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Albert Swift Collection
Five colour aerial photographs taken by Albert Swift of freehold lands now owned by Yorkshire showmen: 1. Branton 2. Stainforth 3. Northallerton 4. Chapeltown 5. South Elmsall Also a copy of a black and white photograph of the Dewsbury Feast from the early 1900s.
Alf Lamb Collection
Four books of newspaper cuttings mainly from the World's Fair newspaper relating to fairs, traction engines and showland personalities. The scrapbooks include the series 'Traction Engine Snaps' written by 'Cyclist'.
Alfred Grey Collection
This collection contains black and white photographs and negatives of photographs taken by Alfred Grey at Joe’s bar novelty portrait studio and a small amount of related ephemera.
Alma Skinner Collection
This collection contains digital scans of black and white photographs from Alma and Skid Skinner, Wall of Death riders, highlighting their travels mainly in Norway and Sweden and featuring other acts of that era. Also scans of the Crown Prince of Sweden opening their show in 1936 and staff working at Butlins, Skegness.
Amy Goodwin Collection
Film about Amy and her work made by NFCA staff and examples of sign painting done for the Orton and Spooner exhibition in 2022.
Anderton and Rowland Collection
This collection contains copies of original photographs and photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the Anderton and Rowland families and their business on the fairground.
Argyle Theatre Collection
This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.
Arthur Jones Collection
The photograph library of the Friendship Circle of Showland Fans (FCFS). This collection includes material relating to famous fairs, engines and rides. As well as containing a full bound set of 'Merry-Go-Round' journals and numerous books, letters and other journals. The collection includes various catalogues and notebooks documenting the use of traction engines on the fairground.
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.
Ben Jackson Collection
This collection contains 16 posters, 2 handbills, 2 programmes and a small amount of business records, trade material and correspondence relating to Ben Jackson's banjo variety act.
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.
Bernth Lindfors Collection
Slides of black popular entertainment performers, part of Professor Lindfors research for Early Black Enteratinments Abroad: From the Hottentot Venus to Africa's First Olympians book.
Bill Barnes Collection
Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.
Bill Garbett Collection
Colour and black and white photographs mainly taken by Bill Garbett of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs and transport owned by Pat Collins Fun Fair, Carters Steam Fair and the showman Alfred Stevens.
Bill Weeks Collection
This collection contains photographs of fairgrounds and steam engines, journal articles, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and books on railways, engineering, fairgrounds and other related topics.
Billy Bellhouse Collection
Photographs, handbills, newspaper reports and financial records relating to Billy Bellhouse and his life as a wall of death rider as well as other performers.
Billy Coats Collection
This Collection contains Black and white photographs of fairground rides and people associated to the rides around Stirling.
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.
Birt Acres Collection
This collection contains a small amount of archival items and artefacts which belonged to Birt Acres and his son Sidney Birt Acres. The collection also includes books on early cinema, which were used as research material by Alan Acres, while writing ‘Frontiersman to Film-Maker’, and represent the archive created in the process.
Bob Chase Collection
Black and white photographs of fairground people by Bob Chase, produced for his final university year project, also includes contact prints, negatives and notes.