Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Records 1893

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1 University of Chicago Library Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition, 189, Records University of Chicago Library

2 Table of Contents Descriptive Summary Information on Use Access Citation Historical Note Scope Note Related Resources Subject Headings INVENTORY Series I: Publications Series II: Newspaper Clippings Series III: Business Documentation Series IV: Memorabilia Series V: Photographs Subseries 1: C.D. Arnold Subseries 2: E.R. Walker Subseries : General

3 Descriptive Summary Title World s Columbian Exposition, 189. Records Date 189 Size Repository Abstract 7 linear feet (9 boxes) Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 6067 U.S.A. This collection includes ephemera from the 189 World s Fair in Chicago. It includes photographs, newspaper clippings, business documentation and visitor memorabilia. Information on Use Access The collection is open for research. Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: World s Columbian Exposition, 189. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Historical Note The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 189 until October 0, 189, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 60 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million people visited the exhibition halls which displayed inventions in fields as diverse as mining, agriculture, and the liberal arts. Additional attractions included the world s first ferris wheel, daily concerts by John Philip Sousa s concert band, lectures delivered by Eadweard Muybridge, belly dancers on a simulated Street of Cairo, Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show, and the Viking, a replica of the Norwegian Gokstad ship. It was also at the fair that the public was introduced to Juicy Fruit gum, Quaker Oats, Hershey s chocolate, the hamburger, and electric light, which illuminated the grounds and helped to garner them the title "The White City." Scope Note

4 The World s Columbian Exposition, 189 Records includes a variety of documentation of the celebrated fair. The collection consists of publications, business exchanges between participants, print memorabilia, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The collection is divided into five series: I. Publications, II. Newspaper Clippings, III. Business Documentation, IV. Memorabilia, V Photographs. Series V includes photographs by the Exposition's official photographer C.D. Arnold and by E. R. Walker. Related Resources The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections: Subject Headings Arnold, C.D. (Charles Dudley), b Walker, E.R. World s Columbian Exhibition (189: Chicago, Ill.) INVENTORY Series I: Publications This series includes documents and essays produced by participants in the exhibition, for the exhibition and related publications. Box 1 Bretonière, Sailing Flight, from Observations made at Constantine, Department of Publicity and Promotion Press Releases Folder 2 "World's Columbia Exposition Illustrated" Folder "Supplement to the Columbian Serial" Prints Folder 4 "World's Fair Notes" Series II: Newspaper Clippings 4

5 Folder 5 Chicago Evening Post Souvenir Folder 6 Harper's Folder 7 Chicago Daily Tribune Folder 8 The Standard, Chicago Folder 9 Print Ephemera Box Clippings on Social Reform Series III: Business Documentation Invitations to the Comte de Balincourt, General of the French Pavilion Folder 2 Customs agreement for the "German Empire" exhibition Series IV: Memorabilia Folder Visitor's Guide Folder 4 Postcard Folder 5 Performance Brochure Folder 6 Event Listings Folder 7 Admissions Ticket Folder 8 Ground Floor Plan, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building 5

6 Folder 9 Receipts, S.J. Tellery and Co. Series V: Photographs This series includes bound and mounted photographs of the World's Fair from the C.D. Arnold collection and the E.R. Walker collection. It also includes general photographs. Subseries 1: C.D. Arnold Interior Women's Building Folder 2 West from Roof of Liberal Arts Building Folder Arts Building from Wooded Island Folder 4 Interior Manufacturer's Building, October 22, 1892 Folder 5 South West from Roof of Liberal Arts Building Folder 6 Horticultural Building Dome Folder 7 Looking West from Café de Marine Folder 8 Looking West on South Side of Grand Basin Folder 9 South End Manufactures Building 0 Art Building 1 South Entrance Fisheries Building 2 Machinery Hall 6

7 Looking West on Grand Basin 4 Lagoon, Looking South 5 The Café de Marine 6 Lagoon and West Side Manufactures Building 7 Mines and Mining Building 8 Cold Storage Building Fire 9 Administration Building Folder 20 North West from Liberal Arts Building Folder 21 Liberal Arts Building from Wooded Island Folder 22 Manufactures Building Folder 2 Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building Folder 24 Electricity Building Folder 25 Loggia, Women's Building Folder 26 Java Village, on the Midway Folder 27 In the Esquimix Village 7

8 Folder 28 Japanese Ho-o-den Folder 29 Japanese Tea Garden Folder 0 Japanese Boat The German Village on the Midway Folder 2 German Gates in Manufacturs Building Folder Norway Building Folder 4 Old Vienna on the Midway Folder 5 Guatemala Building Folder 6 India Building Folder 7 Egyptian Temple on the Midway Folder 8 A Gondola Folder 9 Naval Exhibit 0 A Caraval 1 California State Building 2 Cliff Dwellers 8

9 Boone and Crockett Club House 4 The Peristyle and Arch, Looking Northeast 5 Convent of La Rabida 6 7 Group on Colonnade 8 Statue of the Republic 9 Under the Ferris Wheel Folder 20 Detail of the Columbian Fountain Folder 21 Columbian Fountain and Machinery Hall Folder 22 Columbian Fountain Folder 2 Famer's Boy Folder 24 Looking North from East End of the Colonnade Folder 25 The Peristyle and Arch Subseries 2: E.R. Walker Agricultural Building Folder 2 Agricultural Building 9

10 Folder Folder 4 Arts Building Folder 5 Arts Building Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Columbia Fountain Folder 9 Columbus Statue 0 Convent of La Rabidia 1 Court of Honor 2 Court of Honor Sculpture 4 Fisheries Building 5 6 Horticultural Building 7 Illinois State Building 8 10

11 9 Machinery Hall Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 2 Ferris Wheel Folder 24 Feristyle Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Statue of the Republic Folder 29 Folder 0 Womans Building Subseries : General Box 8 "Chicago World's Columbian Exhibition," bound album Box 9 Assorted Pictures Box 9 Folder 2 11

12 "World's Fair Photographs," bound album 12