The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 - souvenir book, "The Vanishing City: A Photographic Encyclopedia of the World's Columbian Exposition", 1893

The bulk of this collection contains materials relating to the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, held in Chicago, where some artifacts related to Beloit College were on display. Included are many souvenir books and albums, and a guestbook-style register for the expo itself and for visitors to the College’s museums that subsequently held artifacts that were on display at the fair. There are also many drafts and correspondence regarding The Columbian Collections: The Museums at Beloit College and the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, written by Mark Rich in 1991, which details the College’s involvement with the fair. Additionally, there are promotional materials about Beloit College’s two museums, the Logan Museum of Anthropology and the Wright Museum of Art.