Fairs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Indiana State Fair collection
Collection — Folder S1980
Identifier: S1980
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a commercially printed card from Braden and Burford in Indianapolis, Indiana regarding the Indiana State Fair, a brochure for the Hook's Historic Drug Store and Pharmacy Museum, and a newspaper clipping of "Hoosier Listening Post" by Katie Milner Rabb.
Dates:
circa 1851-1920s
Indiana State Fair racing programs
Collection — Folder OB141
Identifier: OB141
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two official racing programs from the Indiana State Fair that took place September 4-10, 1948.
Dates:
1948/09
Indiana State Fairgrounds collection
Collection — Folder OBC228
Identifier: OBC228
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a seating diagram for the livestock show pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and was created most likely during the 20th century by architects, Rubush and Hunter in Indianapolis, Indiana. As well as copies of blueprints of the Normandy Barn advertising its relocation and an invitation.
Dates:
20th-21st century
Indiana State Fairgrounds, Manufacturers Building map
Collection — Folder S3439
Identifier: S3439
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one map of the booths and booth space at the Manufacturers Building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1928.
Dates:
circa 1928
Iris Baughman diary
Collection — Folder S2530
Identifier: S2530
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a small travel diary kept by Iris Baughman during her trip from her home in Rensselaer, Indiana to the St. Louis World's Fair in August 1904 when she was about 9 years old.
Dates:
1904 August
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Iris Baughman diary
Isaac and Benjamin Beeson papers
Collection
Identifier: L354
Scope and Contents
This collection contains both personal and business records, including receipts, account sheets, order forms, invoices, promissory notes, account books, indentures, deeds, legal documents, correspondence, maps, clippings, publications, meeting minutes, advertisements, recipes, photographs, notes, papers, and ephemera from Isaac W. Beeson and Benjamin B. Beeson in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1809 to 1945 and undated, regarding their daily lives, family, business, politics, and...
Dates:
1809-1945
James Flynn Stutesman papers
Collection
Identifier: L152
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, papers, photographs, pamphlets, clippings, programs, and ephemera from James Flynn Stutesman ranging from 1884 to 1916, regarding the Republican Party, his work in Central and South America, and his attempts to secure federal appointments. Also included is his correspondence regarding the 1916 Republican presidential campaign and his papers regarding the Panama-Pacific Exposition, including his reports, and his communications with heads of state in...
Dates:
1884-1916
John Brown Dillon collection
Collection
Identifier: L377
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of John B. Dillon’s historical notes on people and events relating to the early exploration and settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest, ranging from 1859 to 1886. Also included is a scrapbook of Dillon’s letters published in newspapers on the U.S. Civil War, the Republican Party, and Indiana history (1861–1876); letters to Dillon regarding the Historical Society, the Indiana Sanitary Fair (1864), and Dillon’s historical work; and a memorial by John Coburn...
Dates:
1859-1886, undated
John M. Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: L596
Scope and Contents
This collection includes booklets, letters, photographs, maps, tintypes, newspaper clippings and realia from John M. Smith's personal collection ranging from 1790 to 1997 regarding Indiana history.
Dates:
1804-1982
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John M. Smith collection
Kendallville, Indiana Fair collection
Collection — Folder S1988
Identifier: S1988
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a commercially printed advertisement from Kendallville Fair in Kendallville, Indiana ranging from 1907/09/23 to 1907/09/27 regarding attending the fair. On the verso, there is Confederate currency of $500.00, dated February 17, 1864.
Dates:
1907
