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Expositions and Fairs Collection, 1853-1974 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6x0nc9hf No online items Finding Aid for the Expositions and Fairs Collection, 1853-1974 Processed by K. Landesman; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé © 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Expositions 344 1 and Fairs Collection, 1853-1974 Finding Aid for the Expositions and Fairs Collection, 1853-1974 Collection number: 344 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Processed by: K. Landesman, June 1985 Encoded by: Caroline Cubé, June 2004 Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, September 2004 © 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Expositions and Fairs Collection, Date (inclusive): 1853-1974 Collection number: 344 Extent: 24 boxes (12 linear ft.) 10 oversize boxes Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Expositions and Fairs Collection (Collection 344). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 964419 Scope and Content Collection consists of pamphlets, brochures, catalogs, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera related to various expositions and fairs. Events include: World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), Midwinter International Exposition (San Francisco, 1894), Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (Omaha, 1898), Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, 1901), Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis, 1904), Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (Portland, Oregon, 1905), Jamestown Exposition (Norfolk, 1907), Panama-Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco, 1915), and Golden Gate International Exposition (San Francisco, 1939). Also includes material for other U.S. fairs (up to Spokane, 1974), a historical register of the U.S. Centennial Exposition (Philadelphia, 1876), and materials from Paris, London, and other foreign fairs. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Exhibitions--Archival resources. Fairs--Archival resources. Finding Aid for the Expositions 344 2 and Fairs Collection, 1853-1974 Chicago. 1893 Books and Pamphlets Box 1, Folder 1 World's Columbian Exposition hand-souvenir book. Chicago. 1893. Box 1, Folder 2 Chicago concessions. Chicago. 1893. Box 1, Folder 3 Report of Nevada State Board world's fair commissioners. Carson City. 1895. Box 1, Folder 4 Department of Horticulture: World's Columbian Exposition ... classification and rules. n.p. n.d. Box 1, Folder 5 Mines, Mining, and Metallurgy: World's Columbian Exposition. Classification and rules. n.p. n.d. Box 1, Folder 6 World's Columbian Exposition: classification and rules, Department of Liberal Arts. n.p. n.d. Box 1, Folder 7 L'Italia al l'Esposizione di Chicago. Firenze. 1894. Box 1, Folder 8 The Ho-o-den. Tokyo. 1893. Box 1, Folder 9 Department of Fine Arts: official catalogue of exhibits. Chicago. 1893. Box 1, Folder 10 New York and the World's Fair. Chicago. 1892. Box 1, Folder 11 The White city by Lake Michigan. Chicago. 1893. Box 1, Folder 12 Glimpses of the World's Fair. n.p. n.d. Box 1, Folder 13 Classification of the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago. 1891. Physical Description: (2 copies) Box 1, Folder 14 Catalogue of Californian Writers issued by the San Francisco women's literary exhibit. San Francisco. 1893. Box 1, Folder 15 National Live Stock Association: final report. Springfield. 1894. Box 1, Folder 16 Official catalogue exhibition of the German Empire. Berlin. 1893. Box 1, Folder 17 Buchgewerbliche kollektiv-ausstellung des Deutschen reiches, Chicago, 1893. Leipzig. 1893. Box 1, Folder 18 The World's Columbian Exposition, 1893. Chicago. 1892. Box 1, Folder 19 Katalog Deutsche unterrichtsausstellung in Chicago, 1893. n.p. n.d. Box 1, Folder 20 By-laws and official directory of _______ county world's fair association. n.p. 1891. Physical Description: (2 copies) Box 1, Folder 21 Rand, McNally & Company's a week at the fair. Chicago. 1893. Box 1, Folder 22 Souvenir of La Rabida. World's Columbian Exposition. The Reliks of Columbus. Washington. 1893. Box 2 Newspaper clippings. Box 3, Folder 1 Postcards. Box 3, Folder 2 Miscellaneous correspondence. Box 3, Folder 3 Miscellaneous ephemera. Buffalo. 1901 Note (See also Boxes 26-34) Books and Pamphlets Box 4, Folder 1 Pan-American Exposition of the State of Washington: Report. n.p. 1901. Box 4, Folder 2 Pan-American souvenir: President McKinley memorial edition. n.p. 1901. Box 4, Folder 3 Officers of the Pan-American Exposition. n.p. 1901. Box 4, Folder 4 Prize list: dog show. n.p. n.d. Box 4, Folder 5 Report of the Director General. Buffalo. 