ARCHIVES OF MICHIGAN 702 WEST KALAMAZOO STREET P.O. Box 30740, Lansing, MI 48909 517-373-1408 archives@michigan.gov www.michigan.gov/archivesofmi Circular No. 54 Fairs and Expositions Administration 54-07 2 B2 State Fairs 1948-1949 Administration 54-07 2 B2 State Fairs 1949-1950 Administration 54-07 2 B2 State Fair Grounds Study Committee 1949-1950 Administration 58-16 6 B3 State Fairs 1949-1950 Administration 58-16 6 B3 State Fair Grounds Study Committee 1950 Administration 60-21 8 B6 State Fairs 1950-1951 Administration 60-21 8 B6 State Fair Grounds Study Committee 1950-1951 Administration 60-21 8 B13 State Fairs 1951-1952 Administration 60-21 8 B13 State Fair Grounds Study Committee 1951-1952 Administration 62-01 9 B7 State Fairs 1952-1953 Administration 62-08 10 B5 State Fair 1953-1954 Administration 62-08 10 B11 State Fair 1954-1955 Administration 62-08 10 B17 State Fairs 1955-1956 Administration 62-36 12 B6 State Fairs 1956-1957 Administration 63-39 18 B1 State Fair 1946-1948 Administration 63-39 18 B3 State Fair 1948-1949 Administration 63-39 18 B5 State Fair 1949-1950 Administration 63-39 18 B8 State Fair 1950-1951 Administration 63-39 18 B12 State Fairs 1951-1952 Administration 63-40 19 B7 State Fairs 1957-1958 Administration 64-33 21 B9 State Fairs 1952-1953 Administration 64-44 22 B6 State Fairs 1958-1959 Administration 65-42 23 B6 State Fairs 1959-1960 Administration 65-43 24 B5 State Fairs 1954-1955 Administration 66-46 25 B8 State Fairs 1960-1961 Administration 66-46 25 B22 State Fairs 1954-1956 Administration 66-46 25 B28 State Fairs 1954-1956 Administration 66-46 25 B34 State Fairs 1956-1958 Administration 66-46 25 B36 State Fairs 1955-1957 Administration 67-66 26 B9 State Fairs 1961-1962 Administration 68-110 33 B9 State Fairs 1962-1963 Administration 70-39 35 B7 State Fairs 1964-1965 Administration 70-122 36 B14 State Fairs 1957-1960 Administration 70-122 36 B21 State Fairs 1957-1960
Page 2 Administration 72-25 40 B68 State Fairs 1962-1963 Administration 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 Agriculture 65-52 9 B1 County Fair Premiums 1954 Agriculture 65-52 9 B2 Michigan Association of Fairs 1954 Agriculture 65-52 9 B8 County Fairs 1954-1955 Agriculture 65-52 9 B8 Upper Peninsula Fair 1954-1955 Agriculture 65-52 9 B16 County Fairs 1956 Agriculture 65-52 9 B23 Fairs, Miscellaneous 1957 Agriculture 65-52 9 B23 County Fairs 1957 Agriculture 65-52 9 B32 State Fair Managers Minutes 1939-1945 Agriculture 67-15 10 B1 Fairs 1957-1960 Agriculture 67-15 10 B9 County Fairs 1958 Agriculture 67-15 10 B13 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1960 Agriculture 67-15 10 B33 Michigan State Fair 1956 Agriculture 68-51 11 B1 Upper Peninsula Fair Managers 1928-1958 Agriculture 69-17 12 B13 State Fair 1960-1961 Agriculture 69-17 12 B14 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1961 Agriculture 69-17 12 B26-29 Funds to Fairs 1960-1961 Agriculture 69-17 12 B39-42 County Fair Correspondence 1953-1962 1954-1958, Agriculture 69-17 12 B53 Michigan State Fair 1962-1963 Agriculture 69-17 12 B59 Fairs (Miscellaneous) 1963 Agriculture 72-52 20 B3 Correspondence Regarding Fairs 1966-1967 Agriculture 72-52 20 B5 International Trade Fairs 1967 Agriculture 73-69 23 B15 Fairs 1965 Agriculture 74-41 25 B16 s of County Fair Section 1967-1968 Agriculture 74-41 25 B17-18 s of State Fairs 1966-1968 Agriculture 74-41 25 B22 Tokyo Trade Fair 1968 Agriculture 73-87 26 B11-12 Fairs 1966 Agriculture 75-22 28 B2 State Fairs 1965-1968 Agriculture 75-53 29 B31-32 Fairs 1970 Agriculture 76-76 30 B2 International Exhibitions 1966-1969 Agriculture 76-113 33 B5 State Fair Authority 1971 Agriculture 77-10 35 B1 Photographs of Fairs 1930-1970 Agriculture 77-52 36 B11 Fairs 1970-1972 Agriculture 78-15 37 B8-9 Fairs 1971-1973 Agriculture 79-06 40 B6 County Fairs 1963-1974
