| Dates: | 1879-1961; Bulk dates: 1890-1894 |
| Size: | 6.5 linear feet in 18 boxes plus 2 oversize folders |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-wce-jwe |
| Provenance: | The papers were donated by Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio (the alma mater of James W. Ellsworth) in 1946. |
| Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: James W. Ellsworth Papers [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Processed By: | Original author unknown. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2021 |
Biographical Note
James William Ellsworth (1849-1925) was an American coalmine owner, banker, and art collector. The coal town of Ellsworth, Pennsylvania is named after him as a result of his mining interests there.
Ellsworth was born in Hudson, Ohio and attended the Western Reserve College and Preparatory School, now known as Western Reserve Academy. In 1869, Ellsworth joined the coal-mining firm Ames & Company. He assumed ownership interest in 1873. The newly renamed James W. Ellsworth & Company operated mines in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia and offices in Chicago, New York City and Pittsburgh. Ellsworth also owned a number of residences including ones in Chicago, New York City, Hudson, Ohio, Switzerland and Florence, Italy.
In 1874, Ellsworth married the Chicagoan, Eva Francis Butler. They had two children, Lincoln and Claire before Eva died in 1888. In 1895, Ellsworth married a second time to Julia Clarke Fincke. She died in 1921. Ellsworth financed the 1925 attempt by his son, Lincoln, to cross the north polar basin with explorer Roald Amundsen.
Ellsworth was initially reluctant to participate in the development of a World’s Fair in Chicago. After he learned that the planners of the Fair envisioned an international exposition rather than a localized county fair, Ellsworth joined the Board of the World’s Columbian Exposition (WCE) and directed all his energies toward the successful development of the “Dream City” that was to mark the 400th anniversary of the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. Ellsworth’s contributions included negotiations with the nation’s railroad companies to raise capital, the purchase of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus used on the Fair’s commemorative medal, and service to the Committees on Liberal Arts and Music in helping to secure the loans of European artworks for display in the Palace of Fine Arts (now the Museum of Science and Industry). The Fair attracted 26 million visitors during its six-month run and was pivotal to Chicago’s reemergence following the fire of 1871.
Following the Fair, Ellsworth served as the president of the Union National Bank of Chicago from 1896 to 1898 where he was a signatory of National Bank notes. He also served as president of the Caxton Club, and was a member of numerous other groups including the Jekyll Island Club and American Numismatic and Archaeological Society.
In 1907, Ellsworth sold his coalmines to Bethlehem Steel and purchased the Villa Palmieri in Florence, Italy, in part to further his interests as a collector of art and rare coins. He died there in 1925.
Scope and Content
The James W. Ellsworth Papers contain documents relating to his activities as a member of the Board of Directors for the World’s Columbian Exposition (WCE) held in Chicago in 1893. The collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence sent to and generated by Ellsworth; reports, circulars and planning materials from many of the Fair’s 22 departments and committees, including the World’s Columbian Commission (WCC); and ephemeral items such as tickets, invitations and programs that Ellsworth collected. The materials document the Fair from its planning stages in the late 1880s to its conclusion in 1893, and the subsequent development of the South Parks and the Field Columbian Museum in the years immediately following.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series: Series 1: Correspondence, 1879-1912, undated; Series 2: Departmental Records, 1890-1897, 1961; and Series 3: Ephemera, 1887-1909.
Related Collections
- C.D. Arnold Photographic Collection
- Ellsworth-Arnold Photograph Album Collection
- Moses P. Handy Papers
- R. Walker Photograph Album
- World’s Columbian Exposition, Bureau of Music, Official Report
- World’s Columbian Exposition, Ephemera Collection
- World’s Columbian Exposition, Miscellaneous Photographs
- World’s Columbian Exposition, Snapshots Collection
- World’s Columbian Exposition, U.S. War Department Exhibit Photographs
- World’s Congress Auxiliary Congress of Authors Collection
- World’s Congress Auxiliary Pre-Publications, Programs and Circulars Collection
- Youth's Companion Collection
Authority and Subject Headings
- Bonds -- World’s fairs
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
- Commemorative coins
- Ellsworth, James W. (James William), 1849-1925
- Exhibitions -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Field Columbian Museum
- Lotto, Lorenzo, 1480?-1556?
- Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936
- South Park Commission (Chicago, Ill.)
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905
- United States. World’s Columbian Commission
- United States Mint
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Board of Directors
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Department of Liberal Arts
Container List
Series 1: Correspondence, 1879-1912, undated
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Incoming Correspondence, 1879-1912, undated and Subseries B: Outgoing Correspondence, 1890-1901, undated.
Subseries A: Incoming Correspondence, 1879-1912, undated
Scope and Content
Subseries A: Incoming Correspondence consists of 926 letters and comprise the bulk of the James W. Ellsworth Papers. These communications date from the earliest planning stages of the World’s Columbian Exposition in the 1880s and extend beyond the Fair’s closing with regard to the transformation of the Palace of Fine Arts into the Field Columbian Museum (now the Museum of Science and Industry) and re-coining the unsold Columbian half dollars. Significant correspondents include: Charles Barber and O.C. Bosbyshell from the U.S. Mint; architect Daniel H. Burnham; landscape designer Henry Sargent Codman; William Eleroy Curtis; John Van Dyke and Frank Mason, writing about the purchase of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Christopher Columbus; financier Lyman Gage; Pennsylvania Railroad President James McCrea; and poet Harriet Monroe. Although the letters in the Incoming Correspondence series relate to all aspects of the Exposition, major topics in the subseries include the following: controversies in the Fair’s Bureau of Music; the design and production of the Columbian half dollar; Harriet Monroe’s Columbian Ode; Ellsworth’s travels to Europe on behalf of the Exposition’s Committee on Fine Arts; the development of the Field Columbian Museum; the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus; the proposed permanent organization of the World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; and, Ellsworth’s correspondence with the railroad companies to raise capital for the Exposition.
Arrangement
The letters in Subseries A are arranged alphabetically by correspondent’s last name, and then chronologically. The following organizations may be abbreviated: World’s Columbian Commission (WCC) and World’s Columbian Exposition (WCE).
| Box 1 | World’s Columbian Exposition, name index | |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Ackerman, William K. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for tickets to the [Mass] rehearsal, 1 p., 1892 October 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Ackerman, William K. - letter, acknowledges receipt of Ellsworth’s letters to WCE Treasurer, 1 p., 1893 May 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Ackerman, William K. - letter signed to Ferd Peck (Chairman, Finance Committee), with note from Peck regarding the sale of stock certificates to the public, 2 p., 1893 May 16 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Ackerman, William K. - letter with note, regarding plan to issue stock certificates to the public, 1 p. (See letter of May 16, 1893), 1893 May 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Ackerman, William K. - letter with note, lists May music expenses and notes exhibits more popular than performances 2 p., 1893 May 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Ackerman, William K. - letter, requests Ellsworth’s signature for payment to Lilian Nordica, 1 p., 1893 May 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Ackerman, William K. - letter, regarding payment to Mme. Matema, 1 p., 1893 June 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Ackerman, William K. - letter, acknowledges receipt of an Ellsworth letter, 1 p., 1893 July 8 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Ackerman, William K. - letter, requests signature on Bureau of Music vouchers and references resolution that prohibits payment for liquor, 1 p., 1893 August 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Ackerman, William K. - letter, statement of total musical costs (to September 30, 1893), 2 p., 1893 October 7 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Adams, Charles Kendall - letter, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus as the image to be used on a Columbian half dollar, 1 p., 1892 February 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Adams, Charles Kendall - letter, acknowledges Ellsworth’s note and the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 2 p., 1892 February 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Adams, J. McGregor - letter, thanks Ellsworth for giving his New York visitors the opportunity to see the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1892 May 6 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | Adams, J. McGregor - letter, regarding dinner invitation, 1 p., 1893 September 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Adams, Milward - letter, thanks Ellsworth for returning his Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 December 14 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Adler, Alvin - letter, requests diplomatic and consular officers of the United States extend official courtesies to Ellsworth, who is traveling to Europe as representative of the Art and Foreign Exhibits Committee of the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 July 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Adler, Cyrus - letter with note, references classical archaeology and India exhibits, 7 p., 1890 October 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Adler, Cyrus - letter, regarding Chicago visit of Halford MacKinder, a geographer from the University of Oxford, 1 p., 1892 April 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Adler, Cyrus - letter, thank you for information on Columbus monuments, 1 p., 1892 November 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Aldis, Owen - letter, declines invitation, 1 p., undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Armour, Philip D. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., [no year] September 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Arnold, Charles Dudley - letter with agreement of July 28, 1896 and copy of photographic agreement between Arnold and McKim, Meade & White to photograph architectural objects in Europe, 2 p., 1896 September 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Baines, W.H. - letter, regrets he cannot attend the Opening Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 April 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | Baker, Asher Carter - letter, regarding an admission card to Ellsworth’s house, 1 p., 1893 August 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | Baker, William T. - letter, invites Ellsworth to meet Alexander Dobrinizky, Commissioner General of Russia, 1 p., undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | Baker, William T. - letter, announces a meeting of the Committee on Foreign Exhibits, 1 p., 1890 May 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Baker, William T. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors and seconds the nomination of Lyman Gage as President, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, reports on the development of a Columbian half dollar with the Director (U.S. Mint), including use of Lorenzo Lotto image of Columbus, 2 p., 1892 September 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, requests profile view of the Columbus Caravel for coin detail, 1 p., 1892 September 30 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, refers to the design of the Columbian coin, 2 p., 1892 October 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, reports on meeting with John Thatcher, Chairman of the Committee on Awards regarding awards medal design and informs of Chicago visit of Colonel Bosbyshell (Superintendent, U.S. Mint) and Edward O. Leech (Director, U.S. Mint), 3 p., 1892 October 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | Barber, Charles E. - telegram, reports Colonel Bosbyshell is at the U.S. Mint’s Pennsylvania headquarters with the Governor's staff; Director Leech's whereabouts are unknown, 1 p., 1892 October 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, reports Colonel Bosbyshell has two preliminary impressions of the Columbus coin, 2 p., 1892 October 31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | Barber, Charles E. - letter with card, Ellsworth’s approval of the coin and its Philadelphia production, 1 p., 1892 November 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, regarding Ellsworth’s travel to Philadelphia to observe coin production, 1 p., 1892 November 16 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, reports on receipt of newspaper articles critical of the Columbian coin, 5 p., 1892 December 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 | Barber, Charles E. - letter and clipping from the Philadelphia Times, regarding the design of the dedication medal by Charles Turner, 2 p., 1893 January 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, regarding WCE President Harlow Higginbotham and the 100 “special issue” coins slated for Ellsworth, 2 p., 1893 January 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, regarding Charles Turner’s comments about the Columbian coins, 2 p., 1893 January 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 | Barber, Charles E. - letter, forwards models of the casts of the Columbian [half] dollar, 1 p., 1893 June 23 |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 | Barrett, John Patrick - form letter, regarding the floor layout of the Electricity Building and requesting changes, p., 1892 October 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 | Barrington, Charles V. - letter with list and annotations of Exposition employees and salaries, 3 p., 1894 June 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 | Barrows, John Henry - letter, acknowledges receipt of $500 for the Parliament Fund, 1 p., 1893 September 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 | Bartlett, E.B. - letter, forwards a steamboat pass for the 1892 season, 1 p., 1893 July 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 | Beck, J.W. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 May 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 | Bertolette, Dr. D.N. - letter, invitation to hear Spanish harpist Esmeralda Cervantes accepted, 1 p., [no year] July 15 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 | Billings, Cornelius K.G. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 | Black, William P. - letter, regarding transfer of a Board of Trade Certificate from Miner T. Ames to Ellsworth, 1 p. [See also: Brief and Argument for Appellant, James W. Ellsworth vs. Miner T. Ames, 1887 March; Box 17, Folder 10], 1879 June 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 | Blackmar, Paul - letter, reports on lighting failures at the Kilauea exhibit and the German Village, 1 p., 1893 May 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 | Blackstone, Timothy B. - letter, reports that the Chicago & Alton will subscribe to $6,000 of the 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 February 6 |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 | Blackstone, Timothy B. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 August 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 | Blackstone, Timothy B. - letter, congratulations on WCE management, 1 p., 1893 September 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 | Blaine, James G. - letter with draft to Samuel R. Thayer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, The Hague, Holland, regarding the loan of paintings in the museums of The Hague and Amsterdam, 4 p., 1890 November |
| Box 1 | Folder 54 | Blaine, James G. - form letter with draft letter, introduction for Ellsworth on behalf of the Committee of Fine Arts, 2 p., 1890 November 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 55 | Blaine, James G. - letter, introduction to the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the U.S., 1 p., 1892 June 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 56 | Blashfield, Edwin H. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 |
| Box 1 | Folder 57 | Blashfield, Edwin H. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 58 | Von Bode, Wilhelm - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., [no year] September 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 59 | Borner, William - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 60 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding U.S. Mint’s exhibition at the Fair and the potential souvenir manufacture, 3 p., 1892 October 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 61 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter with impressions of the Columbian half dollar and discussion of plaster cast impressions, 1 p., 1892 October 31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 62 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, acknowledges receipt of photos on behalf of Charles Barber, Engraver, U.S. Mint, 1 p., 1892 November 15 |
| Box 1 | Folder 63 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding Scoville Manufacturing Company and possible souvenirs produced by U.S. Mint, 1 p., 1892 December 7 |
| Box 1 | Folder 64 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding shipment of 100 proof coins of the Columbian half dollar, 1 p., 1892 December 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 65 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding Scoville Manufacturing Company and possible souvenirs produced by U.S. Mint, 1 p., 1892 December 12 |
| Box 1 | Folder 66 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding the 100 proof coins reserved for Ellsworth, and intercepted by WCE President Harlow Higinbotham, 1 p., 1893 January 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 67 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding Columbian coins and preliminary arrangements for the U.S. Mint Exhibit, 3 p., 1893 March 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 68 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding the Columbian coins and preliminary arrangements for U.S. Mint Exhibit, 4 p., 1893 March 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 69 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding Columbian coin, 1 p., 1893 May 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 70 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding Charles Butler, Engraver, who made the plaster casts of the Columbian [half] dollar, 2 p., 1893 June 23 |
| Box 1 | Folder 71 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter, regarding unsold Columbian coins, 2 p., 1893 November 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 72 | Bosbyshell, O.C. - letter (copy), regarding unsold Columbian coins, 1 p., 1893 November 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 73 | Bowdoin, George S. - letter, requests access to the Fair during Chicago visit, 1 p., 1893 April 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 74 | Bowdoin, George S. - letter, unable to attend the banquet in honor of the World's Columbian Exposition Commissioners, 1 p., 1893 October 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 75 | Bowdoin, George S. - letter, invitation to meet the New York “Corsair Club,” 1 p., 1893 December 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 76 | Bowler, R.B. - letter (copy) to the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury, regarding unsold Columbian half dollars, 2 p., undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 77 | Boyle, John J. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 September |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Browne, Francis F. - letter, regarding Harriet Monroe’s “Columbian Ode,” 1 p., 1892 March 17 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Browne, Francis F. - letter, regarding Harriet Monroe’s “Columbian Ode,” 1 p., 1892 September 21 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Brown Goode, George - letter, regarding the growth of the U.S. National Museum in Washington and the possible development of the Field Columbian Museum, 4 p., 1893 November 23 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Bruwaert, Edmond - letter, regarding French exhibitor losses incurred in the fire at the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building, 1 p., 1894 September 1 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Bruwaert, Edmond - letter, regarding the French claims for damages incurred in the fire at the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building, 1 p., 1895 July 11 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Bruwaert, Edmond - letter, regarding the French claims for damages incurred in the fire at the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building, 1 p., 1897 November 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Bryan, Thomas, letter - regarding amendments to the Federal Act to create the WCC, 2 p., 1890 July 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Bryan, Thomas - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Bryan, Thomas - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1895 March 30 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Buchanan, William Insco - letter, regarding the development of a market for the surplus U.S. products in Central and South American and Minister to Argentina appointment, 3 p., 1893 October 18 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Buchanan, William Insco - letter, regarding permits to remove “Hunter’s Cabin” from the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1893 November 10 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | Buchanan, William Insco - letter with copy of letter to Theodore Roosevelt, regarding “Hunter’s Cabin,” 2 p., 1893 November 13 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Buchanan, William Insco - letter, references the sale of [George] Inness artwork in New York and the Nicaraguan Canal, 1 p., 1895 March 15 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Buchanan, William Insco - letter, details the financial system of Argentina, 1 p., 1896 September 10 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Buchanan, William Insco - note with a clipping regarding his services in Buenos Aires, 1 p., 1896 November 26 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | Bugbee, F.E. - letter, regarding check to re-coin Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 October 6 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | Bullock, Augustus G. - letter, regarding Committee on Fine Arts meeting and the site of the Art Building, 1 p., 1890 September 25 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | Bullock, Augustus G. - letter, regarding the appointment of Manager of the Fine Arts Department and the recommendation of Sarah Hallowell, 2 p., 1890 September 30 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | Bullock, Augustus G. and Charles Hutchinson, Chairmen of the Committee on Fine Arts - letter (with typed copy) requests assistance in loan of artwork from the Netherlands, 2 p., 1890 October 23 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | Bullock, Augustus G - letter, regarding Sylvester Koehler and the management of the Fine Arts Department, 1 p., 1891 January 21 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, refers to the status of sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens’ statue, 1 p., [no year] February 24 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., [no year] September 2 |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter with letter from A. Gottlieb, Consulting Engineer, cost estimate to construct the Lake Front and Jackson Park branches of the Fair with estimates of rail structures, 5 p., 1891 February 13 |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, regarding the location in the program of the Dedicatory Ceremonies with annotated list, 2 p., 1892 March 5 |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, references meeting with Theodore Thomas, Director of the Bureau of Music, and rail tracks at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 April 7 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, refers to the presentation of Fair badges to the Exposition architects and objections of Exposition President Higinbotham, 2 p., 1893 May 9 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, request to acquire 25 Exposition badges, 1 p., 1893 May 10 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, request for badges for 10 Fair architects, and sculptors Frederick MacMonnies and Augustus St. Gaudens, 1 p., 1893 May 20 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 | Burnham, Daniel H. - note with reply from Ellsworth, guest admittance, 1 p., 1893 May 21 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, recommends Phillip Martiny, of New York, to design the Columbian coin, 1 p., 1892 June 13 |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, reference to a gift for Polish pianist and statesman, Ignace Paderewski, 1 p., 1893 July 1 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, reference to a gift for Polish pianist and statesman, Ignace Paderewski, 1 p., 1893 July 17 |
| Box 2 | Folder 33 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter with invitation list for Department of Works Chicago Day banquet, 2 p., 1893 September 25 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, requests additional guest invitations for Chicago Day dinner, 1 p., 1893 September 28 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, regarding Closing Ceremony invitations to artists, architects and painters, 1 p., 1893 September 28 |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, request for 12 bronze badges, 1 p., 1893 October 30 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, request for information, 1 p., 1893 November 18 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, notice that C.D. Arnold will travel to Europe to photograph architectural subjects, 1 p., 1896 August 20 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 | Burnham, Daniel H. - letter, requests recipients of the Lake Shore Drive Plan, 1 p., 1896 October 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 | Butler, Edward B. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 13 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 | Butterworth, Benjamin - telegram, requests Ellsworth to come immediately to Chicago, 1 p., undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 | Butterworth, Benjamin - telegram to W.H. Howe, regarding violence and labor organizations, 3 p., [1890] July 1 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 | Butterworth, Benjamin - telegram defending statements on labor organizations, 4 p., [1890] July 2 |
| Box 2 | Folder 44 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter, reference to possible appointment as Secretary of the Executive Committee, 2 p., 1890 July 11 |
| Box 2 | Folder 45 | Butterworth, Benjamin - telegram, acknowledges Ellsworth’s telegram, 1 p., 1890 July 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 46 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter, discussion of American West and Butterworth’s election as WCE Secretary, 2 p., 1890 July 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 47 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter to Mr. New, letter of introduction for Ellsworth, who is visiting Europe on behalf of the Exposition, 1 p., 1890 July 26 |
| Box 2 | Folder 48 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter to Charles Tupper, introduction for Ellsworth who is visiting Europe on behalf of the Exposition, 1 p., 1890 July 26 |
| Box 2 | Folder 49 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter, refers to the bonds issued by the South Park Commissioners, the Jackson Park site, and the nomination of James Allison or George R. Davis as candidates for Director-General for the Exposition, 2 p., 1890 August 4 |
| Box 2 | Folder 50 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter with note, regarding committee formed with Ellsworth, Butterworth, Cyrus McCormick, and Edward Turner Jeffrey, 1 p., 1890 November 14 |
| Box 2 | Folder 51 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter, references the Spectatorium and discusses the Board of Directors with George Pullman and Marshall Field, 2 p., 1892 March 4 |
| Box 2 | Folder 52 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter, reports on the rail lines for the Fair, 2 p., 1892 April 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 53 | Butterworth, Benjamin - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 2 | Folder 54 | C---, John - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 55 | Cable, R.R. - letter, regrets he is unable to attend the Fair's Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 October 19 |
| Box 2 | Folder 56 | Cable, R.R. - letter, congratulations on the liquidation of the Exposition [6% Debenture] Bonds, 1 p., 1893 September 29 |
| Box 2 | Folder 57 | Caldwell, D.W. - letter, New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company will encourage travel to Chicago, 1 p., 1893 June 10 |
| Box 2 | Folder 58 | Camp, Isaac N. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 2 | Folder 59 | Camp, Isaac N. - letter, regrets he is unable to attend a meeting, 1 p., 1895 April 2 |
| Box 2 | Folder 60 | Campbell, James B. - letter, requests photograph and short biographical sketch for Exposition publication, 1 p., 1894 January 16 |
| Box 2 | Folder 61 | Campbell, R.B. - letter, with note from G. Richardson, thanks Ellsworth for sending him a Chicago Day souvenir badge, 1893 October 17 |
| Box 2 | Folder 62 | Carlisle, William K. - letter, regarding the sale of Exposition bonds, 1 p., undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 63 | Caryl, G.W. - letter, regarding the preservation the Exposition buildings, 1 p., 1893 November 14 |
| Box 2 | Folder 64 | Chalmers, William J. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., [1895] |
