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Gordon Brotherston Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 493
Scope and Contents The Gordon Brotherston Papers comprise circa 1000 pages of documentary materials. The vast majority of this material is original correspondence (a mixture of typescript and handwritten), which has never been available for research. The Papers represent, therefore, a previously unknown yet highly significant aspect of post-war small press poetry culture—a developing speciality of Sheffield’s Special Collections due to the Small Press Poetry Collection—particularly focused around international...
Dates: 1961 - 2013
Found in: Special Collections and Archives

Marisa Carnesky Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0095
Scope and Contents

This collection contains research material, business records, grant applications, project planning documents, contracts, programmes, posters, handbills, newpaper cuttings and other records relating to Marisa Carnesky's career as a showwoman. The records comprise the production and travelling of Marisa's shows including Carnesky's Ghost train, SmutFest, Jewess Tattoess, Dragon Ladies, Chamber of Horrors, Dystopia, Magic War, The Incredible Bleeding Woman and Tarot Drome.

Dates: 1970 - 2010
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Smart Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0079
Scope and Contents

This collection contains posters, programmes, letters, film, business records and a large number of family and circus photographs. This unique family collection charts the history of the Smart family from their beginnings as fairground showmen to presenting one of the greatest British circuses.

Dates: c1890 - 2014
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

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