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O. K. Miller Correspondence, 1893
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Miller, O. K.
- Title
- O. K. Miller Correspondence
- Dates
- 1893 (inclusive)18931893
- Quantity
- two letters
- Collection Number
- OLPb040MIL
- Summary
- This collection includes two letters written from a young woman to her aunt about the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.
- Repository
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Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The World's Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago World's Fair), a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. The fair had a profound effect on architecture, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism. The Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely, European Classical Architecture principles based on symmetry and balance.
The letters in this collection describe the Exposition from the perspective of a young woman named Eva writing to her aunt in rural Pennsylvania.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection includes two letters, one dated September 30 and the other November 21, 1893.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
The O. K. Miller Correspondence #OLPb040MIL, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Description | Dates |
|---|---|
| Letter from Eva to O.K.
Miller 1 envelope; four holograph
sheets
|
September 30, 1893 |
| Letter from Eva to O.K.
Miller 1 envelope; 2 holograph
sheets
|
November 21, 1893 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Chicago. World's Columbian Exposition, 1893.
Personal Names
- Miller, O. K.--Archives
Geographical Names
- Pennsylvania.
Jeremy Skinner
2009
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