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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.
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