Query: New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Archives Center World Expositions Collection
Creators:
Norton, Robert H.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Kass, Marcia
Dates:
1873-2010
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0825
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

An artificial collection of ephemera from World's Fairs, intended as a growing repository for such miscellany from multiple sources. The initial donation consists of a season ticket, a booklet of souvenir tickets, and one menu from the 1939 New York World's Fair. The 2010 addendum contains eleven graphic works relating to World's …

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in NMAH.AC.0825 for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Nina Perera Collier papers
Creators:
Collier, Nina Perera
Dates:
1934-1950
Size:
1,500 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.collnina
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence and records regarding the Index of American Design, Federal Art Project, Federal Recreation Project, National Symphony Orchestra Summer Concerts, Washington Summer Concerts Association; New York World's Fair, National Fact Finders Exhibition, Federal Writer's Project, Federal Music Project, Federal Theater Project, and the movement for permanent government art programs.

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in AAA.collnina for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Oral history interview with William Abbenseth
Creators:
Abbenseth, William, 1898-1972
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 November 23
Size:
13 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.abbens64
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of William Abbenseth conducted 1964 November 23, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.

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in AAA.abbens64 for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
John Taylor Arms papers
Creators:
Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
Dates:
1910-1952
Size:
2 Microfilm reels (4 linear feet on 2 microfilm reels)
Collection ID:
AAA.armsjota
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The microfilmed John Taylor Arms papers consist of journals from France; an address book; diaries; writings, including a notebook on printmaking made while studying with Bolton Brown; two volumes of consignment records; sketchbooks and drawings of French architecture; a notebook of engineering drawings for Princeton; a scrapbook related to Dorothy …

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in AAA.armsjota for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Stuyvesant Van Veen papers
Creators:
Van Veen, Stuyvesant
Dates:
circa 1926-1988
Size:
5.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.vanveen
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Biographical material, correspondence, photographs, works of art, writings, project files, a scrapbook, and printed material relating to painter, illustrator, and cartoonist, Stuyvesant Van Veen.

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in AAA.vanveen for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Oral history interview with Robert Cottingham
Creators:
Cottingham, Robert, 1935-
Brown, Robert F.
Dates:
1998 July 27
Size:
2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (2 hr.; 8 min.), analog)
61 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.cottin98
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Robert Cottingham conducted 1998 July 27, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art, in Cottingham's studio, Newtown, Connecticut.

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in AAA.cottin98 for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Michael Loew papers
Creators:
Loew, Michael, 1907-1985
Dates:
1930-1997
Size:
1.8 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.loewmich
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Biographical material, correspondence, notes, writings, photographs, business and financial records, works of art, and printed material document the career of painter and educator Michael Loew.

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in AAA.loewmich for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Clyde W. Stauffer Family Photograph Album
Creators:
Stauffer, Clyde Weaver, 1899-1984 (policeman)
Stauffer, Clyde Weaver, Mrs.
Dates:
1935 - 1940
Size:
0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0139
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection consists of a disassembled photograph album, featuring images from the travels of Stauffer and his wife.

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in NMAH.AC.0139 for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Division of Community Life World's Fairs Collection
Creators:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
Dates:
1876-1993
Size:
3.3 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 12 map-folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1132
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents World's Fairs from 1876 to 1993.

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in NMAH.AC.1132 for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair
Creators:
Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
Dates:
1835-2000, undated
Size:
130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 25 map-folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0560
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes material relating to other fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and The Walt Disney Company.

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in NMAH.AC.0560 for New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
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