Processed by
Paul Brockman
15 March 2001
Revised 23 January 2002
Updated by Barbara Quigley
16 September 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202–3269
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VOLUME OF |
Manuscript Materials: 14 manuscript boxes and 45 bound
volumes. |
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COLLECTION |
1876–1928 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Main body of material obtained from estate of Adelaide Fairbanks Causey by purchase from Hoosier Bookshop, 3820 East 61st Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46220, September 1962; other material from several sources, 1945–88 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
Charles Fairbanks letter (SC 2640); William E. English Last Will and Testament (SC 0550); William E. English letter (SC 1654); Robert Fairbanks Papers (M 0101); Harlow Lindley Collection (M 0186) |
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ACCESSION |
1962.0801, 2001.0148, 1945.0505, 1960.0102 |
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NOTES: |
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Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852–1918), the son of Lorsiton M. and Mary A. (Smith) Fairbanks, was born in a log cabin near Unionville Center, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1872, and three years later received a master's degree from the same institution. Through the influence of his uncle William Henry Smith he obtained a position with the Associated Press, serving in its Pittsburgh and Cleveland offices from 1872 to 1874. At the same time he managed to study law and to be admitted to the bar in 1874. In that year, also, he married Cornelia Cole (1852–1913), a college classmate, and moved to Indianapolis. They had five children: Adelaide (1875 or 1876–1961), Warren Charles (1878–1938), Frederick C. (1881–1940), Richard M. (1883–1944) and Robert C. (ca. 1887–1951, see also: M 0101, Robert C. Fairbanks Papers).
For the next twenty years, Fairbanks specialized in railroad law, practicing in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. He was paid well for his work, and amassed a considerable fortune, which permitted him to give up practice when he decided to enter politics.
Fairbanks' first venture into politics was as a leader of Walter Q. Gresham's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 1888. When this effort failed, Fairbanks supported the successful nominee, Benjamin Harrison. In 1893, Fairbanks was the Republican candidate for U.S. Senator, but was defeated. He was an early advocate of women's suffrage. He became a good friend of William McKinley, and at his suggestion was keynote speaker at the Republican convention in 1896. From that time on, Fairbanks had considerable influence in the Indiana Republican Party.
In 1897, Fairbanks was elected to the U.S. Senate. He served on several committees, and, as a close friend of President McKinley, he often served as the president's spokesperson in the Senate. Fairbanks was also a member of a joint commission that negotiated outstanding disputes with Great Britain.
He was elected to a second term in 1903, but resigned the next year when he began a four-year term as vice president under Theodore Roosevelt. Fairbanks was mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 1908, but lost out to William Howard Taft. Upon leaving public office, Fairbanks took a world tour in 1909 and 1910. He was an influential Methodist layman, and served as board chairman of Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He took an active interest in conservation and forestry, and was president of the Indiana State Forestry Association.
Sources:
Materials in collection
Who Was Who in America, Vol. I
Dictionary of American Biography
Indiana Biographical Series, Vol. 1 pp. 132-135; Vol. 7 pp.39-42
Dunn, Indiana and Indianans, Vol. 3, pp. 1221-1225
The collection consists principally of Fairbanks' business and political papers from the period 1876–1904. Included are his letter books from 1876–1904, containing copies of letters relating to state and national politics, the operation of his U. S. Senate office, and his legal cases involving midwestern railroad companies. Also contained is correspondence, primarily from 1894–1904 regarding the legal affairs of railroad companies, the 1896 political campaign, patronage appointments, the U. S. and British Commission on Canada which considered the Alaska boundary question, the 1904 presidential election, and the Indiana Forestry Association, 1910–17.
Also contained in the collection are letters to Fairbanks from Indiana constituents giving opinions on state and national issues, 1897–1904. Additional items include scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and memorabilia relating to Fairbanks' political campaigns, his official trips to Alaska and Quebec, and the work of his wife, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (d. 1913) as president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1901–05. The collection also includes Fairbanks' letters to Rev. J. Wesley Hall, 1907–17, and a diary kept by Fairbanks' daughter, Adelaide, in Vevay, Switzerland County, 1924–28.
