Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin State Fair: Publicity Records
Inclusive Dates: 1921-1964 (bulk 1948-1961)

Creator:

• Wisconsin State Fair

Call Number: Series 2049; PH 3975; PH 4072; PH 4079; PH 6793; PH 6794; PH 6795; M96-177; M97-078; 2013/010

Quantity: 3.6 cubic feet (7 archives boxes and 1 records center carton), 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 0.4 cubic feet (4 oversize folders) of posters and drawings, 3406 photographs, 17 negatives, and 1 transparency

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Incomplete records, mainly 1948-1961, of the office responsible for creating advertising and publicity for the Wisconsin State Fair and for the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Included are correspondence, minutes, publicity schedules, attendance records, and media consultant and financial reports relating to the creation of publicity. Also included are some products of that activity including advertising copy, press releases, public service announcements, newspaper clippings (available only on microfilm), brochures, and photographs of events, exhibits, and Alice in Dairyland. Printed programs and other publications are available in the Historical Society library.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02049

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