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Boxing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

Plans, c1916 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178M15
Scope and Contents

Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.

Dates: c1916 - 1939

Plans and Sketches for Fairground Rides and Shows, c1875 - 1939

 File
Reference code: 178V10.43
Scope and Contents

Plans and sketches for rides and shows including swings, trusses for roofs, sleepers and railings for G. Green scenic, specifications for sleepers for M & E Hill, design for abreast gallopers crack, entrance plan for Thurston, platform galloping action, boxing boards for C. Heal, chimney centre and joy wheel.

Dates: c1875 - 1939

Posters, c1900 - 2000

 Series
Reference code: 178R52
Scope and Contents

Various boxing posters advertising fights and a poster advertising Barbara Buttrick's services as a female boxer coach.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Posters, c1880 - 1940

 Series
Reference code: 178R12
Scope and Contents

Large collection of Argyle Theatre posters.

Dates: c1880 - 1940

Prince of Wales Theatre Poster, 23 January 1888

 Item
Reference code: 178R12.99
Scope and Contents Prince of Wales Theatre, Birkenhead. Professors Williams and Stewart, Scotland’s greatest boxers, Carrie Lee song and dance, Madge Daly and Lizzie Hart burlesque Artistes, duettists and dancers, Gus Gauntlett humorous Baritone Vocalist, Lena Price child descriptive vocalist, Sisters Carlton topical satire, Albert Mellor satirical comic and Lancashire vocalist, James English’s Comic Sketch Company entitled 'The Irish Doctor'. Printed by S. Griffith and Co, typeers, Liverpool. Black and red...
Dates: 23 January 1888

Programmes, c1900 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178K54
Scope and Contents

Various boxing programmes for matches in the the USA and the UK.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Programmes, 1950 - 1959

 Series
Reference code: 178K51
Scope and Contents

Boxing and Wrestling programmes containing boxers' information, professional rankings and photographs.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Promotional Folder for the Women's International Boxing Federation Inc., c1996

 File
Reference code: 178I29.2
Scope and Contents

Promotional folder containing four leaflets with photographs of boxers and information about them and a business card for Barbara Buttrick named as President of the Federation.

Dates: c1996

Research Material on Barbara Buttrick, c1940 - 1959

 File
Reference code: 178B45.2
Scope and Contents

Research material containing photocopies of Barbara Buttrick’s photographs.

Dates: c1940 - 1959

Research Material on Boxing, c1900 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178B45.10
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of boxing programmes.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Research Material on Early Boxing, c1900 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178B45.9
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of early boxing material including female boxers and F. Spike Robson.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Research Material on Female Boxers, c1980 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178B45.1
Scope and Contents

Research material containing photocopies of photographs of female boxer champions including Regina Halmich, Belinda Laracuente, Deirdre Gogarty, Delia Gonzalez, Valerie Henin-Wiet, Stefanie Bianchini, Margaret Sidoroff, Daisy Lang, Kathy Rivers, Michelle Sutcliffe and Valerie Mahfood.

Dates: c1980 - 1999

Rod Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0011
Scope and Contents

The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

Ron Kinder Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0052
Scope and Contents

Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.

Dates: 1960 - 2002

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

Sketch for Boxing Booth, January 1924

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.43(ix)
Scope and Contents

Sketch for boxing booth shutters and centre with dimensions. Pencil on paper.

Dates: January 1924

The National Police Gazette Newspaper Cutting, 17 October 1896

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.5
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cutting from The National Police Gazette, containing black and white illustrations and photographs and articles on sports including boxing. 4p.p.

Dates: 17 October 1896

The Prize Fighter Programme, September 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178K54.4
Scope and Contents

Calgary, Alberta. Canada’s greatest fight attraction. Black type on light brown background and black and white photographs of fighters including Barbara Bruttick and Joann Hagen on the front cover and George Dunn and Emil Barao on the back cover. 4p.p.

Dates: September 1954

The Range Busters, Chimpanzees’ Tea Party, The Forbidden Jungle, and Three Little Bruins Great Adventure Film, 1940 - 1949

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.308
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gepe. 400 feet. Castle Films. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Also features documentaries showing chimpanzees and bears, as well as Rounds 3 and 6 of the World Feather Weight Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki.

Dates: 1940 - 1949