You are here

Robert W. Higbie Miscellaneous Documents Regarding 1939-1940 World’s Fair

Identifier: aql:15801

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".

Collection : aql:1619

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".

Identifier : aql:15801

Related Items



Add new comment

Filtered HTML

  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <br>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.