urn:taro:utsa.00050p8 A Guide to the San Antonio Fair, Inc., Records, 1962-1995 (bulk 1964-1968) Series 8: Printed Materials, Scrapbooks, and Other Volumes Text converted by SPI Content Sciences Inc., July 2003. Finding aid written in English. October 26, 2005 Edited with XMetal 3 by Traci JoLeigh Drummond according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD Editing Instructions October 26, 2007 Updated by Angela McClendon because of additions, reprocessing of materials. April 28, 2008Collection dates corrected by Angela McClendon in XMetal Author. Descriptive Summary San Antonio Fair, Inc. San Antonio Fair, Inc., Records 1962-1995 (Bulk 1964-1968) Materials are primarily in English, with some materials in Spanish, French, and Portuguese. MS 31 276.4 linear feet (560 boxes) Archives, The University of Texas at San Antonio Library 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. 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. 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.

 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).

 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.

 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.

 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 Series 7: Public Relations Department Series 8: Printed Materials, Scrapbooks, and Other Volumes [this page] Series 9: Trinity University Library Administrative Files Series 10: Ephemera Series 11: Oversize Architectural Drawings, Blueprints, and Plans Series 12: Audiovisual Materials Detailed Description of the Series Series 8: Printed Materials, Scrapbooks, and Other Volumes Series Abstract

This series includes manuals, rules and regulations, handbooks, studies and reports and miscellaneous booklets and brochures. News coverage of HemisFair '68 is well documented in this series, with several newspaper clippings and journal and magazine articles. Some local, national, and international newspaper clippings have been collected in scrapbooks; Publicity Books contain newspaper clippings from local newspapers only, including the San Antonio Express and San Antonio Light.

 479 1 Rules and Regulations, Manual, Handbooks, miscellaneous 479 1 Reports and Studies 479 1 Congressional Hearings; Congressional Record 479 1 Economics Research Associates Reports (some bound, some loose in folders), 1963-1965 479 2 Economic Feasibility of a Major Exposition Fair and Exposition in San Antonio during 1968, April 1, 1963 479 2 Economic Impact of the Proposed HemisFair, November 11, 1963 479 2 A Development Program for the HemisFair, January 31, 1964 479 2 Development Program for HemisFair 479 3 Economic Feasibility of a Theme Structure for HemisFair, November 18, 1964 479 3 Feasibiltiy of a Permanent Stadium in HemisFair, February 8, 1965 480 1 Feasibility of a Permanent Stadium in HemisFair, February 8, 1965 480 1 Feasibility of a Permanent Parking Structure, July 15, 1965 480 1 Study of Concession Policies and Practices, July 23, 1965 480 1 Detail Planning and Estimating of Concession Revenue August 25, 1965 480 1 Sample Rules and Regulations and Lease Agreements 480 1 For Concessions, August 25, 1965 480 2 Southwest Research Institute 480 2 A Convention Center for the City of San Antonio, July 1964 480 3 Air Conditioning Studies, September 1965 480 3 Feasibiltiy of Methods of Air Conditioning HemisFair 480 3 Buildings City Public Service Board 480 3 Feasiblitiy of Air Conditioning Systems for HemisFair 480 3 1968, Silber & Wallis, Consulting Engineers 480 4 Results of a Survey and Recommendations by the Public Convention Facilities Sub Committee of the Convention 480 4 San Antonio Chamber of Commerce October 15, 1965 480 5 Theme Structure The Tower of the Americas, W.C. Gilman, & Co., Inc., December 16, 1965 480 6 McConnell Automation Co. Progress Review, September 29, 1967 481-482 Brochures and Booklets, Guides, HemisFair publications feature articles Newspapers

Arranged chronologically.

 Latin American Newspapers 483 1964-June 1967 484 July 1967-December 1968 United States Newspapers 485 1964-1967 January 486 1967 February-April 487 1967 May-June 488 1967 July-August 489 1967 September-October 490 1967 November-1968 January 491 1968 February-March 492 1968 March-April 493 1968 April 494 1968 May 495 1968 June-July 496 1968 July-August 497 1968 September-October Newspaper Articles by Subject 498 1 Tower of the Americas, 1967 October-1968 January 498 2 Woman's Pavilion 498 3 United States Pavilion 498 4 Czechoslovakia 498 5 Restored houses 498 6 Concessions 498 7 Convention Center 498 8 HemisFair medallion 498 9 Construction work 498 10 Canada 498 11 Fair postage stamp 498 12 Housing 498 13 Parking 498 14 Religious expression 499 1 Magazine and journal articles 499 2 La Villita parking garage controversy, 1968 January 499 3 Clippings, 1968 February 499 4 Countdown, 1968 January-March 499 5 Clippings, 1968 March 499 6 Clippings, 1968 499 7 Post-Fair clippings 500 1 Ticket sales clippings 500 2 V.S.I. (Visitor Services, Inc.) 500 3 Witte exhibit 500 4 Clippings, 1967 November 500 5 Countdown, 1967 June-December 500 6 Clippings, 1967 December 500 7 Local newspaper clippings, 1968 January 501 Publicity clippings, 1967 October-1968 September Scrapbooks and Publicity Books Publicity Books, 1963-1968

Publicity Books contain clippings from local newspapers.

Arranged chronologically. Note: Publicity Books III and IV, most likely containing materials from May 1965 to June 1966, are missing from the collection.

 502 1-2 HemisFair [Publicity Book] I: 1963 March 31-1964 July 25 502 3 [HemisFair Publicity Book II]: 1964 August 4-1965 30 April 502 4-5 HemisFair Publicity Book V: 1966 July 1-1967 January 28 502 6-7 HemisFair Publicity Book VI: 1967 January 26-1967 July 27 502 8-9 HemisFair Publicity Book VII: 1967 August 1-1967 November 14 502 10-11 HemisFair Publicity Book VIII: 1967 November 14-1968 March 19 502 12 HemisFair Publicity Book IX: 1968 March 21-1968 April 4 503 1 HemisFair Publicity Book IX: 1968 March 21-1968 April 4 503 2-4 HemisFair Publicity Book X: 1968 April 1-1968 May 2 503 5-7 HemisFair Publicity Book XI: 1968 May 1-1968 May 31 503 8-10 HemisFair Publicity Book XII: 1968 June 1-1968 June 30 Scrapbooks, 1963-1968 OM1 Scrapbook, November 1963 thru December 1964 OM1 Scrapbook, HemisFair Newspaper Clippings, 1964-1965 OM2 Scrapbook, State, National, & International Press Clippings, 1965 OM2 Scrapbook, State, National, & International Press Clippings, 1966 OM3 Scrapbook, 1965-1968 OM4 Scrapbook, 1966-1967 OM5 Scrapbook, 1967-1968 OM6 Scrapbook, 1968 OM7 Scrapbook, Local Press Clippings, January through December 1964 OM8 Scrapbook, Local Clippings for 1965 OM9 Scrapbook, Local Clippings, January 1965- OM10 Scrapbook, Local Clippings, 1966 January-May OM11 Scrapbook, Local Clippings, 1966 June-September OM11 Scrapbook, Press Clippings of B.I.E. Visit, Sept. 1966 OM12 Scrapbook, Local Clippings, 1967 January-March OM13 Scrapbook, Local Clippings, 1967 April-June OM14 Scrapbook, Local Clippings, 1967 July-September Other Volumes, 1968 and undated OM15 Registration Book, 1968 OM16 Registration and Schedule Books