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University of Texas San Antonio

A Guide to the San Antonio Fair, Inc., Records, 1962-1995 (bulk 1964-1968)

Series 6: Site Development Department



Descriptive Summary

CreatorSan Antonio Fair, Inc.
Title:San Antonio Fair, Inc., Records
Dates:1962-1995
Creator Abstract: San Antonio Fair, Inc., incorporated in December 1962 to formally organize the planning, fundraising and designing of HemisFair '68 (the 1968 World's Fair) in San Antonio, Texas.
Content Abstract: The records of the San Antonio Fair, Inc., document the planning, lobbying, financing and construction of HemisFair '68. The records consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, committee reports, financial records, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, photographic materials, blueprints, maps and plats, artwork, oral history interview transcripts, scrapbooks of clippings and ephemera, and audiovisual materials (film and sound recordings). Most of the records predate the opening of the fair.
Identification: MS 31
Extent:276.4 linear feet (560 boxes)
LanguageMaterials are primarily in English, with some materials in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Repository:Archives, The University of Texas at San Antonio Library

 

Arrangement

Due to size, this inventory has been divided into 12 separate units which can be accessed by clicking on the highlighted text below. More information about the collection as a whole, including a detailed chronology of HemisFair events from 1962-1967, can be found on the Homepage.
Homepage
Series 1: Executive Officers
Series 2: Comptroller's Office
Series 3: Legal Department
Series 4: Entertainment Department
Series 5: Visitor and Exhibitor Relations Department
Series 6: Site Development Department [this page]
Series 7: Public Relations Department
Series 8: Printed Materials, Scrapbooks, and Other Volumes
Series 9: Trinity University Library Administrative Files
Series 10: Ephemera
Series 11: Oversized Architectural Drawings, Blueprints, and Plans
Series 12: Audiovisual Materials

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.

Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use. Some use copies are available in the collection.

Otherwise, there are no restrictions on these materials.

Usage Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the San Antonio Fair, Inc., Records must be obtained from the University of Texas at San Antonio Archives.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], San Antonio Fair, Inc., Records, 1962-1995 (Bulk 1964-1968), MS 31, University of Texas at San Antonio Archives, Library, University of Texas at San Antonio.

Acquisition Information

The San Antonio Fair, Inc. Records were donated to the Trinity University Library in October 1968, immediately following the closing of HemisFair '68. The records came to Trinity from the executive offices of San Antonio Fair, Inc., at the fair's headquarters in the German-English School. They remained at the Trinity University Library until May 1985. During this time, many records were lost due to mold and a lack of proper preservation. When the records were transferred to the San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) in 1985, they were stored in the Library's Hertzberg annex, where they were reboxed and given some preservation treatment. The SAPL donated the records to the University of Texas at San Antonio Library, Special Collections and Archives Department, in 1992 (Acc. 1992-05).

Processing Information

Processed by T. Matthew De Waelsche, April 1998, and Angela McClendon, October 2007.

This collection was processed with support from Marshall Steves of San Antonio, Tex. Preservation reformatting of audiovisual materials was completed in 2007 with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation and the Institute of Texan Cultures.

Accessions described in this finding aid: 1992-05, 1998-06, 1998-42, 2001-41, 2004-27.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, and TARO 2 EAD Editing Instructions.


Detailed Description of the Series

 

