Chattahoochee Valley Fair Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 98
Scope and Contents
These materials consist of the yearbooks of the Showmen's League of America and Premium Lists. Box 4 contains programs, premium lists and ads for the fair/exposition from 1919 to 1945. Of note is the division of entries and prizes along racial lines. No fair was held in 1943.
Dates
- Creation: 1919 - 1993
- Other: July of 1998
Biographical / Historical
This event was known as the Chattahoochee Valley Exposition as well as the Chattahoochee Valley Fair over the course of its existence. It was founded as a charitable fundraiser in Columbus, Georgia in the 1880s and was dissolved in 1997, when its assets were taken over by the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley.
Extent
3.33 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Source
- DeMarco, Elaine (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States