A Guide to Studio Portraits
Collected by Frank B. Shutts

Contents

• Overview of the Collection
• Biographical Note
• Scope and Contents
• Restrictions
• Index Terms
• Administrative Information
• Bibiliography
• Item List

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Attorney and publisher of the Miami Herald (1910-1937).

Knight "immediately liked Shutts, a small town Indiana lawyer who, coming to Miami at forty, had grown with the frontier town and now, at sixty-six, looked upon himself as an important and influential citizen—publisher, lawyer, businessman, civic leader. Shutts had an earthy Mid-western manner that Knight understood. Nor was Knight offended by the older man’s emphasis on his own achievements. The walls of Shutts’ office were adorned by scores of autographed photographs of important national figures, including presidents and cabinet members. A number of the faces Knight recognized.” -- Knights of the Fourth Estate, p. 12.

Scope and Contents

Autographed studio portraits of journalists, politicians, businessmen, and celebrities. Includes William Jennings Bryan, Doyle E. Carlton, Glenn Curtiss, Jack Dempsey, Duncan Fletcher, Johnny Gruelle, William Randolph Hearst, Herbert Hoover, Claude Pepper, Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank B. Stoneman, S. Davies Warfield, Gar Wood, and others.

Arrangement

Photographs have been removed from the frames. The original photographs are boxed and arranged by size and accession number. Contact prints made from 4x5 in. negatives are arranged alphabetically by surname.

Restrictions

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open for research.

Restrictions on Use
Permission from Historical Museum of Southern Florida staff required prior to reproduction of photographs in a publication. Please contact archives staff for more information.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Persons
Shutts, Frank B., 1870-1947

Organizations
Miami Herald

Document Types
Studio photographs

Occupations
Businessmen -- Photographs
Journalists -- Photographs
Politicians – Photographs

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation
Frank B. Shutts photographs, Historical Museum of Southern Florida

Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Frank B. Shutts, 1953.

Bibliography

Smiley, Nixon. Knights of the Fourth Estate: the Story of the Miami Herald. Miami: E. A. Seemann, 1974.

Item List