| Box 2 | Folder 65 | Chalmers, William J. - letter, regrets he cannot accept an Ellsworth invitation, 1 p., undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 66 | Chandler, Albert B. - letter with note, regarding Commercial Cable Company and the Postal Company proxies designating Ellsworth as their Fair representative, 1 p., 1892 January 18 |
| Box 2 | Folder 67 | Chappell, Charles H. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 68 | Chappell, Charles H. - letter, meeting for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 March 30 |
| Box 2 | Folder 69 | Chappell, Charles H. - letter, reaffirms his support of the organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 4 |
| Box 2 | Folder 70 | Chatfield, Hobart C. Taylor - letter, refers to the visit of the Infanta Eulalia of Spain to the Exposition, 1 p., undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 71 | Chatfield, Hobart C. Taylor - letter, requests 2 free tickets to the Fair, 1 p., undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 72 | Chicago Public Library, Board of Directors - letter to Moses P. Handy, Chief, Department of Publicity and Promotion, regarding the preservation of WCE records, 1 p., 1893 August 29 |
| Box 2 | Folder 75 | Childs, George W. - letter, thank you note for hospitality at the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 October 16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Clarke, Thomas B. - letter, recommendations for Fine Arts Department of the Exposition manager, including Sarah Hallowell, 2 p., 1890 October 6 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Clarke, Thomas B. - letter, refers to Ellsworth’s trip to the Netherlands on behalf of the Department of Fine Arts and recommends additional persons for Manager of the Department of Fine Arts, 2 p., 1890 October 10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Clarke, Thomas B. - telegram, regarding Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1891 August 31 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Clarke, Thomas B. - letter, refers to the possible purchase of the Lorenzo Lotto Columbus portrait, 1 p., 1891 August 31 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Clay, Cassius Marcellus - letter, regarding the progress of the New World, 1 p., 1892 October 1 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | Clinkscales, Mrs. T.A. - letter to Mrs. Potter Palmer, President, Lady Board of Managers, offers a Scotch locket for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1891 December 2 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Clowry, Robert Charles - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 17 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Clowry, Robert Charles - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Codman, Henry Sargent - letter, plans Chicago visit to discuss the plans for the Exposition grounds, 1 p., 1891 November 3 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Codman, Henry Sargent - letter, refers to the construction of railway terminals on the fairgrounds, discussions of a “stub system” to bring the rails closest to the Administration Building and an elevated “loop system,” 5 p., 1892 January 25 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Codman, Henry Sargent - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 1 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Codman, Henry Sargent - letter, regarding Lake Front Park (former site of the Fair) and request for a proposal to improve the land, 1 p., 1896 July 9 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Coffin, William A. - letter, reports the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus is on exhibit at the Columbian Historical Exposition in Madrid and cannot be exhibited at the Fair, 1 p., 1892 September 29 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Colberg Mrs. C.U. - letter, offers “an old English law book dated 17[39]” and “used by the Royal family” for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 January 9 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | Colvin, William H. - letter, request for his Fair badge, 1 p., 1892 December 23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | Colvin, William H. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | Colvin, William H. - letter, unable to attend meeting about ex-Directors, 1 p., [1895] |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | Cooke, Susan G. - letter, requests a badge on behalf of Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, Vice President of the Lady Board of Managers, 1 p., 1893 October 5 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | Corkey, Mrs. T.D. - letter, offers a gold watch and letters from “Aunt Dolley Madison” to the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 September 28 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Cox, Kenyon - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 3 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | Cragin, E.F. - form letter, announces a meeting of the Committee on Preliminary Expense, 1 p., 1889 September 4 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | Cragin, E.F. - letter, Ellsworth’s correspondence submitted to the Committee, 1 p., 1890 April 24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | Crawford, Mark L. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | Crawford, Samuel A. - letter, requests his Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 January 5 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | Crawford, Samuel A. - letter, Spaulding & Company bill enclosed and badge requested, 1 p., 1893 October 27 |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | Cregier, DeWitte - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | Culp, Edward G. - letter, request for badges for the Citizens Committee of Reception and Comfort, 1 p., 1892 September 24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 | Culp, Edward G. - letter, regarding the location of the Opening Ceremonies by the Joint Committee on Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 April 1 |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 | Culp, Edward G. - letter, regarding resolution of thanks to the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, 1 p., 1893 May 17 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 | Culp, Edward G. - letter with letter from Mr. Pratt, references use of Columbus image on stationary and discussion of the Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Day, 2 p., 1893 August 23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 | Curran, Charles C. - letter, requests to exhibit “In the Cluny Garden” with his other works at the Fair, 1 p., 1892 November 15 |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 | Curtis, William Edmond - letter, regarding the re-coinage of 2,500,000 Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 September 24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, letter of introduction to Andrew Carnegie, 1 p., 1890 July 17 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding list of Army and Navy officers for assignment to the South American work, 1 p., 1890 October 29 |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, reports South American missionaries will visit Chicago and Ellsworth, 1 p., 1890 December 29 |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding meeting Foreign Exhibits Committee; announcement that Mr. Cridler, Chief of the Diplomatic Bureau of the State Department will manage Fair representatives abroad for the Exposition and authenticity of the Cosmographia Introductio map offered for sale, 3 p., 1891 May 25 |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, reports on Columbus portrait by Lorenzo Lotto, 3 p., 1891 August 26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding the telegram approving the purchase of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1891 August 31 |
| Box 3 | Folder 39 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, reports notification of Captain Frank Mason of the delivery of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1891 September 2 |
| Box 3 | Folder 40 | Curtis, William Eleroy - telegram, refers to the cost of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1891 September 4 |
| Box 3 | Folder 41 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, reports Ellsworth’s agent, Mason, purchased the Lorenzo Lotto portrait for $1,300, 1 p., 1891 September 5 |
| Box 3 | Folder 42 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding the description and history of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1891 September 9 |
| Box 3 | Folder 43 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, requests Ellsworth cover the expenses of Captain Mason with the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1891 September 21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 44 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, refers to the Exposition's Mexican Exhibit, 1 p., 1891 September 25 |
| Box 3 | Folder 45 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding 1516 book by Peter Martyr concerning the “New World” offered for sale, 1 p., 1891 November 25 |
| Box 3 | Folder 46 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, refers to letter from Lieutenant George Scrivan, Commissioner, United States Consul, San Jose, Costa Rica who has arranged for the sale of orchids to the South Park Commissioners for the Exposition, 2 p., 1891 November 29 |
| Box 3 | Folder 47 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, includes a pamphlet which cites the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1891 December 3 |
| Box 3 | Folder 48 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding Central American orchids, shipping the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus to Chicago, and the location of the South American buildings on the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1891 December 18 |
| Box 3 | Folder 49 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, reports Mr. Safford purchased the Missals from a Monastery in Peru and encloses a contract for the purchase of the Central American orchids, 1 p., 1892 January 15 |
| Box 3 | Folder 50 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding the opinion of art critic Henry Harisse that the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus is a forgery, 1 p., 1892 March 16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 51 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding the possible appointment by President Cleveland as Commissioner of the Army and Navy for the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 April 27 |
| Box 3 | Folder 52 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding the design of the Exposition souvenir coin, the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus publication rights and John Van Dyke’s monopoly of Lorenzo Lotto image for Century magazine, 2 p., 1892 May 14 |
| Box 3 | Folder 53 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding publication of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus in Century magazine and Harper’s Weekly and design of the Columbian half dollar, 2 p., 1892 May 21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 54 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding the Van Dyke article; its use in the Catalogue of the U.S. Government Exhibit at the Columbian Historical Exposition in Madrid and designs for the Columbian half dollar, 1 p., 1892 June 30 |
| Box 3 | Folder 55 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, confidential letter regarding the defeat of the World’s Fair Bill; the opposition of Henry Sargent Codman and Francis Millet to the exhibition of Curtis’s [art] collection in the Convent of La Rabida; the location of the Columbian cadets and the final design of the Columbian half dollar, 4 p., 1892 July 22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 56 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding letter sent to Charles Baldwin, Secretary of American University permitting use of the Lorenzo Lotto image for the Columbus medal, 1 p., 1892 August 9 |
| Box 3 | Folder 57 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding Columbian Historical Exposition in Madrid and Fair issues, 1 p., 1892 October 18 |
| Box 3 | Folder 58 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, includes reference to the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus in Madrid publication, Blanco Y Negro, 1 p., 1892 November 22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 59 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding the Exposition’s reproduction of the La Rabida Convent, 1 p., 1892 December 21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 60 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, thanks for Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 January 4 |
| Box 3 | Folder 61 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, announces that the Lorenzo Lotto portrait was awarded a silver medal at the Columbian Historical Exposition in Madrid, 1 p., 1893 January 18 |
| Box 3 | Folder 62 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter with business card, reports the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus has arrived at La Rabida, 1 p., 1893 April 14 |
| Box 3 | Folder 63 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding souvenir passes to the fairgrounds for the Duke of Veragua, 1 p., 1893 April 18 |
| Box 3 | Folder 64 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, request for a postage stamp, souvenir coins, and a copy of the check for Walker Fearn, Chief, Department of Foreign Affairs, 1 p., 1893 October 5 |
| Box 3 | Folder 65 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding Papal legate and donation of Vatican art exhibit for permanent exhibition at the Field Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1894 January 1 |
| Box 3 | Folder 66 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regarding images to be included in a frieze commemorating the opening of the World’s Fair for the dome of the Capitol in Washington D.C., 1 p., 1896 June 4 |
| Box 3 | Folder 67 | Curtis, William Eleroy - letter, regrets frieze depicting the Fair will not be included in the Capitol dome, 1 p., 1896 June 7 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Daniels, George H. - letter, introducing J.M. Toucey, General Manager of the railroad, 1 p., 1892 November 23 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Davis George R. - letter, regarding by-laws of the Committee on Information, Address and National Agitation, 3 p., 1890 April 29 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Davis George R. - letter, regarding vouchers for Theodore Thomas, Musical Director, 1 p., 1893 July 12 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Davis George R. - letter, regarding vouchers for Theodore Thomas, Musical Director, 1 p., 1893 July 17 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Davis George R. - letter, refers to Admiral Bancroft Gherardi’s recommendation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Band, 1 p., 1893 July 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Davis George R. - letter, recommendation for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Band and its conductor, Luciano Conterno, 1 p., 1893 July 24 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Davis George R. - letter, refers to the placement of advertising on the pianos used at the Fair, 2 p., 1893 July 26 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Davis George R. - form letter, regarding permanent museum to commemorate the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1 p., 1893 August 14 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Davis George R. - letter, refers to the resignation of William Eleroy Curtis, Superintendent of the Latin American Bureau, 1 p., 1893 December 16 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Davis George R. - letter, reference to Augustus St. Gaudens’ design of the bronze Fair medal, 1 p., 1894 January 15 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | Davis George R. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Davis George R. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 April 4 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | Dawes Charles G. - letter, apology for comments he made about Ellsworth, 1 p., 1893 May 23 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | Dawson N.E. - letter, received letter with only silk ribbon from the Office of the Director-General, 1 p., 1894 January 9 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | DeForest Robert W. - letter, reports correction to misspelling of Ellsworth’s name, 1 p., 1909 December 7 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | de la Field Richard and James W. Tappin - letter, thanks Ellsworth for tickets to the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 December 20 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | de la Field Richard and James W. Tappin - letter, thanks Ellsworth for the courtesy shown to New York contingent, 1 p., 1892 December 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | delle Rovere, Antonio - letter with copy, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 4 p., 1891 December 14 |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | delle Rovere, Antonio - letter, regarding his article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1892 February 3 |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 | delle Rovere, Antonio - letter, reports that Count Baguer of Spain was charged to purchase the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus that was purchased by Ellsworth, 1 p., 1892 February 14 |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 | delle Rovere, Antonio - letter, requests Columbian half dollars and souvenirs that reference Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1p., 1893 September 21 |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 | Dennis, Charles Henry - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 | Dennis, L.W. - letter, refers to the construction along the lakefront, 1 p., 1897 November 6 |
| Box 4 | Folder 24 | Dent, Louis A. - letter, reports James G. Blaine will request “custom house courtesies” for Ellsworth on his trip to Europe on behalf of the Fair’s Department of Fine Arts, 1 p., 1892 June 4 |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 | DePew, Chauncey - letter, introduction for A. Disbecker, former Vice-Commissioner of the New York Police Department, 1 p., 1890 October 23 |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 | Dickinson, John T. - letter with letter from J.M. Hamilton, London, offers “an original slice of her Majesty's wedding cake” for sale to the Exposition. 2 p., 1893 January 25 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 | Dickinson, John T. - letter, requests a Tiffany & Company design for the Fair badges, 4 p., 1893 March 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 28 | Dickinson, John T. - telegram, request for additional badges for the National Commission, 1 p., 1893 July 12 |
| Box 4 | Folder 29 | Dickinson, John T. - letter, request for Spaulding & Company to cast 36 additional badges, 1 p., 1893 July 20 |
| Box 4 | Folder 30 | Divine Jacob S. - letter, offers a spear found in the mountains of Tennessee for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 March 4 |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 | Dixon, Arthur - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 4 | Folder 32 | Dodge, William L. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 33 | Dole, James H. - letter, complains about the Columbus statue at Lake Front Park, 1 p., 1893 May 10 |
| Box 4 | Folder 34 | d’Orchi, Alessandro - letter with copy to William Eleroy Curtis, regarding the sale of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 2 p., 1891 December 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 35 | Drake, Alexander Wilson - letter, requesting permission to publish the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus in The Century, 1 p., 1892 January 27 |
| Box 4 | Folder 36 | Drake, Alexander Wilson - letter, regarding the publication of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1892 February 5 |
| Box 4 | Folder 37 | Dwight, Timothy - letter, regrets he will be unable to visit Ellsworth, 1 p., 1893 July 21 |
| Box 4 | Folder 38 | Eastman, John C. - letter, regarding proof photographs and an editorial in The Herald, 2 p., undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 39 | Eckels, James H. - letter, payment approvals and 1st Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, 1 p., 1894 August 20 |
| Box 4 | Folder 40 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, informs of appointment as Chairman of the Committee on Liberal Arts, 1 p., 1892 April 12 |
| Box 4 | Folder 41 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, refers to funds appropriated to eminent composers and musical entertainment, 1 p., 1892 June 10 |
| Box 4 | Folder 42 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter, regarding payment of Exposition vouchers, 1 p., 1892 June 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 43 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, announces Engraver of the U.S. Mint will attend Committee on Finance meeting, 1 p., 1893 September 23 |
| Box 4 | Folder 44 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, contract for the Pullman Military Band, 1 p., 1893 April 4 |
| Box 4 | Folder 45 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter, Executive Committee meeting, 1 p., 1893 April 11 |
| Box 4 | Folder 46 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, contract for the 13th Regiment Band of New York, 1 p., 1893 April 15 |
| Box 4 | Folder 47 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, reports Ferdinand Peck, Vice President of the Executive Committee, would like his official badge made of gold instead of bronze, 1 p., 1893 April 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 48 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, contract for Gilmore’s Band, 1 p., 1893 April 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 49 | Edmonds, Howard O., - letter, requests Ellsworth’s presence at President Cleveland’s arrival at the Pennsylvania Station in Chicago, 1 p., 1893 April 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 50 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, requirements needed to qualify for official badges, 1 p., 1893 April 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 51 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter, requests Ellsworth’s presence at the Auditorium Hotel to meet the Duke of Veragua, 1 p., 1893 April 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 52 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter , 2 seat checks for the Opening Exercises of the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 April 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 53 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter, invites Ellsworth to the Lexington Hotel, 1 p., 1893 April 29 |
| Box 4 | Folder 54 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, requests his title be changed on his gold Exposition badge, 1 p., 1893 May 3 |
| Box 4 | Folder 55 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, requests two Lady Manager badges, 1 p., 1893 May 3 |
| Box 4 | Folder 56 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, regarding the completion of medals for the artists, 1 p., 1893 May 5 |
| Box 4 | Folder 57 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, requests a gold Exposition badge on behalf of William Kerfoot, 1 p., 1893 May 6 |
| Box 4 | Folder 58 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, Executive Committee resolution to appoint a special committee on music, 1 p., 1893 May 18 |
| Box 4 | Folder 59 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, Executive Committee resolution for Theodore Thomas as Musical Director of the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 May 18 |
| Box 4 | Folder 60 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, Secretary John Dickinson’s order for sample Exposition badges, 1 p., 1893 May 27 |
| Box 4 | Folder 61 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, requests gold badge for Charles Yerkes, Member, Board of Directors, 1 p., 1893 May 30 |
| Box 4 | Folder 62 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, Spaulding & Company bill for the Fair badges, 1 p., 1893 June 1 |
| Box 4 | Folder 63 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, regarding vouchers for Exposition badges and admissions to the British and French headquarters, 1 p., 1893 June 6 |
| Box 4 | Folder 64 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, requests a badge for W.P. Stewart, Chief of the Bureau of Public Comfort, 1 p., 1893 June 21 |
| Box 4 | Folder 65 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, requests a report on the musical features at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 June 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 66 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, regarding a gold badge presented by Harlow Higinbotham to the General Superintendent of the Fair, 1 p., 1893 July 1 |
| Box 4 | Folder 67 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, regarding gold badges, 2 p., 1893 July 1 |
| Box 4 | Folder 68 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, regarding a gold badge for W.P. Stewart, Chief of the Bureau of Public Comfort, 1 p., 1893 July 1 |
| Box 4 | Folder 69 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for new badge ribbons for Horace Tucker, William Holcomb, and Richard Lee Fearn, 1 p., 1893 July 5 |
| Box 4 | Folder 70 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, receipt of badge ribbons, 1 p., 1893 July 15 |
| Box 4 | Folder 71 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, receipt of the badge for W.P. Stewart, 1 p., 1893 July 15 |
| Box 4 | Folder 72 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for a corrected ribbon for W.P. Stewart, 1 p., 1893 July 18 |
| Box 4 | Folder 73 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for a gold eagle badge for C.K.G. Billings, 1 p., 1893 July 19 |
| Box 4 | Folder 74 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, refers to the gold badges worn by the Directors and Commissioners of the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 July 19 |
| Box 4 | Folder 75 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, regarding Spaulding & Company and the issue of badges to Commissioners, 1 p., 1893 July 21 |
| Box 4 | Folder 76 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for 12 additional badges for the Board of Lady Managers, 1 p., 1893 July 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 77 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for a bronze Fair badge for Samuel A. Crawford, Assistant Secretary of the Executive Committee, 1 p., 1893 July 26 |
| Box 4 | Folder 78 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter, Council of Administration order regarding passes and badges, 1 p., 1893 July 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 79 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request that the order for a bronze badge for Samuel Crawford, be changed to gold, 1 p., 1893 July 29 |
| Box 4 | Folder 80 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, receipt of a badge for Willard Hall Porter, Commissioner from Delaware, 1 p., 1893 August 1 |
| Box 4 | Folder 81 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for new badge ribbons for WCE Fire Chief Edward Murphy and Electrical Engineer Richard Pierce, 1 p., 1893 August 7 |
| Box 4 | Folder 82 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for 12 badges for the Board of Lady Managers, 1 p., 1893 August 9 |
| Box 4 | Folder 83 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for a new badge ribbon for Charles A. Foster, Mechanical Engineer, 1 p., 1893 August 31 |
| Box 4 | Folder 84 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request by Charles T. Yerkes, for a gold badge for Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison, 1 p., 1893 September 4 |
| Box 4 | Folder 85 | Edmonds, Howard O. - 2 letters, letters to Ferdinand Peck regarding the creation of a souvenir badge, 2 p., 1893 September 25 |
| Box 4 | Folder 86 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for a new ribbon for Horace Tucker, Superintendent of Admissions, 1 p., 1893 October 18 |
| Box 4 | Folder 87 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter, Executive Committee meeting, 1 p., 1893 October 21 |
| Box 4 | Folder 88 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for 24 additional badges for the foreign Commissioners, 1 p., 1893 October 24 |
| Box 4 | Folder 89 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter, tickets for the Closing Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 October 27 |
| Box 4 | Folder 90 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, request for the badges for the foreign Commissioners, 1 p., 1893 November 7 |
| Box 4 | Folder 91 | Edmonds, Howard O. - form letter, Executive Committee meeting, 1 p., 1893 November 20 |
| Box 4 | Folder 92 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, reference to the cost of the carriages for a banquet given by the Fair’s Directors and Ex-Directors, 1 p., 1894 January 2 |
| Box 4 | Folder 93 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, design for medals to be presented to the Chiefs of the Exposition Departments, 1 p., 1894 January 31 |
| Box 4 | Folder 94 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, regarding the re-coining of the unsold Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 May 2 |
| Box 4 | Folder 95 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, sample bonds, 1 p., 1894 September 11 |
| Box 4 | Folder 96 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, Board of Directors resolution regarding re-coining unsold Columbian half-dollars, 2 p., 1894 September 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 97 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, Cyrus McCormick supports creation of a permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 4 | Folder 98 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, Cyrus McCormick, Edmonds will attend a meeting of the World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 3 |
| Box 4 | Folder 99 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, WCE Director’s Association meeting, 1 p., 1895 May 2 |
| Box 4 | Folder 100 | Edmonds, Howard O. - letter, proposal for the erection of a memorial to the Exposition, 2 p., 1912 December 11 |
| Box 4 | Folder 101 | Edwards, William - letter, congratulates Exposition work and suggests that Mrs. S.C. Ford sing at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 October 4 |
