Taxpayers Against Burnham Harbor Site records, ca. 1980-1985.

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Taxpayers Against Burnham Harbor Site records, ca. 1980-1985.

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Correspondence, reports, statements, testimony, newspaper clippings, and other records of Taxpayers Against Burnham Harbor Site, a citizens' organization opposed to the use of Burnham Harbor as a site for the proposed 1992 World's Fair in Chicago (Ill.). Boxes 2 and 3 contain newspaper clippings. This site is near the Loop and similar to the site of the Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933-1934.

4 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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Taxpayers Against Burnham Harbor Site (Chicago, Ill.)

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World's Fair (1992 : Chicago, Ill.)

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Chicago World's Fair--1992 Authority

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Planning for the fair to be known as the Age of Discovery International Exposition ended in 1985. An independent, non-profit Chicago World's Fair 1992 Corporation was established in the early 1980s to begin planning a 1992 fair. Its functions merged into the official Illinois state agency known as the Chicago World's Fair--1992 Authority, when that agency was established (with similar personnel). After the Authority ceased to exist as a governmental agency, the fair planners resumed operations b...