Various Newspapers and Newspaper Cuttings, 1927 - 2007
Scope and Contents
Newspapers and newspaper cuttings relating to circus news and performers, including the Sunday Mercury Special, The Evening Mail, Circus News Illustrated, Late Circus News Flashes, Leisure Life, The World's Fair, Danmark Kina, Soviet Weekly,The Advertiser, The Yorkshire Herald, The Yorkshire Post, The Sun, The Guardian and other main stream newspapers, including articles on Norman Barrett, Boswell Circus, Coco, Bertram Mills Circus, Belle Vue, Barrett's Circus, Robert Gandey's Circus Chinese Circus, Popov.
Dates
- Creation: 1927 - 2007
Creator
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
1 Box(es) ; Various sizes
Language of Materials
English
French
Danish
Swedish
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 (Person)
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
- Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) (Organisation)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) (Organisation)
- Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 (Person)
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