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Letter to Sonora Dodd from Samuel R. Weaver, June 15, 1935

Samuel R. Weaver

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Samuel R. Weaver, with envelope. Letter refers to membership in the International Father' Day Association.
Telegrams to International Fathers Day Association, June 1935

R. B. White and Carolyn Neal McInnis

Telegram to International Fathers Day Association, c/o Sonora Dodd and Isabella Room, from R. B. White, President of Western Union Telegraph Company. Telegram to International Fathers Day Association, c/o Isabella Room, from Carolyn Neal McInnis, President of the Wsahington Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Telegram to Sonora Dodd from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, June 13, 1934

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Telegram to Sonora Dodd from Franklin D. Roosevelt, with envelope. Western Union Telegram. Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as President of the United States from 1933 to 1945.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from S. Gertsmay, December 1, 1933

S. Gertsmay

Letter to Sonora Dodd from S. Gertsmay, concerning Father' s Day and "Children of the Sun".
Letter to Sonora Dodd from M. E. Hay, February 27, 1933

Marion E. Hay

Letter to Sonora Dodd from M. E. Hay of Spokane, Washington. Marion E. Hay served as Governor of Washington State from 1909 to 1913.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Eric A. Johnston, February 27, 1933

Eric A. Johnston

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Eric A. Johnston, President of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. Eric Johnston was historically significant on the national scale as a business owner and political activist.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Washington State Executive Department, June 13, 1933

Unidentified

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Secretary to the Governor of Washington State, Clarence D. Martin, with envelope.
Draft of Official Proclamation by Leonard Funk, June 15, 1932

Leonard Funk

Draft of Proclamation by Leonard Funk, Mayor of the City of Spokane, Washington. Officially declares June 19, 1932 to be celebrated in the city as the holiday Father' Day.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from J. W. Zerba, August 2, 1932

J. W. Zerba

Letter to Sonora Dodd from J. W. Zerba, with envelope. J. W. Zerba served as Pastor at Iconium Methodist Church in Moravia, Iowa.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic, December 15, 1919

Unidentified

Letter to Sonora Dodd from the National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic. Specific senders unidentified.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Herbert W. Lorenz, May 29, 1918

Herbert W. Lorenz

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Herbert W. Lorenz, with attached drafts of article referenced in letter. Lorenz served in the Quartermaster Depot at Camp Mills, Long Island, New York.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from J. P. Tumulty, May 14, 1918

J. P. Tumulty

Letter to Sonora Dodd from J. P. Tumulty, with envelope. Joseph P. Tumulty served as Secretary to Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, from 1911 until 1921.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Conrad Bluhm, February 15, 1917

Conrad Bluhm

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Conrad Bluhm, with envelope. Conrad Bluhm is credited as preacher of the first Father's Day sermon.
Draft of Article written by Sonora Dodd, c. 1917

Sonora Smart Dodd

Draft of Newspaper Article by Sonora Dodd, Founder of Father's Day, titled "Public Service, President of Father's Day Association, Extols Place that Father Occupies in War." Article was published by the Spokane Daily Chronicle on November 13, 1917.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Chairman of Federation of Women's Organizations and "Chairman of the Day", February 20, 1917

Unidentified

Letter to Sonora Dodd from the Chairman, Federation of Women's Organizations and "Chairman of the Day", with envelope. Letter and envelope both include Spokane Chronicle letterhead.
Telegram to Sonora Dodd from C. C. Dill, June 17, 1916

Clarence Cleveland Dill

Telegram to Sonora Dodd from C. C. Dill. Western Union Telegram. Clarence Cleveland Dill was a significant American politician from Washington State.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Frank Funkhouser, June 5, 1916

Frank Funkhouser

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Frank Funkhouser, with envelope. Frank Funkhouser served as Secretary to Congressman (Representative) C. C. Dill, 5th District, Washington State.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Mary Botsford Charlton, May 21, 1915

Mary Botsford Charlton

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Mary Botsford Charlton, Managing Editor, The People's Home Journal, New York.
Envelope addressed to Sonora Dodd, June 25, 1915

Orvis T. Dwinell

Envelope addressed to Mrs. John Bruce Dodd (Sonora Dodd) from Orvis T. Dwinell.
Letter to Conrad Bluhm from Allan Sutherland, May 11, 1915

Alllan Sutherland

Letter to Conrad Bluhm from Allan Sutherland, Manager, Sunday School and Church Supply Department, Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work (The Westminster Press), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Reverend Conrad Bluhm of Centenary Presbyterian Church, Spokane, Washington, was a major supporter of Sonora Dodd, and the founding and celebration of Father's Day.
Card addressed to Sonora Dodd, May 12, 1915

Unidentified

Card addressed to Sonora Dodd, with envelope. No return address. Name of sender is unidentified.
Letter to Mrs. Wm. Hedstrom from Mrs. C. E. Addis, October 24, 1914

Mrs. C. E. Addis

Letter to Mrs. Wm. Hedstrom from Mrs. C. E. Addis, Corresponding Secretary, City Federation of Women's Organizations of Spokane, Washington. Mrs. William Hedstrom served as Secretary for the Fathers' Day Association of Spokane, Washington.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Edna Forrey, June 21, 1914, with enclosed note

Edna Forrey

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Edna Forrey, with enclosed note concerning the 1914 Father's Day Program at Reverend James C. Orr's Presbyterian Church in Wilbur, Washington.
Letter to Sonora Dodd from Jas. C. Orr, August 31, 1914

James C. Orr

Letter to Sonora Dodd from Jas. C. Orr, with envelope. James C. Orr served as Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Winchester, Tennessee.
Telegram to Sonora Dodd from Herbert A. Schoenfeld, June 20, 1914

Herbert A. Schoenfeld

Telegram to Sonora Dodd from Herbert A. Schoenfeld, President of the Dad's Day Association of Seattle, Washington. Western Union Telegram.