James W. Ellsworth papers, World's Columbian Exposition Collection, [1890-1901].

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James W. Ellsworth papers, World's Columbian Exposition Collection, [1890-1901].

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The James W. Ellsworth papers consist primarily of Incoming (926 items) and Outgoing (85 items) correspondence, Departmental records from 22 Exposition divisions and departments, and Ephemera such as banquet menus, invitations and tickets. Among Ellsworth's correspondents are Charles Barber and O.C. Bosbyshell of the U.S. Mint Department, architect Daniel H. Burnham, U.S. Congressman Benjamin Butterworth, landscape designer Henry Sargent Codman, journalist William Eleroy Curtis, international businessman Frank H. Mason, poet Harriet Monroe, and art critic John C. Van Dyke. The papers include much information on efforts to raise funds for the Exposition, detailed correspondence with many of the Exposition's directors, and extensive information on a portrait of Christopher Columbus by 16th century Italian painter Lorenzo Lotto.

12 linear ft.

Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center

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Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center

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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...

Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912

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Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936

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Poet and founding editor of Poetry: a Magazine of Verse. From the description of Papers, 1873-1944 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 56101856 American editor, critic, and poet. Harriet Monroe was born in Chicago in 1860, and she remained identified all her life with the city. After gaining some local recognition as a poet, a newspaper critic and a lecturer on poetry, Monroe's literary reputation was based on her concep...

Lotto, Lorenzo, 1480?-1556?

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World's Columbian Exposition Collection (Chicago Public Library)

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Davis, George R. (George Royal), 1840-1899

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Ellsworth, James W. (James William), 1849-1925

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James W. Ellsworth was initially reluctant to participate in the development of a World's Fair in Chicago. After learning that the planners of the Exposition envisioned an international exposition, Ellsworth directed all his energies to the successful development of the "Dream City." Ellsworth's contributions to the Exposition ranged from working with the railroad companies to raise capital, purchasing the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, participating on the Exposition's Board of Directors, ...

Codman, Henry Sargent.

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Curtis, William Eleroy, 1850-1911

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American journalist. From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Apr. 27-July 28. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 81020876 Curtis was chief of the Latin-American department of the Chicago Record . From the guide to the William Eleroy Curtis Scrapbooks, 1874-1911, 1885-1911, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Traveling correspondent for two...

Butterworth, Benjamin, 1837-1898

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Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1861; served during the Civil War in the Union Army and later practiced law in Ohio; 1873-1875, state senator; 1875-1878, practiced law in Cincinnati; 1878, elected to the U.S. Congress, and reelected in 1880; 1883, appointed commissioner of patents; reelected to Congress in 1885, 1886, and 1892; 1892 opened law practice in Washington, D.C.; 1897 again became commissioner of patents. From the description of Benjamin Butterworth papers, 1857-1908 (inclusive...

Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932

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American author and educator; professor of history of art, Rutgers University. From the description of Autobiography, 1929. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28743604 Librarian, art historian and critic, and professor of art at Rutgers College, of New Brunswick, N.J. From the description of My golden age : personal narrative of American life from 1861 to 1931, 1931. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70958363 ...