Series 6: Site Development Department

Series Abstract
This series consists of records on design and architecture (26 boxes) and design and theme development (13 Boxes). In addition to correspondence these records also include information on restored houses on the fair site, drawings, designs, maps and site plans. Most of the oversized architectural plans and maps in Series XI. are from the Site Development Department
BoxFolder
288Design and Architecture
Architectural Drawings
Old Houses
1General
South Alamo
2300
3404
4502
5440 East Commerce Street Parcel 333
Goliad Street
6115 Parcel 197
7117 Parcel 545
8125
9138
10139
11142
12153
13301
14331
Matagorda Street
15204
16210
17409
18414
North Street
19300
20311-313
21426 Santa Clara Heinrich House
South Street
22141
23142
24156
Victoria Street
25109
26225
Water Street
27316
28533
29610
Wyoming Street
30112
31116
32118
33124
34135
35201
36216 Parcel 379
37220
38232
39Specifications for Historical Preservation of the Friedrich Groos House for the Urban Renewal Agency Of San Antonio, 1967
BoxFolder
289Pavilion Plans Preliminary Drawings
1Republic of China
2France
3Germany
4Humble Oil Co.
5Kodak
6Pearl
7Texas Pavilion Sculpture by Richard Rogers
Project Y
8Construction figures
9Gozar! John Kriken
10Drawings
11Landscaping
12Mexico Olympics Drawings
13Office Layout
14Conference Room Layouts
15Parking Structure Plans
16Restaurant Plans
17Space Frame Kiosk Working Drawings
BoxFolder
OM20
Oversize drawings and architectural sketches. [Additional oversize Site Development Department documents may be found in Series 11: Oversize Architectural Drawings, Blueprints, and Plans]
Box
OM41Oversize drawings: concepts, planning, graphics [Additional oversize Site Development Department documents may be found in Series 11: Oversize Architectural Drawings, Blueprints, and Plans]
BoxFolder
290Staff Correspondence
Allison B. Peery, Architect Site Planning Coordinator
1Architect and Engineer Prospects, 1964-1967
2BIE Meetings and Presentations, 1964-1968
3Commissioner General, 1965
4Contracts and Agreements with Architects and Engineers, miscellaneous, 1966
5Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, printed materials
6Gardens Study Group Meetings, 1965
7German Architecture, 1965
8Handout Draft, 1966
9Marin Stone, Media Associates, New York Office, 1965-1966
10Rules and Regulations, miscellaneous, 1965
11Texas Fashion Creators Association, 1966-1967
BoxFolder
2911-4General Correspondence, 1967-1968
5-11Norman P. Yarborough, Chief of Architecture, 1965-1966
BoxFolder
292Design & Architecture Alphabetical Subject Files
1Acequia Madre, 1966
2Accounting, 1965
3A.I.A. Contracts and Documents
Amusement Parks printed materials, 1965-66
4Disneyland
5Six Flags
6Amusement Rides, 1965-1966
Architecture and Construction Committee, 1966-1968
7General Correspondence
8Minutes of Meetings
9Architectural Handicapped Barriers, 1967
10Arts Council, 1967
11Arts Seattle (Century 21), 1962
12Attendance Projections, 1966-1968
13Audio Visual Information Ralke Co., Los Angeles
14Avenue of the Americas (Flags), 1967
15Latin American Ambassadors Visit April 1967
16Bank Equipment
17Banners and Flags (brochures and catalogs), 1967
18Beethoven Hall
19Boat Concessions, 1965-1968
20Boulevard of the Americas, Expo '67, 1966-1967
BoxFolder
293Budgets
1Budget and Account List, 1965-1966
2Site Development, 1966
3General, 1967
4Site Development, 1967
5Construction, 1968
6Site Development, 1968
