Box 2

Scope and Contents

This series contains a thirty-volume artbook from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair entitled "The Art of the World: Illustrated in the Paintings, Statuary, and Architecture of the World's Columbian Exposition."

Scope and Contents The Arvill W. Bitting Collection on World Expositions and Fairs includes promotional materials, newspaper articles, publications, photographs, and exhibit planning materials pertaining to World Fairs held in the United States. The majority of the material is on the 1933-1934 Century of Progress International Exposition held in Chicago, where Bitting worked as director of food exhibits.Materials of note include newspaper articles and photographs from the Golden Gate International...