Papers, 1888-1968.

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Papers, 1888-1968.

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Correspondence, notes, office memoranda, minutes of meetings, legal and financial records, annual reports, lists, charts, maps, catalogs, articles, speeches, essays, clippings, photos, programs, daily calendar and appointment books, printed material, and other papers, relating to Lohr and his family, expecially his uncle, John Philip Sousa. Includes material on Lohr's career in the Army Corps of Engineers (1916-29); his term with the Century of Progress (1929-35); his presidency of NBC (1936-40), the Museum of Science and Industry (1940-68), and the Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-49); his activities as head of the Illinois Civil Defense Agency (1950-53), the Higher Education Committee of Illinois (1954-59), and the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority, Chicago (1955-57); his membership and participation in professional societies and civic and charitable organizations; and his hobbies and personal interests in antique automobiles, silent and classic motion pictures, coins, and firearms.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 Chicago, Ill.)x

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Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968

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Lenox Riley Lohr (1891-1968) made his reputation in Chicago as General Manager of the highly successful 1933-34 Worlds Fair, "A Century of Progress." At the conclusion of the fair, Lohr became President of NBC, New York. He returned to Chicago in 1940 to head the Museum of Science and Industry. Under his direction, the museum achieved international recognition as a showplace of American science and technology. In his twenty-eight years at the museum, Lohr also organized a number of expositions, ...