University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections4305 (Accession No. 4305-001)Washington (State). World's Fair Commission (1893)Washington World's Fair Commission records1890-189411.28 cubic feet and 40 reels microfilm (20 boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize ledgers, 20 negative reels
of microfilm, and 20 positive reels of microfilm)Collection
materials are in
English.Records of the commission appointed to
determine the exhibits in the Washington State Building at the 1893 World's
Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.The Washington World's Fair Commission was a commission appointed to
determine the exhibits in the Washington State Building at the 1893 World's
Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The Washington State Building housed
representative resources from Washington State including minerals, timber,
fruit, and various manufactured items. The Commission managed the selection of
exhibit items and the exhibit construction.
Officers of the Washington World's Fair Commission include Edmond
Meany who served as the Press Agent (1890-1892) and Assistant to the Executive
Commissioner (1892-1894), Nelson Blalock who served as the President and
Executive Commissioner (1892-1893), and George Calhoun who served as Executive
Commissioner (1893-1894).
Materials are arranged by material type.
The Washington World's Fair Commission Records (1890-1894) include
correspondence; financial records; reports; legal documents; exhibition
reports, inventories, and planning materials; meeting minutes; and visitor
passes and registers regarding the planning, selection, and establishment of
the Washington State Building located at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
in Chicago, Illinois.
The microfilm reels include reproductions of the collection materials
filmed by UW Special Collections staff in 1978.
The collection materials are reproduced on microfilm. Materials were
filmed by UW Special Collections staff in 1978.
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Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Washington (State). World's Fair Commission (1893)--ArchivesWorld's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--History--SourcesWashington (State)--Exhibitions--History--SourcesAgricultural exhibitions--Washington (State)--History--SourcesHorticulture--Washington (State)--Exhibitions--History--SourcesFisheries--Washington (State)--Exhibitions--History--SourcesForests and forestry--Washington (State)--Exhibitions--History--SourcesMines and mineral resources--Washington (State)--Exhibitions--History--SourcesRecords (Documents)Business correspondenceMinutes (Records)Law materialsNewspaper clippingsAlbums (Books)Blalock, Nelson Gales, 1836-1913Calhoun, George VMeany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935Swan, James G., 1818-1900Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)Washington (State)
Correspondence1Correspondence regarding the Washington World's Fair
Commission1890-18912Correspondence regarding the Washington World's Fair
Commission1891
September-1892 February3Correspondence regarding the Washington World's Fair
Commission1892
February-May4Correspondence regarding the Washington World's Fair
Commission1892
June-August5Correspondence regarding the Washington World's Fair
Commission1892
September-December6Correspondence regarding the Washington World's Fair
Commission1893
January-March7Correspondence regarding the Washington World's Fair
Commission1893
March-September8Correspondence and telegrams regarding the Washington
World's Fair Commission1893-18949Edmond Meany's letterpress copybooks1890-1892Edmond Meany was the Press Agent for the Washington World's Fair
Commission from 1890 to 1892 and the Assistant to the Executive Commissioner
for the Washington World's Fair Commission from 1892 to 1894
10Edmond Meany's letterpress copybook and Nelson Blalock's
letterpress copybook1892-1894Nelson Blalock was the President and Executive Commissioner of
the Washington World's Fair Commission from 1892 to 1893
11Nelson Blalock's letterpress copybooks1892-189312George Calhoun's letterpress copybooks1893-1894George Calhoun was the Executive Commissioner for the Washington
World's Fair Commission from 1893 to 1894
Exhibit materials13Correspondence, exhibition reports, financial reports,
receipts, lists of expense vouchers, and financial graphs and
tables1890-189415Notebooks1890-1894Notebooks include a list of Washington World's Fair Commission
committee members and delegates; proceedings of the Washington World's Fair
Commission Executive Committee; a memo book; a time book; a notebook about the
layout of the Washington State Building at the World's Columbian Exposition
including measurements and exhibit plans; agricultural product inventory;
fisheries exhibit inventory; forestry exhibit inventory; fruit exhibit
inventory; and mineral exhibit inventory including information about exhibit
items from Kittitas and Stevens counties
16Correspondence, ephemera, and inventories regarding
exhibits; and report about awards given to Washington exhibits at the
fair1890-189417Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and
inventories regarding exhibits and planning for the Washington State
Building1890-189419Manuscript appendices that include inventories of
exhibit items and narrative descriptions of exhibits1890-1894Appendices are about the following exhibits: botany,
horticulture, agriculture, forestry, mines and mining, and opinions of
Washington
21Bound inventory of fruit exhibit items1890-1894Financial records12Financial ledger of the Washington World's Fair
Commission's expenses compiled by Samuel Collyer, Treasurer of the Washington
World's Fair Commission1893-189414Financial accounts and expense voucher
ledgers1891-189320Bound book of Northern Pacific Railroad Company shipping
receipts regarding shipments to and from the World's Columbian Exposition in
Chicago, Illinois189223"Record of Distribution of Approved Vouchers"
ledger1890-1894Legal records16Charges, evidence, court brief, witness testimony, and
minutes of the case brought against the Washington World's Fair Commission by
Piece County, Washington about the financial affairs of the
commission1890-1894Washington State Building visitor
records16Visitor passes for photographers and workers and regular
visitor pass applications1890-189418Washington State Building visitor
applications1890-189419Washington State Building visitor registration cards and
list of visitors to the Washington State Building compiled by the Washington
World's Fair Commission1890-189422Visitor's registry ledger from the Washington State
Building at the World's Columbian Exposition1894The visitor's register was used again at the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909 in Seattle, Washington.
Publicity16Newspaper advertisements and correspondence regarding
advertisements1890-189420Scrapbooks of newspaper articles about the Washington
World's Fair Commission including the legal case1890-189421Scrapbook of newspaper articles about the Washington
World's Fair Commission1890-1894