7Project Y, 1968
8Building and Construction Regulations Expo '67
9Building Construction Guide
10Building Permits, 1967
11B.I.E. Exhibit, 1966-1967
12Campfire Girls, 1967
BoxFolder
2941Central Chilled Water, 1966-1968
2Chambers & McGregor, Inc. Equipment, 1964-1966
3City of San Antonio, General Correspondence, 1967-1968
4-5City Council Meeting Minutes, 1965
BoxFolder
2951City Fire Code, 1964
2City Hall Meetings, 1966-1967
3City of San Antonio Lease, 1965-1967
4-5City Water Board, 1965-1968
BoxFolder
2961Climatological Studies, 1965-1966
2Committee Meetings, 1966
3Concessions, general 1965-1968
4Conservation Society: North Expressway, 1963-1967
Construction
5General Correspondence, 1964-1968
BoxFolder
2971Applications for Approval to Bid, 1967
2Foundation Investigations
3Rules and Regulations New York World's Fair, 1964
4Rules and Regulations HemisFair
5Construction and Utility Regulations, 1966-1967
6Schedules, 1966-1967
7Consultants
8Contractors, Bidding
BoxFolder
2981Contracts and Change Orders Filed, 1967-1968
Convention Center
2Background Research, 1964-1967
3Exhibition Hall, 1963-1967
4Theatre, 1965-1967
5Copyrights, Licensing and Leasing, 1965-1966
6Critical Path Method, 1965-1966
7CPM Status Reports, 1966-1967
8Cultural Participation 1966-1967
9Design Consultants, 1964-1967
BoxFolder
2991Design Notes and Ideas, 1964-1967
2Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries, 1964
3Early Program Notes, 1966-1968
4Economic Impact of Seattle World's Fair, 1964
5El Abrazo, 1966-1967
6Entertainment, general 1966
7Executive Committee Lists, 1965-1966
8Exhibits and Exhibitors, 1964-1966
9Exhibits Costs, 1967-1968
10Exhibit Designers and Architects, 1965-1967
BoxFolder
3001Exhibit Sales Weekly Reports, 1966-1967
Exhibits, 1966-1968
2Alive, Inc.
3ALCOA
4Anderson-Clayton
5Arid-Semi Arid Exhibit
6Children's Area - Potential Unlimited
7Coca-Cola
8Container Corp. of America
9Legal Exhibit
10Exhibitors Certificates of Occupancy
11Exhibitors Council
12Exhibits Manual
13Exhibitors Showroom
14Exhibitor Space Allocation
15Existing Structures Renovation of Old Houses
BoxFolder
3011Farmer's Market Los Angeles printed materials
Federal Participation
2General Correspondence, 1965
3Commerce Department, 1965
4Other World's Fairs, 1964
5Fire Protection, 1966-1967
6Fireworks, 1965-1966
7Folklore Sector, 1966
8Food Concessions, general, 1966-1968
9Food Manual, 1966-1967
BoxFolder
3021Foreign Countries, Background Info.
2Foreign Governments, 1966
3Foreign Participation, 1965-1966
4Fountains, 1963-1967
5Furniture, 1967
6Gas and Electricity, 1964-1967
7Gates, 1965-1968
8General Cleanup and Repair of HemisFair Site
9-10General Correspondence, 1965-1967
11General Promotion and Entertainment, 1967
Graphics, 1965-1968
12General
13Stationery and Envelopes
14Miscellaneous Art
BoxFolder
3031Hat Concession Bene Albee, 1966-1967
2Heliport, 1964, 1967
3HemisFair Idea P.R. Background Materials
4HemisFair Program Materials, 1963-65
5Hostess Uniforms, 1967
6Hot Air Balloons, 1965
7Industrial and Private Participation, general 1965-1966
8Industrial Exhibitors, 1966
9Gulf Insurance Co., 1967
10Industrial Vendor Brochures
BoxFolder
3041Insurance Regulations, 1967-1968
2Inter-American Educational Center, 1966
International Pavilions, 1967-1968
3Arkansas
4Canada
5China
6France
7Germany
8Holland-Belgium
9Italy
10Japan
BoxFolder
3051Korea
2Mexico
3O.A.S.
4Panama
5Peru
6Portugal
7Spain
8Switzerland
9Thailand
