Correspondence files, 1961-1966.

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Correspondence files, 1961-1966.

Correspondence concerns bids and plans; security; concessions; legislation; construction; special events; fair activities; media coverage; and visitors' comments. Files also include photographs; newspaper clippings;commission minutes; memoranda; press releases; publications; blueprints; display materials; attendance statistics; invoice vouchers; contracts; World's Fair Corporation rules and regulations.

4 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7395691

Illinois State Archive

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New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation

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The New York World's Fair of 1964-1965 was held at Flushing Meadows in the Borough of Queens on a site leased from the City of New York. It was conceived in 1958 by a group of New Yorkers who formed a non-profit corporation of some 300 members to provide the start-up capital. Eighty nations participated in the Fair which had the theme 'Man's Achievements in an Expanding Universe'. Robert Moses, who was associated with the earlier World's Fair in New York in 1939-1940, served as the president of ...

Illinois. New York World's Fair Commission (1963-1966)

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The New York World's Fair Commission, composed of House and Senate members and seven persons appointed by the Governor, was created (1963) to make arrangements for Illinois' participation in the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. The Board of Economic Development executive director served as commission's secretary. Commission duties included site selection on the New York World's Fair grounds; building construction; and exhibit preparation. After a final report to the General Assembly (1966), the ...

Illinois. New York World's Fair Commission (1963-1965)

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