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).

Scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and administrative records. The Sherwood Music Club of Oregon was a branch of a nationwide organization teaching music according to the Sherwood method founded in 1954.