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Barbara Buttrick Collection
The collection contains photographs, handbills and programmes relating to Barbara Buttrick’s boxing career and some material she collected related to boxing.
Bernard Fielding Collection
Photographs and scrapbooks compiled by Bernard Fielding. Each scrapbook contains a mixture of press cuttings including Fairground Mercury and World’s Fair, photographs, postcards, Paul Braithwaite history and patent material. Augmented by handwritten notes and research from other enthusiasts.
Bill Barnes Collection
Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.
Billy Wood Collection
Collection of material related to Billy Wood travelling boxing booth, containing business records, photographs, correspondence, programmes, posters and other items of ephemera.
Brian Steptoe Collection
An audio cassette recording of a conversation between Maggie Bird (formerly Mrs. Margaret Waddington and nee Shufflebottom) and Brian Steptoe on 15th June, 1993 at Bramerton, Norfolk. There is a ten page transcript to accompany the recording.
Cliff Marston and Cedric Conway Collection
Photographic collection of fairground lorries, rides, shows, organs and preservation vehicles at various fairs and rallies as well as notebooks, correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
Dick Scott-Stewart Collection
Slide transparencies created for the 'Fairground Snaps' book and later projects. The material in this archive is all of Scott-Stewart's work relating to fairs and circuses, particularly from an artistic and social angle. This collection covers all the field work completed by the artist in preparing his book, as well as trips following the publication.
Enquirer Printing Company Collection
This collection of printed material produced by the Enquirer Job Printing Company contains American sideshow and freak show posters mainly from the Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not’ franchise and a poster sampler that was taken around by salesmen from the company.
George McIndoe Collection
Photographs, slides, newspaper cuttings related to the Biddall family and photographs of Kirkaldy Fair created for a documentary on Scottish fairs.
George Tucker Collection
This collection comprises fairground photographs and 3 members' cards, two from Yorkshire Stall Holders Association and one from the Yorkshire section of the Showmen's Guild
George Williams Collection
Collection of early films related to the first year of film-making in America and the United Kingdom and nineteenth century magic lantern slides, letter, film catalogues and photographic plates.
Harold Dever Collection
A collection of photographs of rides, engines, shows and acts from a variety of fairs, taken by a number of photographers including Albert Davies.
Harry Furness Collection
Black and white photographs taken by Harry Furness of his fairground boxing booth. Images show boxers, crowds and people related to the show mainly from the 1940s.
Harry Poole Collection
Black and white photographs of rides, engines, shows and acts as well as scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings from 'The World's Fair' including British Fairground Society Notes, 1949-1963 and scrapbooks relating to fairs, particularly in the Lancashire area.
Hull Fair Project Collection
Research material used for the Hull Fair Project exhibition and DVD including audio visual material, digitised images, oral history and transcripts.
Jack Leeson Collection
Photographs and negatives, both collected and taken by him as well as notebooks with detailed lists of every fair visited. Jack Leeson used an elaborate system of cross-referencing which match the photographs and Jack's account of the fair. Also included are letters, scrapbooks and a collection of records of fairground music and some fairground models.
Jack Wilkinson Collection
Joe Hives Collection
Black and white photographs of fairground rides, transport, sideshows, boxing booths and showmen and women.
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.
Monte-Williams Collection
Research material by Pauline Tindale and a small amount of original archive related to Randall Williams and his descendants, including birth, death and marriage certificates and photographs.