The Nysether Family Collection

The Nysether Family Collection

The Nysether Family Collection, part of the More to Explore Endowment, expands and enhances the basic collections of Sno-Isle Libraries. Brothers Mark and Brad Nysether and their families established the fund in honor of their parents, Eldon and Shirley Nysether. Every year, the Nysethers select a topic that allows us to bring in new and exciting materials for all to enjoy.

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		Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, held during the summer of 1909, was the first world's fair held in Seattle. Capitalizing on the popularity of the booming gold rush, the exposition was designed to showcase the riches of the Pacific Northwest and highlight trade with the Pacific Rim nations and beyond. Millions of visitors came to Seattle to experience the one-of-a-kind attractions, exhibits, and events held during the AY PE, which became the footprint for the modern University of Washington campus. Many of these visitors stayed to populate the growing metropolis. From the ornate European-style architecture to the fountains and gardens, the amusements of the Pay Streak, and the exotic Oriental exhibits, the AYPE entertained and educated while bringing needed business to Washington State. O'Reilly, Shauna. 979.7041 OREILLY
		Building a century of progress : the architecture of Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair From the summer of 1933 to the fall of 1934, more than 38 million fairgoers visited a 3-mile stretch along Lake Michigan, home to Chicago’s second World’s Fair. Millions more experienced the Century of Progress International Exposition through newspaper and magazine articles, newsreels, and souvenirs. Together, all marveled at the industrial, scientific, consumer, and cultural displays, many of which were housed in fifty massive and colorful exhibition halls, the largest architectural project realized in the United States during the Great Depression. Schrenk, Lisa Diane. 720.9773 SCHRENK
		Building a century of progress : the architecture of Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair Schrenk, Lisa Diane. 720.9773 SCHRENK
		Fair world : a history of World's Fairs and Expositions, from London to Shanghai, 1851-2010 A history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010. Greenhalgh, Paul, 1955 Oct. 21- 907.4 GREENHA
		Historic photos of Seattle Historic Photos of Seattle captures the past through photographs from the city's finest archives. From the Civil War period, to the turn of the century, to the building of a modern metropolis, Historic Photos of Seattle follows life, government, education, and events from Seattle's history. This book captures unique and rare scenes through the original lens of about 200 historic photographs. Published in striking black and white photography, these images communicate historic events and every day life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city. Crowley, Walt. 979.7772 CROWLEY
		Seattle's 1962 World's Fair When the United States entered the 1960s, the nation was swept up in the Space Race as the United States and the Soviet Union competed for supremacy in rocket and satellite technologies. Cities across the country hoped to attract new aerospace companies, but the city leaders of Seattle launched the most ambitious campaign of all. They invited the whole world to visit for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, and more than nine million people took them up on the offer. A colorful collection of exhibits turned 74 acres of rundown buildings into a futuristic wonderland where dozens of countries and companies predicted life in the future. The entire city was transformed with the addition of the soaring Space Needle and the futuristic monorail. When the fair ended, the site became a complex of parks and museums that remains a vibrant part of Seattle city life today. Cotter, Bill. 979.7772 COTTER
		Space Needle at 40 a visual experience DVD-ED 725.9709 SPA427
		The 1933 Chicago World's Fair : a century of progress "Chicago's 1933 world's fair set a new direction for international expositions. Earlier fairs had exhibited technological advances, but Chicago's fair organizers used the very idea of progress to buoy national optimism during the Depression's darkest years. Fair organizers, together with corporate leaders, believed that progress rides on the tide of technological innovation and consumerism." "But not all those who struggled for a voice at Chicago's 1933 exposition had abandoned the traditional notions of progress that entailed social justice and equality, recognition of ethnic and gender-related accomplishments, and personal freedom and expression." "In this engaging social and cultural history, Cheryl R. Ganz examines Chicago's second world's fair through the lenses of technology, ethnicity, and gender."--BOOK JACKET. Ganz, Cheryl. 907.4773 GANZ
		The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America Investigative reporter Erik Larson unearths the lost history of the 1893 World's Fair and of a madman who grimly parodied the fair's achievements. The "White City" was a magical creation constructed upon Chicago's swampy Jackson Park by a roster of architectural stars, including Daniel H. Burnham, Frederick Olmstead, and Louis Sullivan. Drawing 27 million visitors in six months, the fair gathered the era's brightest intellectual lights and launched innovations like Juicy Fruit gum, Cracker Jacks, and the Ferris wheel. Nearby, Dr. Henry Holmes built "the World's Fair Hotel," a torture palace to which he lured 27 victims, mostly young women. While the fair ushered in a new epoch in American history, Holmes marked the emergence of the serial killer, who thrived on the forces transforming the country. Larson, Erik. 364.1523 LARSON
		The future remembered : the 1962 Seattle World's Fair and its legacy This richly illustrated and well-researched volume is the official 50th Anniversary commemorative history of the Century 21 Exposition/1962 Seattle World's Fair. Becker, Paula. 979.7772 BECKER

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