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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 347 Collections and/or Records:

British Postal Order for Miss Norman, 6 December 1963

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.58
Scope and Contents

British postal order for six shillings payable to Miss Norman; 1p.

Dates: 6 December 1963

Broadway Trailer Design, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.54(xii)
Scope and Contents

Detailed design for a three dimensional advertising trailer for a show, with text reading Rialo now showing, 100% singing and dancing, showing dancing girls in a city scape full of sky scrappers.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Business and Personal Correspondence Belonging to Billy Wood, 1951 - 1979

 File
Reference code: 178F42.1
Scope and Contents

Various items of correspondence addressed to Billy Wood, mostly of personal nature, some mention his business, includes a letter from Bill Tomlinson regarding council refusal to grant Billy a licence to run his boxing show. Typescript and manuscript.

Dates: 1951 - 1979

Business Records, 1931 - 1974

 Series
Reference code: 178H33
Scope and Contents

Billy Wood's business records including boxers' personal details and promotional images.

Dates: 1931 - 1974

Business Records, 1961

 Series
Reference code: 178H20
Scope and Contents

Small amount of Alfred Grey's business records.

Dates: 1961

Business Records Relating to Billy Wood's Boxing Booth, 1931 - 1974

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178H33.1
Scope and Contents Billy Wood's business records including address books, boxing and wrestling fight details including names of fighters and locations, takings ledger, personal contact directory from 1932 to 1959, business cards for himself and F. Ward amusement caterer, Showmen's Guild membership cards for 1971 and 1974, Ilkeston market toll fair deposit and receipts, a cheque, receipts and correspondence from Orton and Spooner for the construction of show fronts in 1931, City of Nottingham notices to...
Dates: 1931 - 1974

Chamberlain's Show Front Design, c1890 - 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.54(iii)
Scope and Contents

Front elevation of Chamberlain's show front with woodcarvings by W.G. Hilton, Burton-on-Trent, containing war and patiotric references

Dates: c1890 - 1910

Cheque Payable to E Norman, signed by Hal Denver, 2 April 1955

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.62
Scope and Contents

Westminster Bank cheque for £4.0.0, dated 2 April 1955, payable to E[lla] Norman and signed by Hal Denver.

Dates: 2 April 1955

Cheque Statements from Sahara Casinos Co, 29 October - 12 November 1956

 File — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.73
Scope and Contents

Three cheque statements (tear-off slips) from Sahara Casinos Co, recording cheques of $765 each on 29 October 1956, 5 November 1956 and 12 November 1956; 3pp.

Dates: 29 October - 12 November 1956

Circus Research Material, 1891 - 1935

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B30.37
Scope and Contents A large volume of typed and handwritten material referring to information published in newspapers and journals including the Strand Magazine, The Royal Magazine, McClure's Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The Bookman, The World Magazine, Cassells's Magazine, American Magazine, The Toronto Star Weekly, Everybody's Magazine, Collier's Illustrated Weekly, St. Nicholas Magazine, Popular Science Monthly, Pearson's Magazine and Saturday Evening Post on animal training and other aspects of wild...
Dates: 1891 - 1935

Cleveland News Newspaper Cutting About 'Olga the Ax-Dodger', 18 March 1952

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.19
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cutting from the Cleveland News entitled ‘Olga the Ax-dodger.’

Dates: 18 March 1952

Cliff Marston and Cedric Conway Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0021
Scope and Contents

Photographic collection of fairground lorries, rides, shows, organs and preservation vehicles at various fairs and rallies as well as notebooks, correspondence and newspaper cuttings.

Dates: 1949 - 1992

Col. Tim McCoy Poster, c1930 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178R45.14
Scope and Contents

In person, famous Western and TV star. Black and white photograph of Tim McCoy in cowboy outfit riding a horse and holding his hat up high on his right hand on a red background with black and white and navy type and a white border.

Dates: c1930 - 1949

Commission Note and Form of Engagement for the Saturday Spectacular, c1958 - 1960

 File — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178H12.73
Scope and Contents

Commission note (i) and Form of Engagement, part 1 (ii) and part 2 (iii) for Lew and Leslie Grade, for the television ‘Saturday Spectacular’ on 18 July 1959 engagement; typescript, 3pp.

Dates: c1958 - 1960

Commission Note for an Engagement at the Seven Club/l’Etoile at the Hague, 18 March 1955

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178H12.35
Scope and Contents

Commission note in which Hal Denver agrees to pay fifteen percent of salary to Premier Vaudeville Agency for engagement between 22 April and 5 May 1955 at the Seven Club/l’Etoile at the Hague; typescript, 1p.

Dates: 18 March 1955

Confirmation by Radiotelevisione Italiana to the Denvers, 5 January 1955

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178H12.34
Scope and Contents

Confirmation (?) by Radiotelevisione Italiana to Les Due Denvers; typescript, 2pp.

Dates: 5 January 1955

Contract and Commission Note for an Engagement at Savoy Theatre, Clacton, c1958 - 1960

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178H12.74
Scope and Contents

Contract (i) and commission note (ii) between Entertainments (Clacton) Ltd and the Knife Throwing Denvers to appear for one week at Savoy Theatre, Clacton from 20 July 1959; typescript, 2pp.

Dates: c1958 - 1960

Contract between Asociación Cubana de Artistas and the Denvers, c1955 - 1957

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178H12.68
Scope and Contents

Contract from Asociación Cubana de Artistas for the Denvers to appear from 18 June 1956 to 27 June 1956; typescript, 1p.

Dates: c1955 - 1957

Contract between the Supermarket Show of Shows and the Denvers, 1 August 1956

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178H12.70
Scope and Contents

Music Corporation of America contract between the Supermarket Show of Shows and the Sensational Denvers, to appear in twenty-one shows from 17 November 1956; typescript, 1p.

Dates: 1 August 1956

Contract for a Performance at a US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, 19 January 1956

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178H12.58
Scope and Contents

Music Corporation of America Artists contract between Lieutenant Commander Bogue and the Sensational Denvers, to appear at a US Naval training station, Great Lakes, Illinois, for one show on 16 February 1956; typescript, 1p.

Dates: 19 January 1956