1902. Box 4, Folder 6 The Rand-McNally hand-book ... New York. 1899. Box 4, Folder 7 Art hand-book. Buffalo. 1901. Physical Description: (2 copies) Finding Aid for the Expositions 344 3 and Fairs Collection, 1853-1974 Buffalo. 1901 Box 4, Folder 8 Music at the Pan American Exposition. Buffalo. 1901. Physical Description: (2 copies, 1 envelope) Box 4, Folder 9 Official catalogue of the Mexican exhibitions. Buffalo. 1901. Box 4, Folder 10 Official catalogue and guide book to the Pan-American Exposition. Buffalo. 1901. Box 4, Folder 11 Official views of Pan-American Exposition. Buffalo. 1901. Physical Description: (2 copies) Box 4, Folder 12 Souvenir ... Pan-American Exposition. Buffalo. 1901. Box 4, Folder 13 Rand-McNally photo views of the Pan-American Exposition. n.p. n.d. Box 4, Folder 14 The Pan American Exposition and how to see it. Buffalo. 1901. Box 4, Folder 15 Pan-American Exposition cold storage circular. Buffalo. 1901. Box 4, Folder 16 The World's work: Pan American ... New York. 1901. Box 4, Folder 17 The Cosmopolitan: The America's ... New York. 1901. Books, Pamphlets, Ephemera Box 5, Folder 1 Snap shots on the midway. Buffalo. 1901. Physical Description: (2 copies) Box 5, Folder 2 Around the “Pan.” New York. 1901. Box 5, Folder 1 Miscellaneous ephemera. St. Louis. 1904 Note (See also Boxes 26-34) Books and Pamphlets Box 6, Folder 1 Official catalogue of exhibits, Department of Liberal Arts. St. Louis. 1904. Box 6, Folder 2 Description of exhibit of Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and Experiment Stations. n.p. n.d. Box 6, Folder 3 Exposition universelle internationale de Saint-Louis ... catalogue de la ... Ville de Paris. Paris. 1904. Box 6, Folder 4 Department of Horticulture, Universal Exposition at Saint Louis, Division of Exhibits. St. Louis. 1904. Physical Description: (3 copies, 1 with envelope) Box 6, Folder 5 The Exhibit of the Smithsonian astrophysical observatory. n.p. 1904. Box 6, Folder 6 The Imperial geological survey of Japan: a catalogue of articles. Tokyo. 1904. Box 6, Folder 7 World's Fair Manual. St. Louis. 1903. Physical Description: (2 copies) Box 6, Folder 8 Shidzuoka Prefecture Japan: its products and resources. Tokyo. 1904. Box 6, Folder 9 Domestic exploitation of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair. n.p. n.d. Box 6, Folder 10 Address upon the opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. New York. 1904. Box 6, Folder 11 Informe preliminar del viaje de exploracion del “Azopardo.” Buenos Aires. 1900. Box 6, Folder 12 Official directory of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. St. Louis. 1903. Box 6, Folder 13 Les routes nationales de la Bulgarie. Sofia. 1904. Box 6, Folder 14 Report of the Nebraska State Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Omaha. 1905. Box 6, Folder 15 World's fair, St. Louis, 1904: official classification of exhibit departments. n.p. n.d. Physical Description: (2 copies) Box 6, Folder 16 World's fair, St. Louis, 1903: rules and regulations. St. Louis. 1901. Box 6, Folder 17 Report of the Tennessee commission world's fair. Tennessee. 1905. Box 6, Folder 18 A Trip around the main picture and through the plateau of the states. Chicago. 1904. Box 6, Folder 19 Universal exposition commemorating acquisition of the Louisiana Territory ... St. Louis. 1903. Finding Aid for the Expositions 344 4 and Fairs Collection, 1853-1974 St. Louis. 1904 Box 6, Folder 20 Universal exposition St. Louis, 1904: kingdom of Belgium. Brussels. 1904. Box 6, Folder 21 Bulgaria at the universal exposition. St. Louis. 1904. Box 6, Folder 22 Mexico at the beginning of the twentieth century. Mexico. 1904. Box 6, Folder 23 Universal exposition Saint Louis, 1904: rules and regulations ... awards. St. Louis. 1904. Box 6, Folder 24 Universal exposition, Saint Louis, 1904: rules and regulations ... transportation of exhibits. St. Louis. 1904. Box 6, Folder 25 Java and mocha in the United States. Chicago. 1904. Box 6, Folder 26 Dairy cow demonstration, Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Wisconsin. 1905. Box 6, Folder 27 The Dairy cow demonstration. New York. 1905. Box 6, Folder 28 Rules regarding the supply of electricity. n.p. n.d. Box 6, Folder 29 Report of the Minnesota Board of Managers for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. St. Paul. 1905. Box 6, Folder 30 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. St. Louis. 1904. Box 6, Folder 31 Proyect [sic] for improving the navigability of the River Uruguay.
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