyn’s husband, started a job as a fresh fruit inspector for the State of Washington. The family farmed in the Kittitas Valley from 1944 until 1955, moving briefly to Kittitas before moving on to Quincy. All three of their sons, John, William, and Robert graduated from Central Washington State College of Education/Central Washington State College.

The letters were donated by Carolyn Dodge’s son, Robert (Bob) Dodge, a 1959 graduate of Central Washington College of Education, now Central Washington University, in June 2021.

The collection is comprised of approximately 70 handwritten letters, the majority written by Carolyn Brown Dodge, and a few letters written by her mother Charlotta Wint Brown to their cousin/niece Carol Robinson who lived in Sidney, Montana. The letters were written from 1938-1968.

The collection is arranged chronologically at the file level.

Open to the public for educational research.

Dodge, Carolyn Brown. Guide to the Carolyn Brown Dodge Letters, 1938-1968. Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections. MS-023

Letters were donated by Carolyn Dodge's son, Robert Dodge.

Donated to CWU archives in 2021

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Dodge, Carolyn Brown--Archives Dodge Dodge, Robert L. Ellensburg (Wash.) Kittitas County (Wash.) Letters Correspondence Washington (State) Montana Home and Family 1-1 Correspondence 1938-1938 1-2 Correspondence 1943-1950 1-3 Correspondence 1951-1952 1-4 Correspondence 1953-1953 1-5 Correspondence 1954-1954 1-6 Correspondence 1995-1995 1-7 Correspondence 1956- 1957 1-8 Correspondence 1959-1959 1-9 Correspondence 1960-1960 1-10 Correspondence 1962-1962 1-11 Correspondence 1963- 1964 1-12 Correspondence 1965- 1966 1-13 Correspondence 1967- 1968 1-14 Correspondence Undated

Open to the public for educational research.