World's Columbian Exposition

DAVID J. BERTUCA is an Associate Librarian in the University Libraries, State University of New York at Buffalo. His interest in 18th- and 19th-century American history has enabled him to research topics such as the World's Columbian Exposition, providing connections between the Fair and the period when it was held.DONALD K. HARTMAN is a Reference Librarian at Lockwood Memorial Library at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research interests include subject access to fiction, online data base searching, and world's fairs. He is the author of several journal articles and editor of Fairground Fiction: Detective Stories of the World's Columbian Exposition.SUSAN M. NEUMEISTER is head of bibliographic control in the acquisitions department of Central Technical Services at the State University of New York at Buffalo./e She is editor-in-chief of the OLAC Newsletter, a quarterly publication of the Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc.

• PrefaceList of Journals Indexed (selected)IntroductionGeneral Works on the FairGeneral Works on Chicago, Statistics of the Fair, and Relation to Other World's FairsCreating the Fair: Works on the Creation of the World's Columbian ExpositionEvents, Ceremonies, and Special Days at the FairControversies and Major DisputesPublic Comfort, Fire and Security Services, Medical and Food Operations, and LodgingBuildings and Exhibits of Agriculture, Fish and Fisheries, Forestry and HorticultureElectricity at the Fair: The Electricity Building, Exhibits, and Uses of ElectricityThe Fine Arts Building and Fine Arts Exhibits at the FairThe Department of Liberal Arts and Ethnology: Building and Exhibits on Liberal ArtsThe Department of Manufactures and MachineryMilitary Exhibits at the FairThe Department of Mines and Mining: Buildings and ExhibitsPerforming ArtsTransportation: Buildings, Exhibits and Uses, Both in and to the FairWomen at the FairStates and Territories of the United States: Participation and Planning, Building, and Exhibits at the FairForeign ParticipationUnited States Government: Participation and Planning, Buildings, and Exhibits at the FairThe Midway Plaisance, Ferris Wheel, and Buffalo Bill's Wild WestChristopher Columbus: Works on Columbus, Artifacts and Dedicatory Materials, the Caravels of Columbus, and the Convent of La RabidaPhotography at the FairLiterature: Including Works of Prose, Poetry, and Fiction about, or Relating to, the FairPeople at the Fair: Biographies, Reports of Visits and Accounts of People at, or Relating to the FairThe World's Congress AuxiliaryAftermath of the FairSC1: Collections of Archives and ManuscriptsSC2: Collections of Ephemera and Exhibit MaterialsSC3: Collections of Photographs and IllustrationsAppendix 1: Recent Finds and Miscellaneous ItemsAppendix 2: Firsts of the FairAppendix 3: Special Days at the FairAppendix 4: Statistics and Trivial DataIndex