Page 3 Agriculture 79-06 40 B6-8 Association of Fairs and Exhibitions 1972-1974 Agriculture 79-06 40 B8-11 State Fairs 1970-1974 Agriculture 79-73 42 All Upper Peninsula State Fair 1959-1973 Agriculture 80-22 43 B1 County Fair Legislation 1972-1974 Agriculture 80-22 43 B2 Michigan State Fair 1972-1976 Agriculture 81-87 45 B6 Fairs 1975, 1977 Agriculture 81-87 45 B17 County Fairs 1975 Agriculture 81-87 45 B21-22 State Fairs 1975-1976 Agriculture 82-24 46 B3 State Fair 1977 Agriculture 82-24 46 B13 County Fairs 1977 Agriculture 82-24 46 B14 State Fair Authority 1977 Agriculture 82-24 46 B15 Upper Peninsula Fair 1977 Agriculture 82-98 47 B2-3 County Fairs 1976 Agriculture 82-98 47 B4 Michigan State Fair 1976 Agriculture 82-98 47 B5 Upper Peninsula Fair 1976 Agriculture 82-98 47 B10-11 Reorganized State Fair 1972-1978 Agriculture 82-98 47 B25 Fair Schedule 1977 Agriculture 83-19 49 All Fairs 1952-1979 Agriculture 85-98 56 B6 Association of Fairs and Exhibitions 1978-1980 Agriculture 85-98 56 B16-21 Michigan State Fair 1966-1978 Agriculture 85-98 56 B25-26 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1978-1979 Agriculture 85-98 56 B61 State Fair 1978 Agriculture 85-99 57 B8 County Fairs 1972-1977 Agriculture 85-99 57 B11-12 Michigan State Fair 1968-1976 Agriculture 85-99 57 B13 Upper Peninsula Fair 1971-1977 Agriculture 85-100 58 B1 Fairs 1979 Agriculture 85-100 58 B3 Fairs 1979-1980 Agriculture 85-100 58 B4 County Fairs 1980 Agriculture 85-100 58 B4 Food Fare Fair 1979 Agriculture 86-37 63 B10 Fairs 1981 Agriculture 86-37 63 B20 County Fairs 1980 Agriculture 86-37 63 B21 Upper Peninsula Fair 1977-1981 Agriculture 86-37 63 B32 Fairs 1976-1982 Agriculture 87-107 65 B1 County Fair Schedule 1981 Agriculture 87-121 66 B3 State Exposition and Fairgrounds 1979 Agriculture 89-35 79 B3 County Fairs 1980-1981 Agriculture 89-35 79 B3-4 Fairs 1980-1984 Agriculture 89-35 79 B6 Association of Fairs and Exhibitions 1980-1981 Agriculture 89-35 79 B7 Upper Peninsula Fair 1979-1984 Agriculture 91-432 99 All Upper Peninsula Fair 1973-1979 Agriculture 92-29 104 B6 Fairs 1987
Page 4 Agriculture 93-65 110 B5 Michigan State Fair 1981-1982 Agriculture 94-436 110 B2-3 State Fair 1982-1991 Attorney General 53-05 1 B7 State Fair 1927 Attorney General 53-05 1 B10 State Fair Mortgage Bonds 1935 Attorney General 55-21 7 B1-2 Michigan State Fair 1941-1942 Attorney General 79-78 56 B4-5 Michigan State Fair 1954-1966 Attorney General 79-78 56 B4 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1956-1962 Auditor General 58-18 3 B1 Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition 1907-1909 Auditor General 59-09 4 B1 State Fairs 1951-1952 Auditor General 61-18 7 B6 State Fair 1937-1949 Auditor General 61-18 7 B7 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1942-1950 Auditor General 66-48 16 B1 State Fairgrounds 1948-1949 Auditor General 67-75 18 B1 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1954 Auditor General 71-122 21 B2 State Fairs 1958 Auditor General 71-122 21 B8 State Fair 1960 Auditor General 71-122 21 