| Box 4 | Folder 102 | Ehrman H, B. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 103 | Englehard, George, P. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 104 | Englehard, George, P. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Farwell, John V. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Field, Eugene - letter, regarding Harriet Monroe’s “Columbian Ode,” committee, 1 p., 1892 February 23 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Field, Eugene - letter, requests twelve invitations to the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., [1892 October] |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Field, Marshall - letter, regarding the “World’s Fair appropriation before Congress,” 1 p., 1892 April 16 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Fish, Stuyvesant - letter, regarding rail car to carry George Roberts and the Pennsylvania Rail Road contingency and Fish party to the Dedicatory Ceremonies of the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 October 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Fish, Stuyvesant - letter, regarding tickets to the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 October 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Fish, Stuyvesant - letter, thank you for assistance, 1 p., 1892 November 4 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | Fish, Stuyvesant - letter, request for a Fair badge, 1 p., 1892 December 23 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Fish, Stuyvesant - letter, regrets he cannot accept an invitation, 1 p., 1893 April 22 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | Fish, Stuyvesant - telegram, reports on a partial payment, 1 p., 1893 June 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | Fish, Stuyvesant - telegram, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 August 30 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Fish, Stuyvesant - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 24 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | Foote, S.M. - letter to Francis Millet, requests silver Fair badges for 23 officers in the Columbian Guard, 1 p., 1893 September 4 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | Foote, S.M. - letter to F. Millet, requests five silver Fair badges, 1 p., 1893 September 22 |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | Fraser, W. Lewis - letter, refers to publication of [Columbus] caricatures and Harper’s Magazine, 1 p., 1892 November 23 |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | Gage, Lyman - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | Gage, Lyman - letter, requests Jackson Park meeting and visit, 1 p., 1890 June 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Gage, Lyman - letter, announces the WCE Board of Directors meeting, 1 p., 1890 June 30 |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | Gage, Lyman - form letter, regarding lakefront considerations, 1 p., 1890 July 8 |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Gage, Lyman - letter, requests Ellsworth speak to the railroad companies regarding unsold 6% debenture bonds, 1 p., 1893 February 25 |
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | Gage, Lyman - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 17 |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | Gardner, John - letter, thanks Ellsworth for tickets to the Opening Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 April 30 |
| Box 5 | Folder 23 | Garrison, W.R. - letter, requests a new Fair pass as his presence is required daily in the Java Village, 1 p., 1893 September 14 |
| Box 5 | Folder 24 | Garrison, W.R. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his new Fair pass, 1 p., 1893 September 22 |
| Box 5 | Folder 25 | Geraldius, David - letter (copy), regarding Ellsworth’s admittance to the fairgrounds, 2 p., 1892 May 26 |
| Box 5 | Folder 26 | Gibbons, John Cardinal - letter, reports he has written to Pope Leo XIII asking for the donation of the mosaics and other items loaned by the Vatican to the WCE for future exhibition in the Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1894 January 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 27 | Gilder, Richard W. - letter with postscript, advance sheets of John Van Dyke’s article on the Lorenzo Lotto Columbus portrait, 1 p., 1892 September 28 |
| Box 5 | Folder 28 | Giudicelli, Henri - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 April 23 |
| Box 5 | Folder 29 | Goss, Chauncey Porter - letter to Colonel O.C. Bosbyshell, U.S. Mint Department, regarding oreide and aluminum blanks as souvenir medals at U.S. Mint Exhibit at the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 November 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 30 | Griscom, Clement Acton - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his hospitality and congratulates him on his success with the Fair, 1 p., 1893 October 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 31 | Grisham, Thomas H. - letter to Bertha Palmer referred to Ellsworth, offers a 1707 document signed by some revolutionaries of Pennsylvania for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 March 21 |
| Box 5 | Folder 32 | Hall, Henry - letter, requests a photograph of Ellsworth for the Tribune, 1 p., 1893 June 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 33 | Hamlin, Charles Sumner - letter, regarding Treasury Department check for re-coining of the remaining and unsold Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 October 4 |
| Box 5 | Folder 34 | Handy, Moses P. - letter, regarding administrative matters, 1 p., 1891 November 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 35 | Hanson, A.H. - letter, forwards Ellsworth five special World’s Fair [rail] tickets, 1 p., 1893 November 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 36 | Harris, George B. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for reserving two seats on the special train transporting dignitaries to the Exposition's Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 October 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 37 | Harris, George B. - letter, regarding a meeting to discuss the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 1 |
| Box 5 | Folder 38 | Harrison, Carter H. - letter by Harrison’s Private Secretary, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 September 5 |
| Box 5 | Folder 39 | Head, Franklin H. - letter, regarding a meeting to discuss the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 1 |
| Box 5 | Folder 40 | Henrotin, Ellen - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 17 |
| Box 5 | Folder 41 | Henshall, J.A. - letter to Ferd Peck referred to Ellsworth, requests a bronze souvenir badge, 1 p., 1893 June 23 |
| Box 5 | Folder 42 | Henshall, J.A. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for the Dedicatory [Ceremonies] badge, 1 p., 1893 July 4 |
| Box 5 | Folder 43 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, lists number of badges required for the Commissioners, Directors, Officers and Foreign Commissioners of the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 April 15 |
| Box 5 | Folder 44 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, requests six medals like those given to Master Artists on Dedication Day, 1 p., 1893 April 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 45 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, regarding a statistical report by the Bureau of Admissions, 1 p., 1893 May 31 |
| Box 5 | Folder 46 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, regarding the placement of advertising signs on the pianos at the musical features, 1 p., 1893 July 26 |
| Box 5 | Folder 47 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, forwards correspondence to Ellsworth, 1 p., 1893 August 8 |
| Box 5 | Folder 48 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, requests Ellsworth’s cooperation in the presentation of gift musical books to the Columbian Chorus, 1 p., 1893 November 2 |
| Box 5 | Folder 49 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, regarding reimbursement to Musical Director Theodore Thomas, 1 p., 1893 November 25 |
| Box 5 | Folder 50 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, reimbursement to Ellsworth for his contribution toward a banquet hosted by the Exposition Directors, 1 p., 1894 January 4 |
| Box 5 | Folder 51 | Higinbotham, Harlow N. - letter, opposes the establishment of a permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors until the Fair has been completed, 1 p., 1894 November 12 |
| Box 5 | Folder 52 | Hodgkins, Jefferson - letter, regarding the South Park Commissioners assumption of lakefront land between Monroe and Jackson, 1 p., 1896 September 12 |
| Box 5 | Folder 53 | Hopkins, J.W. - letter referred to Ellsworth, offers an old dictionary for sale to the Exposition and reports his plan to be married at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 May 1 |
| Box 5 | Folder 54 | Hopkins, John P. - letter, regarding the permanent organization of the World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 March 30 |
| Box 5 | Folder 55 | Houghton, Mrs. M.J. - letter, offers items for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 November 7 |
| Box 5 | Folder 56 | Hughitt, Marvin - letter, thanks Ellsworth for the four tickets to the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 October 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 57 | Hughitt, Marvin - letter, requests three admission tickets to the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1893 March 31 |
| Box 5 | Folder 58 | Hughitt, Marvin - telegram, reports he will try to be present at a meeting, 1 p., 1893 April 22 |
| Box 5 | Folder 59 | Hughitt, Marvin - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 August 31 |
| Box 5 | Folder 60 | Hughitt, Marvin - letter, congratulates Ellsworth on his achievements with the Fair, 1 p., 1893 September |
| Box 5 | Folder 61 | Hughitt, Marvin - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 October 2 |
| Box 5 | Folder 62 | Hutchinson, Charles L. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 63 | Hutchinson, Charles L. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 5 | Folder 64 | Hutchinson, Charles L. - letter, regarding a meeting to discuss the permanent organization of World’s Fair directors, 1 p., 1895 April 1 |
| Box 5 | Folder 65 | Hutchinson, Charles L. - letter, refers to the placement and use of the John Brown Fort at the Fair, 1 p., 1895 April 25 |
| Box 5 | Folder 66 | Innes, Frederick N. - letter, regarding the band’s performance at the Fair, 1 p., [no year] November 4 |
| Box 5 | Folder 67 | Innes, Frederick N. - letter, reports the band can begin schedule of performances on September 25, 1893, 1 p., 1893 September 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 68 | Innes, Frederick N. - telegram, refers to the band’s performance contract, 1 p., 1893 September 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 69 | Innes, Frederick N. - two telegrams, report the band will play at the Fair, 2 p., 1893 September 20 |
| Box 5 | Folder 70 | Ives, Brayton - telegram, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 October 25 |
| Box 5 | Folder 71 | Ives, Halsey - letter, reports on a proposal by Professor Adler for a Turkish Exhibit, 1 p., 1891 June 24 |
| Box 5 | Folder 72 | Ives, Halsey - letter, reports on his visits in Italy on behalf of the Fair’s Department of Fine Arts., 3 p., 1892 January 31 |
| Box 5 | Folder 73 | Ives, Halsey - letter, refers to the floor of the Fine Arts Building, 1 p., 1893 January 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 74 | Jackson, B.F. - letter, offers a coin for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 April 8 |
| Box 5 | Folder 75 | James, John - letter, request for one hundred Fair badges for the Citizens Committee, 1 p., 1892 October 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 76 | Jamieson, Egbert - letter, request for his Exposition badge, 1 p., 1892 December 23 |
| Box 5 | Folder 77 | Jamieson, Egbert - letter, support for the permanent organization World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 78 | Jeffrey, Edward Turner - letter, thanks Ellsworth for sending his Exposition badge, 1 p., 1892 December 24 |
| Box 5 | Folder 79 | Jeffrey, Edward Turner - letter, support for the permanent organization World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 80 | Jeffrey, Edward Turner - letter, regrets he cannot attend a meeting to discuss the permanent organization World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 1 |
| Box 5 | Folder 81 | Johnson, R.U. - letter, forwards an article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus and thanks Ellsworth for the invitations to the Opening Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 September 6 |
| Box 5 | Folder 82 | Jones, Andrew, Mr. & Mrs. - letter, regrets they are unable to accept Ellsworth’s invitation, 1 p., [no year] October 16 |
| Box 5 | Folder 83 | Jones, J.F. - letter, regarding his selection as a judge for Department of Transportation exhibits, 1 p., 1893 July 12 |
| Box 5 | Folder 84 | Jones, Mary Hayes - letter to Bertha Palmer, offers a chair made from the wood of the Good Ship “Minder” and other items for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 September 17 |
| Box 5 | Folder 85 | Jones, Smithy - letter, thanks Ellsworth, 1 p., undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | K----, Herman - letter, invites Ellsworth to view the plaster model of the Christopher Columbus statue, 1 p., 1892 November 22 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | Kaley, Mrs. W.H. - letter to Harlow Higinbotham referred to Ellsworth, offers an iron pencil holder and lead pencil supposedly used by William Williams to sign the Declaration of Independence, 1 p., 1893 May 29 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Keith, Elbridge Gallet - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Keith, Elbridge Gallet - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 12 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Kemeys, Edward - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | Kerfoot, William D. - letter, apologizes to Ellsworth for his impolite behavior at a reception, 1 p., 1893 October 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | Kerfoot, William D. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | Ketcham, William Parker - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 12 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | Keyes, Rollin - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., [no year] March 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | Keyes, Rollin - letter, announces a meeting of the Board of Directors, 1 p., 1890 April 17 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 | Keyes, Rollin - letter, announces a meeting of the Board of Directors, 1 p., 1890 April 23 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 | Keyes, Rollin - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 | Kimball, [first name unknown] - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 | Kingwill, J.H. - form letter, announces meeting of the Executive Committee, 1 p., 1890 June 17 |
| Box 6 | Folder 15 | Kingwill, J.H. - form letter, announces meeting of the WCE Board of Directors, 1 p., 1890 June 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 16 | Kingwill, J.H. - letter, informs Ellsworth he was elected a member of the WCE Board of Directors, 1 p., 1891 April 16 |
| Box 6 | Folder 17 | Kingwill, J.H. - letter, informs Ellsworth he was elected a member of the WCE Board of Directors, 1 p., 1892 April 2 |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 | Kirby, Thomas E. - letter, reports “Angelus,” a painting by Francis Millet, will be transported to Chicago, 1 p., 1890 January 11 |
| Box 6 | Folder 19 | Kirk, Milton W. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors and suggests Lyman Gage as President, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 6 | Folder 20 | Kirk, Milton W. - letter, regarding meeting for organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 | Kirkman, M.M. - letter, requests delivery of his Exposition badge, 1 p., 1892 December 23 |
| Box 6 | Folder 22 | Kirkman, M.M. - letter by C.E. Kingsley, reports Kirkman will respond to Ellsworth’s letter upon his return, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 | Kirkman, M.M. - letter, regarding the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 24 | Kohlstaat, Herman H. - letter, requests delivery of his Fair badge, 1 p., 1892 December 23 |
| Box 6 | Folder 25 | Kohlstaat, Herman H. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 2 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 26 | Kunz, George F. - letter, invitation acceptance to hear Esmeralda Cervantes sing, 1 p., undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 27 | Kunz, George F. - letter, regarding Columbian medals, 1 p., 1893 April 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 28 | Kunz, George F. - letter, sends Ellsworth eight Columbian medals and forwards the American Numismatic & Archaeological Society catalog listing the WCE coins, 1 p., 1893 May 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 29 | Kunz, George F. - letter, regarding Tiffany & Company items loaned to the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 June 15 |
| Box 6 | Folder 30 | L. J. - letter, refers to rail accommodations to the fairgrounds for the foreign representatives, 1 p., 1893 October 2 |
| Box 6 | Folder 31 | Laffan, William M. - telegram, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 May 11 |
| Box 6 | Folder 32 | Lamb Benjamin B. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 33 | Lamb Benjamin B. - letter, meeting regarding the organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 34 | Lamont, Daniel S. - letter to Charles S. Hamlin, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury introducing Ellsworth to Hamlin, 1 p., 1893 December 9 |
| Box 6 | Folder 35 | Law, Robert - letter, scheduling of Coal and Lumber Day at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 December 23 |
| Box 6 | Folder 36 | Lawrence, Edward F. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 17 |
| Box 6 | Folder 37 | Lawson, Victor F. - letter by W. Werner, Secretary, reports Lawson is out of town and is unable to respond to proposed permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 6 | Folder 38 | Lawson, Victor F. - letter by W. Werner, Secretary, regarding the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 March 30 |
| Box 6 | Folder 39 | Ledyard, H.B. - letter, encloses proxy, 1 p., 1892 June 26 |
| Box 6 | Folder 40 | Ledyard, H.B. - letter, forwards a $50,000 subscription for the 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 April 7 |
| Box 6 | Folder 41 | Ledyard, H.B. - letter, invitation acceptance to meet Charles Perkins, President, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company and other railroad company presidents, 1 p., 1893 August 28 |
| Box 6 | Folder 42 | Ledyard, H.B. - letter, congratulates Ellsworth for the sale of all remaining 6% Debenture Bonds and the eradication of the Fair’s operating deficit, 1 p., 1893 September 29 |
| Box 6 | Folder 43 | Ledyard, H.B. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for the invitation to lodge at his house during his visit to the Fair, 1 p., 1893 October 12 |
| Box 6 | Folder 44 | Leech, Edward O. - letter, regarding the selection of the image to be used on the Columbian half dollar, 1 p., 1892 August 31 |
| Box 6 | Folder 45 | Leech, Edward O. - letter (copy) to Ferd Peck, Chairman, Finance Committee, regarding the design and production of the Columbian half dollar, 3 p., 1892 September 9 |
| Box 6 | Folder 46 | Leech, Edward O. - letter (copy) to Ferd Peck, regarding the design of the Columbian half dollar, 1 p., 1892 September 10 |
| Box 6 | Folder 47 | Lefens, Thies J. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 2 p., 1894 November 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 48 | Manvel, Allen - letter, thanks Ellsworth for tickets to the Inaugural Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 October 19 |
| Box 6 | Folder 49 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., [no year] March 9 |
| Box 6 | Folder 50 | Mason, Frank H. - letter to William Eleroy Curtis referred to Ellsworth, reports the arrival of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus in Frankfurt, 1 p., [no year] September 18 |
| Box 6 | Folder 51 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, and copyright for prints, 1 p., [no year] November 3 |
| Box 6 | Folder 52 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, regarding ancient book of Ptolemy Ellsworth wishes to purchase and the photographic negatives of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., [no year] November 6 |
| Box 6 | Folder 53 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, reports sending “autotype” [high quality photograph] of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus to Ellsworth, 1 p., [no year] November 28 |
| Box 6 | Folder 54 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, reports sending Ellsworth six photographs of the Columbus portrait taken by master photographer Haufstaengel, 1 p., [no year] December 7 |
| Box 6 | Folder 55 | Mason, Frank H. - letter (copy) to William Eleroy Curtis, regarding the Cosmographia Introductio (early map of the New World) and notes on books containing portraits of Columbus, 3 p., 1891 July 2 |
| Box 6 | Folder 56 | Mason, Frank H. - telegram to William Eleroy Curtis, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1891 September 4 |
| Box 6 | Folder 57 | Mason, Frank H. - letter to William Eleroy Curtis, refers to the purchase of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1891 September 11 |
| Box 6 | Folder 58 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, refers to five antiquarian books Ellsworth wishes to purchase and the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1891 September 18 |
| Box 6 | Folder 59 | Mason, Frank H. - letter to William Eleroy Curtis, refers to the five antiquarian books Ellsworth wants to purchase, 1p., 1891 September 30 |
| Box 6 | Folder 60 | Mason, Frank H. - letter to William Eleroy Curtis, regarding the value of the Columbus portrait painted in 1501-02 for Domenico Pisani, a Venetian Ambassador in the Court of Spain at Granada, 1 p., 1891 October 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 61 | Mason, Frank H. - letter (with copy) to William Eleroy Curtis, regarding the purchase of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 4 p., 1891 October 6 |
| Box 6 | Folder 62 | Mason, Frank H. - letter to William Eleroy Curtis, reports his manuscript on St. Die is completed and that the Lorenzo Lotto portrait is in Paris, ready for transport to Chicago, 1 p., 1891 October 12 |
| Box 6 | Folder 63 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, regarding the shipment of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait to Chicago, 1 p., 1891 November 26 |
| Box 6 | Folder 64 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, refers to the transport of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus and an article by Salvatore Ranieri, 1 p., 1891 December 27 |
| Box 6 | Folder 65 | Mason, Frank H. - letter (copy) to William Eleroy Curtis, regarding articles on Christopher Columbus, 4 p., 1892 January 4 |
| Box 6 | Folder 66 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, informs Ellsworth that Salvatore Ranieri is a Columbus aficionado, not an art authority, 1 p., 1892 January 4 |
| Box 6 | Folder 67 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait and the article by Salvatore Ranieri, 1 p., 1892 January 12 |
| Box 6 | Folder 68 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, regrets that the Lorenzo Lotto portrait is still being held by the Custom House and refers to an article in Cosmopolitan, and a future article by art critic John Van Dyke, 1 p., 1892 February 10 |
| Box 6 | Folder 69 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, regarding photographic representations of the Columbus portrait and the use of Lorenzo Lotto image for a Columbian coin, 1 p., 1892 October 19 |
| Box 6 | Folder 70 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, regarding photographic reproductions of the [Lorenzo Lotto] portrait taken by Braun, 1 p., 1892 October 31 |
| Box 6 | Folder 71 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, with copy of Westminster Review article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 2 p., 1892 November 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 72 | Mason, Frank H. - letter, refers to the Van Dyke article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait published in The Century, 1 p., 1892 November 23 |
| Box 6 | Folder 73 | Mason, Frank H. - letter (copy) to Curtis with the Salvatore Ranieri article on the Columbus portrait, 1 p., 1892 December 26 |
| Box 6 | Folder 74 | Mather, Sam - letter, thanks Ellsworth for tickets to the Inaugural Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 November 7 |
| Box 6 | Folder 75 | Matthews, W.S.B. - letter, recommends maintaining the Exposition orchestra until the end of the Fair, 1 p., 1893 August 7 |
| Box 6 | Folder 76 | Mayer, Charles - telegram (copy), thanks Ellsworth 1 p., 1893 April 26 |
| Box 6 | Folder 77 | Mayer, Charles F. - letter, regrets he cannot attend the Opening Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 April 26 |
| Box 6 | Folder 78 | Maynard, George - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 79 | McClellan, Mrs. D.C. - letter, offers a “relic given by [George] Washington’s nephew” for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 80 | McCook, Henry - letter, acknowledges receipt of a souvenir Columbian medal, 1 p., 1892 November 15 |
| Box 6 | Folder 81 | McCormick, Cyrus H. - letter from W.P. Selleck, acknowledging receipt of McCormick’s Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 January 5 |
| Box 6 | Folder 82 | McCormick, Cyrus H. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for the Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 January 10 |
| Box 6 | Folder 83 | McCormick, Robert S. - letter (copy) to McCormick from Herbert deReuter referred to Ellsworth, offers the services of Reuters’ telegram company to the Exposition for McCormick’s use, 1 p., 1891 July 30 |
| Box 6 | Folder 84 | McCormick, Robert S. - letter to Walker Fearn, Chief of the Department of Foreign Affairs referred to Ellsworth, reports the office for the Exposition's English representatives is ready, 1 p., 1891 September 3 |
| Box 6 | Folder 85 | McCormick, Robert S. - letter to Walker Fearn with an estimate of operating expenses for the Fair’s London office, 4 p., 1891 September 3 |
| Box 6 | Folder 86 | McCormick, Robert S. - letter to J.G. Shortall referred to Ellsworth, reports he would like to write on Chicago libraries 1 p., 1891 November 24 |
| Box 6 | Folder 87 | McCrea, James - telegram, regarding N.P. Shortridge, President of the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company and the 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., [no year] January 24 |
| Box 6 | Folder 88 | McCrea, James - letter, railroads agree to give Ellsworth their proxies, 1 p., 1892 February 11 |
| Box 6 | Folder 89 | McCrea, James - letter, requests tickets to the Dedication Ceremonies for the officers and directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1 p., 1892 September 19 |
| Box 6 | Folder 90 | McCrea, James - telegram, regarding Pennsylvania Railroad’s transport of President Cleveland to the Fair, 1 p., 1892 September 22 |
| Box 6 | Folder 91 | McCrea, James - telegram, Pennsylvania Railroad’s transport of dignitaries to the Dedication Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 September 23 |
| Box 6 | Folder 92 | McCrea, James - telegram, regarding Pennsylvania Railroad’s transport of President Cleveland and other dignitaries, 1 p., 1892 September 29 |
| Box 6 | Folder 93 | McCrea, James - telegram, regarding Pennsylvania Railroad’s special transportation details, 1 p., 1892 October 14 |
| Box 6 | Folder 94 | McCrea, James - telegram, regarding Pennsylvania Railroad’s special transportation details, 1 p., 1892 October 17 |
| Box 6 | Folder 95 | McCrea, James - telegram, regarding Pennsylvania Railroad’s special transportation final details, 1 p., 1892 October 18 |
| Box 6 | Folder 96 | McCrea, James - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 August 24 |
| Box 6 | Folder 97 | McHale, P. - letter, regarding Cardinal Gibbons and the Vatican display proposed for the Columbian Museum, 1 p., undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 98 | McKim, C.F. - letter, regrets he cannot accept Ellsworth’s invitation, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 6 | Folder 99 | McMullin, J.C. - letter, refers to the representation of railroading interests at the Fair, 1 p., 1892 February |
| Box 6 | Folder 100 | McNally, Andrew - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors with Lyman Gage as its President, 1 p., 1894 November 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 101 | McPhimm, S.J. - letter, invitation acceptance to view Francis Millet’s painting, “Angelus,” 1 p., undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Medill, Joseph - letter, refers to the construction of the lakefront land allocated for the Fair, 1 p., 1890 May 17 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Medill, Joseph - letter, reports he does not expect to attend any meetings of former World’s Fair directors and advocating for Chicago as the nation’s capitol, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Meredith, William M. - letter, regarding permission for the Treasury Department to use the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1892 May 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Meredith, William M. - letter, regarding permission for the Treasury Department to use the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1892 May 7 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Meredith, William M. - letter, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait and the Columbian coin, 1 p., 1892 July 15 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Michaels, H. - letter, encloses a ticket to the Moorish Palace exhibition on the Midway, 1 p., 1893 August 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Miller, W.H.H. - letter (copy) to the Secretary of State with copy letter of July 17, 1891, from William Maury, Acting Attorney General, refers to the contract-labor laws protecting the foreign skilled laborers working at the Exposition’s foreign exhibits, 3 p., 1891 May 5 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Millet, Francis D. - letter, requests a bronze badge for Captain Frederick Symonds, Superintendent, Marine Division, Department of Transportation, 1 p., [no year] May 9 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Millet, Francis D. - letter, objects to the wording of the invitations to the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 2 p., 1892 August 6 |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 | Millet, Francis D. - letter, acknowledges receipt of his Fair badge, 1 p., 1892 November 20 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Millet, Francis D. - letter, request for 10 new Fair badges, 1 p., 1893 January 17 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | Millet, Francis D. - letter, suggestions for the design of special Exposition medals, 2 p., 1893 October 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | Monroe, Harriet - letter, invites Ellsworth (and Eugene Field) to meet L.J.B. Lincoln, 1 p., [no year] February 6 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Monroe, Harriet - letter, regarding meeting of the WCE Committee on Ceremonies and the approval of the “Columbian Ode,” 1 p., 1891 November 2 |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | Monroe, Harriet - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his motion to accept the “Columbian Ode,” 1 p., 1891 November 12 |
