Paul R. Strain Columbian Exposition Diary
name: label: Author
content: Strain, Paul R., 1879-1954
label: Names
content: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
label: Names
content: Strain, Thomas H.
place: label: Place
content: Chicago (Ill.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Paula M. Strain, 1989, April 14.
creator: label: Author
content: Strain, Paul R., 1879-1954
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul R. Strain of Colliers, West Virginia, attended the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, October 1893, with his father, Thomas H. Strain, who received the Blue Ribbon for Spanish Merino Wool at the Exposition. Paul Strain was fourteen at the time and this was his first long-distance trip.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1893.
container: label: Container
content: Box 1 (Shared box)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0330
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collectioon processed by Craig Orr, 1989.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries -- 1890-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A diary kept by Paul R. Strain during his visit to the Exposition, October 1893. It describes various buildings he toured and the exhibits that caught his attention, and records his personal impressions of the Exposition. The diary takes the form of hand-written notes.