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Box Smart Family Collection Box 1

 Container

Contains 28 Results:

Bibliographies and Catalogues, 1986 - 1997

 Series — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178J10
Scope and Contents

Catalogues for sales and auctions of equipment.

Dates: 1986 - 1997

Catalogue of Sale of Circus Equipment, 22 February 1986

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178J10.1
Scope and Contents

Booklet of circus equipment auction from Billy Smart's Circus which included costumes, trucks, circus props, trailers, lorries, and generators and two leaflets for the Billy Smart's circus sale of circus equipment auction.

Dates: 22 February 1986

Argus Miniature Catalogue of Circus Miniature Vehicles, 1997

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178J10.2
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of miniature circus vehicles available to purchase.

Dates: 1997

Memorial Service Booklet for Billy Smart, 2 October 1966

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178Q9.1
Scope and Contents

Booklet of the memorial service for Billy Smart held at St Peter's Church, Cranbourne. Includes the order of service, hymns, and Bible quotes. 4 pages.

Dates: 2 October 1966

Memorial Service Booklet for Bernard Delfont, 5 October 1994

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178Q9.2
Scope and Contents

Booklet of the memorial service for Bernard Delfont held at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood, London. Includes information about his life, the order of service, readings and songs. 14 pages.

Dates: 5 October 1994

Memorial Service Booklet for Captain William Butlin, 17 June 2003

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178Q9.3
Scope and Contents

Booklet of the memorial service for Captain William Butlin held at St John's Parish church. Includes the order of service, prayers, hymns, eulogy, Bible reading, and address. 4 pages. One envelope with information about the service hand written on the front.

Dates: 17 June 2003

Obituary for Cyril Mills, 1991

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178Q9.4
Scope and Contents

Photocopied obituary for Cyril Mills of the Bertram Mills Circus printed in The Daily Telegraph on 22 July 1991 accompanied by a letter of condolence to Mrs Mills from The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions.

Dates: 1991

Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material, 1950 - 2003

 Series — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34
Scope and Contents

Research material on the life and career of Billy Smart as well as a monograph by Bernard Wicksteed.

Dates: 1950 - 2003

Research Material Early Fairground Memories by Alan Ingram, 13 May 2003

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.1
Scope and Contents

Early fairground memories by Alan Ingram. Typescript 3 pages.

Dates: 13 May 2003

Research Material Billy Smart Statue in Park, c1966 - 1990

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.2
Scope and Contents

Information about Billy Smart from statue in park. Typescript 1 page.

Dates: c1966 - 1990

Research Material 'The Smart Life', 1993

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.3
Scope and Contents

Information about the Billy Smart's Big Top show coming back since the last live show in 1971. Typescript 2 pages.

Dates: 1993

Research Material from Circus Hall of Fame, 12 September 1970

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.4
Scope and Contents

Information about the Circus Hall of Fame enshrining Mayme Ward, Rieffenach Sisters, Ira Millette and Billy Smart. Typescript 4 pages.

Dates: 12 September 1970

The Five Flying Elephants by Bernard Wicksteed, c1950 - 1990

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.5
Scope and Contents

The Five Flying Elephants booklet with photocopies of the book and black and white photographs.

Dates: c1950 - 1990

Billy Smart's Circus: A Pictorial History by David Jamieson Monograph, 2004

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.6
Scope and Contents

Colour book published by Aardvark Publishing for the Circus Friends Association. Signed by Gary Smart.

Dates: 2004

Trains Album of Photographs Number 19: Circus Trains by Charles Philip Fox Publication, 1947

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Research material on the life and career of Billy Smart as well as a monograph by Bernard Wicksteed.

Dates: 1947

Circus Hall of Fame Publication, 1971

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.8
Scope and Contents

Designed and printed by Dukane Press, Hollywood.

Dates: 1971

We Want the Queen: the Authorised Account of How the Capital Celebrated the Queen's Silver Jubilee by Patrick Montague-Smith Monograph, 1977

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Research material on the life and career of Billy Smart as well as a monograph by Bernard Wicksteed.

Dates: 1977

International Zoo News Publication, January 1957

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.10

Life in Fleetwood: Today and Yesterday Magazine, August 1991

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.11
Scope and Contents

Issue 11. Features article on a generation of Silcock's Fair.

Dates: August 1991

Circus Transport Photographs Volume 2 1900 - 2002 by David Jamieson Monograph, 2002 - 2004

 Item — Box: Smart Family Collection Box 1
Reference code: 178B34.12
Scope and Contents

Published for the Circus Friends Association by Aardvark Publishing. Accompanied by letter from David Jamieson to Ronnie and Gary Smart sent in 2004 about a visit to the National Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield for research for his upcoming book 'Billy Smart's Circus: A Pictorial History'.

Dates: 2002 - 2004