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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 - 1972

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 Playhouse Programmes

 Collection
Reference code: PE 28
Scope and Contents

A collection of programmes for productions at the Sheffield Playhouse, 1956-1971. The programmes cover a variety of productions, from Shakespeare to Agatha Christie, John Osborne to fairy tales, and date from January 1956 to May 1971, the year in which the Playhouse closed and the Crucible Theatre opened.

Dates: January 1956 - May 1971

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 University Alumni Photographs

 Collection
Reference code: SLI 12
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs relating to individual alumni of the University of Sheffield.

For further details fo this collection see the finding aid in the external documents section below.

Dates: 1925 - c1970

Sheffield University Drama Studio Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 422
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of documents relating to Sheffield University Drama Studio, and includes many programmes, posters, seasonal listings, lunchtime recital programmes, photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence relating to events held at the University Drama Studio

Dates: 1972 - c2010

Sheffield University Film Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: FM 2
Scope and Contents A collection of films relating to the history and life of the University of Sheffield from its Inauguration in 1905 to the present day.In 1996 the University explored the possibility of producing a video film to mark the Centenary of the Inauguration of University College (the immediate forerunner of the University) in Sheffield in 1897, and a large cache of film footage was located in the Students' Union (see Sheffield University Students' Union Film Archive). Some of this was reformatted...
Dates: 1905 - 1968

Sheffield University Library Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: 214
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs, documents and artefacts illustrating notable persons, events and buildings in the history of Sheffield University Library.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the external documents section below.

Dates: 1905 - 2020

Sheffield University Mountaineering Club Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 204
Scope and Contents The collection includes documents and photographs relating to the history of the Sheffield University Mountaineering Club and its members.The initial donation consisted of photographs, together with some accompanying documentary material, which principally record the life and outdoor activities of Frederick Wilson Jones, who, with W.T. Catton, founded the Sheffield University Mountaineering Club. Photographs relating to Mountaineering Club activities cover the years 1932 to 1934,...
Dates: 1913 - 1986

Sheffield University Time Capsule Documents

 Fonds
Reference code: 316
Scope and Contents

A collection of documents found in a time capsule which had been buried under the University of Sheffield foundation stone in June 1903. The records all date from 1903 apart from one newspaper article from 2003.

For details of this collection please see the finding aid in the external documents section below.

Dates: 1903 - 2003

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

Shufflebottom Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates: c1890 - 1989

Single Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Reference code: 2
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises approximately 250 items, largely single manuscripts and ephemera. The bulk of the material dates from the nineteenth century and includes autographed letters from noted individuals and diaries.

The collection is arranged alpabetically by person/subject. For a completed listing of items within this collection please see the external documents section below.

Dates: c1600 - 2011

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Special Collections and Archives 237
National Fairground and Circus Archive 145
University Archive 1
 
Subject
Fairs 102
Amusement rides 86
Showman 81
Showwoman 73
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English 379
German 24
French 17
Spanish; Castilian 8
Dutch; Flemish 7
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University of Sheffield (Established 1828) 32
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 13
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (NATCECT) (1975 - 2008) 11
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 11
University of Sheffield Library (Established 1879) 9
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Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 7
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 7
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 7
British Union of Fascists (1932 - 1940) 6
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 6
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 5
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 5
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 5
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 4
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 4
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 4
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 4
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 4
Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) 4
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 4
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 4
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 4
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 4
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 4
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 4
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 3
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 3
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 3
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 3
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 3
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 3
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 3
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 3
Circus Knie (Established 1803) 3
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 3
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 3
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 3
Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 3
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 3
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 3
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 3
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 3
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 3
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 3
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 3
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 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
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 3
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 3
Olympia London (Established 1886) 3
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 3
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 3
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 3
Smith, George Charles Moore, 1858 - 1940 3
The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 3
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 3
Union Movement (1948 - 1973) 3
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 3
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 3
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 3
Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 2
Allan, Alastair J., Active 1970s - 2015 2
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 2
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 2
Aspland-Howden (c1875 - 1915) 2
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 2
B. Cole & Sons (Amusements) Ltd (Established 1890) 2
Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 2
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 2
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 2
Centre for Luxembourg Studies (University of Sheffield) (Established 1995) 2
Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd (1770 - 1928) 2
Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 2
Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 2
Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 2
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 2
Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 2
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 2
Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 2
Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 2
Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 2
Dainton, Frederick Sydney, Sir, 1914 - 1997 2
Dave Homer Video (Established 1989) 2
David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2
Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 2
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 2
Fisher, Hal, 1909 - 2002 2
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2
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