Box 4
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
A Century of Progress International Exposition, 1930 - 1934
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 531, Series 5
Scope and Contents
This series contains material Arvill W. Bitting collected as Director of Food Exhibits at the Century of Progress International Exposition. Material includes photographs and photobooks of the exposition, and various publications from or abut the Century of Progress, including exhibit brochures, official guidebooks, world’s fair news bulletins, and magazine articles.
Also included are exhibit planning documents created during Arvill W. Bitting's time as Director of Food Exhibits.
Also included are exhibit planning documents created during Arvill W. Bitting's time as Director of Food Exhibits.
Dates:
1930 - 1934
Photographs, 1933 - 1934
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 531, Series 5, Sub-series 3
Scope and Contents
Materials contained in this sub-series include photographs and photobooks of exhibits, buildings, and sculptures built for and displayed at the Century of Progress exposition.
Dates:
1933 - 1934
General Publications, circa 1939
Series — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 531, Series 9
Scope and Contents
This series contains publications about world fairs and expositions in general, without a focus on a specific fair. It includes an article by Colin Simkin on the history of fairs, with an emphasis on world fairs up until the 1939-1940 fair in New York and exposition in San Francisco.
Dates:
circa 1939
Photograph Books, 1933 - 1934
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 531, Series 5, Sub-series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Materials contained in this sub-series include photographs and photobooks of exhibits, buildings, and sculptures built for and displayed at the Century of Progress exposition.
Dates:
1933 - 1934
World's Fair in Pictures, 1933
File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 531, Series 5, Sub-series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Materials contained in this sub-series include photographs and photobooks of exhibits, buildings, and sculptures built for and displayed at the Century of Progress exposition.
Dates:
1933