| Box 7 | Folder 16 | Monroe, Harriet - letter, copy of The Nation, containing a review of Monroe’s latest publication, 1 p., 1891 December 23 |
| Box 7 | Folder 17 | Monroe, Harriet - letter, invites Ellsworth to a reading of her “Columbian Ode,” 1 p., 1892 February 15 |
| Box 7 | Folder 18 | Mughaghgalin, Fadub - letter, regrets he cannot send any Turkish dancers to the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 September 1 |
| Box 7 | Folder 19 | Mulcahy, Frank - letter, thanks Ellsworth for a souvenir medal, 1 p., 1892 October 28 |
| Box 7 | Folder 20 | Myers, Charles W. - letter, offers a letter written by George Washington and other relics to the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 April 8 |
| Box 7 | Folder 21 | Nathan, Adolph - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, with Lyman Gage or Harlow Higinbotham as first president, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 7 | Folder 22 | Nelson, Robert - letter, reports no interest in joining a permanent organization of World’s Fair directors, 2 p., 1894 November 22 |
| Box 7 | Folder 23 | Newell, John - letter, travel plans, 1 p., undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 24 | Newell, John - letter, arranges to meet Ellsworth in Albany, New York, 1 p., 1891 July |
| Box 7 | Folder 25 | Newell, John - letter, refers to plans for a railway terminal at the Fair, but not elevated tracks, 1 p., 1892 February 12 |
| Box 7 | Folder 26 | Newell, John - letter, refers to proxies for the railroad companies, 1 p., 1892 February 19 |
| Box 7 | Folder 27 | Newell, John - letter introduces Joaquin Vargas to Ellsworth, 1 p., 1892 May 16 |
| Box 7 | Folder 28 | Newell, John - letter, regarding the entrance to the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1892 May 28 |
| Box 7 | Folder 29 | Newell, John - letter, regarding request that the railroads purchase the remaining 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 February 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 30 | Newell, John - letter, regarding success of the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 September 30 |
| Box 7 | Folder 31 | Newell, John - letter, 1 p. tentative invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 October 6 |
| Box 7 | Folder 32 | Nichols, H.D. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 33 | Nichols, H.N. - letter, offers the large Samoan war canoe used in their Fair exhibit for sale, 1 p., 1893 October 27 |
| Box 7 | Folder 34 | Nixon, William Penn - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 August 31 |
| Box 7 | Folder 35 | Noble, F.H. & Company - letter, regarding production and sale of souvenir Fair badges, 1 p., 1893 October 20 |
| Box 7 | Folder 36 | Oakes, Thomas F. - letter, invitation acceptance to the opera, 1 p., 1891 December 9 |
| Box 7 | Folder 37 | O’Connell, Dennis Joseph - telegram (copy), reports on Cardinal Rampolla’s selection of items exhibited at the Fair to be donated to the Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1893 November 14 |
| Box 7 | Folder 38 | Odell, John J. Peavey - letter, support for the permanent organization of the World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 7 | Folder 39 | Odell, John J. Peavey - note, regarding the permanent organization of the World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., [1895 April] |
| Box 7 | Folder 40 | Onahan, William J. - letter, forwards correspondence from Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 1 p., [no year] February 7 |
| Box 7 | Folder 41 | P., Robert - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 42 | Palmer, Bertha M. Honore - letter, refers to the French art section at the Exposition, 1 p., [no year] March 30 |
| Box 7 | Folder 43 | Palmer, Bertha M. Honore - letter, inquires about the souvenir medals designed for the artists exhibiting works at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 June 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 44 | Palmer, Bertha M. Honore - letter, thanks Ellsworth for the Exposition ribbon, 1 p., 1894 January 15 |
| Box 7 | Folder 45 | Palmer, Bertha M. Honore - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 23 |
| Box 7 | Folder 46 | Palmer, Potter - letter, acknowledges receipt of Exposition badge, 1 p., undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 47 | Peasley, J.C. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 7 | Folder 48 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - letter, informs Ellsworth he was elected a WCE Director and refers to the opposition of Charles T. Yerkes to Ellsworth’s nomination, 1 p., 1891 April 15 |
| Box 7 | Folder 49 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - letter, regarding Exposition bonds, 1 p., 1892 November 7 |
| Box 7 | Folder 50 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - letter, regarding the purchase of the remaining Exposition 6% Debenture Bonds by railroad companies, 1 p., 1892 November 9 |
| Box 7 | Folder 51 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - invitation to attend the unveiling of the Columbus monument, 1 p., 1893 April 20 |
| Box 7 | Folder 52 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - letter, announces a meeting of the WCE Finance Committee, 1 p., 1893 August 8 |
| Box 7 | Folder 53 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - letter, accepts invitation to meet with the railroad company presidents, 1 p., 1893 August 30 |
| Box 7 | Folder 54 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - letter, regarding Columbus Day badges, 1 p., 1893 October 21 |
| Box 7 | Folder 55 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - letter, announces a meeting of the Finance Committee, 1 p., 1893 November 14 |
| Box 7 | Folder 56 | Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd) - letter, calls a meeting of the Finance Committee, 1 p., 1894 June 22 |
| Box 7 | Folder 57 | Perkins, Charles E. - letter (copy) to J.C. Peasley, 1st Vice President, CB&Q Rail Road, referred to Ellsworth, announces railroad subscription to the 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 January 26 |
| Box 7 | Folder 58 | Perkins, Charles E. - telegram, refers to the publication on the Fair, 1 p., 1893 April 17 |
| Box 7 | Folder 59 | Perkins, Charles E. - letter, regarding the involvement of the railroad with the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 April 17 |
| Box 7 | Folder 60 | Perkins, Charles E. - letter, regrets he cannot attend the Opening Ceremonies of the Fair, 1 p., 1893 April 21 |
| Box 7 | Folder 61 | Perkins, Charles E. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 August 24 |
| Box 7 | Folder 62 | Perkins, Charles E. - letter, regrets he could not attend a dinner hosted by Ellsworth, 1 p., 1893 October 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 63 | Perkins, Charles E. - letter, regrets he cannot accept the invitation, 1 p., 1893 October 5 |
| Box 7 | Folder 64 | Phelps, Erskine M. - letter, requests his Fair badge, 1 p., 1892 December 24 |
| Box 7 | Folder 65 | Phelps, Erskine M. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 12 |
| Box 7 | Folder 66 | Phelps, Erskine M. - letter, regarding the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 67 | Pike, Eugene - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 22 |
| Box 7 | Folder 68 | Platt, Thomas C. - letter with note from C.H. Crosby, reports meeting with the U.S. Express Company’s stockholders, 1 p., 1892 February 13 |
| Box 7 | Folder 69 | Pond, Frank - letter to John Dickinson referred to Ellsworth, offers the star from [George] Washington’s hat for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 April 28 |
| Box 7 | Folder 70 | Porter, H.H. - letter, requests two tickets to the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 October 18 |
| Box 7 | Folder 71 | Porter, H.H. - letter, acknowledges receipt of an Ellsworth letter, 1 p., 1893 April 29 |
| Box 7 | Folder 72 | Porter, H.H. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 August 29 |
| Box 7 | Folder 73 | Porter, Washington - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 12 |
| Box 7 | Folder 74 | Porter, Washington - letter, tentative invitation acceptance, 1 p., [1895 April] |
| Box 7 | Folder 75 | Preston, R.E. - telegram (copy) to A.F. Seeburger (Treasurer, WCE), referred to Ellsworth, regarding the re-coinage of unsold Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 October 26 |
| Box 7 | Folder 76 | Preston, R.E. - telegram (copy) to A.F. Seeburger from J.G. Carlisle (Secretary, U.S. Mint), referred to Ellsworth, regarding the cost of re-coining the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 October 27 |
| Box 7 | Folder 77 | Preston, R.E. - letter (copy) to A.F. Seeburger referred to Ellsworth regarding the cost of re-coining the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 November 7 |
| Box 7 | Folder 78 | Preston, R.E. - letter (copy) to A.F. Seeburger referred to Ellsworth, instructs Seeburger on payment for the re-coining of the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 2 |
| Box 7 | Folder 79 | Preston, R.E. - letter, regarding the voucher for the re-coining of the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 11 |
| Box 7 | Folder 80 | Preston, R.E. - letter (copy) to Harlow Higinbotham, President, WCE, referred to Ellsworth, regarding the approval of re-coining the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 April 11 |
| Box 7 | Folder 81 | Preston, R.E. - letter, refers to Columbian half dollars not circulated or re-coined, 1 p., 1894 May 21 |
| Box 7 | Folder 82 | Preston, R.E. - letter, regarding payment to re-coin the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 June 20 |
| Box 7 | Folder 83 | Preston, R.E. - telegram, regarding the certificate of deposit, 1 p., 1894 September 18 |
| Box 7 | Folder 84 | Preston, R.E. - letter, acknowledges receipt payment to re-coin Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 September 22 |
| Box 7 | Folder 85 | Pullman, George - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., [no year] September 2 |
| Box 7 | Folder 86 | Pullman, George - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., [no year] October 10 |
| Box 7 | Folder 87 | Pullman, George - letter, thanks Ellsworth for seat and train tickets to the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 October 18 |
| Box 7 | Folder 88 | Pullman Palace Car Company - letter by F.C.N. Robertson, Auditor, with bill for cars and special trains for dignitaries attending the Dedication Ceremonies, 2 p., 1892 November 9 |
| Box 7 | Folder 89 | Putnam, Frederic Ward - letter, refers to the reduction of space allocated for the Department of Ethnology, 2 p., 1892 September 19 |
| Box 7 | Folder 90 | Putnam, Frederic Ward - letter from Franz Boas, announces a meeting of the Committees on an International Congress of Anthropology, 1 p., 1893 August 9 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Rampolla, Cardinal Mariano - telegram (copy), regarding Vatican exhibit items to remain in Chicago for exhibition at the Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1893 November 11 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Rand McNally & Company - letter, request to use the Lorenzo Lotto portrait likeness of Columbus for their publication on Columbus, 1 p., 1892 October 3 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Raymond & Whitcomb - letter, details plans for a Fair guide and Raymond & Whitcomb’s depot at the Midway Plaisance, 1 p., 1892 November 28 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Raymond & Whitcomb - letter to Harlow Higinbotham, request for reimbursement on purchase of admission tickets, 1 p., 1893 October 24 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Reinhartz, Charles - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 August 31 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Revell, Alexander H. - letter, acknowledges receipt of his Exposition badge, 1 p., 1893 January 5 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | Revell, Alexander H. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 12 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Revell, Alexander H. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 3 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Ripley, Edward P. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 13 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | Ripley, Edward P. - letter, regrets he cannot attend the meeting of the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 March 30 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Robarts, S.P.W. - letter, forwards the address of the Java Exhibit in New York, 1 p., 1893 December 6 |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Roberts, George Brooke - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his hospitality during the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., 1892 November 8 |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Roberts, George Brooke - letter, regarding the Exposition’s 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 October 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Roberts, George Brooke - telegram, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 October 11 |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 | Rosengarten, J.G. - letter, reports securing Indian and other Oriental items for the Drexel Institute, 1 p., 1893 October 27 |
| Box 8 | Folder 16 | Rothschild, Abram M. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, with Lyman Gage as its first President, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 8 | Folder 17 | Russell, Martin - letter, requests three invitations to the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 1 p., [1892 October] |
| Box 8 | Folder 18 | Ryerson, Martin - letter, regrets he cannot attend the meeting to discuss the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 19 | Saint Claire, James W. - letter to Horace Tucker, requests admission to the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1893 May 21 |
| Box 8 | Folder 20 | Saint Gaudens, Augustus - telegram, informs Ellsworth he will undertake work for the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 February 19 |
| Box 8 | Folder 21 | Saint Gaudens, Augustus - telegram, regarding his work for the Exposition, 1 p., 1892 March 5 |
| Box 8 | Folder 22 | Saul, George W. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 2 p., 1894 December 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 23 | Sawyer, A.W. - letter, announces a meeting of the Council of Administration, 1 p., 1893 April 20 |
| Box 8 | Folder 24 | Sawyer, A.W. - letter, forwards a list of the piano exhibitors in the Liberal Arts Department, 1 p., 1893 April 21 |
| Box 8 | Folder 25 | Sawyer, A.W. - letter, encloses new orders passed by the Council of Administration regarding the Bureau of Music, 2 p., 1893 May 15 |
| Box 8 | Folder 26 | Sawyer, A.W. - letter, acknowledges receipt of his Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 May 16 |
| Box 8 | Folder 27 | Sawyer, A.W. - letter, reports on Ellsworth’s request on behalf of the Committee on Music, 1 p., 1893 June 23 |
| Box 8 | Folder 28 | Sawyer, A.W. - letter, regarding the Bureau of Music, 1 p., 1893 June 24 |
| Box 8 | Folder 29 | Sawyer, A.W. - letter, regarding an appropriation for posters advertising the Exposition, 3 p., 1893 August 11 |
| Box 8 | Folder 30 | Schladermundt, H.T. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 31 | Schnars-Alquist, [first name unknown] - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., [no year] April 22 |
| Box 8 | Folder 32 | Schnars-Alquist, [first name unknown] - letter, regrets he cannot accept an Ellsworth invitation, 1 p., 1893 May 10 |
| Box 8 | Folder 33 | Schneider, George - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 13 |
| Box 8 | Folder 34 | Schwab, Charles H. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 17 |
| Box 8 | Folder 35 | Scott, James W. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 August 29 |
| Box 8 | Folder 36 | Scott, James W. - letter, regarding the design for the Chicago Day badge, 1 p., 1893 September 23 |
| Box 8 | Folder 37 | Scott, James W. - letter, refers to the publication and sale of [Chicago Day] badges, 1 p., 1893 September 30 |
| Box 8 | Folder 38 | Scott, James W. - letter, regarding print stereotypes of the Chicago Day badges in the Herald, 1 p., 1893 September 30 |
| Box 8 | Folder 39 | Scott, James W. - letter, supports the creation of a Columbus Day badge, 1 p., 1893 October 21 |
| Box 8 | Folder 40 | Scott, James W. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 8 | Folder 41 | Scott, James W. - letter, regarding a meeting of the permanent organization of World’s Fair directors, 1 p., 1895 March 30 |
| Box 2 | Folder 73 | S.D. Childes & Company - letter, regarding additional reception badges and dies, 1 p., 1892 November 2 |
| Box 2 | Folder 74 | S.D. Childes & Company - letter (Aluminum Department), dies for concessionaire and employee badges, 1 p., 1893 December 27 |
| Box 8 | Folder 42 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter, reports Harlow Higinbotham took possession of the special issue Columbian half dollars that Ellsworth ordered from the U.S. Mint, 1 p., 1893 January 7 |
| Box 8 | Folder 43 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - telegram, refers to an Ellsworth business dealing, 1 p., 1893 May 9 |
| Box 8 | Folder 44 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter (copy) to John G. Carlisle referred to Ellsworth, regarding the authorization to re-coin unsold Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 October 17 |
| Box 8 | Folder 45 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter (copy) to John G. Carlisle referred to Ellsworth, regarding re-coining the unsold Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 October 21 |
| Box 8 | Folder 46 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - telegram (copy) to John G. Carlisle referred to Ellsworth, regarding the re-coining of the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 October 30 |
| Box 8 | Folder 47 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - telegram (copy) to John G. Carlisle referred to Ellsworth, request to send Columbian half dollars to the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia, 1 p., 1893 November 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 48 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter (copy) to John G. Carlisle, reports sending Columbian half dollars to U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, 1 p., 1893 November 3 |
| Box 8 | Folder 49 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - telegram (copy) to R.E. Preston, Director of the Mint, referred to Ellsworth, regarding the remaining Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 4 |
| Box 8 | Folder 50 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - telegram (copy) to John G. Carlisle, regarding the payment for the re-coining of the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 6 |
| Box 8 | Folder 51 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter, regarding a discrepancy in the cost of re-coining the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 7 |
| Box 8 | Folder 52 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter, regarding remittance amount for re-coinage of the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 7 |
| Box 8 | Folder 53 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter, acknowledges voucher for the re-coining of the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 14 |
| Box 8 | Folder 54 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter, reports the U.S. Treasury Department holds the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 May 4 |
| Box 8 | Folder 55 | Seeburger, Anthony F. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 20 |
| Box 8 | Folder 56 | Shankland, Edward C. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 57 | Sherman, John B. - letter, supports the South Park Commissioners’ proposal to assume lakefront land between Monroe and Jackson Streets, 1 p., 1896 September 12 |
| Box 8 | Folder 58 | Shiflaw, Walter - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 59 | Shortridge, N.P. - telegram, regarding the 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 January 24 |
| Box 8 | Folder 60 | Shortridge, N.P. - telegram, reports he will be at the Pennsylvania office, 1 p., 1893 January 26 |
| Box 8 | Folder 61 | Shumway, Edward G. - letter, reports on South Park Commissioners projects in Jackson Park, 1 p., 1896 August 13 |
| Box 8 | Folder 62 | Shumway, Edward G. - form letter, announces meeting of the South Park Commissioners, 1 p., 1896 September 5 |
| Box 8 | Folder 63 | Shumway, Edward G. - letter, reports on the activities of the South Park Commissioners and regret Ellsworth’s resignation as an officer of the South Park Board, 1 p., 1900 April 12 |
| Box 8 | Folder 64 | Sie Hassan, Ben Ali - letter, congratulates Ellsworth on the selection of Chicago as host of the World’s Columbian Exposition and assures Turkish and Moroccan exhibitions, 1 p., 1891 January 20 |
| Box 8 | Folder 65 | Sie Hassan, Ben Ali - letter, writes about his travels and experiences in Morocco and reports on doors from Jerusalem as possible exhibit items, 1 p., 1892 February 20 |
| Box 8 | Folder 66 | Simmons, Edward E. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 August 31 |
| Box 8 | Folder 67 | Simms, Stephen Chapman - letter, presents Ellsworth with the flag flying at the time of President Grover Cleveland’s address at the Opening Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 December 23 |
| Box 8 | Folder 68 | Skiff, Fred J.V. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for the bronze Fair badge, 1 p., [1892] October 24 |
| Box 8 | Folder 69 | Skiff, Fred J.V. - letter, requests a new bronze badge, 1 p., 1893 May 5 |
| Box 8 | Folder 70 | Skiff, Fred J.V. - letter, acknowledges receipt of his Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 June 22 |
| Box 8 | Folder 71 | Skiff, Fred J.V. - letter, refers to acquiring the Joss House Collection for the Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1894 January 16 |
| Box 8 | Folder 72 | Skiff, Fred J.V. - letter, refers to the janitorial staff of the Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1894 January 29 |
| Box 8 | Folder 73 | Smith, Charles Emory - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 74 | Smith, Charles Emory - letters (copies) to James G. Blaine, U.S. Secretary of State, and General de Vlangoli, Adjutant of the Russian Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, referred to Ellsworth, regarding the loan of artwork from the Imperial Russian Government [Hermitage Museum] for exhibition at the Fair, 4 p., 1890 December |
| Box 8 | Folder 75 | Smith, Charles Emory - letter, regarding the loan of Russian artwork for the Exposition, 1 p., 1891 January 9 |
| Box 8 | Folder 76 | Smith, Charles Emory - letter, regarding the loan of Russian artwork for exhibition at the Fair, 1 p., 1892 September 8 |
| Box 8 | Folder 77 | Smith, Charles Emory - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 July 17 |
| Box 8 | Folder 78 | Smith, Fred A. - letter, encloses information, 1 p., 1893 May 26 |
| Box 8 | Folder 79 | Smith, Orland - telegram, reports the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will provide a special train for the dignitaries attending the Dedicatory Ceremonies, 2 p., 1892 October 6 |
| Box 8 | Folder 80 | South Park Commissioners - form letter, announces meeting of the Board of the South Park Commissioners, 1 p., 1893 November 17 |
| Box 8 | Folder 81 | South Park Commissioners - form letter, announces meeting of the Board of the South Park Commissioners regarding the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1 p., 1893 December 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 82 | South Park Commissioners - form letter, announces meeting of the Board of the South Park Commissioners regarding the World's Columbian Exposition, 1 p., 1893 December 28 |
| Box 8 | Folder 83 | Spaulding & Company - letter, regarding the completion of badges and ribbons for Exposition directors and administrators, 1 p., 1893 April 24 |
| Box 8 | Folder 84 | Spaulding & Company - letter, refers to the badges WCE President Harlow Higinbotham ordered, 1 p., 1893 May 24 |
| Box 8 | Folder 85 | Spaulding & Company - letter, reports Lloyd Lowndes, Member of the Committee on Awards, has received his Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 July 27 |
| Box 8 | Folder 86 | Spencer, S. - letter, regrets he cannot attend the Opening Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 April 22 |
| Box 8 | Folder 87 | Sperry, Ruth - letter, regarding Sunday activities on the fairgrounds and the financial solvency of the Exposition, 2 p., 1893 August 14 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | Starkweather, Amy M. - letter, acknowledges receipt of Fair badges, 1 p., 1893 January 5 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | Steinway & Sons - telegram to E.A. Potter, refers press reports about Exposition Musical Director, Theodore Thomas, and Polish pianist, Ignace Paderewski, 1 p., 1893 April |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | Steinway & Sons - telegram from Charles Steinway, refers to the Steinway exhibit at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 April 26 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | Stensland, Paul O. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | Stillman, William J. - letter, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 3 p., 1892 November 27 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | Stillman, William J. - letter, notifies Ellsworth of his article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait in The Nation, 1 p., 1892 December 29 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 | Stinson, James - letter, regarding Exposition stock to support the development of the Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1893 November 8 |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 | Stone, Henry B. - letter, regarding the designs for the Columbus coins, 1 p., 1892 September 14 |
| Box 9 | Folder 9 | Stone, Henry B. - letter, regarding the disagreement among WCE administrators with regard to pay for Theodore Thomas, Musical Director of the Exposition, 2 p., 1893 July 19 |
| Box 9 | Folder 10 | Stone, Henry B. - letter with copy of 1893 July 25 letter to WCE President Harlow Higinbotham, refers to the placement of advertising signs on the pianos to be used at the musical performances, 3 p., 1893 July 26 |
| Box 9 | Folder 11 | Stone, Henry B. - letter, invites Ellsworth to dinner at the Chicago Club, 1 p., 1893 November 30 |
| Box 9 | Folder 12 | Stone, Henry B. - letter from A.F. Masterson, regarding delay in response to the permanent organization of World’s Fair directors, 1 p., 1894 November 17 |
| Box 9 | Folder 13 | Stone, Henry B. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 December 10 |
| Box 9 | Folder 14 | Stone, Henry B. - letter, regarding meeting on the permanent organization of World’s Fair directors, 1 p., [1895] March 30 |
| Box 9 | Folder 15 | Stone, Herbert Stuart - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., [1892] September 1 |
| Box 9 | Folder 16 | Sutter James F. - letter, regarding Francis Millet’s painting, “Angelus,” 2 p., 1889 December 30 |
| Box 9 | Folder 17 | Sutter James F. - letter, regarding Francis Millet’s painting, “Angelus,” 2 p., 1890 March 15 |
| Box 9 | Folder 18 | Swift, George B. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Folder 19 | Swing, David - letter, invites Ellsworth to lodge at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1 p., 1893 August 3 |
| Box 9 | Folder 20 | Taft, Lorado - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 9 | Folder 21 | Temple, Hans - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 22 | Temple, Hans - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 April 23 |
| Box 9 | Folder 23 | Thacher, John Boyd - letter, regarding recommendation of L.F. Loree for Judge of Awards in Railway Appliances and George Martin for Judge in the Cotton Exhibit, 1 p., 1893 May 20 |
| Box 9 | Folder 24 | Thacher, John Boyd - form letter, regarding Ellsworth’s nomination as a Judge for the Liberal Arts Group, 1 p., 1893 July 5 |
| Box 9 | Folder 25 | Thacher, John Boyd - telegram, regarding Ellsworth’s nomination as Judge for Liberal Arts Group, 1 p., 1893 July 15 |
| Box 9 | Folder 26 | Thacher, John Boyd - letter, regarding Adams Express Company award on their Model Express Exhibit, 1 p., 1893 November 25 |
| Box 9 | Folder 27 | Thacher, John Boyd - letter, regarding remaining funds in the Committee on Awards’ account, 1 p., 1894 July 5 |
| Box 9 | Folder 28 | Thacher, John Boyd - letter, regarding remaining funds in the Committee on Awards’ account, 1 p., 1894 July 10 |
| Box 9 | Folder 29 | Thacher, John Boyd - letter, regarding Ellsworth’s request, 1 p., 1894 August 8 |
| Box 9 | Folder 30 | Thacher, John Boyd - letter, regarding an article written by William Eleroy Curtis on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1901 July 26 |
| Box 9 | Folder 31 | Thacher, John Boyd - letter, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1901 August 5 |
| Box 9 | Folder 32 | Thacher, John Boyd - letter, thanks Ellsworth for sending him a photograph of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1901 August 28 |
| Box 9 | Folder 33 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, hopes to meet Ellsworth during his visit to New York, 1 p., [no year] March 15 |
| Box 9 | Folder 34 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter with copy, regarding Ellsworth’s trip to Europe on behalf of the Exposition’s Department of Fine Arts, 1 p., 1890 September 26 |
| Box 9 | Folder 35 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, refers to his efforts to secure Danish works of art for the Exposition, 1 p., 1890 October 23 |
| Box 9 | Folder 36 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, regarding insurance for artwork loaned to the Fair, 1 p., 1890 November 8 |
| Box 9 | Folder 37 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, regarding the proposal to exhibit Dutch artwork at the Fair and conditions required by the government of The Netherlands, 1 p., 1890 November 14 |
| Box 9 | Folder 38 | Thayer, Samuel R. - three letters between C. Hartsen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, James G. Blaine, United States Secretary of State, and Thayer, referred to Ellsworth, regarding loan of art from the museums of Netherlands for exhibition in the Fair, 3 p., 1890-1891 |
| Box 9 | Folder 39 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, reports he has not heard from the Dutch Ministry regarding their application to borrow paintings for the Exposition, 1 p., 1890 December 21 |
| Box 9 | Folder 40 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, regarding Dutch paintings for exhibition at the Fair, 1 p., 1891 January 17 |
| Box 9 | Folder 41 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, regarding Dutch paintings for exhibition at the Fair, 1 p., 1891 January 26 |
| Box 9 | Folder 42 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, regarding Dutch paintings for exhibition at the Fair, 1 p., 1891 February 21 |
| Box 9 | Folder 43 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, refers to the shipment of paintings to the Exposition, 1 p., 1891 March 24 |
| Box 9 | Folder 44 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, reports on his travel plans to Chicago, 1 p., 1891 November 15 |
| Box 9 | Folder 45 | Thayer, Samuel R. - letter, informs Ellsworth he will be sailing for Europe, 1 p., 1891 December 10 |
| Box 9 | Folder 46 | Thomas, C.F. - letter to Hon. W.J. Onahan referred to Ellsworth, requests copies of Ellsworth’s correspondence to the Vatican regarding the donation of Vatican art and artifacts to the Field Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1894 February 4 |
| Box 9 | Folder 47 | Thomas, Theodore - two telegrams, invites Ellsworth to the Music Hall to meet the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 2 p., 1893 May 16 |
| Box 9 | Folder 48 | Thomas, Theodore - telegram, regrets he cannot attend a meeting of the Executive Committee, 1 p., 1893 August 22 |
| Box 9 | Folder 49 | Thomas, Theodore - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his efforts on behalf of the Music Bureau, 1 p., 1893 September 24 |
| Box 9 | Folder 50 | Thompson, Season - letter, invitation acceptance to meet the railroad company presidents, 1 p., 1893 August 31 |
| Box 9 | Folder 51 | Thompson, Season - letter, refers to the number of visitors at the Fair on Chicago Day, 1 p., 1893 October 13 |
| Box 9 | Folder 52 | Thomson, Frank - note, list of persons in Thomson’s party, 1 p., undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 53 | Thomson, Frank - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 54 | Thomson, Frank - letter, refers to Ellsworth’s trip east and reports on social plans for the fall, 1 p., [no year] November 28 |
| Box 9 | Folder 55 | Thomson, Frank - letter, regrets he cannot accept Ellsworth’s invitation to the Opening Ceremonies, 1 p., 1893 April 24 |
| Box 9 | Folder 56 | Thomson, Frank - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his hospitality during his visit to the Fair, 1 p., 1893 June 27 |
| Box 9 | Folder 57 | Thorpe, John - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his Fair badge, 1 p., 1893 January 14 |
| Box 9 | Folder 58 | Tiffany & Company - letter by Mr. Cozzens with designs for a medal celebrating George Washington, 2 p., 1889 May 21 |
| Box 9 | Folder 59 | Tiffany & Company - letter by Mr. Cozzens, forwards adjusted costs for gold souvenir bars, 1 p., 1892 October 4 |
| Box 9 | Folder 60 | Tiffany & Company - letter by Mr. Beal reports 362 Fair badges will be sent, 1 p., 1892 October 17 |
| Box 9 | Folder 61 | Tiffany & Company - form letter, notifies 362 Fair badges were sent, 1 p., 1892 October 17 |
| Box 9 | Folder 62 | Tiffany & Company - form letter, reports six additional bronze badges were sent, 1 p., 1892 October 18 |
| Box 9 | Folder 63 | Tiffany & Company - letter by Mr. May refers to souvenir medals for the President of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1 p., 1893 April 22 |
| Box 9 | Folder 64 | Tomlins, William L. - letter, refers to the concert attendance and advertising and the Bureau of Music controversy, 3 p., 1893 June 15 |
| Box 9 | Folder 65 | Tomlins, William L. - letter, refers to attendance procedures for child and adult performances, 5 p., 1893 August 2 |
| Box 9 | Folder 65a | Treasury Department - letter (copy) regarding transportation and re-coinage expenses, 1 p., 1893 December 9 |
| Box 9 | Folder 66 | Tucker, Horace - letter, forwards a pass to the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1893 April 24 |
| Box 9 | Folder 67 | Tucker, Horace - letter, reports Spaulding & Company will be issued a pass to the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1893 May 4 |
| Box 9 | Folder 68 | Tucker, Horace - letter, sends identification badge for Fair exhibitors, concessionaires, and employees, 1 p., 1893 May 23 |
| Box 9 | Folder 69 | Tucker, Horace - letter, attendance reports of George H. Wilson, Secretary of the Bureau of Music, 1 p., 1893 July 25 |
| Box 9 | Folder 70 | Tucker, Horace - letter, refers to meeting with George Wilson, 1 p., 1893 August 2 |
| Box 9 | Folder 71 | Tucker, Horace - letter, regarding passes and badges for musicians, 1 p., 1893 August 18 |
| Box 9 | Folder 72 | Tucker, Horace - letter, refers to passes and complimentary cards, 1 p., 1893 September 2 |
| Box 9 | Folder 73 | Tucker, Horace - letter, refers to a new pass for W.R. Garrison, 1 p., 1893 September 20 |
| Box 9 | Folder 74 | Tucker, Horace - letter, refers to the sale of souvenir tickets, 1 p., 1893 September 30 |
| Box 9 | Folder 75 | Tucker, Horace - letter, regarding standard badges, 1 p., 1893 October 5 |
| Box 9 | Folder 76 | Tucker, Horace - letter, cites Chicago Evening Journal article regarding Chicago Day attendance figures, 1 p., 1893 October 12 |
| Box 9 | Folder 77 | Tucker, Horace - letter, reports furnishing the Chicago Evening Journal and other Chicago newspapers with the Chicago Day attendance, 1 p., 1893 October 16 |
| Box 9 | Folder 78 | Tucker, Horace, typed letter signed, informs Ellsworth that an average of 1000 people a day from Ellsworth’s hotel are visiting the Fair, 1 p., 1893 October 17 |
| Box 9 | Folder 79 | Tucker, Horace, typed letter signed, regarding tickets, passes, etc. from the Department of Admissions, 1 p., 1893 November 23 |
| Box 9 | Folder 80 | Tucker, Horace, autographed letter signed, request to join Ellsworth in his railroad business, 1 p., 1893 November 27 |
| Box 9 | Folder 81 | Turner, Charles F., autographed letter signed, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 August 31 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | Uhl, Edwin F. - letter, regarding the permanent loan of Vatican exhibit for the Columbian Memorial Museum, 1 p., 1894 January |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, acknowledges receipt of copies of the Braun photographs of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding the authenticity of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 2 p., undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding the authenticity of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, requests photographs of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait be sent to Captain Frank Mason, 1 p., undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding the authenticity of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus and a copy of his article in The Century magazine, 2 p., undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, 1 p. reports on his attempts to view the Lorenzo Lotto portrait and on his article for The Century, 1 p., [no year] March 12 |
| Box 10 | Folder 8 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding the authenticity of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 2 p., [no year] May 2 |
| Box 10 | Folder 9 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding his article in The Century, 1 p., [no year] May 20 |
| Box 10 | Folder 10 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, updates Ellsworth on his contacts with The Century, 1 p., [no year] June 28 |
| Box 10 | Folder 11 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, requests lodging arrangements for a mutual friend at the Union League Club, 1 p., [no year] June 28 |
| Box 10 | Folder 12 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, updates on discussions with The Century regarding article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., [no year] July 30 |
| Box 10 | Folder 13 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding his article in The Century, 1 p., [no year] August 3 |
| Box 10 | Folder 14 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding the U.S. Mint and the design of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait for a Columbian coin, 1 p., [no year] September 26 |
| Box 10 | Folder 15 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, refers to articles in the Tribune on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., [no year] October 16 |
| Box 10 | Folder 16 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, with news clipping, response to newspaper and art critics of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 2 p., [no year] October 16 |
| Box 10 | Folder 17 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter requests Ellsworth not publish his statements on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait until his article first appears, 1 p., [no year] November 11 |
| Box 10 | Folder 18 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, makes recommendations on purchase of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait and discusses restoration, 4 p., 1891 October 31 |
| Box 10 | Folder 19 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, suggests restoration of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait and recommends conversation with art critic William Stillman, 2 p., 1891 November 14 |
| Box 10 | Folder 20 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding William Eleroy Curtis’s article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus in Cosmopolitan, 1 p., 1891 December 1 |
| Box 10 | Folder 21 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding articles on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait appearing in The Nation and by Mr. Raniere, a Columbian historian, 1 p., 1892 January 11 |
| Box 10 | Folder 22 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, reports he may be able to write an article for The Century on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1892 February 6 |
| Box 10 | Folder 23 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding the authenticity of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1892 February 16 |
| Box 10 | Folder 24 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, refers to an article by Antonio Delle Rovere, 1 p., 1892 March 17 |
| Box 10 | Folder 25 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, refers to inconsistencies in the Henry Harrisse article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., 1892 March 18 |
| Box 10 | Folder 26 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding the restoration of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait and reports a meeting with Dodd Mead & Company regarding an engraving of the portrait, 2 p., 1892 April 2 |
| Box 10 | Folder 27 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, refers to the Dodd Mead & Company engraving of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait and confusion on rights of reproduction, 2 p., 1892 April 4 |
| Box 10 | Folder 28 | Van Dyke, John C. – letter, forwards his article on the Lotto portrait of Columbus for The Century, 2 p., 1892 May 11 |
| Box 10 | Folder 29 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding inconsistencies in an article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus by Antonio delle Rovere, 1 p., 1892 May 30 |
| Box 10 | Folder 30 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, refers advance sheets of The Century article, 1 p., 1892 September 20 |
| Box 10 | Folder 31 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, 1 p. regarding critical articles on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1892 October 16 |
| Box 10 | Folder 32 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding the critical article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1892 October 18 |
| Box 10 | Folder 33 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, forwards articles from the Post and thanks Ellsworth for his hospitality, 1 p., 1893 July 31 |
| Box 10 | Folder 34 | Van Dyke, John C. - letter, regarding attempt to send a gift, 1 p., 1894 February 12 |
| Box 10 | Folder 35 | Vedder, Elihu - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 August 31 |
| Box 10 | Folder 36 | Villard, H. - letter, regrets he cannot accept an invitation, 1 p., 1893 April 21 |
| Box 10 | Folder 37 | Vos, Hubert - letter, regarding complaints with the cleaning and restoration of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait, 1 p., [no year] July 23 |
| Box 10 | Folder 38 | Wacker, Charles H. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 14 |
| Box 10 | Folder 39 | Waldstein, Charles S. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his correspondence, 1 p., 1893 October 2 |
| Box 10 | Folder 40 | Walker, Edwin - letter, regarding the musical contract for the Chicago Military Band, 2 p., 1893 September 28 |
| Box 10 | Folder 41 | Walker, Edwin - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 21 |
| Box 10 | Folder 42 | Walker, Edwin - letter, regarding a meeting of the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 2 |
| Box 10 | Folder 43 | Waller, Robert Alexander - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 10 | Folder 44 | Waller, Robert Alexander - letter, regarding a meeting of the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 4 |
| Box 10 | Folder 45 | Walsh, John R. - letter, refers to Van Dyke’s article on the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1892 September 25 |
| Box 10 | Folder 46 | Walsh, John R. - letter, does not support the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 10 | Folder 47 | Walsh, John R. - letter, regarding a meeting of the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 March 30 |
| Box 10 | Folder 48 | Wapnist, [first name unknown] - letter, returns Ellsworth’s passport, 1 p., 1890 December 7 |
| Box 10 | Folder 49 | Warner, Olin L. - letter, requests payment for work on the Columbian souvenir coin, 1 p., 1892 October 23 |
| Box 10 | Folder 50 | Warner, Olin L. - letter, refers to designs for the Columbian souvenir coins, 2 p., 1893 January 2 |
| Box 10 | Folder 51 | Washburne, Hempstead - letter, supports the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 19 |
| Box 10 | Folder 52 | Washburne, Hempstead - letter, regarding a meeting of the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 3 |
| Box 10 | Folder 53 | Weir, L.C. - letter, requests an office at the World’s Fair for Adams Express Company, 1 p., 1892 June 3 |
| Box 10 | Folder 54 | Weir, L.C. - letter, instructions for the shipment of goods from the Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1 p., 1892 December 12 |
| Box 10 | Folder 55 | Welles, Roger - letter, regarding selection of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus for the Columbian coin, 1 p., 1892 September 26 |
| Box 10 | Folder 56 | Welles, Roger - letter, regarding the design for the Columbus postal stamp, 3 p., 1892 October 4 |
| Box 10 | Folder 57 | Welling, John C. - letter, does not support the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 13 |
| Box 10 | Folder 58 | Westminster Mills - letter, with note by James Dickinson, Secretary, WCC, referred to Ellsworth, offers a large chain supposedly used by [George] Washington for sale to the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 February 2 |
| Box 10 | Folder 59 | Wharton, William - letter, regarding the loan of artwork for the Exposition from St. Petersburg, Russia, 1 p., 1891 February 5 |
| Box 10 | Folder 60 | Wharton, William - letter, regarding the loan of artwork for the Exposition from the Hague, The Netherlands, 1 p., 1891 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Folder 61 | Wheeler, C.C. - letter, refers to the delivery of his Fair badge, 1 p., undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 62 | Wheeler, C.C. - letter, supports the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 February 14 |
| Box 10 | Folder 63 | Wheeler, George H. - letter, supports the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 15 |
| Box 10 | Folder 64 | Wheeler, George H. - letter, regarding a meeting of the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 April 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | Wilkes, C.M. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1892 September 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | Wilkie, Albert C. - letter, invitation acceptance to the Union League Club, 1 p., undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | Willard, H. - letter, regrets that his Board of Directors cannot make an additional subscription to WCE Bonds and also refers to the Duke of Veragua’s visit, 1 p., 1893 April 20 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, informs Ellsworth he is in Festival Hall, 1 p., undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, refers to the payment of Mr. Greene, 1 p., undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests a $175,000 appropriation for a series of concerts provided by a permanent orchestra and a summary of Music Hall use, 4 p., 1892 May 16 |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 | Wilson, George H. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his efforts on behalf of the Music Bureau, 1 p., 1893 January 19 |
| Box 11 | Folder 8 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to the allocation of space in Festival Hall for the Turner-Bund Corporation, 1 p., 1893 February 7 |
| Box 11 | Folder 9 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests approval for office furniture, 1 p., 1893 April 6 |
| Box 11 | Folder 10 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth’s assistance a Bureau of Admissions matter, 1 p., 1893 April 13 |
| Box 11 | Folder 11 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests approval to contract a Russian choir from New York, 1 p., 1893 April 14 |
| Box 11 | Folder 12 | Wilson, George H. - letter with card sent to music critics reviewing the musical performances, 1 p., 1893 April 22 |
| Box 11 | Folder 13 | Wilson, George H. - letter, approval request for Musical Bureau printing and stationary, 1 p., 1893 April 22 |
| Box 11 | Folder 14 | Wilson, George H. - letter with tickets for concerts, 1 p., 1893 April 28 |
| Box 11 | Folder 15 | Wilson, George H. - letter, request for travel reimbursement, 1 p., 1893 May 4 |
| Box 11 | Folder 16 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests approval to provide free tickets to the Exposition’s musical features for reporters of the Art Journal of New York, 1 p., 1893 May 4 |
| Box 11 | Folder 17 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, invitation to the Music Hall for an afternoon concert, 1 p., 1893 May 5 |
| Box 11 | Folder 18 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding the salaries for band and orchestra members, 2 p., 1893 May 5 |
| Box 11 | Folder 19 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to correspondence from R.J. Murphy, Secretary, Press & Printing, 1 p., 1893 May 9 |
| Box 11 | Folder 20 | Wilson, George H. - letter, reports appointing Ms. A. Starring as a stenographer for the Bureau of Music, 1 p., 1893 May 10 |
| Box 11 | Folder 21 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding Mrs. Scott Anderson’s efforts to have Madame Costellano appear at the Exposition, 1 p., 1893 May 10 |
| Box 11 | Folder 22 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to controversies in the Music Department, including the appointment of Theodore Thomas as Musical Director and the placement of the Bureau under the direction of the WCC, 1 p., [1893] May 11 |
| Box 11 | Folder 23 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth’s assistance in refusing to provide free concert tickets to all members of the WCC, 1 p., 1893 May 13 |
| Box 11 | Folder 24 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests to hire Pierre V.R. Key as his assistant, 1 p., 1893 May 18 |
| Box 11 | Folder 25 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, reports Mrs. Burnham would like to meet with Ellsworth, 1 p., 1893 May 18 |
| Box 11 | Folder 26 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, requests a meeting to discuss band music, 1 p., 1893 May 18 |
| Box 11 | Folder 27 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth’s signature on vouchers, 1 p., 1893 May 18 |
| Box 11 | Folder 28 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, invites Ellsworth to lunch, 1 p., 1893 May 20 |
| Box 11 | Folder 29 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, reports the ticket agent at the Music Hall is holding Ellsworth’s tickets, 1 p., 1893 May 23 |
| Box 11 | Folder 30 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, requests approval for payment of two vouchers, 1 p., 1893 May 24 |
| Box 11 | Folder 31 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth attend a meeting of the Music Bureau, 1 p., 1893 May 29 |
| Box 11 | Folder 32 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, reports Festival Hall is ready, 1 p., 1893 May 30 |
| Box 11 | Folder 33 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to engaging a Mexican Band for a performance, 1 p., 1893 June 1 |
| Box 11 | Folder 34 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests to meet with Ellsworth regarding several matters, 1 p., 1893 June 16 |
| Box 11 | Folder 35 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests to meet with Ellsworth and Theodore Thomas regarding office expenses, 1 p., 1893 June 17 |
| Box 11 | Folder 36 | Wilson, George H. - letter with concert receipts and reports on the attendance, 5 p., 1893 June 17 |
| Box 11 | Folder 37 | Wilson, George H. - letter, reports on furnishing music in the Children's Building, as requested by the Board of Lady Managers, 1 p., 1893 June 20 |
| Box 11 | Folder 38 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth meet with Theodore Thomas to discuss summer orchestral music, 1 p., 1893 June 24 |
| Box 11 | Folder 39 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to payment for soloists performing at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 June 24 |
| Box 11 | Folder 40 | Wilson, George H. - letter, reports C.A.W. Howland will give an organ recital at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 June 24 |
| Box 11 | Folder 41 | Wilson, George H. - letter with June 21, 1893 letter from Mr. Graham, Assistant Director of Works, WCE, reports Daniel Burnham, Director of Works, objects to the cardboard posters the Bureau of Music placed on the fairgrounds, 2 p., 1893 June 26 |
| Box 11 | Folder 42 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to a luncheon for the Apollo Club, 1 p., 1893 June 28 |
| Box 11 | Folder 43 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth call a meeting of the Committee of Music, 1 p., 1893 June 29 |
| Box 11 | Folder 44 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth’s signature on several vouchers, 1 p., 1893 July 8 |
| Box 11 | Folder 45 | Wilson, George H. - letter, suggests the Bureau of Music meet to discuss additional concerts, 1 p., 1893 July 10 |
| Box 11 | Folder 46 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth and Henry Stone meet with Theodore Thomas, 1 p., 1893 July 12 |
| Box 11 | Folder 47 | Wilson, George H. - letter recommends discontinuing the services of a press writer, 1 p., 1893 July 13 |
| Box 11 | Folder 48 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding the payment of soloists who performed at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 July 14 |
| Box 11 | Folder 49 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to the placement of advertising signs on the musical instruments (pianos) used at the performances, 1 p., 1893 July 17 |
| Box 11 | Folder 50 | Wilson, George H. - letter to George R. Davis, Director-General, WCC, referred to Ellsworth, regarding the placement of advertising signs on the musical instruments at the Fair, 2 p., 1893 July 20 |
| Box 11 | Folder 51 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding the placement of advertising signs on the musical instruments at the Fair, 1 p., 1893 July 22 |
| Box 11 | Folder 52 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding Scottish Festival Committee use of Festival Hall, 1 p., 1893 July 24 |
| Box 11 | Folder 53 | Wilson, George H. - letter with letter to Horace Tucker, Superintendent of Admissions, regarding 219 passes and badges for Exposition musicians, 2 p., 1893 July 24 |
| Box 11 | Folder 54 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to payment of several vouchers, 1 p., 1893 July 27 |
| Box 11 | Folder 55 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to the salaries appropriated for Bureau personnel and orchestra and band members, 3 p., 1893 July 27 |
| Box 11 | Folder 56 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to tickets for the Handel Concert, 1 p., 1893 July 28 |
| Box 11 | Folder 57 | Wilson, George H. - letter, reports July profits for Exposition concerts, 1 p., 1893 July 28 |
| Box 11 | Folder 58 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding pay for musicians, 1 p., 1893 July 31 |
| Box 11 | Folder 59 | Wilson, George H. - letter, receipts and expenditures for concert soloists, 1 p., 1893 August 7 |
| Box 11 | Folder 60 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to contracts and salaries for the Pullman, Gilmore and Innes Bands, 1 p., 1893 August 9 |
| Box 11 | Folder 61 | Wilson, George H. - letter, proposes cuts in the Bureau office to prevent the disbanding of the chorus and orchestra, 1 p., 1893 August 9 |
| Box 11 | Folder 62 | Wilson, George H. - letter, encloses a contract with the F.N. Innes Band, 1 p., 1893 August 12 |
| Box 11 | Folder 63 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, proposes two orchestra concerts daily at 25 cents, 1 p., 1893 August 15 |
| Box 11 | Folder 64 | Wilson, George H. - telegram, informs Ellsworth that F.N. Innes is in Chicago, 1 p., 1893 August 15 |
| Box 11 | Folder 65 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests payment to Pierre V.R. Key, 1 p., 1893 August 25 |
| Box 11 | Folder 66 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests documents written about Theodore Thomas’s work with the Chicago Orchestral Society, 1 p., 1893 August 25 |
| Box 11 | Folder 67 | Wilson, George H. - letter with correspondence from WCE President Harlow Higinbotham, 1 p., 1893 September 6 |
| Box 11 | Folder 68 | Wilson, George H. - letter, encloses a moving bill for Theodore Thomas’ library, 1 p., 1893 September 20 |
| Box 11 | Folder 69 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to Chicago and Cincinnati Bands, 1 p., 1893 September 23 |
| Box 11 | Folder 70 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding F.N. Innes Band performances, 1 p., 1893 October 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 71 | Wilson, George H. - copy letter to Theodore Thomas, refers to the Bureau of Music final report [partially illegible], 5 p., 1893 October 3 |
| Box 11 | Folder 72 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to his gift from the Cincinnati Band, 1 p., 1893 October 10 |
| Box 11 | Folder 73 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests funds to write the Bureau of Music’s final report, 2 p., 1893 October 11 |
| Box 11 | Folder 74 | Wilson, George H. - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., 1893 October 14 |
| Box 11 | Folder 75 | Wilson, George H. - letter, informs Ellsworth that Dr. A.C. Mackenzie was selected to judge the Native American Composers musical competition, 1 p., 1893 October 14 |
| Box 11 | Folder 76 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding the official report of the Bureau of Music, 1 p., 1893 October 17 |
| Box 11 | Folder 77 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to the honorarium for Dr. Mackenzie’s services, 1 p., 1893 October 17 |
| Box 11 | Folder 78 | Wilson, George H. - letter, requests Ellsworth approve payment for music librarian, George A. Gregg, 1 p., 1893 October 19 |
| Box 11 | Folder 79 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding his service as Secretary of the Bureau of Music, 1 p., 1893 October 25 |
| Box 11 | Folder 80 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding outstanding vouchers, 1 p., 1893 October 26 |
| Box 11 | Folder 81 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to an honorarium for Theodore Stanton, WCE Commissioner in Paris, 2 p., 1893 November 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 82 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding the preparation of the Bureau’s final report, 3 p., 1893 November 16 |
| Box 11 | Folder 83 | Wilson, George H. - letter, refers to music manuscripts for various Exposition orchestral and choral scores and requests that these materials be given to Theodore Thomas for his services to the Fair, 1 p., 1893 November 18 |
| Box 11 | Folder 84 | Wilson, George H. - letter, regarding the closing of Bureau business, 1 p., 1893 November 23 |
| Box 11 | Folder 85 | Wilson, George H. - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his support of the Music Bureau, 1 p., 1893 December 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 86 | Wilson, George H. - letter, presents Ellsworth with a bound copy of the Official Report of the Bureau of Music, 1 p., 1895 March 29 |
| Box 11 | Folder 87 | Wiman Erastus - letter, thanks Ellsworth for his kindness during his visit to Chicago and for his efforts on extending Chicago’s trade market, 1 p., 1890 October 29 |
| Box 11 | Folder 88 | Winston, Frederick S. - letter, thank you for a Fair ribbon, 1 p., 1894 January 12 |
| Box 11 | Folder 89 | Winston, Frederick S. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 11 | Folder 90 | Weir, J. Alden - letter, invitation acceptance, 1 p., undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 91 | Wood, Henry - letter, regrets he cannot accept an Ellsworth invitation, 1 p., 1893 October 14 |
| Box 11 | Folder 92 | Wood, Joseph - letter, refers to rail accommodations at the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1892 July 26 |
| Box 11 | Folder 93 | Yerkes, Charles T. - letter to Howard Edmunds, Secretary, WCE, referred to Ellsworth, requests a gold Fair badge for Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison, 1 p., 1893 September 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 94 | Yerkes, Charles T. - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
| Box 11 | Folder 95 | Young, Otto - letter, support for the permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 November 10 |
Series 1: Correspondence, 1879-1912, undated
Subseries B: Outgoing Correspondence, 1890-1901, undated
Scope and Content
The Outgoing Correspondence in Subseries B consists of 85 letters generated by Ellsworth related to World’s Columbian Exposition activities. The letters are arranged chronologically and date from 1890 to 1901. Each letter includes a brief annotation. The topics include issues related to the design and production of the Columbian half-dollar, Ellsworth’s efforts with the railroad companies to raise funds for the Exposition, a proposed permanent organization of the World’s Fair Board of Directors, and correspondence about Exposition badges, medals and souvenirs. All correspondence in the subseries originates from James W. Ellsworth unless otherwise indicated.
