Processed by
Charles Latham and Pamela Tranfield
1995
Revised by Dorothy Nicholson
June 2007
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: 2 document cases, 2 oversize folders |
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COLLECTION |
Ca. 1870–1992 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Mary Dick and Caroline Dunn, no date; Caroline Dunn, Greenwood, Ind., 1975, 1980, 1991; Estate of Caroline Dunn, 1994; Robert G. Barrows, Indianapolis 1995 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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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 |
Jacob Piatt Dunn Collection (M 0089); See catalog for published works. |
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ACCESSION |
0000.0714, 1975.0706, 1980.0711, 1991.0787X, 1994.0992, 1995.0709 |
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NOTES: |
Some visual materials were formerly located in P0004 and P0062. |
Caroline Dunn (1903–1994) was born in Indianapolis, the daughter of Jacob Piatt Dunn and Charlotte Elliott Jones Dunn. Her father was State Librarian, secretary of the Indiana Historical Society, and author of Greater Indianapolis (1910) and Indiana and Indianans (1919).
Caroline Dunn attended Benjamin Harrison School #2 in Indianapolis and graduated from Shortridge High School and from Butler University (A.B. 1923). While in college she worked in the Children’s Department of the Indianapolis Public Library. After college she worked four years in the School Libraries Department of the Indianapolis Library; she then went to Columbia University, earning a library science degree in 1928.
From 1928 to 1936 Caroline Dunn was librarian of the public library in Connersville. In 1936 she returned to Indianapolis as reference librarian at the State Library, and from 1939 to 1973 she was also librarian of the W. H. Smith Library of Indiana Historical Society. She also served from 1940 to 1990 as secretary of the Society of Indiana Pioneers.
In 1970 Indiana University, as part of the dedication of its new library, gave Miss Dunn the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, and an active member of the Indianapolis Woman’s Club. She wrote many short articles. Her longest work was a booklet published in 1937 on her father’s work on the language of the Miami Indians.
Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr., (12 April 1855–6 June 1924) was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana and moved to Indianapolis in 1861. He graduated from Earlham College (1874) and the University of Michigan. Dunn’s career included practicing law in Indianapolis, and prospecting for silver and working as a news reporter in Colorado. Dunn is recognized as a historian, journalist, politician, and ethnologist. He published a large number of historical works, and as an ethnologist he studied the Miami language and created a dictionary.
Aquilla Jones a native of North Carolina born 8 July 1811 spent his later years as a state treasurer and member of the legislature. A personal friend of vice president Thomas Hendricks, he was also appointed postmaster at Indianapolis. He was married twice, first in 1836 to Sarah Ann Arnold, she died soon after, then in 1840 he married Harriet Cox. They were the aunt and uncle of Caroline Dunn’s mother.
Sources:
Materials in the collection.
Ancestry.com United States Federal Census
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Bloomington: IU Press, 1994.
Reference Room Collection: F534. I55 E4 1994
Dunn, Jacob Piatt. Greater Indianapolis, Vol. II. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1910. General Collection: F534.I55 D8 1910
This collection contains correspondence, club and church papers, historical notes, travel materials, and photographs and prints from the period 1875–1992.
Series 1 contains Correspondence arranged chronologically, 1887–1992. Within it are postcards written by her father to her when she was a child. There are also Christmas cards from various years including some made by her friend Indiana artist Floyd Hopper.
Series 2 Papers hold some records of Dunn’s school and college work. There is a copy of her 1937 booklet on her father’s work in the Miami language, records of her honorary doctorate at Indiana University in 1970, a Woman’s Club paper of 1992 containing reminiscences of older club members including Dunn.
Series 3 Historical Notes contains historical notes, several of these are about personal experiences, records of the Society of Indiana Pioneers, and families.
The collection concludes with Series 4, Visual Materials and Artifacts. The photographs date from the 1870s to the 1960s. The formats represented include cabinet cards, cartes de visite, tintypes and studio portraits. There are photographs of Caroline Dunn alone and in groups, of family groups, of summer resorts in New York and Wisconsin. There are also portraits of Caroline’s parents and other family members, including Aquilla and Harriet Jones, as well as friends of her parents.
Other photographs include early views of Indianapolis and the Dunn home, and color snapshots of the City-County Building and tunnel to the State Office Building under construction in 1960. The collection also contains postcards of Indiana scenes and the 1913 flood in Indianapolis, and original and reproduction graphic works.
The two artifacts are an Onyx clock and candelabra. These were gifts to Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr. and Charlotte Elliott Jones from officials at the State House at the time of their marriage on 23 November 1892.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Correspondence: 1887–1918 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Postcards: 1887–1910 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence: 1920–1925 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence : 1927–1929 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence : 1930–1935 |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence : 1936–1937 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence : 1938 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence : 1939 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Correspondence : 1940–1945 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence : 1946–1949 |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence : 1950–1952 |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence : 1953 |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence : 1960–1992 |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Correspondence : n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Christmas cards, 1927, 1941,
n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 15 |
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Christmas Greetings 1956 Frederick Polley 606 East Edwards Ave. Indianapolis, First State Capitol at Corydon [color woodcut print] |
OVA Graphics: |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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School and college grades and
graduations, |
Box 1, Folder 16 |
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School and college papers, 1919–1928 |
Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Speech at Butler graduation, 1923 |
Box 1, Folder 18 |
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Booklet on J. P. Dunn’s Miami Language research, 1937 |
Box 1, Folder 19 |
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Special Library Association conference, 1940 |
Box 1, Folder 20 |
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World War II ration books |
Box 1, Folder 21 |
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Library newsletter, 1944 |
Box 1, Folder 22 |
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Correspondence concerning honorary degree at Indiana University, 1970 |
Box 1, Folder 23 |
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Honorary degree at Indiana University, 1970 |
OM 0099, Folder 1 |
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Honorary degree congratulatory
letters, |
Box 1, Folder 24 |
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Honorary degree congratulatory
letters, |
Box 1, Folder 25 |
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Caroline Dunn in cap and gown, [1970] |
Color Photographs: |
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Indiana University Alumni Association, 1971 |
Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Retirement, 1973 |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Certificate, Society of Indiana Pioneers, 1975 |
OM 0099, Folder 2 |
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Trips—Aurora and Lawrenceburg , Indiana, 1975 |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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European trip, 1975 |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Snapshots of European trip, 1975 |
Color Photographs: |
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Scandinavian trip, 1976 |
Box 2, Folder 5 |
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European trip, 1977 |
Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Election of Jacob Piatt Dunn to Indiana Academy, 1978 |
Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Indianapolis Woman’s Club October 16, 1992 “Past Friday’s Voices” [paper about Caroline Dunn and other members] |
Box 2, Folder 8 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Historical notes, n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 9 |
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Paper and notes on Connersville |
Box 2, Folder 10 |
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Papers: “History,” “Fords I Have Known”, “April 3,” Old Union Cemetery [1975] |
Box 2, Folder 11 |
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Notes for talk on historical sources |
Box 2, Folder 12 |
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Notes on the song “Home on the Range” |
Box 2, Folder 13 |
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Short paper about Indianapolis Public Library from 1919–1923 |
Box 2, Folder 14 |
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Notes: Markle family of Vigo County |
Box 2, Folder 15 |
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Notes : Mount Vernon, Ind., ca. 1960 |
Box 2, Folder 16 |
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Notes : Wishard family, ca. 1988 |
Box 2, Folder 17 |
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Notes : Zionsville, Ind., 1987 |
Box 2, Folder 18 |
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Notes from journals at Indiana State Library |
Box 2, Folder 19 |
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First-Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church, |
Box 2, Folder 20 |
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Society of Indiana Pioneers, 1930–1992 |
Box 2, Folder 21 |
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Notes for Pioneers handbook |
Box 2, Folder 22 |
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Portfolio Club: papers laid in programs, 1984–1988 |
Box 2, Folder 23 |
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Studebaker Family Association, 1967–1978 |
Box 2, Folder 24 |
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Mary E. Studebaker and Robert
Carleton Fox on his birthday 7 Oct. 1976 |
Color Photographs: |
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Transcript of letters of Dr.
William Sackville, |
Box 2, Folder 25 |
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Piatt Castles, West Liberty, Ohio |
Box 2, Folder 26 |
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Clippings, 1892–1972, n.d. |
Box 2, Folder 27 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Caroline Dunn, 1941–1979 |
Photographs: |
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Caroline Dunn and family, ca. 1900–1910 |
Photographs: |
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Caroline in family groups, 1920s |
Photographs: |
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Caroline Dunn in groups, 1926–1946 |
Photographs: |
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School groups, ca. 1910–1919 |
Photographs: |
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Jacob Piatt Dunn, ca. 1880–ca. 1919 |
Photographs: |
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Jacob Piatt Dunn [metal plate engraving, n.d.] |
OVA Graphics: |
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Charlotte Jones Dunn, ca. 1875–ca. 1890 |
Photographs: |
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Charlotte Jones Dunn and Jones family members, ca. 1875–1890 [tintypes] |
Photographs: |
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Robert Jones, brother of Charlotte, ca. 1870s |
Photographs: |
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Aquilla and Harriet Jones, ca. 1870, uncle and aunt of Charlotte |
Photographs: |
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Aquilla Jones, ca. 1870 [enhanced photograph] |
OVA Graphics: |
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Women friends of Charlotte Jones, ca. 1890s |
Photographs: |
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Men friends of Charlotte Jones, ca. 1890s |
Photographs: |
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Children of Charlotte’s friends or relatives?, ca. 1890s |
Photographs: |
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Caroline Jane Lines, 1938–1953 |
Photographs: |
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Dunn residence at 915 N. Pennsylvania St., ca. 1890 |
Photographs: |
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Groups: not family, ca. 1920–1940s |
Photographs: |
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Individuals: not family, 1915–1940s |
Photographs: |
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Dunn family excursion in Morgan County, ca. 1910 |
Photographs: |
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Dunn family excursion at Plum Lake, Wisconsin, |
Photographs: |
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Waldheim Camp, Big Moose, New York, photographs and postcards, ca. 1915 |
Photographs: |
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Fish Creek, Wisconsin, postcards, 1921 |
Photographs: |
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Caroline Dunn at Pokagon State Park, 1939 |
Photographs: |
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Postcards of Indianapolis during the 1913 Flood |
Photographs: |
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Bedford, Indiana postcards, ca.
1960, |
Photographs: |
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Portrait of Caroline Dunn, unidentified photographs of women and couples, group portrait of Pennsylvania Railway workers, ca. 1910–1940 |
Photographs: |
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Construction photos of tunnel to
State Office Building, State Library and Historical Building, April, May 1960 |
Color Photographs: |
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Defrichemens (cleared land) [etching and relief half tone of rural scene with log cabin, three men clearing land of logs, print from book, 2 copies] n.d. |
OVA Graphics: |
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The Mustacheless Stranger [ink drawing of a man seated at desk smoking a cigar, on verso note written “Gaar Williams. Cartoon in News. White Jape was City Controller. Mr. Williams sent it to me J.P.D.”] n.d. |
OVA Graphics: |
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Onyx clock and candelabra, gifts to Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr. and Charlotte Elliott Jones at the time of their marriage, 23 November 1892 |
Artifacts: |
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