A large volume of typed and handwritten material referring to information published in newspapers and journals including the Strand Magazine, The Royal Magazine, McClure's Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The Bookman, The World Magazine, Cassells's Magazine, American Magazine, The Toronto Star Weekly, Everybody's Magazine, Collier's Illustrated Weekly, St. Nicholas Magazine, Popular Science Monthly, Pearson's Magazine and Saturday Evening Post on animal training and other aspects of wild animal keeping and performance, Cliquot the Sword-Swallower, John Higgings-The Champion Jumper of the World, Three Delevines, De Witt and Burns, Blondin and other wire walkers, the Hagenbeck family, Tom Woottwell-The Mock strongman, giants and dwarfs and other sideshow, daredevils and speciality acts, Charlie Keith, Whimsical Walker, Togare, how the circus is put up and taken down, Cyril Shields, Bisset the animal trainer, Clyde Beatty, Ringlings, Taking the Fall by Alfredo Codona, The Training of Wild Animals by Frank Bostock, All in the Family by Courtney Ryley Cooper, Death Defying Stunts of Circus Dare Devils by Fred Bradna and other generic articles on circus and showmen accompanied by newspaper and journal cuttings.