Family

Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Correspondence, c1936 - 1993

Series

Reference code: 178F17

Scope and Contents

Letters and telegrams primarily relating to the performing lives of Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver) and his wife, Olga Norman, known as The Sensational Denvers, in the 1950s, as well as Ralph Normans's family life and later career endeavours in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Dates: c1936 - 1993

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection

Norman Family Collection

Fonds

Reference code: NFA0087

Scope and Contents This collection comprises letters, business contracts and agreements, advertising material, printed ephemera and photographs, relating to the life and career of Ralph Norman (also known as Hal Denver), a knife thrower who performed as part of The Sensational Denvers. There are also writings by Ralph Norman, concerning his father, Tom Norman (aka 'The Silver King'), as well as draft chapters for his autobiography, which he titled, 'Knife and Hatchet Man'. Accompanied by a set of throwing...

Dates: c1900 - 2002

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

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Cultural context: Family

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Names: Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) X

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Type: Archival Object 1; Collection 2
Names: Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1; Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1; Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1; Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1; Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1; Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1; Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1; Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1; Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1; Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1; Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1; Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1; Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1; Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1; Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1; Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1; Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1; Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1; Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1; Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1; Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1; Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1; Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1; Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1; Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1; Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1; Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1; Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1; Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1; Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1; Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1; Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1; Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1; Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1; Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1; Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1; Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1; Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1; Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1; Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1; Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1; Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) 1; Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) 1; Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) 1; Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1; Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1; Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1; Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1; Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1; Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1; Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1; Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1; Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1; David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 1; Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1; Doodles, c1877 - 1967 1; Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1; Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1; Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1; Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) 1; Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1; Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1; Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 1; Giffords Circus (Established 2000) 1; Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 1; Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1; Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1; Hassan, Ali, Born c1876 1; Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1; Horn, Rudy, 1933 - 2018 1; Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 1; International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) 1; Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 1; Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 1; Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1; Kayes, Priscilla, c1904 - 1994 1; Keith, Charlie, 1836 - 1895 1; Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) 1; Kiralfy, Imre, 1845 - 1919 1; Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 1; Koringa, 1913 - 1976 1; Lockhart, George (1883-1979) 1; London Hippodrome (Established 1900) 1; Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1; Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1; Menken, Adah Isaacs, 1835 - 1868 1; Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 1; Mooky the Clown, Born 1974 1; Niblett, Jack, 1909 - 1990 1; Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1; Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1; Olympia London (Established 1886) 1; Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1; Polito's Menagerie (c1810 - 1830) 1; Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) 1; World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 2

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