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Expo '74 - Spokane's World's Fair, 1970-1979

Overview of the Collection

Title
Expo '74 - Spokane's World's Fair
Dates
1970-1979 (bulk)
Quantity
0.75 cubic feet
Collection Number
GEN .10
Summary
This collection contains original postcards, pamphlets and ephemera from the fair. Also included in the collection are various news articles from 1974 and anniversaries of the fair.
Repository
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Telephone: 5097774481
archives@whitworth.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Expo '74 was held in Spokane, WA, and ran from May 4 to November 3, 1974. It was the first environmentally themed world's fair and helped clean up the Spokane River and create Riverfront park. The current pavilion, recognized as a Spokane landmark was build for the fair and housed the US Pavilion.

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Content Description

Postcards, news articles, photos, and reports

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

This collection is open for use

Preferred Citation

[Item]. Expo '74 GEN-10 Archives, Whitworth University (Spokane, WA).

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Introduction and Finding Aid
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  • Description: Branding
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  • Description: News Articles
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  • Description: News Articles
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4
  • Description: News Articles
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5
  • Description: News Articles
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box/Folder 1/6
  • Description: News Articles
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 1/7
  • Description: Newsletters
    Container: Box/Folder 1/8
  • Description: "Expo '74 News" Publications
    Dates: 1972- April 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 1/9
  • Description: Before and Demolition Images
    Container: Box/Folder 1/10
  • Description: Construction Images
    Container: Box/Folder 1/11
  • Description: Postcard Promotion (Pre-opening)
    Container: Box/Folder 1/12
  • Description: Maps, Schedules, and Overviews
    Container: Box/Folder 1/13
  • Description: Souvenir Program (original)
    Container: Box/Folder 1/14
  • Description: Daily Bulletins of Events
    Container: Box/Folder 1/15
  • Description: Opening
    Container: Box/Folder 1/16
  • Description: Opening- President Richard Nixon Speech and Schedule
    Container: Box/Folder 1/17
  • Description: Opening Day Images
    Container: Box/Folder 1/18
  • Description: Opening Day Protests
    Container: Box/Folder 1/19
  • Description: General Grounds Images
    Container: Box/Folder 1/20
  • Description: Aerial Images
    Container: Box/Folder 1/21
  • Description: Pavilions – Business
    Container: Box/Folder 1/22
  • Description: Pavilions – Businesses Images
    Container: Box/Folder 1/23
  • Description: Pavilions – International
    Container: Box/Folder 1/24
  • Description: Pavilions – International Images
    Container: Box/Folder 1/25
  • Description: Pavilions – Washington
    Container: Box/Folder 1/26
  • Description: Pavilions – States and Domestic
    Container: Box/Folder 1/27
  • Description: U.S. Pavilion
    Container: Box/Folder 1/28
  • Description: Whitworth Pavilion
    Container: Box/Folder 1/29
  • Description: Whitworth Campus Planning and events
    Container: Box/Folder 1/30
  • Description: Folk Life Festival
    Container: Box/Folder 1/31
  • Description: Native American's Earth
    Container: Box/Folder 1/32
  • Description: Entertainment
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 1/33
  • Description: Postcards – Rides and Midway
    Container: Box/Folder 1/34
  • Description: Restaurants and Concessions
    Container: Box/Folder 1/35
  • Description: Ephemera and Misc.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/36
  • Description: Postcard Sets
    Container: Box/Folder 1/37
  • Description: Transportation and Lodging
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 1/38
  • Description: Closing
    Container: Box/Folder 1/39
  • Description: Expo '74 Fairgoers Survey
    Container: Box/Folder 1/40
  • Description: Photographs – Disassembling
    Dates: 1975
    Container: Box/Folder 1/41
  • Description: Office of U.S. Commissioner General/White House Report
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 1/42
  • Description: Bureau of International Expositions Report
    Dates: Dec. 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 1/43
  • Description: 1st year Anniversary News Article
    Dates: May 1975
    Container: Box/Folder 1/44
  • Description: Photographs – Riverfront Park
    Container: Box/Folder 1/45
  • Description: Post-Expo Property
    Dates: 1976-1979
    Container: Box/Folder 1/46
  • Description: Riverfront Park Property Inventory
    Dates: 2016
    Container: Box/Folder 1/47
  • Description: Anniversaries and Articles
    Dates: 1976 on
    Container: Box/Folder 1/48
  • Description: 40th Anniversary
    Dates: 2014
    Container: Box/Folder 1/49
  • Description: 50th Anniversary
    Dates: 2024
    Container: Box/Folder 1/50

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Subject Terms

  • Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1974 : Spokane, Wash.)

Geographical Names

  • Spokane (Wash.)
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