Photographs in the collection include items contained in three albums (stored in OVA boxes), one oversize box (OVB), and three folders.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Correspondence, January 1881–94 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 1889–92 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, January–October 1893 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, November 1893 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Speech, November 1893 |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, December 1893 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, 12–29 December 1893 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, 1–17 January 1894 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 10–31 January 1894 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, 1–21 February 1894 |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence, 22–28 February 1894 |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence, March–November 1894 |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence, 1895 |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence, January–July 1896 |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence, 1–15 August 1896 |
Box 1, Folder 15 |
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Correspondence, 16–31 August 1896 |
Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Correspondence, 1–8 September 1896 |
Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Correspondence, 9–17 September 1896 |
Box 1, Folder 18 |
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Correspondence, 18–22 September 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 23–30 September 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, 1–8 October 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, 9–15 October 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, 16–24 October 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, 26–31 October 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, 1–6 November 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, 7–8 November 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 9–11 November 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, 12–17 November 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence, 18–21 November 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence, 23–25 November 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence, 26–30 November 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence, 1–3 December 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence, 4–7 December 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 15 |
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Correspondence, 8–14 December 1896 |
Box 2, Folder 16 |
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Correspondence, 17 December 1896–4 January 1897 |
Box 2, Folder 17 |
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Correspondence, February 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 1–4 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, 7–20 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, 21–22 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, 23 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, 24–25 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, 26 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, 27 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 28–29 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, 30–31 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence, 1–10 April 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence, 11–16 April 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence, 17–22 April 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence, 23–30 April 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence, 1–6 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 15 |
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Correspondence, 7–10 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 16 |
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Correspondence, 11–21 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 17 |
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Correspondence, 22–31 March 1897 |
Box 3, Folder 18 |
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Correspondence, 1–4 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 5–8 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, 9–10 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, 11 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, 12–13 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, 14 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, 15 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, 16–17 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 18 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, 19–20 June 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence, 1–13 July 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence, 14 July 1897 |
Box 4, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence, January–September 1898 |
Box 4, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence, 14–15 October 1898 |
Box 4, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence, 16–20 October 1898 |
Box 5, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 21–25 October 1898 |
Box 5, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, 26–31 October 1898 |
Box 5, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, 1–4 November 1898 |
Box 5, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, 5 November 1898 |
Box 5, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, 6–30 November 1898 |
Box 5, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, 1–15 December 1898 |
Box 5, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, 16–31 December 1898 |
Box 5, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 1–10 January 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, 11–20 January 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence, 21–31 January 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence, 1 February 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence, 7–10 February 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence, 11–14 February 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence, 15–28 February 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 15 |
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Correspondence, March–June 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 16 |
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Correspondence, July–November 1899 |
Box 5, Folder 17 |
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Correspondence, December 1899 |
Box 6, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, January 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, 1–15 February 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, 16–29 February 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, n.d. |
Box 6, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, n.d. |
Box 6, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, March–May 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, 1–11 June 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 12–13 June 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, 14–16 June 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence, 17–20 June 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence, 21–25 June 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence, 26–27 June 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence, 28–30 June 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence, 1–5 July 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 15 |
