Showing Collections: 21 - 40 of 45
Joe Hives Collection
Black and white photographs of fairground rides, transport, sideshows, boxing booths and showmen and women.
John and Mabel Strudwick Collection
This collection contains black and white and colour photographs and postcards, some originals and some copies, including one World War I soldier photograph, and some colour photographs, as well as a newspaper clipping, a baptism certificate and a recent letter from BBC Northamptonshire.
John Gale Collection
Photographs taken by John Gale, including a collection of negatives from his favourite fairs: Newcastle Town Moor, Durham Miners' Gala, Houghton Feast, Northallerton and his home town of Wolsingham. There are also a number of newspaper cuttings, circus and rally programmes.
Malcolm Airey Circus and Theatre Collection
This collection contains a large number of books, programmes, photographs, research and related notebooks as well as correspondence. Many programmes contain inserts of tickets, notes from Malcolm Airey and other inserts. Amongst others the collection contains examples from the Bertram Mills Circus, Blackpool Tower Ballroom and Billy Smart's circus. There are also technical plans and drawings
Margaret Whitaker Collection
Fairground drawings and photographs by Margaret Whitaker.
Marshall and Scott Family Collection
Black and white photographs of the Marshall and Scott families, including photographs and correspondence related to Walter Marshall while serving on the RAF during WWII, the Kayes Brothers' Family Circus, the Baker Family and some images of members of the Testo family as well as other performers and acts. Additionally there are circus programmes, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, birth, marriage and death certificates and Wills.
Martin Burridge Collection
Small collection of black and white photographs of fairground personalities in Devon and Cornwall taken by Martin Burridge.
National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection
Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting
Neil Calladine Collection
This collection consists of 6 black and white photographs of fairgrounds and 8 audio cassette recordings of interviews with showpeople from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.
Nichols Family Collection
This collection contains 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.
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.
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.
Richard Sissons Collection
Colour photographs of personalities and artefacts taken on the first day of the 1995 Sheffield "Mile Long" City Centre funfair by Richard Sissons.
Rod Spooner Collection
The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.
Ron Kinder Collection
Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.
Ron Lee Collection
This collection contains black and white and colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and transport taken by Ron Lee and scrapbooks.
Ronald Allen Taylor Collection
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.