Showman
Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:
Minutes of Council Meeting of The Guild of Great Britain and Ireland, 1918 - 1928
Bound minutes of meetings in red notebook containing items dicussed on meetings of the Central Council, including rules and regulations, charges, appointments to posts within the Showmen's Guild, fund raising activities and benevolent funds, subscriptions, transport, Licensing, agreements with other organisations and societies, finances, ground leases and Government War Bonds among others. Signed by the Guild's president, Mr Patrick Collins, manuscript.
Minutes of Council Meeting of The Guild of Great Britain and Ireland, 1928 - 1934
Bound minutes of meetings in red notebook containing items dicussed on meetings of the Central Council, including parliamentary bills, complaints and appeals, rules, Hull and other memorial and benevolent funds, nominations to positions within the Guild and resignations, York Fair, the Bolton appeal, the Fairs Bill, official journals and finances among others. Signed by the Guild's presidents, Mr Patrick Collins and Mr W. Wilson, manuscript.
Minutes of Council Meeting of The Guild of Great Britain and Ireland, 1935 - 1940
Minutes of Council Meeting of The Guild of Great Britain and Ireland, 1940 - 1944
Minutes of Council Meeting of The Guild of Great Britain and Ireland, 1944 - 1946
Minutes of Meetings of the Showmen's Guild, 1918 - 1957
Minutes of meetings of the Showmen's Guild comprising Central Council meetings, Special General meetings, Management Committee meetings, Mutual Agreement meetings, Annual and Extraordinary meettins, meetings of the Appeals Committee and War Emergency Committee meetings.
Minutes of Special General Meetings, 1951 - 1957
Bound minutes of meetings in green fabric with red spine and corners containing information on rules, General Secretary reports, accounts, appointments, election of officials and benevolent funds. Signed by the Chairmen Arthur Bates, W. Bagnall and John Collins. Manuscript and typescript.
Minutes of the Annual Meetings and Extraordinary Meetings of Members, 1930 - 1951
Bound minutes of meetings in red notebook containing annual accounts, elections of officials, general secretary's reports, admitance of member's wives in the meetings, accounts, rules, update on deceased members, benevolent funds, war updates among other matters. Signed by the Presidents W. Wilson and B. Hobson and Chairmen J. E. Browne, Charles Thurston, William Pullen and William Lennards. Manuscript.
Minutes of the Appeals Committee Meetings, 1945 - 1946
Bound minutes of meetings in green fabric with red spine and corners containing information on section updates and issues, fairs, appeals and fines among other matters. Signed by the Chairman Charles Thurston. Manuscript.
Minutes of the Management Committee Meetings, 1935 - 1939
Minutes of the Management Committee Meetings, 1939 - 1945
Minutes of the Management Committee Meetings, 1945
Bound minutes of meetings in green fabric with red spine and corners containing information on section updates and issues, supplies, road fund licences, the National Caravan Council, war charity funds, insurance and taxation, ride manufacturing, parliamentary bills, General Secretary's annual reports, accounts, benevolent funds, the National Amusements Council, rules, bye-laws, year books and the roll of honour among other matters. Signed by the Chairman William Lennards. Manuscript.
Minutes of the Report of Proceedings Meetings, 1928
Bound minutes of meetings in red notebook containing balance sheets, bye-laws, parliamentary bills, updates on fairs, information on ongoing memorial funds and appeals, complaints, proposals for alterations to rules, updates on year books and traction owners levy among others. Typescript.
Minutes of the War Emergency Committee Meetings, 1940 - 1945
Miscellaneous Newspaper Cuttings, c1995 - 2005
Monograph on Tom Norman and Joseph Merrick, c1970 - 1990
A monograph about the relationship between Tom Norman and Joseph Merrick, titled, ‘Even Shylock was entitled to his pound of flesh - but not one drop of blood. Treves got both with a knighthood to boot! The elephant man who was presented by my father Tom Norman, The Silver King’, typescript. 3pp.
Monographs and Articles, c1900 - 2001
Photocopies of material used for research and articles by Professor Vanessa Toulmin.
Monographs and Articles, 1965 - 1997
Articles and monographs on fairgrounds, boxing booths and education.
Monographs and Articles, c1927 - 1969
Articles and monographs on fairground engineering, architecture and personalities by various authors including David Braithwaite.
Monographs and Research Material, c1851 - 1999
Various items of family history and an excerpt from a book on fortune telling.