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Harriet Monroe’s History of the World’s Fair (Part 2)
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Harriet Monroe’s History of the World’s Fair (Part 2)

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Harriet Monroe’s History of the World’s Fair (Part 2)

[Part 1 of this series can be found here] This second part of Harriet Monroe’s “The World's Columbian Exposition” from John Wellborn Root: A Study of His Life and Work (Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1896) begins with a look at how architect John Root in 1890 was thinking about the “alluring problem” of how and where Chicago might host the upcoming World’s Fair. Mentioned in this section is Horace G. H. Tarr (1844-1922), who served during the Civil War [...]

By Scott|2018-03-11T14:45:50-05:00January 11th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Harriet Monroe, Harriet Monroe’s History of the World’s Fair, Horace G. H. Tarr, John Root, Jules Wegman, Owen F. Aldis|0 Comments

Harriet Monroe’s History of the World’s Fair (Part 1)

“The World’s Columbian Exposition has never been so well revealed and appreciated as through her imagination and her eyes,” wrote renowned poet William Carlos Williams, describing fellow poet and publisher Harriet Monroe (1860–1936). “And her part in it was distinguished.” Two of Monroe’s distinguished accomplishments served as bookends to the 1893 World’s Fair. The Dedication Day Ceremony held on the fairgrounds on October 21, 1892, featured a reading of an excerpt of her monumental poem “The Columbian Ode.” Harriet [...]

By Scott|2024-04-04T11:39:23-05:00January 9th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: 1889 Exposition Universelle, Columbian Ode, Frederick Law Olmsted, Grounds and Buildings Committee, Harriet Monroe, Harriet Monroe’s History of the World’s Fair, John Root, Lake Front Park, New York, West Side parks|0 Comments

Nov. 30, 2017: “Fair Game” theater show at Northwestern University

An interactive theater show opening soon at Northwestern University will allow audience members to walk through the magic (and menace) of the 1893 World’s Fair. “Fair Game: A Chicago Spectacle” by Sit and Spin Productions explores Chicago in the years 1891 to 1893, as the city builds and then hosts the Columbian Exposition. Written and directed by Eli Newell, the choose-your-own-adventure “FAIR GAME” is described this way: As the 1890s commence and the new century beckons, Chicago is a [...]

By Scott|2024-10-27T12:18:13-05:00November 18th, 2017|Categories: EVENTS (past), THEATER|Tags: Amy Beach, Bertha Palmer, Carter Harrison, Daniel Burnham, Devil in the White City (book), Eugene Patrick Prendergast, Frederick Law Olmsted, George Ferris, H. H. Holmes, John Root, Sol Bloom, Sophia Hayden, theater, Woman's Building|0 Comments