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New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation records

Title
New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation records, 1959-1971, bulk (1963-1965)
Author
New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation.
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Additional Authors
  • Berns, William A.
  • Brownton, Sheldon S.
  • Constable, Stuart.
  • Deegan, Thomas F.
  • Downey, Jack.
  • Haig, Ernestine R.
  • Kane, William.
  • Maguire, Edward C.
  • Meyers, Harry F.
  • Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
  • O'Neill, John T.
  • Panuch, J. Anthony.
  • Poletti, Charles, 1903-
  • Potter, William E., 1905-
  • Preusse, Charles.
  • Simmons, John.
  • Whipple, William.
  • Witt, Erwin.
Description
1272 linear feet (1523 boxes and 193 v.)
Summary
  • Collection consists of office files, which constitute the core of the administrative records of the corporation, plus contracts, minutes, press releases and clippings, photographs, phonotapes, phonograph recordings, and films.
  • Also, press clippings; records of the Medical Dept. including emergency case records; photographs (prints and some negatives) of buildings and exhibits, special events, staff, etc.; Comptroller's Division records; printed matter (mainly Fair publications); visitors' registers. The audiovisual materials include sound recordings of ground breaking and dedication ceremonies for Fair sites, press conferences, speeches by Fair officials, musical performances, and Board of Directors meetings; and motion pictures produced to promote the Fair or to document the progress of its construction, television productions about the Fair, press conferences, and outtakes from these productions.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Architectural drawings.
  • Audio tapes.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Phonograph records.
  • Photonegatives.
  • Photoprints.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access
Additional Formats (note)
  • available on VHS videotape.
  • available on audio cassette.
Source (note)
  • New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation
Biography (note)
  • The New York World's Fair of 1964-1965 was held at Flushing Meadows in the Borough of Queens on a site leased from the City of New York. It was conceived in 1958 by a group of New Yorkers who formed a non-profit corporation of some 300 members to provide the start-up capital. Eighty nations participated in the Fair which had the theme 'Man's Achievements in an Expanding Universe'. Robert Moses, who was associated with the earlier World's Fair in New York in 1939-1940, served as the president of the 1964-1965 Fair.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MssCol 2234
OCLC
NYPW93-A5
Author
New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation.
Title
New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation records, 1959-1971, bulk (1963-1965)
Additional Formats
Some motion pictures available on VHS videotape.
Sound recordings available on audio cassette.
Restricted Access
Restricted access
Access
Researchers must use cassette copies of sound recordings.
Researchers must use videotape copies of motion pictures, if they are available. Advance notice is required for use of original motion pictures.
Biography
The New York World's Fair of 1964-1965 was held at Flushing Meadows in the Borough of Queens on a site leased from the City of New York. It was conceived in 1958 by a group of New Yorkers who formed a non-profit corporation of some 300 members to provide the start-up capital. Eighty nations participated in the Fair which had the theme 'Man's Achievements in an Expanding Universe'. Robert Moses, who was associated with the earlier World's Fair in New York in 1939-1940, served as the president of the 1964-1965 Fair.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
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Finding Aid
Added Author
Berns, William A.
Brownton, Sheldon S.
Constable, Stuart.
Deegan, Thomas F.
Downey, Jack.
Haig, Ernestine R.
Kane, William.
Maguire, Edward C.
Meyers, Harry F.
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
O'Neill, John T.
Panuch, J. Anthony.
Poletti, Charles, 1903-
Potter, William E., 1905-
Preusse, Charles.
Simmons, John.
Whipple, William.
Witt, Erwin.
LCCN
ms 76001533
Research Call Number
MssCol 2234
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