Harry Russell Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Oxfordshire Fairs, Showmen and preservation societies.
Dates
- Creation: c1970 - 1999
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Items are currently being catalogued and are not available to researchers at the present time
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law
Biographical / Historical
Harry Russell lived and worked in Oxfordshire. Aside from his job as a postman, he was an avid fan of fairgrounds and preservation, rarely straying from his locality. Harry was a member of the Fairground Association of Great Britain who travelled around the local fairs on his bicycle taking and handing out photographs. He was a prolific photographer who produced an archive of thousands of photographs of fairgrounds which often portrayed his friends and acquaintances. Harry passed away in November 2009 age 89.
Extent
15 Box(es) (5,000 photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Updated by Arantza Barrutia
- Date
- 26 March 2014
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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