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 Commerce 72-53 32 B6 Upstate Fair 1948 Commerce 86-51 152 B19 State Fairgrounds Renovation 1978-1980 Corrections 80-27 22 B26 Ionia Free Fair 1955-1962 Corrections 80-27 22 B28 Ionia Free Fair 1963 Corrections 80-27 22 B33 Ionia Free Fair 1968-1969 Corrections 80-27 22 B36 Ionia Free Fair 1970 Corrections 80-27 22 B39 Ionia Free Fair 1972 Corrections 80-27 22 B42 Ionia Free Fair 1974 Executive RG00-00 1 1 Reel-40 State Fair Sunday Closing 1931-1933 Executive RG-42 1 B6 Fair, Board of Managers 1943 Executive RG-42 1 B22 Fairs, Board of Managers 1944 Executive RG-42 1 B39 Fair, Board of Managers 1945 Executive RG-42 1 B51 Fair, Board of Managers 1946 Executive RG-42 1 B98 State Fair 1946 Executive RG-42 1 B123 Fairs 1946 Executive RG-42 1 B146 Fairs 1944-1946 Executive RG-43 1 B2 State Fair 1947 Executive RG-43 1 B10 Fairs 1947 Executive RG-43 1 B34 State Fair 1948 Executive RG-43 1 B40 Fairs, State 1948 Executive RG-44 1 B15 World s Columbian Exposition 1894 Executive RG-44 1 B35 Australian Exhibition 1888 Executive RG-44 1 B35 California Mid-Winter Exposition 1893
Page 5 Executive RG-44 1 B35 Centennial Exposition 1871 Executive RG-44 1 B35 Chicago World s Fair 1893 Executive RG-44 1 B35 Cotton States Exposition 1895 Executive RG-44 1 B35 Frederick Douglas Exposition 1905 Executive RG-44 1 B36 International Mining Exposition 1907 Executive RG-44 1 B36 Jamestown Exposition 1906 Executive RG-44 1 B36 Japan International Exposition 1912 Executive RG-44 1 B36 Lewis and Clark Exposition 1905 Executive RG-44 1 B37 North, Central, South American Expo 1885 Executive RG-44 1 B37 Paris Exposition 1889 Executive RG-44 1 B37 South Carolina Exposition 1901-1902 Executive RG-44 1 B37 Tennessee Centennial Exposition 1897 Executive RG-44 1 B37 West Indian Exposition 1901-1902 Executive RG-44 1 B67 Cotton States Exposition 1895 Executive RG-44 1 B67 Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1905 Executive RG-44 1 B68 World s Columbian Exposition 1892-1893 Executive RG-44 1 B68 World s Fair 1890-1895 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition 1906-1907 Executive RG-44 1 B135 American Floating Exposition 1905 Executive RG-44 1 B135 American National Exposition 1888 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Buenos Aires Agricultural Expo 1909 Executive RG-44 1 B135 California Midwinter Exposition 1893-1894 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Centennial Exposition 1872-1876 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Colorado National Apple Exposition 1910 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Commercial Travelers Fair 1896 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Cotton States Exposition 1894-1896 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Detroit International Exposition 1890 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Frederick Douglas Exposition 1905 Executive RG-44 1 B135 Imperial International Exhibition 1909 Executive RG-44 1 B136 International Exhibition 1851-1883 Executive RG-44 1 B136 International Livestock Exposition 1906 Executive RG-44 1 B137 New York Permanent Exposition 1908 Executive RG-44 1 B137 North-Central-South American Expo 1885 Executive RG-44 1 B137 Panama Pacific Exposition 1910 Executive RG-44 1 B137 Paris International Exposition 1889 Executive RG-44 1 B137 South Carolina Exposition 1901-1902 Executive RG-44 1 B138 Southern Exposition 1887 Executive RG-44 1 B138 Tennessee Centennial Exposition 1895 Executive RG-44 1 B138 Three Americas Exposition 1889 Executive RG-44 1 B138 U.S. Agriculture and Industrial Exposition 1909 Executive RG-44 1 B138 U.S. Land and Irrigation Exposition 1910
