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Argyle Theatre Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0117
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.

Dates: 1865 - 1941

Bernard Fielding Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0084
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Bill Barnes Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0172
Scope and Contents

Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.

Dates: 1881 - 2017

George McIndoe Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0181
Scope and Contents

Photographs, slides, newspaper cuttings related to the Biddall family and photographs of Kirkaldy Fair created for a documentary on Scottish fairs.

Dates: c1880 - 1969; 18 May 1981

George Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0118
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1890 - 1896

Monte-Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0161
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1797 - 1998; 2018 - 2021

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

O'Connor-Toulmin Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0025
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1900 - 2001

Orton and Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

Ron Kinder Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0052
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1960 - 2002

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Names
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 3
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 2
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2
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The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2
Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2
Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 1
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1
Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1
Carmencita, c1868 - 1910 1
Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd (1770 - 1928) 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Edison, Thomas, 1847 - 1931 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Fielding, Bernard, Active 1990 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Fodens Ltd (1887 - 2006) 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Fowle, Fred, 1914 - 1983 1
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1
Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1
Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1
Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1
Haydon & Urry Ltd (c1890 - 1916) 1
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1
J. & H. McLaren (1876 - 1959) 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
John Fowler & Co. (1863 - 1974) 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1
Kinder, Ron, Active c1960 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1
Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1
Monte, Richard, 1877 - 1953 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1
Oakley, Annie, 1860 - 1926 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1
Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Paul, Robert, 1869 - 1943 1
Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1
Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 1
Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954 1
Poole, Charles William, 1858 - 1918 1
Poole, Charles William, Jr., 1880 - [?] 1
Poole, Charles, 1821 - 1877 1
Poole, Elizabeth, 1856 - 1937 1
Poole, Florence Henrietta, 1873 - [?] 1
Poole, Fred (Frederick), 1867 - 1907 1
Poole, George Walter, 1828 - 1877 1
Poole, George, 1849 - 1929 1
Poole, Gordon, 1893 - 1970 1
Poole, Henry, 1850 - 1925 1
Poole, John Kenneth Stafford, 1911 - 1998 1
Poole, John Reginald, 1882 - 1950 1
Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954 1
Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 1
Poole, Lillian Maude, 1879 - 1946 1
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1
Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1
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