Business Records, 1889 - 2003
Scope and Contents
Business records containing minutes of meetings, financial records, documents related to legislation and urban planning, Showmen's Guild diaries, year books, records on the campaigns run by the Showmen on the defence of Mitcham, Norwich, Manchester, Nottingham and Cambridge fairs.
Dates
- Creation: 1889 - 2003
Creator
- The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) (Organisation)
- Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 (Person)
- Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 (Person)
- Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 (Person)
- Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Guild records are closed to the public. Access is only permitted to Guild members. Secondary documents such as newspaper cuttings can be consulted by the general public. Access to the public may be granted upon direct request to the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
16 Box(es)
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk