CIRCULAR NO. 54 April 2002

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STATE ARCHIVES OF MICHIGAN Michigan Historical Center PO Box 30740 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909-8240 Phone: 517-373-1408 E-mail: [email protected]

FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS

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Administration 54-07 2 B2 State Fairs, 1948-1949 B2 State Fairs, 1949-1950 B2 State Fairs Grounds Study Committee, 1949-1950 58-16 6 B3 State Fairs, 1949-1950 B3 State Fairs Grounds Study Committee, 1950 60-21 8 B6 State Fairs, 1950-1951 B6 State Fair Grounds Study Committee, 1950-1951 B13 State Fairs, 1951-1952 B13 State Fair Grounds Study Committee, 1951-1952 62-01 9 B7 State Fairs, 1952-1953 62-08 10 B5 State Fair, 1953-1954 B11 State Fair, 1954-1955 B17 State Fairs, 1955-1956 62-36 12 B6 State Fairs, 1956-1957 63-39 18 B1 State Fair, 1946-1948 B3 State Fair, 1948-1949 B5 State Fair, 1949-1950 B8 State Fairs, 1950-1951 B12 State Fairs, 1951-1952 63-40 19 B7 State Fairs, 1957-1958 64-33 21 B9 State Fairs, 1952-1953 64-44 22 B6 State Fairs, 1958-1959 65-42 23 B6 State Fairs, 1959-1960 65-43 24 B5 State Fairs, 1954-1955 66-46 25 B8 State Fairs, 1960-1961 B22 State Fairs, 1954-1956 B28 State Fairs, 1954-1956 B34 State Fairs, 1956-1958 B36 State Fairs, 1955-1957 67-66 26 B9 State Fairs, 1961-1962 68-110 33 B9 State Fairs, 1962-1963 70-39 35 B7 State Fairs, 1964-1965 70-122 36 B14 State Fairs, 1957-1960 B21 State Fairs, 1957-1960 72-25 40 B68 State Fairs, 1962-1963

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Administration (cont.) 73-11 44 B6 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1954-1963

Administrative Board 68-111 3 B1 State Fair, 1952

Aeronautics 58-14 1 B4 State Fair, 1949-1950

Agriculture 61-23 B5, B1 4-H Fairs, 1949-1953 65-52 9 B1 County Fair Premiums, 1954 B2 Michigan Association of Fairs, 1954 B8 County Fairs, 1954-1955 B8 Upper Peninsula Fair, 1954-1955 B16 County Fairs, 1956 B23 Fairs, Miscellaneous, 1957 B23 County Fairs, 1957 B32 State Fair Managers Minutes, 1939-1945 67-15 10 B1 Fairs, 1957-1960 B9 County Fairs, 1958 B13 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1960 B33 Michigan State Fair, 1956 68-51 11 B1 Upper Peninsula Fair Managers, 1928-1958 69-17 12 B13 State Fair, 1960-1961 B14 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1961 B26-29 Funds to Fairs, 1960-1961 B39-42 County Fair Correspondence, 1953-1962 B53 Michigan State Fair, 1954-1958, 1962-63 B59 Fairs (Miscellaneous) 1963 72-52 20 B3 Correspondence Regarding Fairs, 1966-67 B5 International Trade Fairs, 1967 73-69 23 B15 Fairs, 1965 74-41 25 B16 Records of County Fair Section, 1967-68 B17-18 Records of State Fairs, 1966-1968 B22 Tokyo Trade Fair, 1968 73-87 26 B11-12 Fairs, 1966 75-22 28 B2 State Fairs, 1965-1968 75-53 29 B31-32 Fairs, 1970 76-76 30 B2 International Exhibitions, 1966-1969 76-113 33 B5 State Fair Authority, 1971 77-10 35 B1 Photographs of Fairs, 1930-1970 77-52 36 B11 Fairs, 1970-1972 78-15 37 B8-9 Fairs, 1971-1973 79-06 40 B6 County Fairs, 1963-1974 B6-8 Assoc. of Fairs & Exhibitions, 1972-74 B8-11 State Fairs, 1970-1974 79-73 42 All Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1959-1973

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Agriculture (cont.)

80-22 43 B1 County Fair Legislation, 1972-1974 B2 Michigan State Fair, 1972-1976 81-87 45 B6 Fairs, 1975, 1977 B17 County Fairs, 1975 B21-22 State Fairs, 1975-1976 82-24 46 B3 State Fair, 1977 B13 County Fairs, 1977 B14 State Fair Authority, 1977 B15 Upper Peninsula Fair, 1977 82-98 47 B2-3 County Fairs, 1976 B4 Michigan State Fair, 1976 B5 Upper Peninsula Fair, 1976 B10-11 Reorganized State Fair, 1972-1978 B25 Fair Schedule, 1977 83-19 49 All Fairs, 1952-1979 85-98 56 B6 Assoc. of Fairs & Exhibitions, 1978-1980 B16-21 Michigan State Fair, 1966-1978 B25-26 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1978-1979 B61 State Fair, 1978 85-99 57 B8 County Fairs, 1972-1977 B11-12 Michigan State Fair, 1968-1976 B13 Upper Peninsula Fair, 1971-1977 85-100 58 B1 Fairs, 1979 B3 Fairs, 1979-1980 B4 County Fairs, 1980 B4 Food Fare Fair, 1979 86-37 63 B10 Fairs, 1981 B20 County Fairs, 1980 B21 Upper Peninsula Fair, 1977-1981 B32 Fairs, 1976-1982 87-107 65 B1 County Fair Schedule, 1981 87-121 66 B3 State Exposition and Fairgrounds, 1979 89-35 79 B3 County Fairs, 1980-1981 B3-4 Fairs, 1980-1984 B6 Assoc. of Fairs and Exhibitions, 1980-1981 B7 Upper Peninsula Fair, 1979-1984 91-432 99 All Upper Peninsula Fair, 1973-1979 92-29 104 B6 Fairs, 1987 93-65 110 B5 Michigan State Fair, 1981-1982 94-436 B2-3 State Fair, 1982-1991

Attorney General 53-05 1 B7 State Fair, 1927 B10 State Fair Mortgage Bonds, 1935 55-21 7 B1-2 Michigan State Fair, 1941-1942

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Attorney General (cont.)

79-78 56 B4-5 Michigan State Fair, 1954-1966 B4 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1956-1962

Auditor General 58-18 3 B1 Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition, 1907-1909 59-09 4 B1 State Fairs, 1951-1952 61-18 7 B6 State Fair, 1937-1949 B7 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1942-1950 66-48 16 B1 State Fairgrounds, 1948-1949 67-75 18 B1 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1954 71-122 21 B2 State Fairs, 1958 B8 State Fair, 1960 B17-18 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1959-1960

Civil Service 70-84 9 B1 State Fair, 1963-1965

Commerce 72-19 27 B13 World's Fair Exhibit, 1964-1965 72-53 32 B6 Upstate Fair, 1948 86-51 152 B19 State Fairgrounds Renovation, 1978-1980

Corrections 80-27 22 B26 Ionia Free Fair, 1955-1962 B28 Ionia Free Fair, 1963 B33 Ionia Free Fair, 1968-1969 B36 Ionia Free Fair, 1970 B39 Ionia Free Fair, 1972 B42 Ionia Free Fair, 1974

Executive 69-60 2 B12 State Fairs, 1958-1959 B18 State Fairs, 1959-1960 71-63 3 B9 State Fairs, 1961-1962 71-181 27 Specs Panama Pacific Exposition Building, 1915 72-07 6 B5 State Fair, 1961-1962 B6 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1961-1962 B35 State Fairs, 1965-1966 RG-44 1 B15 World's Columbian Exposition, 1894 B35 Australian Exhibition, 1888 B35 California Mid-Winter Exposition, 1893 B35 Centennial Exposition, 1871 B35 Chicago World's Fair, 1893 B35 Cotton States Exposition, 1895 B35 Frederick Douglas Exposition, 1905 B36 International Mining Exposition, 1907 B36 Jamestown Exposition, 1906 B36 Japan International Exposition, 1912 B36 Lewis and Clark Exposition, 1905 B37 North, Central, South American Expo, 1885

