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Sanger Circus Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0154
Scope and Contents

Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

Dates: c1850 - 1945

Sanger Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0166
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs of George Sanger's Circus, photocopies of newspaper cuttings related to the Sanger Family and original drawings for costume designs by June Dick.

Dates: c1900 - 2018

Scrivens and Smith Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0013
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and scenes and black and white photographs of Lang Wheels dodgem cars and two artist's impressions of Lang Wheels aerodrome. Also contains cassette recordings of showman John Ling's memories of travelling life.

Dates: c1950 - 1994

Seemann Slide Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: SLI 4
Scope and Contents

A collection of glass-mounted slides relating to German history, literature, theatre and landscape. Ernest Arthur Seemann was a printer and publisher of art and history books, and these slides likely contain the images that were used in E. A. Seemann's publications.

Dates: [1858 - 1948]

Selina Dobson Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: On loan
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, Showmen's Guild membership cards and newspaper cuttings relating to the Dobson family, as well as World War One and World War Two photographs, correspondence, medals and certificates.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

Shaun Martin Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0131
Scope and Contents

Digital, colour photographs of fairground rides, fairground art, fairground transport and Ken Fox’s wall of death archived by ride owner

Dates: 2001 - 2003

Shaw Manuscripts

 Fonds
Reference code: 427
Scope and Contents

A collection of manuscript musical works composed by John William Shaw (1927-2008). The majority of this collection is undated, but dated material ranges from 1973 to 1999.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: c1973 - 1999

Sheffield Bach Society Records

 Fonds
Reference code: 270
Scope and Contents

Records of the Sheffield Bach Society, 1950-2010. The collection consists of the records of the Sheffield Bach Society during its first half-century, from its founding in 1950 up to the year 2010.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1950 - 2010

Sheffield Committee on Munitions of War Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 76
Scope and Contents Correspondence and other documents relating to the Sheffield Committee on Munitions of War during World War I, 1915-1919. Includes some later records to 1924.The collection consists of the records of the Sheffield Committee on Munitions of War, a body which existed during the First World War, consisting of correspondence with the Ministry of Munitions relating to contracts for armaments, together with copies of contracts placed, stock records, minutes, and various ledgers...
Dates: 1915 - 1924

Sheffield Concerts Collection

 Collection
Reference code: PE 20
Scope and Contents A collection of programmes, souvenirs, etc. for concerts held mostly in Sheffield between 1896 and 1984.The collection came to the Library from an unknown source, but it may have been put together by Arthur S. Burrows, conductor and chorus master, as it contains two letters written to him and many of the programmes include his name. The collection consists of programmes, prospectuses, fliers and other material relating to the Sheffield Musical Festival, the Sheffield Musical...
Dates: 1896 - 1984

Sheffield Ecclesall Division Conservative and Constitutional Association Manuscripts

 Fonds
Reference code: 147
Scope and Contents

Documents relating to the Sheffield Ecclesall Division Conservative and Constitutional Association, 1885 to 1929.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1885 - 1929

Sheffield Educational Settlement Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 91
Scope and Contents

Papers from the Sheffield Educational Settlement during the period of Arnold Freeman’s wardenship (1918-55). The records are incomplete, particularly for the 1930s, but include correspondence, minute books, account books, some published material, play files and information about lectures, classes and activities at the Settlement.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1918 - 1955

Sheffield Medical Portrait Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: SLI 11
Scope and Contents

Photographs and other portraits of medical personnel and institutions associated with Sheffield and its University, along with a small number of related documents.

The collection has been formed from material already held by the Library, both from University records and from donated material.

