Minutes of Meetings for the Board of State and Territorial Commissioners of the North, Central and South American Exposition, [1885-1886]
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Minutes of meetings : Board of State and Territorial Commissioners of the North, Central and South American Exposition
- Dates:
- [1885-1886]
- Creators:
- Board of State and Territorial Commissioners of the North, Central, and South American Exposition
- Abstract:
- In 1885, a board of state and territorial commissioners was created to develop the North, Central, and South American Exposition in New Orleans. These two manuscripts are the minutes of the board's meetings, as taken by secretary Charles B. Turrill, commissioner for California, and agent in charge of the Southern Pacific exhibit. The minutes describe the logistical planning and development of the exposition.
- Extent:
- 0.5 linear feet 1 box, 2 v. (206, 94 leaves) : paper ; 20.5 x 13 cm.
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Minutes of meetings : Board of State and Territorial Commissioners of the North, Central and South American Exposition (Collection 170/157). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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The 1884 exposition in New Orleans was deemed a commercial failure and thus, seeking a way to recoup losses, the Board of State and Territorial Commissioners of the North, Central, and South American Exposition was formed on November 10th, 1885. The Board purchased the buildings from the original fair and attempted to re-open the exposition as a way to highlight New Orleans and the United States as a nexus of trade between the Americas. The second exposition also proved to be a financial failure, and it was disbanded as an organization on May 17th, 1886. All the buildings, except Horticultural Hall, were dismantled, and the site was developed into Audubon Park in the 1890s.
- Processing information:
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Physical description:
- 2 v. (206, 94 leaves) : paper ; 20.5 x 13 cm. Layout: Average of 30 ruled lines of text per page. Script: Cursive. Binding: Bound in leather composition books.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-07 13:37:05 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Minutes of meetings : Board of State and Territorial Commissioners of the North, Central and South American Exposition (Collection 170/157). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988