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Correspondence, 6–31 July 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 16 |
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Correspondence, August–September 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 17 |
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Correspondence, October 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 18 |
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Correspondence, November 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 19 |
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Correspondence, 1–8 December 1900 |
Box 6, Folder 20 |
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Correspondence, 9–15 December 1900 |
Box 7, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 16–22 December 1900 |
Box 7, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, 24–31 December 1900 |
Box 7, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, 1900 |
Box 7, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, 1–8 January 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, 9–21 January 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, 22–31 January 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, 1–18 February 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 20–28 February 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, 1–11 March 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence, 12–21 March 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence, 22–31 March 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence, 1–12 April 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence, 13–30 April 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence, May 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 15 |
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Correspondence, June 1901 |
Box 7, Folder 16 |
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Correspondence, 1–15 July 1901 |
Box 8, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 16–31 July 1901 |
Box 8, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, August–September 1901 |
Box 8, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, October–December 1901 |
Box 8, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, January–June 1902 |
Box 8, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, July–December 1902 |
Box 8, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, 1903 |
Box 8, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, December 1903–June 1904 |
Box 8, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 1–9 July 1904 |
Box 8, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, 11–13 July 1904 |
Box 8, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence, 17–30 July 1904 |
Box 8, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence, 1–15 August 1904 |
Box 8, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence, 16–31 August 1904 |
Box 8, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence, September 1904 |
Box 8, Folder 14 |
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Correspondence, October–December 1904 |
Box 8, Folder 15 |
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Correspondence, 1906–09 |
Box 8, Folder 16 |
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Correspondence, September–October 1910 |
Box 8, Folder 17 |
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Correspondence, November 1910 |
Box 8, Folder 18 |
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Correspondence, December 1910 |
Box 8, Folder 19 |
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Correspondence, January 1911 |
Box 8, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, February –August 1911 |
Box 9, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, September–December 1911 |
Box 9, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, January–April 1912 |
Box 9, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, May–December 1912 |
Box 9, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, January–June 1913 |
Box 9, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, July–December 1913 |
Box 9, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence, 1914–15 |
Box 9, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence, 1916–17 |
Box 9, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence, n.d. |
Box 9, Folder 10 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Letterbook, April–July 1899 |
BV 2546 |
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Synopsis of Correspondence 1897 |
BV 2547 |
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Letterbook, September–December 1900 |
BV 2548 |
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Letterbook, December 1899–February 1900 |
BV 2549 |
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Letterbook, December 1900–January 1901 |
BV 2550 |
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Letterbook, 1901 |
BV 2551 |
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Letterbook, 1901 |
BV 2552 |
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Letterbook, September–December 1904 |
BV 2553 |
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Letterbook, August 1876–February 1878 |
BV 3309 |
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Letterbook, February 1878–July 1880 |
BV 3310 |
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Letterbook, July 1880–October 1881 |
BV 3311 |
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Letterbook, October 1881–January 1882 |
BV 3312 |
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Letterbook, June 1884–July 1885 |
BV 3313 |
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Letterbook, September 1884–April 1885 |
BV 3314 |
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Letterbook, January–April 1885 |
BV 3315 |
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Letterbook, August 1891–October 1892 |
BV 3316 |
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Letterbook, October–November 1894; February–October 1897 |
BV 3317 |
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Letterbook, August 1896–January 1897 |
BV 3318 |
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Letterbook, May 1897–April 1901 |
BV 3319 |
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Letterbook, January 1898–March 1901 |
BV 3320 |
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Letterbook, November–December 1898 |
BV 3221 |
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Letterbook, July–November 1898 |
BV 3222 |
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Scrapbook, 1901 |
BV 3223 |
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Letterbook, November 1901–January 1902 |
BV 3224 |
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Letterbook, February–July 1904 |
BV 3225 |
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Scrapbook, General, 1900–03 |
BV 1153 |
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Scrapbook, Canadian Commission, 1901–02 |
BV 1154 |
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Scrapbook, Personal, 1902–03 |
BV 1156 |
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Scrapbook, Alaskan Boundary, 1903–04 |
