Papers of and relating to Mary V. Dodge (1876-1954), a violin teacher who lived in Portland, Oregon, and Burns, Oregon. In the 1910s, she founded the Sagebrush Symphony in Burns; she later led the Irvington School Orchestra in Portland, which became the Portland Junior Symphony (later the Portland Youth Philharmonic).

Photographs of and relating to Oregon violinist and music teacher Mary V. Dodge (1876-1954) and her career. Many of the images are portraits of the Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra of Harney County, a rural Oregon youth orchestra that Dodge founded and led. The collection also includes photographs of Dodge; an image of her house in Portland; and photographs of other musicians, many of them children.