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Descriptive Summary
Arrangement
Restrictions
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series 11: Oversize Architectural Drawings, Blueprints and
Plans
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A Guide to the San Antonio Fair, Inc., Records,
1962-1995 (bulk 1964-1968)
Series 11: Oversize Architectural Drawings, Blueprints, and
Plans
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| Creator | San Antonio Fair,
Inc. |
| Title: | San Antonio Fair, Inc.,
Records
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| 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) |
| Language | Materials are
primarily in English, with some materials
in Spanish, French, and Portuguese. |
| Repository: | Archives, The
University of Texas at San Antonio Library |
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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.
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[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.
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).
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.
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Series 11: Oversize Architectural Drawings, Blueprints and
Plans
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| Series Abstract |
| Materials in this series chiefly originated in the Site
Development Department (see:
Series 6: Site Development Department), but have
been removed to oversize map cases due to size. Materials include architectural
drawings, blueprints, and plans of various HemisFair sites, including
international pavilions, the Institute of Texan Cultures, Concession Stand
Park, Convention Center, a parking structure, and the fairground site as a
whole. Some of these oversize items are housed in map cases; others
(approximately 20 large oversize plans, posters, and site maps) are rolled up in 4-foot
and 6-foot tubes. Also included in this series are artists' portfolios and
drawings and sketches of fair scenes. |
| Materials are arranged into two subseries according to storage area:
Small Map Case, Large Map
Case, and Loose Materials (rolled-up plans, posters, and site maps), and alphabetically therein. |
| | | Small Map Case |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | Beethoven Hall: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 2 | | | Club Abrazo: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 3 | | | Entrance Gate: Floor, Elevation, Section |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 5 | 1 | | | Ford Exhibit Building: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 2 | | | Institute of Texan Cultures (Texas Pavilion): Floor
Plan, Elevation, Section, Detail |
| 3 | | | Institute of Texan Cultures (Texas Pavilion): German
Area |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 6 | 1 | | | International Building: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 2 | | | Lake Pavilion: Floor Plan, Detail |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 7 | 1 | | | Restoration Phase 1: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 2 | | | Restoration Phase 2: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 8 | 1 | | | Road Construction IH-37: Plans |
| 2 | | | Special Events Plaza: Plans, Sections |
| 3 | | | Sky Ride: Plans, Sections, Elevation |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 9 | 1 | | | Telephone Center: Plan, Elevation |
| 2 | | | Tower Plaza Building: Plans, Details |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 10 | 1 | | | VIP Amphitheater: Floor Plan, Section,
Elevation |
| 2 | | | VOIDS |
| | | Large Map Case |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 22 | 1 | | | Art Drawing (Sketches) |
| 2 | | | Concession Stand Park 1: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 3 | | | Concession Stand Park 1: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 4 | | | Convention Center: Floor Plan |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 23 | 1 | | | Exhibit (Girard): Elevation, Section |
| 2 | | | Food Cluster Part 1: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 3 | | | Food Cluster Part 2: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 4 | | | Fountains and Sculptures: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 5 | | | HemisFair Executive Offices and Press Center: Floor
Plan, Elevation, Section |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 24 | 2 | | | International Building: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 3 | | | International Exposition, HemisFair 1968: General Site
Plan |
| 3 | | | Institute of Texan Cultures (Texas Pavilion): Floor
Plan, Elevation, Section |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 25 | 1 | | | Man and the Universe (Exhibit): Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| 2 | | | Operations and Support Remodelings: Plans |
| 3 | | | Parking Structure: Plans |
| 4 | | | Project Y: Floor Plan |
| 5 | | | Restoration of Old Building: Floor Plan, Elevation,
Section |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 26 | 1-3 | | | HemisFair Site Plan, Parts 1-3 |
| Drawer | Folder |
| 27 | 1 | | | Urban Renewal Plans: Site Plans |
| 2 | | | Utilities and Easements: Site Plan |
| | | Loose Materials |
| | | | HemisFair plans, 1968 |
| | | | Photo aerial of streets in HemisFair area |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 site plans
(6 items) |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 drawings
(2 items) |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 street blocks
(2 items) |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 plat maps |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 plan #14C |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 plan #15 |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 site plan #15 (original and mylar), 1966 November 1 |
| | | | HemisFair posters
(2 items) |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 plans - Island Area |
| | | | HemisFair 1968 map |
| | | | Lausanne Fair 1964 site plans
(2 items) |
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