Michigan Exposition and Fairgrounds Authority

Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Michigan Department of Management and Budget

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Michigan Exposition and Fairgrounds Authority

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Title: Michigan Exposition and Fairgrounds Authority

Scope and Content: The Michigan Exposition and Fairgrounds Authority was created to manage the state fairgrounds, run an annual state fair, grant leases for portions of the state fairgrounds and enter into cooperative agreements as needed to to carry out its duties.

Division: Michigan Exposition and Fairgrounds Authority

Agency: Michigan Department of Management and Budget

Language: English

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Notes

Biography or Historical Note: In 1956, Public Act 100 created the Michigan State Fair Commission. The Commission became the Michigan State Fair Authority in 1962. Following the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1965, the State Fair became a separate division within the Department of Agriculture. In 1978 oversight of the State Fair was moved to the Department of Natural Resources. In 1994 the State Fair division was transferred to the Department of Commerce. The State Fair reverted back to the Department of Agriculture in 1997. Public Act 468 of 2004 created the Michigan Expositions and Fairground Authority and the Michigan State Fair was housed in the Department of Management and Budget, effective March 2005.

System of arrangement: Records are arranged by type, then by date of transfer to the Archives of Michigan. Records series represented in this collection include audiovisual material. Individual files can be found at the record group level.

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Audiovisual Materials

This record series contains films, videotapes, digital videos and photos, filmstrips, audiotapes and slides. They may be created by agencies to document promotional activities, training, agency accomplishments, special events, initiatives, personnel and other activities of general interest.

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