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Boxing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 180 Collections and/or Records:

Programmes, 1950 - 1959

 Series
Reference code: 178K51
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1950 - 1959

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

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, c1942 - 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: c1942 - 1949

The Ring Magazine, December 1957

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.14
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist journal containing black and white photographs and articles, including article on women’s wrestling.

Dates: December 1957

The Ring Magazine, December 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.15
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist journal containing black and white photographs and articles, including article on women’s wrestling. 68p.p.

Dates: December 1959

The Ring Magazine, July 1978

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.16
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist journal containing black and white photographs and articles. 68p.p.

Dates: July 1978

The Ring: The World's Foremost Boxing Magazine, 15 February 1922

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.13
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist journal containing black and white photographs and articles, including one entitled ‘What Miss Morgan has Done for Boxing’, reproduction. 24p.p.

Dates: 15 February 1922

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0054
Scope and Contents

The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Dates: 1904 - 2023