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged chronologically with undated letters at the end. The following organizations may be abbreviated: World’s Columbian Commission (WCC) and World’s Columbian Exposition (WCE).
| Box 12 | Folder 4 | 1890 - letter, regarding the Francis Millet painting, “Angelus,” and Ellsworth’s attendance at an exhibition in New York City, 1 p., 1890 March 17 |
| Box 12 | Folder 5 | 1890 - letter, announces a meeting of the WCE Board of Directors, 1 p., 1890 July 11 |
| Box 12 | Folder 6 | 1890 - letter, opposition to Davis’s election as Director-General of the national WCC, 1 p., 1890 September 18 |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 | 1890 - letter (copy), to Samuel R. Thayer, regarding Ellsworth’s trip to Europe to secure art for Exhibition, 1 p., 1890 October 11 |
| Box 12 | Folder 8 | 1890 - letter, with draft, requests that the Honorable Samuel Thayer inquire about loan of art from the National Museum of The Hague for exhibition, 3 p., 1890 October 15 |
| Box 12 | Folder 9 | 1891 - letter, to Percy L. Shuman, regarding authenticity of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1891 December 30 |
| Box 12 | Folder 10 | 1892 - letter, to Francis D. Millet, regarding the design of an official Fair souvenir, 1 p., 1892 January 6 |
| Box 12 | Folder 11 | 1892 - letter, to Henry Sargent Codman, regarding rail transportation to the Fair, 1 p., 1892 February 4 |
| Box 12 | Folder 12 | 1892 - letter, to John Newell, regarding proxies for the election of Fair Directors, 1 p., 1892 March 12 |
| Box 12 | Folder 13 | 1892 - telegram, to L.C. Weir, Adams Express Company, regarding Exposition medals for the W.E. Dowd, Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1 p., 1892 October 16 |
| Box 12 | Folder 14 | 1892 - telegram, to W.E. Dowd, regarding Exposition medals, 1 p., 1892 October 16 |
| Box 12 | Folder 15 | 1892 - telegram, to S.G. Seaton, regarding the value of Tiffany & Company jewel box, 1 p., 1892 October 17 |
| Box 12 | Folder 16 | 1892 - letter, to Francis D. Millet, regarding Olin Warner’s designs for the Columbian coin, Fair medals and badges, 1 p., 1892 October 24 |
| Box 12 | Folder 17 | 1892 - note, to Bernard Sunny, reports the delivery of Dedicatory Ceremonies badge, 1 p., 1892 October 22 |
| Box 12 | Folder 18 | 1892 - note, to John R. Walsh, reports the delivery of Dedicatory Ceremonies badge, 1 p., 1892 October 22 |
| Box 12 | Folder 19 | 1892 - note, to E.M. Phelps, reports the delivery of Dedicatory Ceremonies badge, 1 p., 1892 October 24 |
| Box 12 | Folder 20 | 1892 - note, to James M. Shepard, reports the delivery of Dedicatory Ceremonies badge, 1 p., 1892 October 24 |
| Box 12 | Folder 21 | 1892 - letter, to William K. Carlisle, regarding railroad subscriptions to the Exposition’s 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1892 December 29 |
| Box 12 | Folder 22 | [1893] - telegram, to James McCrea, regarding special train service for dignitaries traveling from Washington to Chicago, 1 p., [1893] January |
| Box 12 | Folder 23 | [1893] - telegram, to N.P. Shortridge, regarding 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., [1893] January |
| Box 12 | Folder 24 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Edward B. Butler, regarding the 100 special issue Columbian half dollars in possession of Harlow Higinbotham, 1 p., 1893 January 7 |
| Box 12 | Folder 25 | 1893 - letter (copy), to John Newell, regarding unsold 6% Debenture Bonds, 2 p., 1893 January 14 |
| Box 12 | Folder 26 | 1893 - letter (copy), to O.C. Bosbyshell, regarding the 100 special issue Columbian half dollars in the possession of President Higinbotham, 1 p., 1893 January 19 |
| Box 12 | Folder 27 | 1893 - letter (copy), to James McCrea, regarding the unsold 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 January 19 |
| Box 12 | Folder 28 | 1893 - letter (copy), to James McCrea, regarding the unsold Exposition bonds, 3 p., 1893 January 19 |
| Box 12 | Folder 29 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Charles E. Barber, regarding the 100 special issue Columbian half dollars, 2 p., 1893 January 19 |
| Box 12 | Folder 30 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Charles E. Barber, reports the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus was awarded a silver medal and diploma at the Columbian Historical Exposition in Madrid, 1 p., 1893 January 21 |
| Box 12 | Folder 31 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Lyman J. Gage, regarding the 100 special issue Columbian half dollars, 3 p., 1893 January 23 |
| Box 12 | Folder 32 | 1893 - letter (copy), to N.P. Shortridge, regarding unsold 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 January 23 |
| Box 12 | Folder 33 | 1893 - letter (copy), to H.B. Ledyard, summarizes railroad bond subscriptions, 1 p., 1893 January 23 |
| Box 12 | Folder 34 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Lyman J. Gage, regarding railroad subscriptions, 2p., 1893 January 23 |
| Box 12 | Folder 35 | 1893 - letter (copy), to J.C. Peasley, reports the WCE Board of Directors has authorized railroad purchase of bonds, 1 p., 1893 January 26 |
| Box 12 | Folder 36 | 1893 - letter (copy), to James McCrea, regarding the railroad bonds, 1 p., 1893 January 30 |
| Box 12 | Folder 37 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Marvin Hughitt, summarizes the status of various railroad bond subscriptions, 1 p., 1893 January 31 |
| Box 12 | Folder 38 | 1893 - letter (copy), to James J. Hill, explains railroad bond proposal and summarizes railroad subscriptions, 2 p., 1893 February 2 |
| Box 12 | Folder 39 | 1893 - letter (copy), to R.R. Cable, regarding subscriptions to 6% Debenture Bonds, 2 p., 1893 February 2 |
| Box 12 | Folder 40 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Ferdinand W. Peck, reports on railroads in regard to the 6% Debenture Bonds, 4 p., 1893 February 6 |
| Box 12 | Folder 41 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Timothy B. Blackstone, thank you for the bond subscription, 1 p., 1893 February 6 |
| Box 12 | Folder 42 | 1893 - letter (copy), to James McCrea, reports on railroad bond subscriptions, 1 p., 1893 February 6 |
| Box 12 | Folder 43 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Orland Smith, encloses a $60,000 Exposition bond subscription, 1 p., 1893 February 6 |
| Box 12 | Folder 44 | 1893 - letter (copy), to John Davidson, thanks Davidson and the Pennsylvania Railroad for bond subscription, 1 p., 1893 February 6 |
| Box 12 | Folder 49 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Horace Tucker, requests foreign commissioners to the WCE issue passes for the foreign workmen, 1 p., 1893 February 8 |
| Box 12 | Folder 50 | 1893 - letter (copy) to George R. Davis, regarding whether the Bureau of Music can be separated from the Liberal Arts Department so that Musical Director Theodore Thomas can report directly to Davis, 1 p., 1893 February 9 |
| Box 12 | Folder 51 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Thomas F. Oakes, regarding a subscription to the 6% Debenture Bonds, 1 p., 1893 February 13 |
| Box 12 | Folder 52 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Selim H. Peabody, reports Musical Director, Theodore Thomas needs to approve exhibition of musical instruments, 1 p., 1893 February [13] |
| Box 12 | Folder 53 | 1893 - letter (copy), to George V. Massey, refers to official Fair badges for Commissioners and Alternates and reports Pennsylvania Railroad purchased a $140,000 bond, 1 p., 1893 February 15 |
| Box 12 | Folder 54 | 1893 - letter (copy), to George R. Davis, regarding the exhibition of musical instruments, 1 p., 1893 February 17 |
| Box 12 | Folder 45 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Frederick Law Olmsted, refers to the condition of the land between the Horticultural Building and the Propagating Houses, 1 p., 1893 February 18 |
| Box 12 | Folder 46 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Frederick Law Olmsted, reports on a meeting with Daniel Burnham and proposes Olmstead design the landscape between the Horticultural Building and the Propagating Houses, 1 p., 1893 February 18 |
| Box 12 | Folder 55 | 1893 - letter (copy), to O.C. Bosbyshell, encloses 6 passes to the fairgrounds and tickets for the Illinois Central train line, 1 p., 1893 February 20 |
| Box 12 | Folder 56 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Carter H. Harrison, Mayor, City of Chicago, refers to a possible railroad workers’ strike, 2 p., 1893 February 23 |
| Box 12 | Folder 47 | [1893]- letter (copy), to John B. Green, thanks Green for bond subscription, 1 p., [1893 February] |
| Box 12 | Folder 48 | [1893] - letter (copy), to Spaulding and Company, order for 485 bronze badges, 1 p., [1893 February] |
| Box 12 | Folder 57 | 1893 - letter (copy), to O.C. Bosbyshell, thanks him for the 15 Columbian half dollars and refers to the 100 special issue coins, 1 p., 1893 March 10 |
| Box 12 | Folder 58 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Edward B. Butler, requests WCE not require a bond from the U.S. Mint, 1 p., 1893 April 13 |
| Box 12 | Folder 59 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Spaulding & Company, order for Fair badges for the officers, directors, commissioners, lady managers, chiefs of departments, etc., 3 p., 1893 April 25 |
| Box 12 | Folder 60 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Spaulding & Company, order for an additional badge for Ellsworth, 1 p., 1893 April 25 |
| Box 12 | Folder 61 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Spaulding & Company, order for Fair badges for the Vice President and 2nd Vice President of the WCE, 1 p., 1893 April 25 |
| Box 12 | Folder 62 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Spaulding & Company, order for Fair badge for the Infanta Eulalia of Spain, 1 p., 1893 May 29 |
| Box 12 | Folder 63 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Spaulding & Company, explains that gold badges are reserved for those holding authority on the fairgrounds, 1 p., 1893 July 17 |
| Box 12 | Folder 64 | 1893 - letter (copy), to “Sir,” notice of meeting of the Music Committee, 1 p., 1893 July 31 |
| Box 12 | Folder 65 | 1893 - note (copy), with response from Key, to George H. Wilson, forwards a reimbursement for Bureau of Music Assistant Pierre V.R. Key, 1 p., 1893 August 26 |
| Box 12 | Folder 66 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Edwin Walker, refers to the Exposition gondola company and boat landings, 1 p., 1893 September 4 |
| Box 12 | Folder 67 | 1893 - letter (copy), to George H. Wilson, reports on meeting to engage Sousa’s Band, 1 p., 1893 September 6 |
| Box 12 | Folder 68 | 1893 - note (copy), to Captain [?] Burke, forwards correspondence, 1 p., 1893 November 22 |
| Box 12 | Folder 69 | 1893 - note (copy), to Bishop P. McHale, regarding the Vatican loan of exhibited materials to the Field Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1893 November 22 |
| Box 12 | Folder 70 | 1893 - letter (copy), to Ferdinand W. Peck, regarding re-coining of the unsold Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 November 22 |
| Box 12 | Folder 71 | 1893 - letter (copy), to William E. Curtis, regarding the Alexander VI and Columbus portraits, maps and mosaics lent by the Vatican, 2 p., 1893 December 2 |
| Box 12 | Folder 72 | 1893 - telegram (copy) from J.G. Carlisle to Anthony F. Seeburger, referred to Ellsworth, regarding unsold Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 5 |
| Box 12 | Folder 73 | 1893 - telegram (copy) from J.G. Carlisleto Anthony F. Seeburger, regarding the unsold Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1893 December 6 |
| Box 12 | Folder 74 | 1893 - typed letter (copy) to Howard O. Edmund, refers to settlement between the WCE Board of Directors and the Board of the South Park Commissioners, 1 p., 1893 December 7 |
| Box 12 | Folder 76 | 1894 - letter (copy), to R.E. Preston, requests reimbursement for the re-coining and shipment of the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., 1894 September 18 |
| Box 12 | Folder 75 | [1894] - letter (copy), to an unknown correspondent, regarding the cost of re-coining the Columbian half dollars, 1 p., [1894] |
| Box 12 | Folder 77 | 1894 - letter to the WCE Board of Directors, proposes the creation of a permanent organization of the WCE Board of Directors, 1 p., 1894 |
| Box 12 | Folder 78 | 1894 - form letter (copy) with response, to Milton W. Kir, proposes the creation of a permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 |
| Box 12 | Folder 79 | 1894 - form letter (copy), with response to William Chalmer, proposes the creation of a permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 |
| Box 12 | Folder 80 | 1894 - form letter (copy), with response, to Franklin H. Head, proposes the creation of a permanent organization of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1894 |
| Box 12 | Folder 81 | 1895 - note (copy) from Ellsworth’s secretary, to [WCE Board of Directors], reports Ellsworth has been unable to organize a permanent association of World’s Fair Directors, 1 p., 1895 January 23 |
| Box 12 | Folder 82 | 1896 - letter (copy), to J.M. Harlan, refers to the Lake Front Ordinance fixing the site of the Field Columbian Museum and also discusses the development of lakefront land near the Art Institute, 1 p., 1896 September 11 |
| Box 12 | Folder 83 | 1896 - letter (copy), to George B. Swift, Mayor, City of Chicago, requests meeting on lakefront ordinance, 1 p., 1896 September 11 |
| Box 12 | Folder 84 | 1898 - letter, to Honorable Judges of the Circuit Bench, Cook County, Illinois, letter of resignation from the South Park Commissioners, 1 p., 1898 June 16 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | 1901 - form letter announcing the establishment of the Field Columbian Museum, 1 p., 1901 August 1 |
| Box 12 | Folder 85 | 1901 - letter (copy), to John Boyd Thatcher, regarding the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, 1 p., 1901 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | Undated - letter (copy), to Mayor [George Swift] and the Chicago City Council, regarding ordinance authorizing the South Park Commissioners to take land for the Field Columbian Museum, 1 p., undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 | Undated - letter (copy), to John Newell, regarding railroads and their proxies for the Fair, 1 p., undated |
Series 2: Departmental Records, 1890-1897, 1961
Scope and Content
The Departmental Records Series consist of materials from 22 Exposition departments and divisions. Items in the Departmental Records document Ellsworth’s interactions with the activities of each department through reports, circulars, rules and regulations, information for exhibitors and other printed materials provided to him in his role with the Board of Directors. Significant materials include four folders related to the Columbian Guard (Box 15, Folders 22-25), information on controversies in the Bureau of Music (a division of the Department of Liberal Arts) and reports and information on 15 divisions within the Department of Works.
Arrangement
Series 2: Departmental Records are arranged alphabetically according to department, and sub-arranged alphabetically by division and/or topic.
| Box 13 | Folder 21 | Auditor’s Department, classification of accounts, 1892 February |
| Box 13 | Folder 22 | Auditor’s Department, classification of accounts, 1892 July |
| Box 13 | Folder 23 | Auditor’s Department, classification of accounts, 1893 January |
| Box 13 | Folder 24 | Auditor’s Department, cost estimates for Exposition departments, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 25 | Auditor’s Department, cost estimates for lighting, 1891 February 17 |
| Box 13 | Folder 26 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1892 January 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 27 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1892 August 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 28 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1892 October 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 29 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1892 November 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 30 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1892 December 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 31 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1893 January 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 32 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1893 May 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 33 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1893 July 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 34 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1893 August 7 |
| Box 13 | Folder 35 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1893 October 6 |
| Box 13 | Folder 36 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1893 November 12 |
| Box 13 | Folder 37 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1893 December 12 |
| Box 13 | Folder 38 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1894 January 12 |
| Box 13 | Folder 39 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1894 February 11 |
| Box 13 | Folder 40 | Auditor’s Department, report, 1894 June 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 41 | Auditor’s Department, statement of the Acting Auditor, C.V. Barrington, 1894 January 12 |
| Box 16 | Folder 14 | Board of Directors, by-laws, undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 15 | Board of Directors, Committee on Awards, Regulations Governing Awards, 1893 June 8 |
| Box 16 | Folder 16 | Board of Directors, Committee on Awards, report, 1891 February 11 |
| Box 16 | Folder 17 | Board of Directors, Committee on Awards, official ribbon, 1893 |
| Box 16 | Folder 23 | Board of Directors, Committee on Ceremonies, Closing Ceremonies, programs, 1893 October 30 |
| Box 16 | Folder 19 | Board of Directors, Committee on Ceremonies, Dedicatory Ceremonies, programs, invitations and tickets, 1892 October 19-22 |
| Box 16 | Folder 21 | Board of Directors, Committee on Ceremonies, [Dedicatory Ceremonies], program, 1892 October 19-22 |
| Box 16 | Folder 20 | Board of Directors, Committee on Ceremonies, fireworks display at Washington, Lincoln and Garfield Parks, program, 1892 October 21 |
| Box 16 | Folder 18 | Board of Directors, Committee on Ceremonies, miscellaneous notes and correspondence, 1892 |
| Box 16 | Folder 22 | Board of Directors, Committee on Ceremonies, Opening Ceremonies, programs, 1893 May 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 24 | Board of Directors, Committee on Estimates, estimated expenditures and estimated resources, undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 25 | Board of Directors, Committee on Estimates, summary of expenditures, 1891 February 20 |
| Box 16 | Folder 26 | Board of Directors, Committee on Fine Arts, resolution regarding The Netherlands loan of certain works of art to the Exposition (2 copies), 1890 October 23 |
| Box 16 | Folder 28 | Board of Directors, Committee on Grounds and Buildings, report, 1890 September 8 |
| Box 16 | Folder 29 | Board of Directors, Committee on Grounds and Buildings, report, 1891 August 31 |
| Box 16 | Folder 30 | Board of Directors, Debenture Bonds, resolution, 1892 September 9 |
| Box 16 | Folder 27 | Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Official Catalogue, publication rights certificate (2 copies), 1893 January 6 |
| Box 18 | Folder 75 | Board of Directors, Officers and Directors roster, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 73 | Board of Directors, roll call/voting list, undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 31 | Board of Directors, Secretary’s Office, estimate of expenses, 1890 |
| Box 16 | Folder 32 | Board of Directors, Secretary’s Office, general correspondence, 1890-1891 |
| Box 16 | Folder 33 | Board of Directors, Secretary’s Office, Remarks and Speech of the Honorable Benjamin Butterworth, hand presses in the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, 1890 |
| Box 16 | Folder 34 | Board of Directors, Treasurer’s Office, statement of expenditures, 1891 February 6 |
| Box 14 | Folder 20 | Board of Lady Managers, general correspondence, badge and seals, circa 1893 |
| Box 14 | Folder 21 | Board of Lady Managers, roster, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 22 | Board of Lady Managers, printed correspondence and report presented to the Board of Lady Managers from the States, Territories, District of Columbia and City of Chicago, 1891 February, 1893 September |
| Box 15 | Folder 3 | Board of Reference and Control, rules and regulations, 1891 May 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 3 | [Bureau of Admissions and Collections], lists of bronze badge recipients, 1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, Chicago Day tickets (12), 1893 October 9 |
| Box 13 | Folder 1 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, daily statement of railroad coupons collected, 1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, Dedicatory Ceremonies tickets, complimentary passes (18), 1892 October |
| Box 13 | Folder 4 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, Opening Ceremonies tickets, Complimentary Pass, 1893 May 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, entrance tickets (3), 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 10 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, Festival and Music Halls tickets (20), 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 6 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, General Admission tickets (4), 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 7 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, Manhattan Day tickets (3), 1893 October 21 |
| Box 13 | Folder 8 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, Midway Plaisance tickets (22), 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 9 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, miscellaneous tickets (19), 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 11 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, parade and pageant tickets, 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 12 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, special rail accommodation tickets (6), 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 13 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, State Buildings tickets (2), 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 14 | Bureau of Admissions and Collections, World’s Congress Auxiliary tickets (2), 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 42 | Citizen’s Committee on Reception & Comfort, Programme of Days and Order of Ceremonies, circa 1892 |
| Box 13 | Folder 15 | Department of Agriculture, applications for exhibit space, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 16 | Department of Agriculture, exhibitors’ tickets, circa 1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 17 | Department of Agriculture, Official Catalogue information sheet, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 18 | Department of Agriculture, Rules Governing Dairy Tests, circa 1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 19 | Department of Agriculture, Special Rules and Information, circa 1892 |
| Box 13 | Folder 20 | Department of Agriculture, Special Rules and Information governing the exhibit of Bees, Honey, Beeswax, and Bee Appliances [See also: Oversize Folder 1, packaging label], undated |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Department of Agriculture, Special Rules and Information governing the exhibit of Bees, Honey, Beeswax, and Bee Appliances, packaging label, undated | |
| Box 13 | Folder 43 | Department of Electricity, Electrical and Pneumatical Appliances, general correspondence to exhibitors, circa 1892-1893 |
| Box 13 | Folder 44 | Department of Electricity, Electrical and Pneumatical Appliances, permits and acceptance letters of exhibit space, 1891-1893 |
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | Department of Fine Arts, circulars, 1891-1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 | Department of Fine Arts, Extracts from the General Regulations of the Art Department, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 | Department of Fine Arts, packaging label, circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 14 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Bulgarian Exhibits, classified catalogue, circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Commissions of Foreign Countries on the United States, roster of Foreign Commissioners in the United States, 1893 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 | Department of Foreign Affairs, general informational material, Portuguese, circa 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 15 | Department of Foreign Affairs, German Exhibits, circulars, rules and regulations, space allocation information, circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Information for Foreign Exhibitors, English, 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Information for Foreign Exhibitors, French, circa 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 8 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Information for Foreign Exhibitors, German, 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 9 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Information for Foreign Exhibitors, Italian, 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 10 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Information for Foreign Exhibitors, Spanish, 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 16 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Irish Village Exhibits, flyer [missing], undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 17 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Java Village, pamphlets (2), circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 18 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands Exhibits, resolution to the U.S. Secretary of State regarding the loan of certain works of art from Amsterdam and The Hague to the Exposition, circa 1890 |
| Box 14 | Folder 19 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Exhibits, catalogue appendices, 1893 |
| Box 14 | Folder 11 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Women’s Building/Board of Lady Managers, pamphlets, French, circa 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 12 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Women’s Building/Board of Lady Managers, pamphlets, German, circa 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 13 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Women’s Building/Board of Lady Managers, pamphlets, Spanish, circa 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 24 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Charities and Correction, report, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 27 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, announcements, 1892-1893 |
| Box 14 | Folder 34 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, Children’s Celebration of Washington’s Birthday, programs, 1890 February 22 |
| Box 14 | Folder 28 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, concert bulletin, 1893 May 15-30 |
| Box 14 | Folder 29 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, concert bulletin, (2 copies, corrected to 1893 April 5), 1893 August 1 |
| Box 14 | Folder 31 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, Contract of Orchestral Services, with notes, circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 35 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, Festival Hall Series #3, Wagner programs, 1893 May 30 |
| Box 14 | Folder 36 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, German House Music, programs, 1893 May 23 |
| Box 14 | Folder 32 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, invitation, Mass rehearsal, 1892 October 5 |
| Box 14 | Folder 37 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, The Lineff Russian Choir, “The Russian Peasant Wedding,” programs, 1893 October 24 |
| Box 14 | Folder 33 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, lists of composers and concert singers, circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 38 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, Music Hall Inaugural Concert, programs with notes, 1893 May 2 |
| Box 14 | Folder 30 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, news clippings of the controversy regarding the exhibit of Steinway Pianos and Ignace Paderewski’s performance, 1893 |
| Box 14 | Folder 41 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, regulations, 1892 June 30 |
| Box 14 | Folder 42 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, report of G.H. Wilson, Special Commissioner to Europe, [1892] March 23-May 14 |
| Box 14 | Folder 43 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, report no. 2 with suggestions regarding music at the Exposition, 1891 December 2 |
| Box 14 | Folder 44 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, report, [1892 May] |
| Box 14 | Folder 45 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, salary statements, [1893] |
| Box 14 | Folder 39 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, Service Building Concerts, programs, 1892 December 19; 1893 January 22; 1893 February 12; 1893 February 19; 1893 February 26 |
| Box 14 | Folder 40 | Department of Liberal Arts, Bureau of Music, Women’s Amateur Musical Clubs, programs, 1893 |
| Box 14 | Folder 25 | Department of Liberal Arts, Educational Exhibit, Circular no. 2, circa 1891 |
| Box 14 | Folder 26 | Department of Liberal Arts, Educational Exhibit, Circular no. 4 (2 copies), circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 46 | Department of Liberal Arts, report, 1892 May 2 |
| Box 14 | Folder 47 | Department of Liberal Arts, report, 1892 October 5 |
| Box 14 | Folder 48 | Department of Liberal Arts, report, 1892 November 7 |
| Box 14 | Folder 49 | Department of Liberal Arts, report, 1893 January 5 |
| Box 14 | Folder 50 | Department of Liberal Arts, report, 1893 April 6 |
| Box 14 | Folder 51 | Department of Liberal Arts, report, 1893 May 5 |
| Box 14 | Folder 52 | Department of Livestock, exhibit entry forms, Cattle, Horses and Swine, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 53 | Department of Livestock, exhibit entry form, Kennel Exhibit, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 54 | Department of Livestock, exhibit entry form, Pigeon Exhibit, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 55 | Department of Livestock, exhibit entry form, Poultry Exhibit, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 56 | Department of Livestock, rules and regulations, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 57 | Department of Machinery, exhibit shipping correspondence, circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 58 | Department of Machinery, space permits and applications, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 59 | Department of Manufactures, space permits and acceptance letters, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 60 | Department of Mines, Mining & Metallurgy, metallurgical specimens, general information, circa 1892 |
| Box 14 | Folder 61 | Department of Mines, Mining & Metallurgy, metallurgical, sample and permit cards (8), 1892-1893 |
| Box 15 | Folder 1 | Department of Publicity and Promotion, “Chicago and the World’s Columbian Exposition,” maps by Midway Publishing Company, 1892 |
| Box 15 | Folder 2 | Department of Publicity and Promotion, promotional article, Portuguese, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 16 | Department of Transportation, general information and correspondence, 1892-1893 |
| Box 15 | Folder 17 | Department of Transportation, Official Catalogue, information form, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 18 | Department of Transportation, packaging labels (2), undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 19 | Department of Transportation, rules and regulations, 1892-1893 |
| Box 15 | Folder 20 | Department of Transportation, space permit and application forms, 1892-1893 |
| Box 15 | Folder 21 | Department of Works, Architectural Department, final report of the Department of the Chief Draughtsman, circa 1892 |
| Box 15 | Folder 22 | Department of Works, Columbian Guard, article, “[I was a] Guard at the Greatest Fair of them All” by Bently W. Sinclair, 1961 |
| Box 15 | Folder 23 | Department of Works, Columbian Guard, questionnaire for guards, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 24 | Department of Works, Columbian Guard, rules and regulations, map, 1892 |
| Box 15 | Folder 25 | Department of Works, Department of Decorations and Functions, report with index, includes list of artists for mural decoration, list of sculptors for sculpture of buildings, building inscriptions, report of “functions”, list of special days celebrated at the Fair, 1893 November 4 |
| Box 15 | Folder 29 | Department of Works, Director of Works, report conclusion, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 26 | Department of Works, Director of Works, report on construction, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 27 | Department of Works, Director of Works, report on design with list of architects, painters, and sculptors employed by the Fair, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 28 | Department of Works, Director of Works, report on organization with list of “appointed men who did invaluable service...”, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 30 | Department of Works, Electrical Engineering Department, construction report, with index that includes temporary construction, arc and incandescent lighting, electric power, power plant, and alarm and communications systems, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 31 | Department of Works, Electrical Engineering Department, operating report, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 32 | Department of Works, Electrical Engineering Department, organization report, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 33 | Department of Works, Engineering Department, report of E.C. Shankland, Chief Engineer, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 34 | Department of Works, Fire Department, location of fire alarm boxes, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 35 | Department of Works, Fire Department, report of the Fire Marshall, includes detailed summary of the fire in the Cold Storage Warehouse, 1894 April 30 |
| Box 15 | Folder 36 | Department of Works, General Superintendent of Buildings, report, includes report of the Superintendent of Exterior Covering, 1894 January 9 |
| Box 16 | Folder 1 | Department of Works, Landscape, Roads, and Miscellaneous Departments, report, includes janitorial, snow removal, undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 2 | Department of Works, Mechanical Department, Programme of Review of Passenger Launches, with map, 1892 July 14 |
| Box 16 | Folder 3 | Department of Works, Mechanical Department, report, includes construction, undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 4 | Department of Works, Mechanical Department, report, 1894 January 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 5 | Department of Works, Medical Department, report with index and list of deaths and injuries at the Fair, 1893 November 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 6 | Department of Works, Purchasing Agent, report, 1894 April 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 7 | Department of Works, Survey and Grades Department, report, 1893 November 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 8 | Department of Works, Transportation Department, report (1 of 2), undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 9 | Department of Works, Transportation Department, report (2 of 2), undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 10 | Department of Works, Water Supply, Sewerage and Fire Protection Department, report, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 23 | Law Department, report of the attorney, circa 1893 |
| Box 15 | Folder 4 | South Park Commissioners, Lake Front Park, estimated improvements costs, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 5 | South Park Commissioners, World’s Columbian Exposition, site proceedings, 1890 September 22 |
| Box 15 | Folder 6 | South Park Commissioners, Lake Front Park regulation ordinance, 1895 October 21 |
| Box 15 | Folder 7 | South Park Commissioners, statement of account with tax rates, 1869-1895, circa 1895 |
| Box 15 | Folder 8 | South Park Commissioners, statement of resources and liabilities, 1897 February 1 |
| Box 18 | Folder 76 | Standing Committees, roster, 1892 |
| Box 16 | Folder 11 | World’s Columbian Commission (WCC), by-laws, undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 13 | World’s Columbian Commission (WCC), Executive Committee on Awards, supplemental final report, 1896 May 27 |
| Box 18 | Folder 74 | World’s Columbian Commission (WCC), Officers and Commissioners roster, undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 12 | World’s Columbian Commission (WCC), Standing Committees, roster with manuscript annotations, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 11 | World’s Columbian Exposition Corporation, stock certificates, variable shares, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 12 | World’s Columbian Exposition Corporation, stock certificates, one share (green), undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 13 | World’s Columbian Exposition Corporation, stock certificates, two shares (orange), undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 14 | World’s Columbian Exposition Corporation, stock certificates, five shares (blue), undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 15 | World’s Columbian Exposition Corporation, stock certificates, ten shares (olive), undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 9 | World’s Columbian Exposition Corporation, stockholder general correspondence and receipts, 1890 |
| Box 15 | Folder 10 | World’s Columbian Exposition Corporation, stockholder proxies, 1892 |
Series 3: Ephemera, 1887-1909
Scope and Content
The Ephemera series consists of materials collected or retained by Ellsworth, primarily related to his commitments as a member of the World’s Columbian Exposition’s Board of Directors. The series includes bonds, invitations, lists, menus, notes, programs, ribbons, sketches, souvenirs and Ellsworth’s address book.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged alphabetically by type of documentation or topic. The invitations are arranged chronologically.
