Title: World's Fairs titles in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library
Description: This collection is sourced from the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library at the National Design Museum in New York City. The library's strength is in American and European design and decorative arts with concentrations in architecture, graphic design, interior design, ornamental patterns, furniture, textiles, metalwork, glass, ceramics, and jewelry. The library's special collections include early editions on design process; sample books and works on materials; and resources on material culture. Of particular importance is its World's Fair collection. More than 450 titles are included here. The collection serves to support the goals of the archive and to provide researchers with a transnational approach to research. The remarkable range of subjects is illustrated in the cities represented; these include London; Edinburgh; Paris; Tokyo; Melbourne; Mexico City; Rio de Janeiro; Buenos Aires; Algiers; Malta; Vienna; Kiev; Cork; Manila; Prague; Besanȯn; Lisbon; Copenhagen; Stockholm; Amsterdam; Haarlem; Leipzig; Breslau; Ottawa; and Christiania (modern-day Oslo).
Subjects: Catalogs, Design, Exhibitions, Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Branch, Smithsonian Institution