Papers, 1865-1916.

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Papers, 1865-1916.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22156161

Minutes (including minutes of the Illinois State Agricultural Society, ledgers, State Fair cash books, stud books, and letterpress books of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture; minutes, accounts and visitors registers relating to the Illinois state exhibit at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago; and a letterpress book containing records concerning the opening of Northern Illinois State Normal School at DeKalb.

5.83 linear ft. (33 volumes)

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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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, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 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 peo...

Garrard, Wilson Coburn, 1849-1908

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Secretary to the Illinois State Board of Agriculture (1889-1907), Illinois Board of World's Fair Commissioners for the Columbian Exposition (1891-1893), and Northern Illinois State Normal School Board of Trustees (1895-1901). From the description of Papers, 1865-1916. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 22156161 ...

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