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A0934
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1898-1925. 41 boxes; 56 volumes; 5 roll tubes; 9 oversize folders
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair or the 1904
World's Fair, was held in St. Louis from April 30 to December 1, 1904, to commemorate the
centennial of the Louisiana Purchase.
This collection consists of the official records of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company, formed to plan and operate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The collection consists
of records related to the initial conception and planning of the exposition from 1898; the official
records of the four divisions of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, namely, the
Divisions of Works, Exhibits, Exploitation, and Concessions and Admissions; the minutes of the
Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, and the Stockholders; the records of the
Committee on Finance and the Legal Department, including the ledgers and account books and
material relating to post-exposition litigation; correspondence and other materials related to the
restoration of Forest Park; and materials relating to the official history of exposition, including
some of the records of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Historical Association. It includes
plans for the Electricity and Machinery Building, Walker and Kimball, architects, Boston and
Omaha.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company Records, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A0936
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Oral History Project.
Collection, 1979. 1 box
An oral history project was undertaken by the staff of the Missouri Historical Society on the
occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This collection contains
the consent forms of the participants of the oral history project; transcripts or partial transcripts
of some of the tapes; slides of the participants; material regarding Negro Day at the fair,
including minutes of the Executive Committee of the Committee on Negro Day of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, Walter Farmer, chairman. The thirty-two oral history interviews (on
audiocassette) of persons who attended the Louisiana Purchase Exposition were transferred to
the the Missouri Historical Society’s Media Collection in 2001, and compact disc copies of the
tapes are available in the Missouri History Museum Library.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Oral History Project, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A0935
Louisiana Purchase Historical Association (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1916-1925. 2 folders (50 items)
Papers contain minutes of the Louisiana Purchase Historical Association’s meetings,
including discussions of the Jefferson Memorial Building, Missouri Historical Society, and the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
See also Jefferson Memorial Building Collection.
A0937
Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection, 1783-1953. 1 box; 1 volume; 1 roll microfilm (2