| Box 17 | Folder 1 | Address and commonplace book (James W. Ellsworth), includes Chicago park acreage, European business locations, genealogy notes, Langyao vase notes, circa 1891 |
| Box 17 | Folder 4 | Banquet in honor of Daniel H. Burnham, menu, 1893 March 25 |
| Box 17 | Folder 5 | Banquet in honor of Don Cristobal Colon de la Cerda, Duke of Veragua, menu, 1893 May 2 |
| Box 17 | Folder 6 | Banquet in honor of the Foreign Commissioners, hosted by the Royal Korean Commissioner, menu, 1893 September 5 |
| Box 17 | Folder 7 | Banquet in honor of the Foreign Commissioners, menu, 1893 October 11 |
| Box 17 | Folder 8 | Banquet in honor of Thomas W. Palmer, President of the World’s Columbian Commission, menu, 1893 October 25 |
| Box 17 | Folder 9 | Banquet in honor of the first regular meeting of the Director’s Association, menu, 1895 May 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 10 | Brief and argument for appellant, James W. Ellsworth vs. Miner T. Ames, 1887 March |
| Box 17 | Folder 11 | By-laws, revised, 1891 March 13 |
| Box 17 | Folder 12 | Calling cards, miscellaneous, including one for Mr. Ellsworth (7), undated |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Chart, miscellaneous committees, undated | |
| Box 17 | Folder 13 | Columbian half dollar, design sketches, circa 1892 |
| Box 17 | Folder 14 | Columbian half dollar, notes on re-coining the remaining unsold Columbian half dollars, circa 1894 |
| Box 17 | Folder 15 | Columbian half dollar, photocopies of $10,000 check to purchase the First Columbian half dollar, 1892 |
| Box 17 | Folder 16 | Cyclorama of Jackson Park, circular from the stockholders, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 17 | Debenture bonds, $100 (olive), 1892 |
| Box 17 | Folder 18 | Debenture bonds, $500 (brown), 1892 |
| Box 17 | Folder 19 | Debenture bonds, $1000 (green), 1892 |
| Box 17 | Folder 20 | Debenture bonds, $1000 (orange), 1893 |
| Box 17 | Folder 21 | Debenture bonds, $5000 (green), 1893 |
| Box 17 | Folder 22 | Debenture bonds, $5000 (orange), 1892 |
| Box 17 | Folder 24 | Debenture bonds, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, railroad subscriptions, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 25 | Debenture bonds, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail Road, railroad subscriptions, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 26 | Debenture bonds, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, railroad subscriptions, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 27 | Debenture bonds, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, railroad subscriptions, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 28 | Debenture bonds, Michigan Central Rail Road Company, railroad subscriptions, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 29 | Debenture bonds, Pennsylvania Railroad Company (Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company), railroad subscriptions, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 23 | Debenture bonds, railroad subscriptions, manuscript notes, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 30 | Exhibits, exhibitor’s card, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 31 | Exhibits Art, artwork removal form, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 32 | Exhibits Art, Hudson Fulton Commission, Committee on Art Exhibits, resolution, 1909 November 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 33 | Guest list, dinner at Ellsworth’s house, 1896 |
| Box 17 | Folder 2 | Interstate Industrial Exposition of Chicago, announcement and signed memo, 1888 |
| Box 17 | Folder 39 | Invitations 1892 - Daniel H. Burnham hosted breakfast and fairgrounds visit, [1892] May 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 40 | Invitations 1892 - Daniel H. Burnham hosted breakfast, 1892 September 10 |
| Box 17 | Folder 41 | Invitations 1892 - New York Columbian Celebration Loan Exhibition, hosted by the National Academy of Design, 1892 October 8 |
| Box 17 | Folder 42 | Invitations 1892 - 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America, hosted by the City of New York, 1892 October 10-13 |
| Box 17 | Folder 43 | Invitations 1892 - Dedication of Buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition, ceremonies hosted by the World’s Columbian Commission, 1892 October 11-13 |
| Box 17 | Folder 44 | Invitations 1892 - New York Columbian Celebration (Grandstand Seat), 1892 October 12 |
| Box 17 | Folder 45 | Invitations 1892 - 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America, hosted by George Pullman and Marshall Field, 1892 October 19 |
| Box 17 | Folder 46 | Invitations 1892 - Civic Parade hosted by the Joint Committee on Ceremonies, 1892 October 20 |
| Box 17 | Folder 47 | Invitations 1892 - Army, Navy, Loyal Legion and National Guard, officer reception, 1892 October 20 |
| Box 17 | Folder 48 | Invitations 1892 - New York State Building, dedication, 1892 October 22 |
| Box 17 | Folder 49 | Invitations 1892 - World’s Columbian Commission, banquet, 1892 October 24 |
| Box 17 | Folder 50 | Invitations 1892 - Illinois Woman’s Exposition Board Exhibit, private viewing, [1892] November 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 51 | Invitations 1892 - Thomas Ryan, U.S. Minister to Mexico, meeting hosted by George R. Davis, Director-General of the World’s Columbian Commission, [1892] November 2 |
| Box 17 | Folder 52 | Invitations 1892 - Higinbotham Family, reception, [1892] December 16 |
| Box 17 | Folder 53 | Invitations 1892 - Board of World’s Fair Managers of the State of Montana, view of the silver statue “Justice” by R.H. Park, [1892] December 20 |
| Box 17 | Folder 54 | Invitations 1893 - Marechal Jose Simeao de Oliveira, dinner hosted by the President of the Brazilian Commission, [1893] March 11 |
| Box 17 | Folder 55 | Invitations 1893 - Castle at the German Village, Midway Plaisance, dedication, 1893 March 16 |
| Box 17 | Folder 56 | Invitations 1893 - Ho-o-Den Phoenix Palace, dedication hosted by the Imperial Commissioner of Japan, 1893 March 31 |
| Box 17 | Folder 57 | Invitations 1893 - George R. Davis, Director-General, World’s Columbian Commission, conference on musical features, [1893 April] |
| Box 17 | Folder 58 | Invitations 1893 - Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, “John Bull” train trip from New York to Chicago, 1893 April 17-22 |
| Box 17 | Folder 59 | Invitations 1893 - Panorama of the Bernese Alps, Midway Plaisance, opening, 1893 April 20 |
| Box 17 | Folder 60 | Invitations 1893 - Naval Review in New York Harbor, hosted by the General Managers of the Exhibit of the State of New York, 1893 April 27 |
| Box 17 | Folder 61 | Invitations 1893 - Daniel H. Burnham, breakfast with menu, 1893 April 30 |
| Box 17 | Folder 62 | Invitations 1893 - Opening Ceremonies, 1893 May 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 63 | Invitations 1893 - Woman’s Building, opening exercises hosted by the Board of Lady Managers, 1893 May 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 64 | Invitations 1893 - Duke of Veragua, dinner, 1893 May 2 |
| Box 17 | Folder 65 | Invitations 1893 - French Commissioner General to the WCE, dinner, [1893] May 4 |
| Box 17 | Folder 66 | Invitations 1893 - French Section of the Fine Arts Building, viewing hosted by the Commissioner of Fine Arts for France, [1893] May 5 |
| Box 17 | Folder 67 | Invitations 1893 - Duke and Duchess of Veragua, hosted by the Columbian Club of Chicago, 1893 May 5 |
| Box 17 | Folder 68 | Invitations 1893 - Admiral Gerardi, breakfast meeting hosted by the WCE President, [1893] May 8 |
| Box 17 | Folder 69 | Invitations 1893 - International Dress and Costume Exhibit, opening, Midway Plaisance, [1893] May 10 |
| Box 17 | Folder 70 | Invitations 1893 - Belgian Section, opening hosted by the Belgian Commissioner (2), [1893] May 11 |
| Box 17 | Folder 71 | Invitations 1893 - Century Company Exhibit, opening, 1893 May 11 |
| Box 17 | Folder 72 | Invitations 1893 - Commissioners of the State of New York, dinner, [1893] May 12 |
| Box 17 | Folder 73 | Invitations 1893 - Illinois State Building, dedication hosted by the Illinois Board of World’s Fair Commissioners, 1893 May 18 |
| Box 17 | Folder 74 | Invitations 1893 - American Newspapers Publishers Association, reception, 1893 May 23 |
| Box 17 | Folder 75 | Invitations 1893 - British Royal Commissioners and the Commissioners for the British Colonies, reception to celebrate Her Majesty’s birthday, 1893 May 24 |
| Box 17 | Folder 76 | Invitations 1893 - Maine Day, hosted by the Board of World’s Fair Managers of Maine, 1893 May 24 |
| Box 17 | Folder 77 | Invitations 1893 - Austrian Section of the Fine Arts Building, viewing hosted by the Commissioner of Fine Arts for Austria, 1893 May 25 |
| Box 17 | Folder 78 | Invitations 1893 - Commissioner General of Russia, dinner, 1893 May 27 |
| Box 17 | Folder 79 | Invitations 1893 - Dahomey Village, opening, Midway Plaisance, 1893 May 29 |
| Box 18 | Folder 1 | Invitations 1893 - German Section, Palace of Mechanic Arts, installation, [1893] June 1 |
| Box 18 | Folder 2 | Invitations 1893 - Kentucky State Building, dedication hosted by the Kentucky Board of Managers, 1893 June 1 |
| Box 18 | Folder 3 | Invitations 1893 - Hampden Hotel, opening, 1893 June 3 |
| Box 18 | Folder 4 | Invitations 1893 - Italian Fine Arts Section, opening hosted by the Royal Commissioner of Fine Arts for Italy, [1893] June 3 |
| Box 18 | Folder 5 | Invitations 1893 - Moorish Palace, opening, Midway Plaisance, 1893 June 3 |
| Box 18 | Folder 6 | Invitations 1893 - French Educational and Publishers Exhibits, opening, 1893 June 10 |
| Box 18 | Folder 7 | Invitations 1893 - Tiffany & Company Pavilion, opening, 1893 June 14 |
| Box 18 | Folder 8 | Invitations 1893 - Indiana State Building, dedication hosted by the Board of World’s Fair Managers of Indiana, 1893 June 15 |
| Box 18 | Folder 9 | Invitations 1893 - Michigan Military Academy, graduation exercises, Music Hall, [1893] June 15 |
| Box 18 | Folder 10 | Invitations 1893 - Massachusetts Board of World’s Fair Managers, reception in honor of Governor William E. Russell, 1893 June 17 |
| Box 18 | Folder 11 | Invitations 1893 - Infanta Eulalia of Spain, reception hosted by the WCE President, 1893 June 18 |
| Box 18 | Folder 12 | Invitations 1893 - California World’s Fair Commission, reception, 1893 June 19 |
| Box 18 | Folder 13 | Invitations 1893 - Ferris Wheel, opening, Midway Plaisance, 1893 June 21 |
| Box 18 | Folder 14 | Invitations 1893 - Agriculture and Forestry Buildings, exhibit viewing, 1893 June 24 |
| Box 18 | Folder 15 | Invitations 1893, Workingman’s Model Home, opening, [1893] June 24 |
| Box 18 | Folder 16 | Invitations 1893 - New Hampshire State Building, reception, 1893 June 26 |
| Box 18 | Folder 17 | Invitations 1893 - Ottoman Pavilion, exhibit viewing hosted by the Ottoman Commissioners, 1893 June 26 |
| Box 18 | Folder 18 | Invitations 1893 - Vocalion Organ, dedication hosted by the Committee on Music, 1893 July 5 |
| Box 18 | Folder 19 | Invitations 1893 - Benjamin Butterworth, Secretary, World’s Columbian Commission, dinner, [1893] July 6 |
| Box 18 | Folder 20 | Invitations 1893 - Donegal Castle, Irish Village, reception to meet Walter Besant, Midway Plaisance, [1893] July 13 |
| Box 18 | Folder 21 | Invitations 1893 - Imperial Ottoman Commissioner General and Commissioners, dinner, [1893] July 15 |
| Box 18 | Folder 22 | Invitations 1893 - John Philip Sousa and his Concert Band, performance, 1893 July 15 |
| Box 18 | Folder 23 | Invitations 1893 - Brazilian Building, opening hosted by the Brazilian Commission, 1893 July 19 |
| Box 18 | Folder 24 | Invitations 1893 - Imperial Japanese Commissioners, dinner, [1893] July 25 |
| Box 18 | Folder 25 | Invitations 1893 - Illinois Board of World’s Fair Commissioners, reception in honor of the National, Foreign and State Commissioners, 1893 July 26 |
| Box 18 | Folder 26 | Invitations 1893 - Commissioners of the Republic of Haiti, reception in the Haitian Building, [1893] August 16 |
| Box 18 | Folder 27 | Invitations 1893 - Guatemala Commission, marimba concert, 1893 August 17 |
| Box 18 | Folder 28 | Invitations 1893 – Board of Lady Managers, reception to meet the West Point Cadets, [1893] August 25 |
| Box 18 | Folder 29 | Invitations 1893 - Brazilian Commission, concert by Maestro Carlos Gomes, to celebrate the Anniversary of Brazilian Independence, [1893] September 7 |
| Box 18 | Folder 30 | Invitations 1893 - Austrian Galleries, viewing hosted by the Delegate of Fine Arts for Austria, [1893] September 28 |
| Box 18 | Folder 31 | Invitations 1893 - Massachusetts State Board of World’s Fair Managers, reception, [1893] September 28 |
| Box 18 | Folder 32 | Invitations 1893 - Japanese Delegates to the Religious Parliament, World’s Congress Auxiliary, reception, [1893] September 29 |
| Box 18 | Folder 33 | Invitations 1893 - Imperial Japanese Commission, reception, 1893 October 5 |
| Box 18 | Folder 34 | Invitations 1893 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, reception, 1893 October 11 |
| Box 18 | Folder 35 | Invitations 1893 - Board of Directors, banquet in honor of the Foreign Commissioners, 1893 October 11 |
| Box 18 | Folder 36 | Invitations 1893 - Foreign Commissioners, reception hosted by the ladies, 1893 October 11 |
| Box 18 | Folder 37 | Invitations 1893 - Manhattan Day, celebration hosted by the City of New York, 1893 October 21 |
| Box 18 | Folder 38 | Invitations 1893 - Chiefs of the WCE Departments, reception, 1893 October 23 |
| Box 18 | Folder 39 | Invitations 1893 - Children’s Building, reception hosted by the trustees of the McCowen Oral School for Young Deaf Children, 1893 October 23-24 |
| Box 18 | Folder 40 | Invitations 1893 - Commissioner General for Russia, gala performance of the “Russian Peasant Wedding,” [1893] October 24 |
| Box 18 | Folder 41 | Invitations 1893 - Thomas W. Palmer, President of the World’s Columbian Commission, reception to honor, 1893 October 25 |
| Box 18 | Folder 42 | Invitations 1893 - Donegal Castle, Irish Village, Midway Plaisance, reception, [1893] October 28 |
| Box 18 | Folder 43 | Invitations 1893 - Imperial Representative Commissioner, luncheon, 1893 December 21 |
| Box 17 | Folder 34 | Invitations undated - miscellaneous, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 35 | Invitations undated - New York State Building, tour, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 36 | Invitations undated - Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, tour, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 37 | Invitations undated - Volcano of Kilauea, Midway Plaisance, exhibit viewing, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 38 | Invitations undated - Clement A. Griscom, lunch, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 44 | Invoices, miscellaneous, includes Tiffany & Co. die for medal, 1890, 1892, 1894, undated |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Jackson Park (Olmstead & Company), drawing, undated | |
| Box 18 | Folder 45 | Jackson Park, circular letter regarding the suitability of Jackson Park for the World’s Columbian Exposition, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 46 | Jackson Park, circular letter regarding the suitability of Jackson Park for the World’s Columbian Exposition, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 47 | Lotto Portrait of Columbus - “The Genuine Portrait of Christopher Columbus by Lorenzo Lotto,” article by Antonio delle Rovere, manuscript (copy?), circa 1891 |
| Box 18 | Folder 48 | Lotto Portrait of Columbus - “The Lotto Portrait of Columbus,” article by John Van Dyke, typescript (copy), circa 1892 |
| Box 18 | Folder 49 | Lotto Portrait of Columbus - “A Portrait of Christopher Columbus,” article by Salvatore Raniere, typescript (copy), 1890 |
| Box 18 | Folder 50 | Lotto Portrait of Columbus - “The Portrait of Columbus in the Giovio Museum,” article by D.F. Fossati, typescript (copy), undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 51 | Lotto Portrait of Columbus, “The Real Portrait of Columbus taken in 1501,” article by [William Eleroy Curtis], typescript and manuscript (copies), circa 1892 |
| Box 18 | Folder 52 | Lotto Portrait of Columbus, engraved prints (2 on paper, 1 on silk), circa 1892 |
| Box 18 | Folder 54 | Medals, miscellaneous designs, circa 1892 |
| Box 18 | Folder 55 | Membership certificate, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1904 |
| Box 18 | Folder 56 | News clippings, James W. Ellsworth’s retirement, 1897 |
| Box 18 | Folder 57 | News clippings, World’s Columbian Exposition, 1890-1894 |
| Box 18 | Folder 58 | Notes, manuscript, circa 1890-1893 |
| Box 18 | Folder 59 | Passes, to James W. Ellsworth for admittance to miscellaneous Fair buildings and grounds (8), 1892-1893 |
| Box 18 | Folder 60 | Petition, Union League Club, “Abolishing of the Smoke Nuisance...,” undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 61 | Poem, “Commemoration Ode,” by Harriet Monroe, typescript version, circa 1892 |
| Box 18 | Folder 62 | Postcards, official (9), circa 1893 |
| Box 18 | Folder 63 | Programs, Order of Installation of the Queen Regent of Holland, Legation of the United States at The Hague, 1890 December 8 |
| Box 18 | Folder 64 | Programs, Programme of Exercises, 1893 October 12 |
| Box 18 | Folder 65 | Programs, Dedication Ceremonies, 1893 October 21 |
| Box 18 | Folder 66 | Programs, “Chicago’s Last Great Day at the Fair,” 1893 October 28 |
| Box 18 | Folder 67 | Receipts, miscellaneous, 1892-1893 |
| Box 18 | Folder 68 | Recipe, coating plaster, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 69 | Ribbons, Chorus design sketch, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 70 | Ribbons, miscellaneous, 1891 September 29 |
| Box 18 | Folder 71 | Ribbons, Chicago Day, 1893 October 9 |
| Box 18 | Folder 72 | Ribbons, Manhattan Day, 1893 October 21 |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Seating chart, 1893 October 11 | |
| Oversize Folder 2 | South Shore Drive, blueprint section, undated | |
| Box 18 | Folder 77 | Souvenir, Campbell Printing Press, 1893 September 22 |
| Box 18 | Folder 78 | Souvenir, Chicago Day, Cyclorama of the Chicago Fire, 1893 |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Special passport no. 524, 1890 July 17 | |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Special passport no. 620, 1890 November 14 | |
| Box 18 | Folder 79 | Stock certificate (1 share), Clare Ellsworth, 1892 |
| Box 18 | Folder 80 | Stock certificate (1 share), Lincoln Ellsworth, 1892 |
| Box 18 | Folder 81 | Telegram notice, Russian, 1890 |
| Box 18 | Folder 82 | Ticket, dedicatory exercises, 1893 October 21 |
| Box 18 | Folder 83 | Ticket (complimentary), Opening Ceremonies, 1893 May 1 |
| Box 18 | Folder 84 | Ticket (season), New York Columbian Celebration Loan Exhibition, [1893] October 10-15 |
| Box 18 | Folder 53 | World’s Fair Puck, no. 1, 1893 May 1 |
Name Index
- Ackerman, William K., Auditor, World’s Columbian Exposition
- Adams, Charles Kendall, President, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Adams, J. McGregor, The Adams and Westlake Company
- Adams, Milward, Manager, The Auditorium; Manager, Dedication Ceremonies, World's Columbian Exposition
- Adler, Alvin, Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of State
- Adler, Cyrus, Curator, Department of Historical Archaeology, Smithsonian Institution; U.S. Commissioner to North Africa and Turkey, World’s Columbian Exposition
- Aldis, Owen, President, Central Safety Deposit Box Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Armour, Philip D., President, Armour & Company
- Arnold, Charles Dudley, Official Photographer, World’s Columbian Exposition; Chief, Department of Photography, Office of the Director of Works
- Baker, Asher Carter, U.S. Commissioner to Mexico, World’s Columbian Exposition; Superintendent, Marine Division, Department of Transportation
- Baker, William T., Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Foreign Exhibits; Member, Committee on Liberal Arts; Chairman, General Division of Boards Trade, Department of Commerce and Finance, World's Congress Auxiliary
- Barber, Charles E., Engraver, Engraving Department, U.S. Mint at Philadelphia
- Barrett, John Patrick, Superintendent, Fire Alarm Telegraph Company; Chief, Department of Electricity, World's Columbian Commission
- Barrington, Charles V., Acting Auditor, World’s Columbian Exposition
- Barrows, John Henry (Rev.), Presbyterian Minister; General Chairman, Department of Religion, World’s Congress Auxiliary; Chairman, Presbyterian Division, Department of Religion
- Bartlett, E.B., Secretary, The World’s Fair Steamship Company
- Beck, J.W., Superintendent of Fine Arts, Royal Commission to the Chicago Exhibition, Great Britain
- Bertolette, D.N., Dr., Surgeon, Attaché, U.S. Navy; Commissioner to Uruguay and Paraguay, World’s Columbian Exposition
- Billings, Cornelius K.G., President, People's Gas, Light & Coke Company; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Electricity, Electrical and Pneumatical Appliances
- Black, William P., Attorney, Dent & Black (defended the Haymarket Anarchists)
- Blackmar, Paul, Superintendent, Department of Collections, Bureau of Admissions and Collections, World's Columbian Exposition
- Blackstone, Timothy B., President, Chicago & Alton Rail Road Company
- Blaine, James G., U.S. Secretary of State under Benjamin Harrison
- Blashfield, Edwin H., Artist, worked in the Manufacturers & Liberal Arts Building
- Bode, Wilhelm Von, General Director, Royal Museums, Prussia
- Borner, William, General Western Freight Agent, Pennsylvania Rail Road Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Bosbyshell, O.C., Superintendent, Mint of the United States at Philadelphia
- Bowdoin, George S., Drexel, Morgan & Company, New York (associate of J.P. Morgan)
- Bowler, R.B., United States Comptroller
- Boyle, John J., Sculptor, worked on the exterior of the Transportation Building and the Pennsylvania State Building
- Browne, Francis F., Editor, The Dial; Chairman, General Division of Authors and Imaginative Literature, World's Congress Auxiliary
- Brown Goode, George, Assistant Secretary, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- Bruwaert, Edmond, Consular General of France; Member, French Commission to the World’s Columbian Exposition
- Bryan, Thomas, Attorney, lobbied for the selection of Chicago as World’s Fair site; Member, Board of Directors, World’s Columbian Exposition; Member, Committee on Fine Arts; Member, Committee on Ceremonies; Member, Committee on Foreign Exhibits; Commissioner at Large, World’s Columbian Commission; Vice President, World’s Congress Auxiliary; Chairman, General Division of Arbitration and Peace, Department of Government
- Buchanan, William Insco, Chief, Department of Agriculture, World’s Columbian Commission ; Acting Chief, Departments of Livestock and Forestry; Commissioner from Iowa
- Bugbee, F.E., Acting Treasurer, U.S. Treasury Department
- Bullock, Augustus G., President, State Mutual Life Assurance Company; Commissioner at Large, World’s Columbian Commission; Chairman, Committee on Fine Arts
