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Noel Drewe Collection
A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. FIlms are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm. Also includes a small collection of sound reels mainly containing fairground music, and correspondence and notes relating to the films.
Norman Family Collection
This collection contains photographs, business papers, newspaper cuttings typed pages and notes (probably for an autobiography) with some correspondence about a proposed book. There are also some costumes and props.
Norwood Papers
O'Beirne Collection
Amateur Super8 cine reels filmed by Thomas O’Beirne, black and white and colour photographs and slides, circus and theatre posters, a watercolour and a small amount of other ephemera.
O'Connor-Toulmin Family Collection
The collection contains photographs, including early family photographs of the O'Connor family, contemporary research, journal articles and books written by Vanessa Toulmin. Also included in the collection are manuscripts and newspaper cuttings.
Orton and Spooner Collection
This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.
Palliative Care Oral History Project Archive
Interviews recorded with 87 people using palliative care services between 2007 and 2016. Each interview has an accompanying summary document and some have full transcripts.
Parish Libraries Collection
Paul Angel Collection
This collection contains photographs both taken and collected by Paul Angel, associated notes, newspaper cuttings and 2 videos relating to fairs, seaside and amusement parks and the preservation movement.
Paul Braithwaite Collection
This collection contains issues of ten different fairground related publications, transcriptions of taped interviews with different fairground showmen and families, related correspondence and research used for the purpose of Paul Braithwaite’s publication work. There are also small pockets of photographic images, advertising material and an obituary for Joe Fletcher.
Paul Wright Collection
Designs, drawings, research material, a piece of correspondence and some photographs, mainly related to the creative process and conception of the artwork for Chadwick’s Ghost Train as well as Paul Wright's lifetime archive related to his work as a fairground artist.
People's College Sheffield Archive
Percy Jackson Collection
Black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground transport and showpeople taken by a variety of people including Rowland Scott and collected by Percy Jackson.
Peroni Scrapbooks
Peter and Rose Townsend Archive
Documents donated by the family of Peter and Rose Townsend, including booklets, newspaper cuttings, newsletters, reports and translated articles relating to China, including many items dating from the early 1950s concerning the Cultural Revolution.
For further details of this collection please see the External Documents section below.
Peter Blundell Jones Archive
Peter Wellen Collection
The collection contains black and white and colour prints of fairground rides and transport, mainly of British southern counties fairs and rallies in the 1960s. There are also some American amusement park images, manuscripts for the first 6 issues of 'Century of Tobers' (Fairground Association of Great Britain) magazine, a small selection of calendars produced by Carters funfair and commercially produced DVDs on the fairground and preservation movement.
Philip Swindlehurst Collection
This collection contains original cabinet cards relating to Orton and Spooner of Burton upon Trent and postcards depicting fairs from the turn of the 19th century.
Pierce Manuscripts
The papers of Emeritus Professor Frank Pierce (1915-1999), who held the chair of Spanish (Hispanic Studies) at the University of Sheffield from 1953 until 1980. The collection mainly relates to his work on Spanish literature, especially epic poetry.
For further details of this collection please see the box list in the External Documents section below.
Potter Manuscripts
The papers and correspondence of George Richard Potter (1900-1982), Professor of Modern/Medieval History at the University of Sheffield from 1931 until 1965. The collection relates to his work on medieval and modern history.
For further details of this collection please see the box list in the External Documents section below.