Page 6 Executive RG-44 1 B138 World s Columbian Exposition 1890-1894 Executive RG-44 1 B232 Cotton States Exposition 1896 Executive RG-44 1 B234 Philadelphia Exposition 1876 Executive RG-44 1 B244 Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1905 Executive RG-44 1 B246 World s Fair 1891-1894 Executive RG-48 1 B5 Fair, State 1922 Executive RG-48 1 B13 Fair Board, State 1922 Executive RG-48 1 B27 Fair Board, State 1923 Executive RG-48 1 B37 Fair, State 1923 Executive RG-48 1 B48 Fair Board, State 1924 Executive RG-48 1 B74 Fair, State 1925 Executive RG-48 1 B86 Fair Board, State 1925 Executive RG-48 1 B96 Fair, Michigan State 1924-1926 Executive RG-48 1 B105 Fair, State 1926 Executive RG-48 1 B114 Fair, State 1926 Executive RG-49 1 B6 Fairs, State 1927 Executive RG-49 1 B29 Fairs 1927 Executive RG-49 1 B59 Fairs, State 1928 Executive RG-49 1 B114 Fairs, State 1929 Executive RG-49 1 B169 Fairs, State 1930 Executive RG-50 1 B9 State Fair, St. Louis 1904 Executive RG-50 1 B10 World s Fair 1904 Executive 69-60 2 B12 State Fairs 1958-1959 Executive 69-60 2 B18 State Fairs 1959-1960 Executive 71-63 3 B9 State Fairs 1961-1962 Executive 71-181 27 Specs Panama Pacific Exposition Building 1915 Executive 72-07 6 B5 State Fair 1961-1962 Executive 72-07 6 B6 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1961-1962 Executive 72-07 6 B35 State Fairs 1965-1966 Executive 88-269 36 B10 State Fair Authorities 1969 Executive 88-269 36 B41 Fair Authority 1970 Executive 88-269 36 B82 Fair Authority 1971 Highway 58-10 2 B2 Fairs 1943-1950 Department Highway 58-10 2 B19 Fairs 1951-1953 Department Historical 61-32 1 B8 State Fair 1954 Commission Legislature 67-08 9 B1 State Fair 1965 Legislature 79-98 45 B17 State Fairgrounds Detroit 1977-1978 Legislature 83-36 72 B1 Michigan State Fairgrounds 1954-1955
Page 7 Legislature 86-91 103 B9 Fairs Festivals & Exhibitions 1976-1977 Legislature 87-28 107 B1 State Fair Grounds 1972-1974 Legislature 91-15 154 B2 Exposition & Fairgrounds 1980-1989 Licensing and Regulation 68-104A 9 B16 State Fair Coliseum 1957 Licensing and Regulation 68-104A 9 B18 State Fair Grounds 1958 Management and Budget 73-70 21 B2 Fair, Michigan State 1953-1954 Natural Resources 78-113 78 All State Exposition and Fairgrounds 1912-1978 Natural Resources 79-96 87 All Photographs of State Fairs 1957-1975 Natural Resources 81-78 103 B3 State Fair Not Dated Natural Resources 82-121 119 All State Exposition and Fairgrounds 1952-1970 Natural Resources 85-95 142 B12 State Fair Data 1977 Natural Resources 86-76 149 B39 State Fair 1974-1975 Natural Resources 88-216 188 All State Fair Subject Files 1968-1973 Natural Resources 91-144 246 B14-15 State Fair 1978-1981 Natural Resources 94-289 314 B14 State Fair 1983 State 56-26 3 R1844 State Fair Grounds Deeds Not Dated State 74-59 86 B3 State Fair 1970 State 77-06 97 B3 State Fair 1973 State 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 Treasury 69-27 13 B6 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1955 Treasury 69-27 13 B11 State Fair Commission 1957 Treasury 69-27 13 B12 Upper Peninsula State Fair 1957-1958 Treasury 74-79 49 B1 Michigan State Fair 1965-1966 Manuscripts 75-87 1 V1 World s Fair Managers 1891-1894