Beschreibung:

A captivating collection of approximately 23 items, featuring 14 documents related to the Pan-American Exposition Director, William Insco Buchanan, with dates ranging from 1893-1929. As General Director, Buchanan organized the construction, operation, and dismantling of what many would call the "City of Light," the dazzling 1901 World's Fair located in Buffalo, New York. Collection comprised of personal notes, newspaper articles, official documents from Presidents of the United States, the World's Congress Auxiliary, the Department of State, etc., as well as an aerial "Plan of of the Pan American Exposition." Highlights of the collection include: Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908). 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Manuscript DS as President of the United States, 2pp, 10.25 x 14 in., Washington, DC. August 6, 1896. Also signed by Acting Secretary of State William Woodville Rockhill, with United States Seal affixed. Document recognizes William Buchanan as Minister to the Argentine Republic, investing "power and authority for and in the name of the United States to...negotiate, conclude and sign a convention for the extradition of criminals...to be transmitted to the President of the United States..." Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919). 26th President of the United States. DS as President of the United States, 1p, 10.5 x 14 in., Washington, DC. December 26, 1908. Also signed by Secretary of State Elihu Root, with United States Seal affixed. Document appoints William Buchanan High Commissioner in diplomatic relations with Venezuela. Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919). Steel tycoon, industrialist, and leading philanthropist. DS as Vice-Chairman of the Pan-American Committee of the United States, 2pp, 9 x 11.5 in., Washington, DC. November 22, 1909. Also signed by other executive committee members. Resolution recognizes and laments the death of William Buchanan, and poignantly memorializes "a man, who while none the less a patriot and devoted to the ideals of his own country, yet was ever ready to lend his strength and voice to the cause of truth, justice and humanity throughout all the world..." A signed copy was sent to Buchanan's bereaved family. The collection also includes 3 photographs, of which 2 show William Buchanan, including a cabinet photograph by Rockwood, NY, and a 4.75 x 6.75 in. tintype providing a full standing studio view of Buchanan; plus a 7.5 x 9.5 in. silver gelatin print (on printing out paper) of five men posed together, with no annotations, but possibly showing a group of officials associated with the Pan-American Exposition. Accompanied by the following titles: Peabody, Selim H. Catalogue of Exhibitors in the United States Sections of the International Universal Exposition. Paris: Societe Anonyme des Imprimeries Lemercier, 1900. 12mo, 560pp, plus "Volume Annexe." With "Twenty-five copies of this catalogue have been bound in this form for special distribution. This copy is numbered 22" Slip mounted on endpaper. Holls, Frederick W. The Peace Conference at the Hague and its Bearings on International Law and Policy. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1900. Small 8vo, 572pp. Signed and inscribed on ffep to W.I. Buchanan from John Barrett First Director General of the Pan-American Union. Pan-American Exposition: Report of William I. Buchanan, Director General. Buffalo, NY: 1902. Small 8vo, paper wrappers, 85pp. Report of the Delegates of the United States to the Third International Conference of the American States Held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 21, to August 26, 1906. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1907. Small 8vo, paper wrappers, 180pp. Buchanan, William I. The Central American Peace Conference Held at Washington, DC, 1907. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1908. 8vo, 97pp, with inked note on ffep. Shaw, Albert, Ed. The American Review of Reviews. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., July 1908. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 222. Ohio native William I. Buchanan (1852-1909) was an obvious choice fo