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Benton County Records Inventory
County Fair Records
1912-[ongoing]
Series documents the preparation and organization of the county fair by the county fair board (including any predecessor group) and other county officials. Records include fair board minutes, reports, and annual premium lists and publications. Minutes and reports include information pertaining to county fair employment, budgets, sponsorship, capital improvements to fairgrounds, and event scheduling throughout the year. Annual premium lists and/or publications may include county fair history, names of fair officers, general fair rules and regulations, event schedules, exhibit lists, and photographs.
Benton County Fairgrounds, Fair Office:
Benton County Fair Exhibitor Books, 1958-present (1.50
cu.ft.);
Fair Board Minutes [includes reports and related
records-title varies], 1998-present (1 cu.ft.).
Benton County Fairgrounds, Auditorium Storage Room:
Fair Board [Minutes includes reports and related records-title varies],
1986-1997 (3 binders).
Benton County Records Center:
Fair [Board Reports and Minutes], 1976-1986 (.25
cu.ft.);
Fair Slides from Past Fairs [County-includes photographic slides and prints],
1986-1988 (.75 cu.ft.).
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Second Floor:
Benton County Public Meeting Minutes-Miscellaneous [Fair
Board Minutes], 1998-present (1 volume).
Benton County Historical Museum:
[Benton County Fair Guide-Benton County Transfer 2006 Records], 1981 (1 volume);
[Minutes of Board Meetings-County Fair-Benton County Transfer 2006 Records],
1912, 1915-1916 (1 volume).
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