- Burnham, Daniel H., Director of Works/Chief of Construction, World’s Columbian Exposition; Chairman, General Division of Architecture, Department of Art, World’s Congress Auxiliary
- Butler, Edward B., Butler Brothers Department Store; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Ways & Means, World’s Columbian Exposition, Chairman, Bureau of Admissions and Collections
- Butterworth, Benjamin, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Commissioner of Patents; Secretary, World’s Columbian Exposition; General Chairman, Department of Agriculture, World’s Congress Auxiliary
- Cable, R.R., President, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
- Caldwell, D.W., President, The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
- Camp, Isaac N., Estey & Camp Pianos and Organs; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Agriculture; Member, Committee on Liberal Arts
- Campbell, James B., Editor, World’s Columbian Exposition Illustrator
- Campbell, R.B., General-Superintendent, B&O Railroad Company, Trans Ohio Company
- Carlisle, William K., Attorney, World’s Columbian Exposition
- Caryl, G.W., Grand Pacific Hotel
- Chalmers, William J., President, Fraser & Chalmers Company (mining machinery); Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Way & Mean Committee, WCE; Member, Committee on Mines, Mining & Fish
- Chandler, Albert B., President, Postal Telegraph-Cable Company
- Chappell, Charles H., Vice President and General Manager, Chicago & Alton Rail Road Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Transportation
- Chatfield-Taylor, Hobert C., Writer; Member, Spanish Commission to the World's Columbian Exposition
- Childs, George W., Owner and Editor, Public Ledger, Philadelphia
- Clarke, Thomas B., Art collector, dealer and appraiser, Clarke & King, New York
- Clowry, Robert Charles, Vice President and General Manager, Western Union Telegraph Company, Western Division; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Electricity, Electrical and Pneumatical Appliances; Member, Committee on Buildings and Grounds
- Codman, Henry Sargent, Landscape Designer, Partner of Frederick Olmsted
- Coffin, William A., Artist
- Colvin, William H., Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Cooke, Susan G., Secretary, Board of Lady Managers, World’s Columbian Commission
- Cox Kenyon, Artist, worked on the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Buildings
- Cragin, E.F., Secretary, Committee on Information, Addresses and National Agitation, World's Columbian Exposition
- Crawford, Mark L., Superintendent, Chicago House of Corrections; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Electricity, Electrical and Pneumatical Appliances
- Crawford, Samuel A., Assistant Secretary, World’s Columbian Exposition; Secretary, Ways & Means Committee
- Cregier, DeWitte, Mayor of Chicago, 1889-1891; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Culp, Edward G., Secretary, Joint Committee on Ceremonies, World’s Columbian Commission/World’s Columbian Exposition
- Curran, Charles C., Artist
- Curtis, William Edmond, Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department, Washington D.C.
- Curtis, William Eleroy, Washington Correspondent, Chicago Record; Chairman, Latin American Department; Superintendent, Latin American Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs; Representative, State Department, U.S. Government Exhibit
- Daniels, George H., General Passenger Agent, New York Central & Hudson River Rail Road Company
- Davis George R., U.S. Congressman, 2nd District, Illinois; Cook County Treasurer; Director-General, World’s Columbian Commission and World's Columbian Exposition; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Dawes Charles G., President, The Dawes Business Block Company
- Dawson N.E., Private Secretary, Office of the Director-General
- DeForest Robert W., Secretary, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; General Counsel, Central Rail Road of New Jersey
- de la Field Richard and James W. Tappin, Commissioners, Exhibits of the State of New York
- delle Rovere, Antonio, Onetime Owner, Lorenzo Lotto Portrait of Columbus
- Dennis, Charles Henry, Editorial Rooms, The Chicago News Record
- Dent, Louis A., Private Secretary to James G. Blaine, U.S. Secretary of State
- DePew, Chauncey, President, New York Central & Hudson River Rail Road Company; Lobbied Congress for New York in the battle over the site of the Fair; Commissioner from New York State, World’s Columbian Commission; Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Dickinson, John T., Secretary, Executive Committee, World’s Columbian Commission; Secretary, Board of Reference and Control; Commissioner from Texas
- Dixon, Arthur, President, Arthur Dixon Transfer Company; Chicago Alderman; Illinois State Senator; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Legislation; Member, Committee on Transportation
- Dodge, William L., Artist, worked on the dome of the Administration Building
- Dole, James H., Grain merchant
- d’Orchi, Alessandro, Onetime Owner, Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Christopher Columbus
- Drake, Alexander Wilson, Superintendent, Art Department, The Century Magazine
- Dwight, Timothy, President, Yale University
- Eckels, James H., U.S. Comptroller of Currency
- Edmonds, Howard O., Attorney; Counsel, the McCormick Estate; Vice President, Northern Trust Company; Secretary, World’s Columbian Exposition
- Edwards, William, William Edwards & Company, Wholesale Grocers; Ohio State Commissioner to the World’s Columbian Exposition
- Ehrman H, B., General Electric Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Englehard, George, P., G.P. Englehard & Company, Publishers; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Liberal Arts
- Farwell, John V., John V. Farwell & Company, dry good merchants; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Field, Eugene, Poet, columnist, The Chicago News Record
- Field, Marshall, Marshall Field & Company
- Fish, Stuyvesant, President, Illinois Central Rail Road Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Foote, S.M., Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, U.S. Army; Assistant Adjutant, Columbian Guard
- Fraser, W. Lewis, Manager, Art Department, The Century
- Gage, Lyman, President, First National Bank of Chicago; President, Board of Directors, World’s Columbian Exposition (WCE); Member, Committee on Finance; Member, Committee on Buildings and Grounds; Treasurer, World's Congress Auxiliary; General Chairman, Department of Commerce and Finance; Chairman, Division of Banking and Finance
- Garrison, W.R., Director, Java Village, Midway Plaisance; Java-Chicago Exhibition Syndicate
- Geraldius, David, General Superintendent, Office of the Chief of Construction
- Gibbons, John Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore
- Gilder, Richard W., Editor, The Century
- Giudicelli, Henri, Assistant Commissioner for Fine Arts, French Commission to the World’s Columbian Exposition
- Goss, Chauncey Porter, Treasurer, The Scovill Manufacturing Company, metal workers
- Griscom, Clement Acton, President, International Navigation Company
- Grisham, Thomas H., Attorney, Kansas
- Hall, Henry, Business Superintendent, New York Tribune
- Hamlin, Charles Sumner, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department
- Handy, Moses P., Chief, Department of Publicity and Promotion
- Hanson, A.H., Illinois Central Railroad Company, General Passenger Department
- Harris, George B., Second Vice President, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Harrison, Carter H., Mayor of Chicago, 1891-1893
- Head, Franklin H., Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Henshall, J.A., Department of Fish and Fisheries, World’s Columbian Exposition
- Higinbotham, Harlow N., Parter, Field, Leiter & Company; President, Field Columbian Museum; President, World’s Columbian Exposition; Chairman, Council of Administration, World’s Columbian Commission and World's Columbian Exposition; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Hopkins, John P., Mayor of Chicago; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Hughitt, Marvin, President, Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
- Hutchinson, Charles L., Vice President, Corn Exchange Bank; President, Art Institute of Chicago; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Finance; President, Royal Greek Commission to the World’s Columbian Exposition
- Innes, Frederick N., Innes and His Famous Band of the 13th Regiment, New York
- Ives, Brayton, Banker, stockbroker
- Ives, Halsey, Chief, Department of Fine Arts, World’s Columbian Commission
- James, John, Secretary, Citizens Committee on Reception and Comfort
- Jamieson, Egbert, General Counsel, North & West Chicago Street Railroad Companies; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Jeffrey, Esward Turner, President and General Manager, Denver & Rio Grande Rail Road Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Johnson, R.U., Associate Editor, The Century
- Keith, Elbridge Gallet, President, The Metropolitan National Bank of Chicago; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Fine Arts; Member, Committee on Finance
- Kemeys, Edward, Sculptor of the Exposition’s lagoon bridges and designed the lions at the front of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Kerfoot, William D., President, Chicago Real Estate Exchange; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Agriculture; Member, Committee on Ceremonies; Member, Ways & Means Committee
- Ketcham, William Parker, President, Ketcham Lumber Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Buildings and Grounds; Member, Committee on Ceremonies
- Keyes, Rollin, Franklin, MacVeagh & Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Information, Addresses and National Agitation
- Kingwill, J.H., Assistant Secretary, Executive Department, World's Columbian Exposition
- Kirby, Thomas E., American Art Association
- Kirk, Milton W., James S. Kirk & Company, soapmakers, perfumers & chemists; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Ways & Means Committee; Member, Committee on Press & Printing
- Kirkman, M.M., Second Vice President, Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Kohlstaat, Herman H., Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- L---, J., Second Vice President, Illinois Central Railroad Company
- Laffan, William M., Editor, New York Sun
- Lamb Benjamin B., Stockbroker; Director, West Chicago Street Railway; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Lamont, Daniel S., Secretary of War, U.S. War Department
- Law, Robert, Agent, Scranton Anthrocite Coal
- Lawrence, Edward F., Member, Chicago Board of Trade; Member, Board of Directors, First National Bank of Chicago; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Ceremonies; Member, Committee on Grounds & Buildings; Member, Ways & Means Committee
- Lawson, Victor F., Publisher, The Chicago Daily News; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition (WCE) Board of Directors
- Ledyard, H.B., President, Michigan Central Railroad Company
- Leech, Edward O., Director of the Mint, Bureau of the Mint, U. S. Treasury Department
- Lefens, Thies J., Secretary/Treasurer, Siepp Brewing Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Foreign Exhibits; Member, Committee on Agriculture
- Manvel, Allen, President, Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe Rail Road
- Mason, Frank H., Consul-General, Franfort-am-Main, Germany; Purchaser of Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Columbus, through William Eleroy Curtis, as agent for Ellsworth
- Matthews, W.S.B., Editor, Music
- Mayer, Charles F., President, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
- Maynard, George, Artist, worked in the Agriculture Building
- McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr., President, McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
- McCormick, Robert S., Commissioner to Great Britain, Department of Foreign Affairs, World’s Columbian Commission
- McCrea, James, First Vice President, Pennsylvania Rail Road Company
- McHale, P., Assistant to Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore
- McKim, C.F., McKim, Mead & White
- McMullin, J.C., Vice President, Chicago & Alton Railroad
- McNally, Andrew, Rand, McNally & Company, Printers and Publishers; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Ways & Means Committee; Member, Committee on Manufacturers & Machinery
- Medill, Joseph, The Chicago Tribune; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Meredith, William M., Chief, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Treasury Department
- Michaels, H., Manager, Moorish Palace, Midway Plaisance, World's Columbian Exposition
- Miller, W.H.H., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
- Millet, Francis D., Artist; Director of Decorations and Functions
- Monroe, Harriet, Poet; author of “The Columbian Ode”
- Mughaghgalin, Fadub, Turkish Theater
- Nathan, Adolph, Partner, Ruh, Nathan & Fischer Company, clothing & woolens; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Manufacturers and Machinery
- Nelson, Robert, Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Newell, John, President, The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
- Nichols H.N., Vice President, The Oceanic Trading Company
- Nixon, William Penn, The Interocean
- Noble, F.H., President, F.H. Noble & Company, Jewelers
- Oakes, Thomas F., President, Northern Pacific Rail Road
- O’Connell, Dennis Joseph, Priest; Head of the American College at Rome
- Odell, John J. Peavey, President, Union National Bank of Chicago; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Manufacturers & Machinery, WCE; Member, Committee on Finance
- Onahan, William J., President, Home Savings Bank of Chicago; Prominent Catholic Spokesman; Member, General Committee on Temperance Congresses, Department of Religion, World's Congress Auxiliary
- Palmer, Bertha M. Honore, President, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Lady Managers; President, Woman's Branch, World’s Congress Auxliary
- Palmer, Potter, Proprieter, Palmer House Hotel
- Peasley, J.C., First Vice President, Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Peck, Ferdinand (Ferd), Attorney; President Auditorium Association; First Vice President, World's Columbian Exposition; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Finance; Chairman, General Division of Opera Houses and Music Halls, Department of Music, World's Congress Auxiliary; Member, General Committee on Places of Meeting
- Perkins, Charles E., President, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail Road Company
- Phelps, Erskine M., Phelps & Dodge; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Buildings & Grounds; Member, Committee on Manufacturers & Machinery
- Pike, Eugene, Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Platt, Thomas C., President, U.S. Express Company
- Porter, Washington, Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Agriculture; Member, Ways & Means Committee
- Preston, R.E., Director of the Mint, U.S. Treasury Department
- Pullman, George, President, Pullman Palace Car Company
- Putnam, Frederic Ward, Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Chief, World’s Columbian Commission Department of Ethnology and Archaeology; Chairman, General Division of Anthropology, Department of Science & Philosophy, World's Congress Auxiliary
- Rampolla, Cardinal Mariano, Papal Secretary of State, The Vatican
- Revell, Alexander H., President, Alexander H. Revell & Company, furniture, carpets & desks Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Press & Printing; Member, Committee on Liberal Arts; Member, Committee on Ceremonies
- Ripley, Edward P., 3rd Vice President, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Transportation; Member, Ways & Means Committee
- Robarts, S.P.W., Manager, Java-Chicago Exhibition Syndicate
- Roberts, George Brooke, President, Pennsylvania Railroad Company
- Rothschild, Abram M., E. Rothschild & Brothers; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Russell, Martin, The Chicago Times
- Ryerson, Martin, Vice President, Field Columbian Museum; Benefactor, Art Institute of Chicago; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Saint Claire, James W., Member, Council of Administration, World’s Columbian Exposition / World's Columbian Commission; Commissioner from West Virginia; Chairman, Committee on Legislation; Member, Board of Reference & Control
- Saint Gaudens, Augustus, Sculptor; modeled "Diana" statue on the dome of the Agriculture Building, began statue of Columbus at entrance of Administration Building
- Saul, George W., President, The Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway Company; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Grounds & Buildings Committee, WCE; Member, Transportation Committee
- Sawyer, A.W., Secretary, Council of Administration, World’s Columbian Exposition / World's Columbian Commission
- Schneider, George, President, The National Bank of Illinois; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Agriculture; Member, Committee on Press & Printing; Member, Ways & Means Committee
- Schwab, Charles H., Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Mines, Mining & Fish; Member, Committee on Buildings & Grounds
- Scott, James W., Publisher, The Chicago Herald; President, American Newspaper Publishers Association; President, Chicago Press Club; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Press & Printing; Member, Committee on Ceremonies
- Seeburger, Anthony F., Treasurer, World’s Columbian Exposition; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Sherman, John B., Vice President & General Manager, Union Stock Yards; Member, Board of the South Park Commissioners
- Shiflaw, Walter, Artist, worked on the dome of the Manufactures & Liberal Arts Building
- Shortridge, N.P., Chairman, Finance Committee, Pennsylvania Railroad
- Shumway, Edward G., Secretary, South Park Commissioners
- Skiff, Fred J.V., Chief, Department of Mines and Mining
- Smith, Charles Emory, Journalist; Minister, Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Smith, Fred A., Captain, 12th Infantry, Adjutant, The Columbian Guard
- Starkweather, Amy M., Member, Board of Lady Managers, World’s Columbian Commission
- Stensland, Paul O., President, Milwaukee Avenue State Bank; Member World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Stillman, William J., Artist; art critic; Special Correspondent in Italy to the London Times
- Stone, Henry B., Chicago Telephone Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Buildings & Grounds; Member, Committee on Transportation
- Swift, George B., Western Manager, Frayer Lubricating Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Taft, Lorado, sculptor
- Thacher, John Boyd, Chairman, Executive Committee on Awards, World’s Columbian Commission; Delegate from New York State; Member, Advisory Council on World's Congresses; Chairman, General Division of Intellectual Property, Department of Government, World's Congress Auxiliary
- Thayer, Samuel R., U.S. Minister to The Netherlands; Envoy, Legation of the United States, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Thomas, C.F., Chancellor, Archdiocese of Baltimore
- Thomas, Theodore [Christain Freiederich], Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Director, Bureau of Music, World’s Columbian Commission; General Chairman, Department of Music, World's Congress Auxiliary; Chairman, General Division of Orchestral Art, Department of Music
- Thompson, Season, Editor, Chicago Evening Journal
- Thorpe, John, Department of Horticulture, World’s Columbian Commission
- Tomlins, William L., Conductor, Apollo Glee Club; Choral Director, Bureau of Music, World’s Columbian Commission; Chairman, General Division of Choral Music and Training, Department of Music, World's Congress Auxiliary
- Tucker, Horace, Superintendent, Department of Admissions, Bureau of Admissions and Collections, World's Columbian Exposition
- Turner, Charles F., Mural painter; Assistant Director of Decoration, Office of the Director of Works, World's Columbian Exposition
- Uhl, Edwin F., Acting Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
- Van Dyke, John C., Art critic, consultant for the purchase of the Lorenzo Lotto portrait of Christopher Columbus; Professor of Art History, Rutgers College; Librarian, The Sage Library
- Vos, Hubert, Painter; Acting Commissioner of Fine Arts, Commission of The Netherlands to the World’s Columbian Exposition
- Wacker, Charles H., The Wacker & Birk Brewing and Malting Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Ways & Means Committee; Member, Committee on Foreign Exhibits; Member, Committee on Ceremonies
- Waldstein, Charles S. [Waldston, Sir Charles], Archaeologist; Director, American School of Archeology; Director, Fitz-William Museum
- Walker, Edwin, Attorney, Walker & Eddy Law Offices; Counsel, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail Road; Solicitor General, Law Department, World’s Columbian Exposition; Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Chairman, Committee on Legislation,
- Waller, Robert Alexander, Ashland Block Company; Second Vice President, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Liberal Art; Member, Ways & Means Committee
- Walsh, John R., Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Wapnist, [first name unknown], Russian Legation, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Warner, Olin L., Sculptor, designed the Columbian half dollar, official badge, and bas relief for the Fine Arts Building (never installed)
- Washburne, Hempstead, Mayor of Chicago; Washburne-Lewis Investment Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Weir, L.C., Adams Express Company
- Welles, Roger, Ensign, U.S. Navy; U.S. Commissioner to Venezuela, World’s Columbian Exposition; Naval Attaché, World’s Columbian Commission
- Welling, John C., Vice President, Illinois Central Railroad Company; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Transportation; Member, Committee on Mines, Mining & Fish
- Wharton, William, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State
- Wheeler, C.C., Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Wheeler, George H., Member, World's Columbian Exposition Board of Directors
- Wilson, George H., Secretary, Bureau of Music, Department of Liberal Arts, World’s Columbian Commission
- Wiman Erastus, Manager, R.G. Dun & Company; Promoter of rail lines in the New York area
- Winston, Frederick S., Attorney, Winston & Meagher; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Legislation
- Weir, J. Alden, Artist, worked in the Manufactures & Liberal Arts Building
- Wood, Henry, Victoria House, Columbian Exhibition
- Wood, Joseph, General Manager, Pennsylvania Lines
- Yerkes, Charles T., Owner and manager of several railroad companies in Chicago; Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Committee on Fine Arts; Member, Committee on Ceremonies
- Young, Otto, Member, World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Directors; Member, Ways & Means Committee
