Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbooks, 1838 - 2007
Series
Reference code: 178G21
Scope and Contents
A collection of newspaper cuttings on circus, circus proprietors and performers and scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings, posters, programmes and other items of ephemera, covering mainly British circuses and venues such as Belle Vue and also some international circuses.
Dates
- Creation: 1838 - 2007
Creator
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
- World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
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
25 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
French
Danish
Swedish
German
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) (Organisation)
- Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 (Person)
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) (Organisation)
- Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 (Person)
- Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) (Organisation)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
- Zazel, 1860 - 1937 (Person)
- Kiralfy, Imre, 1845 - 1919 (Person)
- Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) (Organisation)
- Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) (Organisation)
- Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) (Organisation)
- Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) (Organisation)
- Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) (Organisation)
- Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) (Organisation)
- Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 (Person)
- Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) (Organisation)
- Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
- Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) (Organisation)
- Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
- Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 (Person)
- Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
- Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) (Organisation)
- Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) (Organisation)
- Circus Knie (Established 1803) (Organisation)
- Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
- Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) (Organisation)
- Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) (Organisation)
- Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 (Person)
- Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) (Organisation)
- Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) (Organisation)
- Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) (Organisation)
- Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) (Organisation)
- Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) (Organisation)
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) (Organisation)
- Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 (Person)
- Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 (Person)
- Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) (Organisation)
- Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 (Person)
- Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 (Person)
- The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 (Person)
- Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) (Organisation)
- Circus Krone (Established 1905) (Organisation)
- Koringa, 1913 - 1976 (Person)
- Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) (Organisation)
- Barbette, 1899 - 1973 (Person)
- The Great Omi, 1882 - 1965 (Person)
- Kayes, Priscilla, c1904 - 1994 (Person)
- Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 (Person)
- Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) (Organisation)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
Contact:
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk