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California Fairs Collection
MS 009
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Description
The Western Fairs Association, the California Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification, and Louis S. Merrill,
former director of the Western Fairs Association gave the California Fairs Collection, one of the major archival collections
on fairs and fairs management in the Western United States, to Cal Poly in 1982. In addition to extensive material on the
management of fairs in California, the collection also contains information on fairs in other Western states, as well as foreign
fairs and world fairs.
The Fairs Collection contains archival and printed material created in three separate offices: Western Fairs Association,
a non-profit trade association; Division of Fairs and Expositions, an agency of the California Department of Food and Agriculture;
and the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocations and Classification, a legislative group comprised of seven senators and seven
assembly members. In addition, material collected through the years by Louis S. Merrill, director of Western Fairs Association
from 1945-1972, has been added to the collection. An additional gift was made in 1999.
Background
Western Fairs Association
Extent
94 boxes, one flat file
Restrictions
Digital copies are provided to researchers for the purpose of study, research, and personal use only, unless otherwise specified
in writing. Materials that are the property of Cal Poly Special Collections and Archives require written permission prior
to publication. No complete collection may be reproduced.
Availability
Collection is open to researchers by appointment. For more information on visiting, access policies, and reproduction requests,
please visit our Reference Services page online at http://lib.calpoly.edu/search-and-find/collections-and-archives/reference-services/.