Group of people inside Circus Nikitin Nizhniy-Novgorod circus ring in a circus building.

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

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cyldon. Academy Films. 400 feet. In colour, with sound. A behind the scenes look at Cole Brothers Circus, showing the workers who set up and take down the big top and all other manner of things to enable the touring circus to operate. Local, casual labour is engaged for free tickets. Includes the circus fire department cooking on a grand scale.

Back of a black and white photograph of Sanger circus performers, includes gymnasts, acrobats and riders. Individuals are named on the back and are believed to be ; Claude Randall, Sam Hodgini, Georgina Coleman, Harry Hodgini, Dan Feeley, Kate Feeley, William Feeley, L. Feeley, Arthur Reeve, Clara Feeley, August la Place (Feeley, Dankey/O, George Coleman, Topsy Coleman, Little Claude Randall (Freddie Randall), Mr Philpott, Joe Cranston (Hodgini) and George Holloway

Black and white photograph of Sanger circus performers, includes gymnasts, acrobats and riders. Individuals are named on the back and are believed to be ; Claude Randall, Sam Hodgini, Georgina Coleman, Harry Hodgini, Dan Feeley, Kate Feeley, William Feeley, L. Feeley, Arthur Reeve, Clara Feeley, August la Place (Feeley, Dankey/O, George Coleman, Topsy Coleman, Little Claude Randall (Freddie Randall), Mr Philpott, Joe Cranston (Hodgini) and George Holloway

Group of men believed to be circus workers or grooms. The group is standing next to a tent and cart.

Photograph of circus workers erecting a circus tent.

Compilation of circus films showing acts on the ring as well as interviews with performers and proprietors, mainly produced by tv companies in the UK and Europe. Many of them narrated in German.

Photograph of the entrance to Lord George Sangers Circus with three doors and one man standing on each the centre and the right doors. The circus is a booth style contraption on wheels and has three admission categories 1 penny entrance, six pence and three and two shillings. The frontage is decorated with the royal crest and a painted scenes of wild west and equestrian performers.

Black and white photograph of a large group of people, George and Ellen Sanger sat in the middle. Presumably a picture of Sanger with his circus workers.

Photograph of a groom with four piebald horses from Sanger's Circus.

Black and white photograph of a horse drawn cart and handlers. The cart, also holding a horse (presumably a performing horse), reads 'The Oldest Circus'.

Black and white photograph of horses and handlers in a crowd

Colour and black and white born digital photographs of Zippos Circus taken by John Anderson in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield

Black and white photographs related to Joseph Charles Heather, the Sanger Circus and the Bostock Jungle.

Newspaper cutting of an obituary on the death of Joseph Charles Heather taken from the Long Eaton Advertiser and South Derbyshire Chronicle.

Photograph of Lord George Sanger Circus with tent, equestrian performers and circus workers, trainers and grooms on the Royal Estate in Scotland in Balmoral, Scotland.

Obituaries relating to Joseph Charles Heather.

Colour and black and white born digital photographs of Zippos Circus while performing in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, taken by John Anderson.