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Boxing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 180 Collections and/or Records:

Boxing World and other sports Vol. 14 No. 3, December 1992

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.8
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist newspaper containing black and white photographs and articles, including one on Barbara Buttrick. 12p.p.

Dates: December 1992

Boxing World and other sports Vol. 14 No. 4, August - September 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.10
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist newspaper containing black and white photographs and articles. 40p.p.

Dates: August - September 1993

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 card for Roberto Rea, Fedrazione Pugilistica Italiana, c1968 - 1994

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.39
Scope and Contents

Business card for Roberto Rea of Federazione Pugilistica Italiana [Italian Boxing Federation]; 1p.

Dates: c1968 - 1994

Business Records, c1949 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178H34
Scope and Contents

Various items related to Barbara Buttrick professional career.

Dates: c1949 - 1999

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, 1889 - 2003

 Series
Reference code: 178H40
Scope and Contents

Business records containing minutes of meetings, financial records, documents related to legislation and urban planning, Showmen's Guild diaries, year books, records on the campaigns run by the Showmen on the defence of Mitcham, Norwich, Manchester, Nottingham and Cambridge fairs.

Dates: 1889 - 2003

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

Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo Femenino Poster, c1979 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R52.6
Scope and Contents

Gimnasio Nuevo Panama. Kathy Rivers vs Valerie 'The Wolf' Mahfood. Anna 'Dinamita' Pascal vs Vicky 'Huracan' Woods, Bonnie 'Cobra' Canino vs Sophia Johnson, Alfonso Mosquera vs Darisnel Vergara, Leopoldo ‘Tiburon’ Arrocha vs Tony Gutierrez. White type on red and black background.

Dates: c1979 - 1999

Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020

Compilation of Various Films, c1950 - 1959

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.205
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Fins. 400 Feet. Jack Schwarz Productions. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts. Includes; 'The Forbidden Jungle' starring Linda Dawson. Kangaroos, Wallabies, Hippos, Zebras and Elephants. Chimpanzees from 'Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle'. Frank Jessop presents 'African exploits'. Rounds 2, 4 and 7 from the World Featherweight Boxing Championship match between Howard Winstone and Mit Suri Seki. Bicycle Horse. 'Roaming Vandals'...
Dates: c1950 - 1959

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.210
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charlie Rings the Bell from 'The Fireman' starring Charlie Chaplin. 'Cave Inn' starring Ralph Graves. Round 8 and finale of the World Featherweight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. 'Tarzan’s Hideout' starring Elmo Lincoln.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.219
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 380 feet, The L-KO Company. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films and TV programmes. Includes; Gale Henty in 'Movie Mad'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan's Hidden Jungle'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. World Feather Weight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. The Sun Bather and Charles Chaplin on the farm with Paddy McGuire in 'The Tramp'. Supplied by C....
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.256
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Keystone Film Company. 400 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin at the races in 'Kid Auto Races at Venice' (first appearance as The Tramp character). Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'Fighting Rangers' and Crab, The Range Busters and Joey Knows a Villain. Also features Howard Winstone versus Mitsuri Seki boxing scenes of the World...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Correspondence, c1940 - 2000

 Series
Reference code: 178F15
Scope and Contents

Items of Barbara Buttrick's correspondence.

Dates: c1940 - 2000

Correspondence, 1951 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178F42
Scope and Contents

Items of personal and business correspondence belonging to Billy Wood

Dates: 1951 - 1979

Correspondence Between Barbara Buttrick and Francis Robson, 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178F15.1
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of letter to Barbara Buttrick from Francis 'Spike' Robson.

Dates: 1949

Correspondence Between Barbara Buttrick and Tony Burns, c1949 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178F15.2
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of letter to Barbara Buttrick from Mrs Tony Burns.

Dates: c1949 - 1999

Dick Scott-Stewart Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0072
Scope and Contents

Slide transparencies created for the 'Fairground Snaps' book and later projects. The material in this archive is all of Scott-Stewart's work relating to fairs and circuses, particularly from an artistic and social angle. This collection covers all the field work completed by the artist in preparing his book, as well as trips following the publication.

Dates: 1970 - 1990

Discover the Women's International Boxing Federation Leaflet, 1995

 Item
Reference code: 178I29.1
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of promotional leaflet for Women’s International Boxing Federation Inc. including colour photographs of boxers and information. 6p.p.

Dates: 1995