This collection contains the personal, business, and family papers of Arthur Macdonald Dole. It includes correspondence, photographs, artwork, business documents, newspapers, and scrapbooks. Some of the papers involve both the personal and business history of the family. There are genealogy records that go back generations, as well as personal diaries and estate records. There are also documents pertaining to the Dole Orange Groves, Powell Publishing Company, and the Dole Brothers' furniture business. This collection contains documentaion of the operation and activities of Pomona College, as well as pamphlets on the city of Pomona, other local cities, and California. There are newspapers and clippings, theater memorabilia, a collection of artwork created by Fanny Dole, and more than 200 photographs and negatives from 1887-1958.