Guide to the Robert W. Higbie Miscellaneous Documents Regarding 1939-1940 World’s Fair 1935-1936 Control # H-12

Identifier: aql:194

Description: Only thirteen documents comprise this extremely small collection, all in one way or another dealing briefly with Mr. Higbie’s activities, as a director of the 1939-1940 New York City World's Fair. 3rd Edition. More specifically, these documents essentially deal with the formative years of the World's Fair Corporation. There are some eight letters dated 1935 and 1936 addressed to Higbie by a number of individuals, especially World's Fair officials, such as the chairman of the preliminary committee, and the president. Included among the other documents is a copy of the By-Laws of the Fair, a 1935 press release, and a typed list of the individuals "Named as Incorporators of the World's Fair Corporation".

Title : Guide to the Robert W. Higbie Miscellaneous Documents Regarding 1939-1940 World’s Fair 1935-1936 Control # H-12; Robert W. Higbie Miscellaneous Documents Regarding 1939-1940 World’s Fair, 1935-1936

Collection : aql:30881; aql:15801

Summary/Description : Only thirteen documents comprise this extremely small collection, all in one way or another dealing briefly with Mr. Higbie’s activities, as a director of the 1939-1940 New York City World's Fair. 3rd Edition. More specifically, these documents essentially deal with the formative years of the World's Fair Corporation. There are some eight letters dated 1935 and 1936 addressed to Higbie by a number of individuals, especially World's Fair officials, such as the chairman of the preliminary committee, and the president. Included among the other documents is a copy of the By-Laws of the Fair, a 1935 press release, and a typed list of the individuals "Named as Incorporators of the World's Fair Corporation".

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940)

Coverage : Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher : Queens Borough Public Library, Publisher

Identifier : aql:194

eadid : H-12