Robert Dunn Photobook of Charles Warren Fairbanks

Collection

Identifier: MSS076

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is made up of a photobook with black-and-white photographs taken of Indiana politician Charles Warren Fairbanks by Robert Dunn; it includes handwritten notes presumably by Dunn. Robert Dunn was Fairbanks’ official photographer on the 1904 campaign trail as Vice-President under Teddy Roosevelt. Dunn created this photobook and gave it as a gift to the “Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks.” The photobook also includes photographs of Teddy Roosevelt and William McKinley. Some of the photographs are noted as being copyrighted in 1901; it is assumed that Dunn created this photobook circa 1904.

Dates

Creation: 1901 - circa 1904

Creator

Dunn, Robert (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical Note

Robert Dunn was the official photographer for Fairbanks as he campaigned as Vice-President under Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt won the Presidential election.

Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) served as the 26th Vice-President of the United States, working under Teddy Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909. He moved to Indianapolis after graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University and was an Indiana senator from 1897 to 1905. Before his Republican political career, he worked as an attorney and railroad financier. He passed away in 1918 at the age of 66 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Extent

1.35 Linear Feet (1 oversize box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains a photobook created by photographer Robert Dunn. Dunn documented Indiana politician Charles Warren Fairbanks on the 1904 campaign trail as Vice-President under Teddy Roosevelt. Dunn gave this photobook to Fairbanks.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one series.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Richard M Fairbanks, Jr., the grandson of Charles W. Fairbanks, donated this collection to Butler University Libraries in 1992 (1992.007).

Related Materials

UA00.01 Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection, Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives, Irwin Library, Butler University.

Butler University Buildings and Grounds Digital Collection

UA00.02 Butler University Biography Research Files, Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives, Irwin Library, Butler University.

Fairbanks mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. https://archives.iu.edu/catalog/InU-Li-VAA1250

Separated Materials

Additional loose photographs of Charles W. Fairbanks appear to have been separated from this collection (they appear to be from the same period) and placed in the Butler University Biography Research Files in Fairbanks’ file. Please contact the repository for more information and access.