10Interior Finishing and Air Conditioning Foreign
Interoffice Memos
111965
121966
1967
13January-June
BoxFolder
3061July-September
2October-December
1968
3January-February
4March-April
5May-August
BoxFolder
3071Labor Relations, 1967
2Lakes and Waterways, 1976
3Land Use and Cost Estimates, 1965-1967
4Lease Agreements, 1966
5Lighting, 1966-1968
6Lists, miscellaneous 1967
7Main Arteries, Streets, 1964-1966
Maintenance
8Ground Services, 1965-1966
9Service Roads, 1967
Maps, 1967-1968
10Official Guide Map
11Positive and Negative Prints
12On-Grounds Transportation
13Operations, 1966-1967
14Organization Lists and Charts, 1964-1966
15Outdoor Theatre
BoxFolder
3081Pan American Union Conferences, 1966
2Parking, general, 1965-1967
3Participants Manual Background Info. 1965-1966
4Parties and Receptions, general, 1967
5Paseo del Rio
6Pavilion Design Sketches
7Allison Peery Contract
Permanent Structures Restoration of Old Houses
8-9General Correspondence, 1965-1968
10Lists
Individual Buildings
11Schultze House
12Solis House 232 Wyoming Street
13Synagogue
BoxFolder
309Personnel
1General
2-3Employment Applications, 1965-1968
4Position Descriptions
5Plastic Materials for Concession Stands, 1967
6Plastic Roof Covering (used at Exp '67)
7Plaza de Libertad, 1965
8Plumbing Packages
9Pre-Columbian Art Exhibit
BoxFolder
310Preliminary Site Plans and Architectural Drawings, 1966-1967
1Beethoven Hall
2Food Cluster Layouts
3Girard Exhibit Building
4Briefs Industrial Pavilions Site Plans
5Coca-Cola
6Falstaff
7G.M.
8IBM
9Pepsico-Frito Lay Exhibit
10Foreign Nations Performing Arts Theatre
BoxFolder
311Foreign Pavilions
1Mexico
2Panama
3Thailand
4Kiosks
5Laterna Magika
6Mini-Monorail Train and Station Layout
7Mormon Pavilion
8Museum at Tower Base
9Puppet Theater
10Project Y
11Woman's Pavilion
Rides
12General Schematics
13Skyride
BoxFolder
3121Prestige Brochure, 1965
2Program Material, 1965-1966
3Progress Status Reports, 1965-1967
4Project Master Builder, 1966-1967
5Project Y, 1967-1968
6Prospective Exhibitors, 1965-1967
7Protocol, 1967-1968
8Press Previews, 1968
9Public Relations, 1962-65
10Ramps Walkways and Bridges, 1966-1967
11Recipients of HemisFair Brochures, 1967
12Regional Child Welfare Office, 1968
13Report of Director of Site Development, Design and Architecture to the HemisFair Executive Committee, November 15, 1966
14Reproduction Sketches
15Restaurants
BoxFolder
313Rides
1Brochures and Printed Materials
2Carousels
3Jimmy Johnson, General Correspondence, 1966-1968
Box
314Mini-Monorail, 1964-1968
1Brochures, Printed Materials and Correspondence
2Surveys (Approved)
BoxFolder
3151Habegger Thun Mini Rail Proposal
2River Entry Design, 1964-65
3Sales and Income Status Reports, 1966-1967
4Sales Tax, 1965
5San Antonio Development, 1965-1966
6San Antonio Rose Committee, 1963-1967
7Santa Maria Replica Ship, 1965
BoxFolder
3161Site Area Space Allocation
2Site Development Statement of Responsibility
3Site Plan Wall Chart
4Site Planning Development, 1963-1966
5Site Progress Reports, 1966
6Sound Systems, 1967-1968
7Souvenir Designs
8Souvenir Stands, 1966-1968
9Space Frames
10Special Events Facilities
11Sunday "A Fairs," 1967
12Support Facilities, 1965-1966
Symbol
13Miscellaneous Information, 1964-1966
14Trial Layouts
15Telephones, 1966-1968
16Television Programming, 1966
17Texas Pavilion, 1965-1968
BoxFolder
3171Texas Society of Architects; Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, 1865-1966
2Texas State Participation, 1962-1966
