Compilation of monographs, articles, manuscripts and a range of research material about circus companies and performers in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the world by various authors, the research was mainly compiled by Hal Thomas.

Includes newspaper cuttings, compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders.

A collection of newspaper cuttings on circus, circus proprietors and performers and scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings, posters, programmes and other items of ephemera, covering mainly British circuses and venues such as Belle Vue and also some international circuses.

Original works of art including artists' prints, drawings, watercolours and paintings, and designs for circus posters.

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of the William Rosaire family and several generations of the Decar family as well as different acts and circus and variety performers and showmen, city views in France, Persia, Argentina, Switzerland, England and Ireland, 40p.p

Includes photographs of photographs of circus performers, compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders.

Photographic albums and photograhs showing the Decar family, circus performers and acts, including animals and images of different locations around the world.

Poster left blank for over printing location and date. Fossett, Rosaire and Pinder circus combined in the new 4 Pole Big Top. Red and black type on yellow background.

A collection of posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell for music hall and variety, circus, pantomime and fairgrounds.

A wide range of British and international circus and menagerie posters ranging from the 19th to the 21st century including Astley's Amphitheatre, Pablo Fanque, Polito, Bostock and Wombwell, Ducrow, Cooke, Hengler, Sanger, Smart, Gerry Cottle, Bertram Mills, Chipperfield's, Robert Brothers, Fossett, Blackpool Tower, Billy Russell, Belle Vue, Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, Austen Brothers and many more.

A collection of mainly British and international circus programmes and some variety and music hall programmes containing circus acts.

Rosaire Circus programmes including Rosaire Bros. Circus, Circus Rosaire, Rosaire Victory Circus and Rosaire's British and Continental Circus containing black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme and commercial advertising.

Black and white postcard of crowds queuing at the entrance to Rosaire's Circus. Includes a message on the reverse that reads as follows: 'Before the war clouds dimmed the horizon throngs of happy people loved to visit the travelling circuses - Today a topsy-turvy world presents them with 'Adolf in Blunderland'. From a photo taken on Rosaire's Circus before the closing down order was ever thought of'. Photo B. C. Harris'.

Black and white postcard of crowds queuing at the ticket booth at the entrance to Rosaire's Circus.

Black and white postcard of crowds queuing at the ticket booth, as well as general view of living vans and circus vehicles at the entrance to Rosaire's Circus.

Newspaper cuttings of a series of articles on the circus, written by Ruth Manning-Sanders for the Sunday Chronical (April - May 1952). Accompanied by two newspaper cuttings, relating to rehearsals by performers from Rosaire's Circus at a farm near Billericay, Essex (November 1938).

Black and white photograph of a large group of circus performers on stage, possibly at Rosaire's Circus. Inscription on the reverse reads as follows: 'To Ruth and George. From Countess Flo'.

Scrapbook relating to Rosaire's Circus, contains posters, black and white photographs, newspaper cuttings, programs and letters, 51p.p