Conditions of Use

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Access Information

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Preferred Citation

World's Fair Guest Book of the Virginia Conservation Commission, 1939. Accession 51298, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Accession 51268 was transferred by Virginia Conservation Commission, 1943.

Biographical/Historical Information

The Virginia Room was a part of the Court of States of the 1939 World's Fair and was designed by Leslie Cheek, Jr., and its centerpiece was an ornamental fountain, surrounded by clipped boxwoods and seating for visitors to the Fair. The room also contained photograph albums created by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Conservation Commission, which depict all aspects of life from across the Commonwealth. Each album features an average of twenty-five black-and-white photos, with short descriptive captions, which covered one of twelve broad subject categories: agriculture; colonial archaeology; cultural and intellectual aspects; education; government and the people; historic homes; history; industry, commerce, and transportation; physiography; recreation; scenery and natural wonders; and Virginia tours, with from six to sixteen volumes devoted to each. Over 1 million people visited the Virginia Room throughout the course of the World's Fair.

Scope and Content Note

Guest book, 1939, from the Virginia Room in the Court of States at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Includes the name of the guest, their home address, city, and state, as well as the date on which they visited the Virginia Room in the Court of States at the 1939 World's Fair.

Separated Material

Virginia photograph collection from the Virginia Room Exhibit at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Prints and Photographs Collection, Library of Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Virginia. -- Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
• Virginia Conservation Commission.
• Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
• Exhibitions.
• Fairs.
• Guest registers -- aat.
• State government records -- Virginia. -- aat.
• Virginia. -- Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
• Virginia State Chamber of Commerce

Additional Note

These records are part of the Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation record group (RG# 18)