Browne Popular Culture Library

This is a guide to the holdings in the Browne Popular Culture Library and in University Libraries on World's Fairs. It includes materials for general information, such as origins and background, and also links to actual materials from specific fairs.

You can search for general materials in the BGSU Libraries Catalog with the following subject headings:

• Exhibitions
• Fairs

Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions 1851-1988 is a particularly good source with which to begin.

Fairs

You can also search by the specific fair title. Linked with each fair name is the subject heading to use to find materials for that particular fair.

• 1876 Philadelphia -- use Centennial Exhibition
• 1893 Chicago -- use World's Columbian Exposition
• 1900 Paris -- use Exposition Universelle
• 1901 Buffalo -- use Pan-American Exposition
• 1904 St. Louis -- use Louisiana Purchase Exposition
• 1905 Portland -- use Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition
• 1907 Jamestown -- use Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition
• 1909 Seattle -- use Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition
• 1915-16 San Diego -- use Panama-California Exposition
• 1925 Paris -- use Exposition Internationale des arts
• 1930 Liege -- use Exposition Internationale de Liege
• 1933-34 Chicago -- use Century of Progress International Exposition
• 1939-40 New York -- use New York World's Fair 1939-1940
• 1939-40 San Francisco -- use Golden Gate International Exposition
• 1962 Seattle -- use Century 21 Exposition
• 1964-65 New York -- use New York World's Fair 1964-1965
• 1967 Montreal -- use Expo 67
• 1968 San Antonio -- use Hemisfair 68
• 1974 Spokane -- use Expo 74
• 1982 Knoxville -- use World's Fair of 1982
• 1985 Tsukuba -- use Tsukuba Expo 85
• 1986 Vancouver -- use Expo 86

Additional Sources

• America History and Life - Article Database
• Dissertation Abstracts - Database of theses and dissertations
• American and English popular entertainment : a guide to information sources -- popref Z7511.W53
• American popular culture : a historical bibliography -- popref E169.12.A53
• Journal of popular culture (print)
• Journal of popular culture (online)
• Postcard collection -- Browne Popular Culture Library (visit us to see our holdings)