New York Crystal Palace records, 1852-1854 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence and papers, 1852-1854, of Theodore Sedgwick, while president of the Association for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. The letters and papers, including clippings, circulars, telegrams and ephemera, deal with the building of the Crystal Palace and the organization of the exhibition. The collection includes groups of letters to and from Charles Buschek (Manager in Europe), C.E. Detmold (Engineer), B. Gerhard, William Whetten (Secretary), George Sumner, C.H. Davis, Colonel George W. Hughes, N.M. Beckwith (in Paris; some of his letters contain perceptive accounts of politics and society in France and England), Laban C. Stewart, Samuel Dunn, and Commander Samuel F. Du Pont. Papers include resolves, petitions, reports, agreements, etc. The collection also includes two unrelated letters about the Crystal Palace: one, dated December 1, 1854, from "Uncle Lewis" to his niece Abby, describes a visit to the exhibition the day before; the other, written by George S. Badger on October 7, 1858, describes seeing the Crystal Palace burn down two days earlier