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Executive (cont.) B37 Paris Exposition, 1889 B37 South Carolina Exposition, 1901-1902 B37 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1897 B37 West Indian Exposition, 1901-1902 B67 Cotton States Exposition, 1895 B67 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1905 B68 World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-1893 B68 World's Fair, 1890-1895 B232 Cotton States Exposition, 1896 B234 Philadelphia Exposition, 1876 B244 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1905 B246 World's Fair, 1891-1894 B135 Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition, 1906-1907 B135 American Floating Exposition, 1905 B135 American National Exposition, 1888 B135 Buenos Aires Agricultural Expo, 1909 B135 California Midwinter Exposition, 1893-1894 B135 Centennial Exposition, 1872-1876 B135 Colorado National Apple Exposition, 1910 B135 Commercial Travelers' Fair, 1896 B135 Cotton States Exposition, 1894-1896 B135 Detroit International Exposition, 1890 B135 Frederick Douglas Exposition, 1905 B135 Imperial International Exhibition, 1909 B136 International Exhibition, 1851-1883 B136 International Livestock Exposition, 1906 B137 New York Permanent Exposition, 1908 B137 North-Central-South American Expo, 1885 B137 Panama Pacific Exposition, 1910 B137 Paris International Exposition, 1889 B137 South Carolina Exposition, 1901-1902 B138 Southern Exposition, 1887 B138 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1895 B138 Three Americas Exposition, 1889 B138 U.S. Agriculture & Industrial Expo, 1909 B138 U.S. Land and Irrigation Expo, 1910 B138 World's Columbian Exposition, 1890-1894 RG-50 1 B9 State Fair, St. Louis, 1904 B10 World's Fair, 1904 RG-48 1 B5 Fair, State, 1922 B13 Fair Board, State, 1922 B27 Fair Board, State, 1923 B37 Fair, State, 1923 B48 Fair Board, State, 1924 B74 Fair, State, 1925 B86 Fair Board, State, 1925

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Executive (cont.) B96 Fair, Michigan State, 1924-1926 B105 Fair, State, 1926 B114 Fair, State, 1926 RG-49 1 B6 Fairs, State, 1927 B29 Fairs, 1927 B59 Fairs, State, 1928 B114 Fairs, State, 1929 B169 Fairs, State, 1930 RG-00-00 1 Reel-40 State Fair Sunday Closing, 1931-1933 RG-42 1 B6 Fair, Board of Managers, 1943 B22 Fairs, Board of Managers, 1944 B39 Fair, Board of Managers, 1945 B51 Fair, Board of Managers, 1946 B98 State Fair, 1946 B123 Fairs, 1946 B146 Fairs, 1944-1946 RG-43 1 B2 State Fair, 1947 B10 Fairs, 1947 B34 State Fair, 1948 B40 Fairs, State, 1948 88-269 36 B10 State Fair Authorities, 1969 B41 Fair Authority, 1970 B82 Fair Authority, 1971

Highway Department 58-10 2 B2 Fairs, 1943-1950 B19 Fairs, 1951-1953

Historical Commission 61-32 1 B8 State Fair, 1954

Legislature 67-08 9 B1 State Fair, 1965 79-98 45 B17 State Fairgrounds Detroit, 1977-1978 83-36 72 B1 Michigan State Fairgrounds, 1954-1955 86-91 103 B9 Fairs Festivals & Exhibitions 1976-1977 87-28 107 B1 State Fair Grounds, 1972-1974 91-15 154 B2 Exposition & Fairgrounds, 1980-1989

Licensing and Regulation 68-104A 9 B16 State Fair Coliseum, 1957 B18 State Fair Grounds, 1958

Management and Budget 73-70 21 B2 Fair, Michigan State, 1953-1954

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Natural Resources 78-113 78 All State Exposition and Fairgrounds, 1912-1978 79-96 87 All Photographs of State Fairs, 1957-1975 81-78 103 B3 State Fair, n.d. 82-121 119 All State Exposition and Fairgrounds, 1952-1970 85-95 142 B12 State Fair Data, 1977 86-76 149 B39 State Fair, 1974-1975 88-216 188 All State Fair Subject Files, 1968-1973 91-144 246 B14-15 State Fair, 1978-1981 94-289 314 B14 State Fair, 1983

State 56-26 3 R1844 State Fair Grounds Deeds, n.d. 74-59 86 B3 State Fair, 1970 77-06 97 B3 State Fair, 1973 84-94 143 R5630 State Fairgrounds, 1921-1942

Transportation 93-72 217 B4 Fair Grounds, 1944-1950

Treasury 69-27 13 B2 State Fair Contract, 1956 B6 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1955 B11 State Fair Commission, 1957 B12 Upper Peninsula State Fair, 1957-1958 74-79 49 B1 Michigan State Fair, 1965-1966

Manuscripts 75-87 1 V1 World’s Fair Managers, 1891-1894