Records of the Kansas Board of World's Fair Managers, 1891 - 1894.

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Records of the Kansas Board of World's Fair Managers, 1891 - 1894.

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The records for this record group consist of the financial ledgers and records, correspondence, and meeting minutes of the Kansas World's Fair Commission's Board of Managers responsible for coordinating Kansas' participation in the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Also included are a large scrapbook of newspaper clippings, organized by Kansas county name, of articles related to Kansas' exhibits at the Exposition; and bound registers for visitors to Kansas educational exhibits in the Exposition's Kansas Building and the Liberal Arts and Manufacturers Building.

Circa 3.5 cubic feet + oversize material.

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7993806

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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...

Kansas. Board of World's Fair Managers.

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During April 23-24, 1891, a delegate convention called by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture met to plan for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago. A committee known as the Bureau of Promotion was selected to plan for a later convention and election of a permanent board of managers. A board of nine members was elected September 16, 1891, known as the Board of Managers, Kansas Exhibit, World's Columbian Exposition Corporation. [Blackmar, Frank W. Kansas: a cyclopedia of state his...