3Theaterama Inc., 1964-1965
4Theme B.I.E. General Rules and Regulations, 1964-1966
Tickets
5Printing, 1967
6Samples
7Toilets (correspondence, printed materials and brochures), 1965-1967
8Tower Theme Structure Report W.C. Gilman & Co., 1965
BoxFolder
3181Transit Entrance, 1965-1966
2Transit Systems - Idea Peddlers, 1965
3Transmittals, 1965-1966
4Trash and Garbage Disposal, 1967
5Underwriters, 1966
6Uniform Companies, 1967
Urban Renewal
7Urban Renewal Agency General Correspondence, 1964-1968
8Amended Applications for Loan and Grant, 1966
9Description; Demolition Contract; Schedule for Project, 1964-1968
10Engineering Report Haggard, Hans & Groves, Inc., 1965
11Invitation for Bids; specifications, 1964
BoxFolder
3191U.S. Pavilion, 1965-1967
2U.S. Plywood, 1968
3Utilities, general 1966
4Utility Rates, 1965-1967
5Wage Scales (reports), 1965-1966
6Wardrobe Sponsors, 1967
7Washington Federal Support, 1965
8Water Shows, 1965-1968
9Weekly Construction Progress Reports, 1967-1968
10Wide Screen Theatre, 1965-1966
11Woman's Pavilion, Background Info., 1966
12Phyllis Yampolsky, 1967-1968
BoxFolder
320Design & Theme Development
1Architecture and Construction Committee Meeting Minutes, 1965-1966
2Architecture and Construction Progress Reports, 1964-1965
3Artists and Sculptors, general, 1964-1968
4Banking, 1967
5David Bowen, 1967
6Brochures (correspondence), 1965-1966
7Children's Program Unlimited Potential, 1967
8Circulation and Land Use Plans, 1968
9Sherry Clughley, 1966
10COARTS Hemistar Theatre, 1966
11Coins, 1967
12Communications, 1966
13Company Research, 1966
Costumes and Uniforms, 1967
14Budget
15Design Sketches
BoxFolder
3211Wardrobe Requirements, general
2Concessionaires
3Exhibitors
4Food Vendors
5Hostesses
6Merchandisers
7Project Y
Accessories
8Handbags
9Rainwear
10Shoes
11Watches
12Tie-in Advertising
BoxFolder
322Costume Wardrobe Designers, 1967
1Avondale Mills
2H.I.S.
3Lorch-Westway
4M. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc.
5Southwestern Jacket, Inc.
6Sunny Isle
7Unika-Vaev Corp.
8United Cotton Goods
9Miscellaneous Manufacturers
10Uniform Catalogs
11Cultural Participation, general, 1965-1967
12Carl Deese, Exhibits Design Coordinator, 1967
13El Abrazo, 1966
14Executive Committee, Meeting Minutes, 1965-1966
BoxFolder
3231Exhibit Designers
Exhibit Proposals, 1966-1967
2Arid Semi-Arid Man's Thrist
3Beauty of Flight (Piper Aircraft)
4The Business of Living (Carte Blanche)
5Cowboy Exhibit
6Cowboy background materials
7Education Exhibit
8Education background materials
9Food Exhibit
BoxFolder
3241-2Kaleidoscope - The Faces of Change (Eastman Kodak Photography)
3Garden of Aluminum (Reynolds Metals)
4Girard Exhibit - The Magic of a People
5International Exhibits, Miscellaneous
6Legal Exhibit
7Our Cities
8People and Politics
9Pollution (American Petroleum Institute)
10Transportation and Travel "Man in Motion"
11Travelling Exhibits and Films, miscellaneous, 1965-1967
BoxFolder
325Corporate Exhibitors, 1966-1967
1Anderson, Clayton & Co.
2Armco Steel Corp.
3AVCO
4Braniff
5Container Corp. of America
6Celanese
7Coca-Cola
8Dupont
9Falstaff
10Firestone
11General Motors
12Grolier Inc. Talking Books
13Gulf Insurance Group
14IBM
15NASA
16NCR
17Pepsico/Frito-Lay
18Social Security Administration
19Southwest Research Institute
20Texas Instruments
21Time-Life
22U.S. Rubber
23Volkswagen
24Westinghouse
25Potential Exhibitors, 1967
26"Fairs, Exhibits, Pavilions and Their Audiences" Summary Report by Robert S. Weiss & Serge, Jr., 1962
