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.
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/.