Board of World's Fair Managers for the state of Michigan.

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Board of World's Fair Managers for the state of Michigan.

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This collection consists of the minutes of the Board of World's Fair Managers for the state of Michigan, covering the years 1891-1894. Includes discussions and decisions of the Board relating to site selection, plans and specifications, construction, and final disposition of the Michigan Building at the World Columbian Exposition (1893) in Chicago, as well as to the contents of exhibits within the structure. Also reveals expenses incurred by the Board, like costs of construction, maintenance and disposition of building, and exhibits. The collection is arranged chronologically.

1 volume .2 cu. ft.

State Archive of Michigan

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State Archive of Michigan

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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...

Michigan. Board of World's Fair Managers.

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Public Act 188 of 1891 created a commission known as The World's Fair Managers. It consisted of 6 members, 2 of whom were to be women, and the governor as an exofficio member. The purpose of the Managers was to prepare an exhibit of various manufactures and products of Michigan at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The Michigan Building was designed by Mortimer L. Smith of Detroit. Exhibits were planned concerning Michigan agriculture, minerals, forests and forest products, educa...