27HemisFair Flag, Annin Flag Co., 1966-1967
BoxFolder
3261Governor's Apartment in San Antonio, 1967
2Graphic Art
Graphics
3-4General Correspondence, 1965-1968
Manuals
5Other Fairs: New York and Montreal, 1964-1965; 1967
6HemisFair Graphic Design Standards
Artists
7Craig Lincoln
8Ming
9Richard Wilson
BoxFolder
3271Bonus Book Advertisement
2Car Sign
3"Carrot" Ad
4Black and White Logo Ads; Rides
5Club Abrazo
6Firemen's Arm Patch Sleeve Emblem
7Guidebook
8Invitations
9Medallion
10Placement Art
11Post Card Signs
12Posters
13Press Kits, February 1966
14P.R. Brochure
15Puppet Truck
16Souvenir Displays
17Ticket/Bonus Books
18U.S. Travel Service Ads
BoxFolder
3281Health, miscellaneous, reports
2HemisFair Greeting Cards
3The HemisFair Idea
4Horses, 1966-1967
Industrial Designers, 1967
5Gersin Associates, Inc.
6James Potts
7Felix Williams and Associates
8Industrial Participation Progress Reports, 1967
9InfoPlan, P.R., 1967
BoxFolder
3291Inter-American Education Center (IAEC), 1965-1967
2Landscape Development San Antonio River Extension, 1967
3Latin American Ambassadors Visit, April 1967
4Magazine Subscriptions/Publications, 1965-1967
5Marketing in Latin America, research paper by Henry G. Shonherd III
6Models, 1966-1967
BoxFolder
3301Oceanography, 1967
2Official Map, 1967
3Partners for Progress, 1966-1967
4Allison Peery, General Correspondence, 1964-1967
5Mimi Peery, General Correspondence, 1965
6Performers, 1965-1966
7Pictorial Services Requests for Photographs, 1967
8Planetaria, 1965-1966
9Postage Meter (brochures)
10Printing and Photos, 1964-1967
11Project X, 1967
12Project Y, 1967
13P.R. Brochure, 1967
14Publications and Visual Materials Requests, 1965
15Recreation Proposal
16Red Cross, 1967
17Religion, 1965-1966
18Research Writers, 1966-1967
Box
331Sculptures, 1967-1968
1General
2Cameron Fountain
3Gego-Structure
Signage, 1967-1968
4General
5Peter George Robinson. Signage Design Consultant
Pavilions, Restaurants and other buildings
6Alive Inc. Sermons from Science
7Casa San Miguel
8Central American Pavilion Prelims
9Club Abrazo
10Coca-Cola Pavilion
11Falstaff Pavilion
12Ferdinand's
13Food Clusters 1 & 2
14Frito Lay/Pepsi Cola
BoxFolder
3321General Motors Pavilion
2Golden Garter
3Gulf Insurance Group
4Indian Tandoor
5International Heraldry
6Japanese Pavilion
7Kodak Pavilion
8Lake Pavilion Lower level
9Lone Star Pavilion
10Mini-Monorail Station Ticket Booth
11Patio Foods
12Pearl Pavilion
13Pierre Interlude Restaurant
14Polynesian Restaurant
15Poupees de Paris
16"Le Rouet" Boutique
17San Antonio Rose
18Servomation
19Skyride
20Southwestern Bell
21Sur le Pouce
22Signs, miscellaneous, 1966
BoxFolder
3331Signs
2Site Development, general, 1964-1967
3Site Plans Theme Concepts
4Speaker Profiles/Biographical Sketches Graphics Dept.
5Special Art Projects, 1967-1968
6Sports and Leisure, 1967
7Stationery Supplies, 1965-1966
8Symbol Designs and Uses, 1965-1967
9Lonn Taylor, 1967
10Thematic Development Work Plan, 1966
11Themetic Ideas
12Traveler's Aid, 1966-1967
13Turntables for Displays, 1965-1967
14Tyrone Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis) Program, 1963
15Woman's Pavilion Slide Show Scripts
Box
OM17-OM19Assorted oversize Site Development Department materials [Additional Site Development Department documents may be found in Series 11: Oversize Architectural Drawings, Blueprints, and Plans]



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