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National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection
Collection
Reference code: NFA0092
Scope and Contents
Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting
Dates:
c1700 - 2020
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Ronald Allen Taylor Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.
Dates:
c1900 - 1991
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Rowland Scott Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents
Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.
Dates:
c1899 - 1989
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Shufflebottom Family Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents
The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates:
c1890 - 1989
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive