Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 506
International Live Stock Exposition
Records, 1880-1982, undated
Descriptive summary
| creator: | International Live Stock Exposition |
| title: | Records |
| dates: | 1880-1982, undated |
| extent: | 8.7 linear feet (9 document boxes, 2 half-document boxes, 3 oversized boxes, 1 map case folder) |
| collection number: | MS 506 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | International Live Stock Exposition, MS 506, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Abstract
The International Live Stock Exposition was held in Chicago from 1900 to 1975. The exposition was supported financially by the Union Stockyard and Transit Company and operations were managed by an association of individuals active in the livestock industry. The largest such show in the world, the exposition included swine, cattle, sheep, draft horses, and poultry. Judging events were held during the day, and horse shows provided evening entertainment. Each year a new oil portrait of a leader in the livestock industry was hung in the Saddle and Sirloin Club. This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, posters, publications, sketches, and photographs (people and prize-winning bulls, heifers, and horses), historical documents, a certificate and volumes of A Review of the International Live Stock Exposition. A significant portion of the collection contains materials related to the Saddle and Sirloin Club including photographs, menus, blueprints, and correspondence. |
Historical note
The International Live Stock Exposition was held in Chicago, Illinois from 1900 to 1975. The Exposition usually took place each year after Thanksgiving. Quarantine regulations meant that no shows were held in 1914-1915, nor were any held during the World War II years 1942-1945. The exposition was supported financially by the Union Stockyard and Transit Company and was held in an amphitheater at the Stockyard. Operations were managed by an association of individuals active in the livestock industry. The largest such show in the world, the exposition attracted an international audience to view prize-winning swine, cattle, sheep, draft horses, and poultry. Judging events were held during the day, and horse shows provided evening entertainment. Each year, in conjunction with the exposition, a new oil portrait of a leader in the livestock industry was hung in the Saddle and Sirloin Club. The club was located at the Stockyard Inn, adjacent to the exposition's amphitheater and housed a restaurant as well as several lounges and galleries. |
Collection description
This collection (1880-1982, undated) contains correspondence, news clippings, posters, publications, sketches, photographs (people and prize-winning bulls, heifers, and horses), historical documents, and a certificate. Also included are volumes of A Review of the International Live Stock Exposition. These are bound catalogs of expositions from the years 1922-1955 containing information on entrants, contest winners, and other information on the exposition. A significant portion of the collection contains materials related to the Saddle and Sirloin Club including photographs, menus, blueprints, and correspondence. The correspondence is primarily related to the portrait gallery in the Saddle and Sirloin Club, and includes arrangements for its transfer to the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in 1976 after the closing of the Stockyard Inn. Correspondents include Charles Barnhart, Frank Harding, Bernice R. Klein, and Charles S. Potter. Publications include Saddle and Sirloin Club directories (1948-1965). |
Related materials
Damon Von Catron Papers, RS 9/11/55 Paul C. Taff Papers, RS 16/3/56 The Story of the International Live Stock Exposition, From its Inception in 1900 to the Show of 1941 (call number SF117 Sa56s) Books found in the General Collection include: |
Organization
This collection is organized by subject. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: history |
1889-1951, undated |
1 |
2 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: portrait lists and related correspondence |
1934-1935 |
1 |
3 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago correspondence |
1907-1955, undated |
1 |
4 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: general correspondence |
1969-1977 |
1 |
5 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago correspondence |
1972 |
1 |
6 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: Kentucky Gallery correspondence |
1972-1981, undated |
1 |
7 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: International Livestock Exposition correspondence |
1977-1980, undated |
1 |
8 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: includes literature, by-laws, and member lists |
1920-1958 |
1 |
9 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: inventories and gallery correspondence |
1967-1981, undated |
1 |
10 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: portrait requests and inquiries |
1971-1978 |
1 |
11 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: loans for exhibits |
1974-1976, undated |
1 |
12 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: donation correspondence |
1976-1978 |
1 |
13 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: Central National Bank Exhibit of Portraits correspondence |
1976-1977 |
1 |
14 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: portrait presentation dinner correspondence |
1978-1980 |
1 |
15 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: portrait gallery correspondence |
1978-1981 |
1 |
16 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: An Old Chapter Ends...A New One Begins... for the Saddle and Sirloin Club article |
1977 |
1 |
17 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: booklets |
1959 |
2 |
1 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: booklets |
1965 |
2 |
2 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: Comet - A Famous Painting of a Famous Bull pamphlet |
1939 |
2 |
3 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: gallery exhibit |
undated |
2 |