For further details of this collection please see the box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: c1800 - 1980

Sheffield Medico-Chirurgical Society Records

 Fonds
Reference code: 310
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Sheffield Medico-Chirurgical Society and its predecessors, 1841-1972. The collection consists of the extant records of the Sheffield Medico-Chirurgical Society and of some of the various predecessor medical institutions, including book societies, of the early 19th century.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1841 - 2003

Sheffield Newspapers Collection

 Collection
Reference code: SNC
Scope and Contents The titles below are available in the Special Collections Department of the University of Sheffield´s Western Bank Library. Please note that holdings are incomplete, and that volumes and titles not included in this list may be held elsewhere in the local area.Iris (Sheffield): 1794-1806; 1812-1824; 1831-1832.Sheffield Courant: 1827-1832.Sheffield & Rotherham Independent: 1842-1863 - 2 copies of: 1845, 1846, 1847, 1851.Sheffield Mercury and...
Dates: 1790 - 1851

Sheffield Society of Architects and Surveyors Italian Photographs

 Fonds
Reference code: SLI 17
Scope and Contents

A collection of 234 photographic images of architectural features of Italian buildings, notably cathedrals, churches and castles created by the Sheffield Society of Architects and Surveyors.

Dates: c1880 - c1950

Sheffield Society of Engineers and Metallurgists Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 142
Scope and Contents

Documents relating to the Sheffield Society of Engineers and Metallurgists, 1894 to 1962

Dates: 1894 - 1962

Sheffield Theatres Collection

 Collection
Reference code: PE 28
Scope and Contents

A collection of programmes and cast lists for performances at various Sheffield theatres, primarily The Playhouse, as well as The Crucible, The Lyceum, Sheffield City Hall and others.

Dates: November 1948 - October 1996

Sheffield Voices Project

 Fonds
Reference code: 430
Scope and Contents

Recordings of interviews, and associated interview notes, from the project 'Sheffield Voices Through Time'.

For further details of the project, please see the External Documents below.

Dates: 2011

Shera Manuscripts

 Fonds
Reference code: 274
Scope and Contents Manuscript works, including musical scores and lectures, with some correspondence relating to the Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra, of Frank Henry Shera, Professor of Music at the University of Sheffield 1928-1948. The collection comprises scores, lectures and other writings on the history of music, together with a small collection of correspondence relating to the Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra in the years 1929-33.For further details of this collection please see the finding...
Dates: 1904 - 1938

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National Fairground and Circus Archive 154
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Acrobats 19
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Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 2
Allan, Alastair J., Active 1970s - 2015 2
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 2
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 5
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2
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Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 2
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 2
Aspland-Howden (c1875 - 1915) 2
Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 3
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 2
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 3
B. Cole & Sons (Amusements) Ltd (Established 1890) 2
Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 2
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 3
Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 2
Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 2
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 5
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 9
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 2
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 9
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 2
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 4
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 5
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 2
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 4
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 3
Bradley, Philip W, 1920 - 1999 2
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 4
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 3
British Union of Fascists (1932 - 1940) 6
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 4
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 5
Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 2
Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 2
Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) 4
Centre for Luxembourg Studies (University of Sheffield) (Established 1995) 2
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 3
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 8
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 3
Circus Knie (Established 1803) 4
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 4
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 4
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 3
Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 3
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 3
Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 3
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 4
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 3
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 3
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 3
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 3
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 6
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 5
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 5
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 4
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 3
Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 3
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 3
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 3
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 3
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 3
Innes Smith, Robert William, 1872 - 1933 3
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 3
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 3
Krebs, Hans Adolf, Sir, 1900 - 1981 3
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 3
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 6
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 3
Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 3
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 3
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (NATCECT) (1975 - 2008) 16
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 3
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 3
Olympia London (Established 1886) 5
P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 3
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 3
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 3
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 6
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 3
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 5
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 3
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 7
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 5
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 4
Smith, George Charles Moore, 1858 - 1940 3
The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 3
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 3
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 17
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 4
Union Movement (1948 - 1973) 3
University of Sheffield (Established 1828) 26
University of Sheffield Library (Established 1879) 7
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 3
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 3
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 4
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 12
Zippos Circus (Established 1986) 3
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