Contains brief history of the fair, correspondence between various Showmen and the Showmen and the Borough of Cambridge including Charles Thurston, William Rabbit and C.H. Kemp. Manuscript and typescript.

Contains documents related to the management and defence of Nottingham Goose Fair, including correspondence from William Savage, Pat Collins, E.H. Bostock, John Collins, Mellor Brothers, John Proctor a paper entitled The Defence of Fairs, a case for the opinion of counsel, an floor plan of the fair and newspaper cuttings. Typescript and manuscript.

Various photocopies relating to Margate, Dreamland, Hall by the Sea, Sanger Circus and animal performance.

Various items including colour photographs of the Ohmy family grave and copies of photographs with notes on reverse as well as photocopies of various documents and some notes.

Research material relating to Randall Williams, including maps, accounts, and photographic material.

Contains research about fairground children education and other topics related to the fairground Showmen community by Michelle Leonard conducted for the Showmen's Guild, The University of Sheffield and the UK government and articles written for the World's Fair newspaper.

Reserach material related to early travelling moving picture shows including Bacon's new map of London with areas marked in red and blue marker, photocopies of Poole's programmes, photocopies of the Politechnic shows at Queen's Hall and other programmes and photocopy of an article about the early years of British film.

Research material related to various fairground and circus families including Duffy, Randall Williams, King family, Dyson/Hough family, Fossett and others.

Notebooks on Continental and non-European circus dynasties containing family trees and some biographical information by Hal Thomas (David Harold Thomas). Manuscript.

Colour photographs of personalities and artefacts taken on the first day of the 1995 Sheffield "Mile Long" City Centre funfair by Richard Sissons.

Colour illustration of two Robert brothers opening a curtain to reveal a circus behind it with many acts including performers and animals on front cover, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and programme in the centre, article on circus and commercial advertisement on last page, 8p.p.

Colour illustration of two Robert brothers opening a curtain to reveal a circus behind it with many acts including performers and animals on front cover, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and programme in the centre, article on circus and commercial advertisement on last page, 8p.p.

Colour illustration of two Robert brothers opening a curtain to reveal a circus behind it with many acts including performers and animals on front cover, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and programme in the centre, article on circus and commercial advertisement on last page, 8p.p.

Colour illustration of two Robert brothers opening a curtain to reveal a circus behind it with many acts including performers and animals on front cover, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and programme in the centre, article on circus and commercial advertisement on last page, 8p.p.

Blue and white photograph of two Robert brothers and red type on white background on front cover, programme inside and text on back cover written by Bobby and Tommy Roberts, 2p.p.

Colour photograph of two Robert brothers on the front cover over a yellow star on a purple background, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and an essay about the origin of the modern circus on the last page, programme in the centre, 8p.p.

Colour photograph of two Robert brothers on the front cover over a yellow star on a purple background, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and an essay about the origin of the modern circus on the last page, programme in the centre, 8p.p.

Colour photograph of two Robert brothers on the front cover over a yellow star on a purple background, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and an essay about the origin of the modern circus on the last page, programme in the centre, 8p.p.

Colour photograph of two Robert brothers on the front cover over a yellow star on a purple background, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and an essay about the origin of the modern circus on the last page, programme in the centre, 8p.p.

Colour photograph of two Robert brothers on the front cover over a yellow star on a purple background, inside black and white photographs of the Robert family and the acts and performers with text and an essay about the origin of the modern circus on the last page, programme in the centre, 8p.p.