Minute book and letter book of the fair commissioners for the 5th Judicial District, Syracuse, New York. Included is correspondence of or about John F. Gaynor, Walter Kernan, Donald McNaughton, and George B. Sloan. Also, "The Morning Advertiser's Souvenir of the World's Fair" photograph album published by Rand McNally, Chicago & New York, 1893; World's Fair art portfolio, 1894; Halligan's Illustrated World's Fair, Vol. V., No. 29, November 1893. "Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition," John J. Flinn, 1893. The World Columbian Commission award to Cornell University in 1893 for excellence of equipment, work and results in the university training of men and women.