1933 Chicago World's Fair Southwest Indian exhibit collection, 1913-1950.

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1933 Chicago World's Fair Southwest Indian exhibit collection, 1913-1950.

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Summary: Collection consists of correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings relative to the efforts of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company and the Fred Harvey Company to sponsor a Southwest Indian exhibit at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair (A Century of Progress International Exhibition). Includes plans for the exhibit; estimates of costs of transportation, housing and food; and plans for Indian dances and the sale of Indian arts and crafts. Includes correspondence involving archaeologist Jesse Nusbaum, writer Ernest T. Seton, Herman Schweizer of the Fred Harvey Company, William W. Simpson of the Atchison and Topeka Railroad, and U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Charles H. Burke.

.2 linear feet.

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Century of Progress International Exhibition (1933-34 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The Century of Progress Exposition, the World's Fair, was held in Chicago, 1933-1934. From the description of Records, 1933-1934 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007613 A Century of Progress International Exposition was held in Chicago during the summers of 1933 and 1934. The fair celebrated the scientific and technological advances made in the century since the founding of Chicago in 1833. The main features of the fair included exhibits depicting th...

Simpson, W. W. (William Wynn), 1907-1987

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Missionary to Tibet; born William Ekvall Simpson on October 19, 1901 in Old Orchard, Main, USA; worked among nomadic tribespeople; murdered by army deserters at Shih Keo Waunao in Kansu Province, China. From the description of Ephemera of William Ekvall Simpson 1998. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 122932415 ...

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Fred Harvey Firm

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Fred Harvey (1835-1901) began a partnership with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1878. In 1889, the Railway gave Harvey exclusive rights to manage and operate his eating houses, lunch stands, and hotel facilities upon the Santa Fe's railroads west of the Missouri River. The Harvey Houses took pride in their first class food, service, and cleanliness. From the description of Fred Harvey hotels collection, 1896-1945. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29699443 ...

Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)

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Art administrator; Arizona and New Mexico. From the description of Jesse L. Nusbaum interview, 1963 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220195337 From the description of Oral history interview with Jesse L. Nusbaum, 1963 Dec. 12 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026120 Nusbaum, (1887-1976), a National Park Service archaeologist, was the first director of the Laboratory of Anthropology (1930-1935). From the description of Jesse L. N...

Schweizer, Herman.

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Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946

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Ernest Thompson Seton was an American writer, naturalist and outdoorsman. From the description of Ernest Thompson Seton collection. [1931]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676777117 Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton was born Ernest Evan Thompson in northeast England, and raised in Canada; he changed his name at the age of sixteen to distance himself from his father. He apprenticed with a portrait artist, and spent a year in England studying at the Roya...

Burke, Charles H.

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