BV 1157 |
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Scrapbook, Political, 1903–04 |
BV 1158 |
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Scrapbook, Political, 1905–06 |
BV 1159 |
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Scrapbook, Political, 1908 |
BV 1160 |
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Scrapbook, Personal, 1908 |
BV 1161 |
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Scrapbook, Photo Card Album, 1910–11 |
BV 1162 |
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Scrapbook, Personal, 1913–15 |
BV 1164 |
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Scrapbook, Vol. 1, 1904 |
BV 1166 |
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Scrapbook, Vol. 2, 1905 |
BV 1167 |
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Souvenir of the Quebec Tercentenary Celebration Scrapbook, Vol. 1, 1908 |
BV 1168 |
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Souvenir of the Quebec Tercentenary Celebration Scrapbook, Vol. 2, 1908 |
BV 1169 |
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Mrs. Charles Fairbanks D.A.R. Scrapbooks 1901–02 |
BV 1155 |
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Cornelia Fairbanks Scrapbook, 1913 |
BV 1163 |
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John Wesley Timmons Scrapbook, 1897–1903 |
BV 1165 |
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Pass to Senate Chambers, n.d. |
Box 9, Folder 11 |
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Receipts, Indianapolis, 1899–1902 |
Box 9, Folder 12 |
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Receipts, Indianapolis, January–May 1903 |
Box 9, Folder 13 |
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Receipts, Indianapolis, June–December 1903 |
Box 9, Folder 14 |
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Receipts, Indianapolis, 1904 |
Box 9, Folder 15 |
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Receipts, Indianapolis, n.d. |
Box 9, Folder 16 |
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Receipts, Indianapolis, n.d. |
Box 9, Folder 17 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western R.R., April–August 1886, book 1 |
Box 10, Folder 1 |
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Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western R.R., April–August 1886, book 2 |
Box 10, Folder 2 |
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Indianapolis Bloomington & Western Railway, 1878–81 |
Box 11, Folder 1 |
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Toledo, Cincinnati, St. Louis and other railroads, December 1882–January 1887 |
Box 11, Folder 2 |
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Legal Cases and Letters, August 1888–April 1889 |
Box 11, Folder 3 |
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CONTAINER |
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Record of Summer, June–September 1922 |
Box 12, Folder 1 |
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Recipes, January 1916 |
Box 12, Folder 2 |
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Poetry, 1921 |
Box 12, Folder 3 |
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Adelaide Fairbanks Diary, 1924–28 |
BV 1150 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Inaugural Souvenir, 1905 (bound volume in flat box) |
Box 13 |
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Bohemia––International League of Press Clubs, 1908 (bound volume in flat box) |
Box 14 |
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Political and Personal Photographs, 1890s–1900s |
Visual Collections: Manuscript Photographs, Folder 1 |
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Family and Personal Photographs, 1880s–1890s (1 of 2) |
Visual Collections: Manuscript Photographs, Folder 2 |
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Family and Personal Photographs, 1880s–1890s (2 of 2) |
Visual Collections: Manuscript Photographs, Folder 3 |
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Whitepass, Alaska, June 1899 |
Visual Collections: |
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Copy Neg. C6318 |
Visual Collections: |
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Unidentified Portrait, n.d. |
Visual Collections: |
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[Interior,] ca. 1890s |
Visual Collections: |
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Unidentified, ca. 1920s |
Visual Collections: |
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Group Portrait, Unionville, Ohio, July, 1905 |
Visual Collections: |
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Unidentified Woman's Portrait, 1905 |
Visual Collections: |
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Charles Fairbanks Portrait, 1909 |
Visual Collections: |
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William McKinley and Charles Fairbanks in automobile, ca. 1900 |
Visual Collections: |
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Residence of J. or P. G. Manning, ca. 1898 |
Visual Collections: |
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Horse and Carriage, n.d. |
Visual Collections: |
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Indiana Members, Associated Press, Banquet, Indianapolis, 1916 |
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Death of Fairbanks and personal photographs, 1918, n.d. |
Visual Collections: |
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Unidentified Woman, n.d. |
Visual Collections: |
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Claudia Gage, December 1900 |
Visual Collections: |
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Group Portrait including Fairbanks, ca. 1900 |
Visual Collections: |
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Unidentified Woman, n.d. |
Visual Collections: |
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Unidentified Woman, n.d. |
Visual Collections: |
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Charles Fairbanks Portrait, n.d. |
Visual Collections: |
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Unidentified Woman, n.d. |
Visual Collections: |
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Fairbanks in front of house, ca. 1910s |
Visual Collections: |
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Mrs. Fairbanks and Identified Ladies, 1898 |
Visual Collections: Oversized Photographs, Flat File FF 28-f, Folder 1 |
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Mrs. Fairbanks and Identified Ladies, 1898 |
Visual Collections: |
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William McKinley Home, ca. 1898 |
Visual Collections: |
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Fairbanks and Group of Men, ca. 1898 |
Visual Collections: |
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United States War Senate 1898 |
Visual Collections: Oversized Photographs, Flat File FF 28-f, Folder 2 |
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Signed Portrait of Charles Fairbanks, 1909 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Bound Album Travel Photographs from Africa, Asia, and other areas, ca. 1900s |
Visual Collections: |
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Bound Album of Alaska Photographs, 1898 |
Visual Collections: |
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Washington (State) Logging Camp Family Trip, 1899 |
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