4 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: portrait correspondence |
1934-1977, undated |
2 |
5 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: Comet articles and correspondence |
1939, undated |
2 |
6 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: includes correspondence, articles, brochures, and photographs (9 b/w) |
1965-1981, undated |
2 |
7 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: dinner invitations |
1960-1971 |
2 |
8 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: photograph inventory |
1953-1954, undated |
2 |
9 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: portrait information |
1957-1969, undated |
2 |
10 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: gallery disposition |
1976-1982, undated |
2 |
11 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: member list |
1976 |
2 |
12 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: A Proposal to the Saddle and Sirloin Club from the Kentucky State Fair Board… |
1976 |
2 |
13 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: The Saddle and Sirloin Club by O.T. Henkle |
1943 |
2 |
14-17 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: booklets |
1948-1956 |
3 |
1 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: de Ricqles portrait luncheon |
1942 |
3 |
2 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: correspondence and articles |
undated |
3 |
3 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: The Saddle and Sirloin Club - some account of its origin and development as an exponent of American animal husbandry |
1948 |
3 |
4 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: annual club booklets |
1954-1956 |
3 |
5 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: representative portraits |
undated |
3 |
6 |
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company: memoranda |
1936-1937 |
3 |
7 |
Chicago Historical Society: transcription |
1965 |
3 |
8 |
Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago |
1974 |
3 |
9 |
Photographs: new exchange building and Stock Yard Inn (7 b/w) |
1954, undated |
3 |
10 |
Photographs: portraits (20 b/w) |
undated |
3 |
11 |
Photographs: Swift and Company |
undated |
3 |
12 |
Chicago Historical Society: International Livestock Exposition correspondence |
1976-1978, undated |
3 |
13 |
Kansas State: International Livestock Exposition correspondence |
1977 |
3 |
14 |
Chicago Union Stock Yard and Transit Company: Shrink Characteristics of Fat Cattle Transported by Truck |
undated |
3 |
15 |
Montana State College: Livestock Shrinkage Tables |
undated |
3 |
16 |
Miller's International Exhibition: rules and premium list |
1880 |
3 |
17 |
Publications: stock yards |
1945, undated |
3 |
18 |
News clippings (includes 1 b/w photograph) |
1934-1977, undated |
3 |
19 |
Stockyard Inn: menus |
undated |
3 |
20 |
Article: Chicago Union Stock Yard |
undated |
3 |
21 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: honorary membership certificates |
1958-1959 |
3 |
22 |
Stock show activities and total sheets |
undated |
3 |
23 |
Photographs (30 b/w) |
undated |
3 |
24 |
International Livestock Exposition history: Story of the International (3 copies) |
1955 |
5 |
4 |
Photographs (25 b/w): portrait gallery, buildings, sketches and paintings of cattle, building |
undated |
6 |
1 |
Photograph: Union stock yards (3 b/w) |
1879-1919, undated |
6 |
2 |
Photograph: stockyards (3 b/w) |
undated |
6 |
3 |
Photograph: portraits of Dean W. A. Henry and unknown individual (2 b/w) |
undated |
6 |
4 |
Photograph: Transit House (1 b/w) |
1912 |
6 |
5 |
Photographs: cabinet (3 b/w) |
undated |
7 |
1-8 |
Photographs: oversized (3 color, 97 b/w) |
1906-1968, undated |
7 |
1 |
Drawing: winter storm (4 b/w) |
undated |
7 |
2-3 |
Photographs: portraits (37 b/w) |
1919, undated |
7 |
4 |
Photographs: livestock (4 b/w) |
1919, undated |
7 |
5 |
Photographs: International Amphitheater (8 b/w) |
1936-1959, undated |
7 |
6 |
Photographs and pencil drawings: interiors (2 b/w photographs, 2 pencil drawings) |
undated |
7 |
7 |
Photographs: stockyard and events (40 b/w, 3 color) |
1944-1968, undated |
8 |
1-10 |
Photographs: portraits, group portraits, livestock, exhibitors, R. B. Ogilivie's office, street scene (11 b/w) |
1924-1940, undated |
9 |
1-2 |
Photographs: portraits (39 b/w) |
undated |
9 |
3 |
Photographs: Saddle and Sirloin Clubhouse (41 b/w) |
1924-1935, undated |
9 |
4 |
Photographs: portraits (22 b/w) |
undated |
9 |
5 |
Photographs: International Livestock Exposition and stock yards fire (31 b/w) |
1953, undated |
9 |
6 |
Photographs: Saddle and Sirloin Clubhouse (35 b/w, 1 color) |
1934-1968, undated |
10 |
1 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: Hermes statue correspondence and photographs (7 b/w) |
1952-1953, undated |
10 |
2 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: Prince memorial room correspondence and photographs (7 b/w) |
1954-1955, undated |
10 |
3 |
Photographs: portraits (20 b/w) |
undated |
10 |
4 |
Photographs: Saddle and Sirloin clubhouse and stock yards (17 b/w) |
undated |
Map case |
C406 D06 |
Posters: International Livestock Exposition (2 copies) |
1941 |
Map case |
C406 D06 |
Saddle and Sirloin Club: blueprints |
undated |
Map case |
C406 D06 |
Certificate: University of Arkansas (Spanish copy) |
1952 |
Map case |
C406 D06 |
Photograph (oversized): Chicago Transit House |
undated |
Map case |
C406 D06 |
Photographs (4 b/w) (oversized): stockyards and stockyard fire |
1934, undated |
11 |
1-6 |
A Review of the International Live Stock Exposition |
1922-1928 |
12 |
1-6 |
A Review of the International Live Stock Exposition |
1929-1939 |
13 |
1-6 |
A Review of the International Live Stock Exposition |
1939-1950 |
14 |
1-6 |
A Review of the International Live Stock Exposition |
1951-1955 |
4 |
1-5 |
International Livestock Exposition: catalog |
1956-1960 |
5 |
1-3 |
International Livestock Exposition: catalog |
1961-1965 |
15 |
|
Photographs: portraits in Sirloin Club portrait gallery (RESTRICTED for preservation reasons) |
undated |
| Artifact Collection | International Live Stock Exposition identification pins (artifacts 2001-018.001 to 2001-018.011) | 1949-1975 | |