This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.

Colour illustration of trapeze act in mid air over a yellow and pink background, small clown holding a white circle with a roaring lion's head in the centre on bottom left, on the front cover, inside introduction, black, green and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 14p.p.

Programmes for South African circus Boswell and Wilkie.

Colour illustration of two clown faces on right hand side and small circus ring on bottom left with different countrie's flags above on the front cover, inside introduction, colour and black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Colour illustration of female aerial act in yellow bikini with pink stars hanging from a rope in the centre, over a circus ring with two elephants and clowns on a blue background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers on yellow background, with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Colour illustration of laughing clown's face on a top section and roaring tiger's head and performing sea lions on bottom section, on front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Colour illustration of laughing clown's face on orange background on front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Colour illustration of clown face on bottom left and small circus ring with polar bear jumping through a hoop and animal trainer, trapeze act and woman seating on edge of ring on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Colour illustration of top section of clown holding a circus ring with his left hand, with clowns playing music and car, three white horses, three elephants and acrobatic acts on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers with text and commercial advertising, 7p.p.

Colour illustration of laughing clown's face on top right and lion's head on bottom right over a red background with yellow, blue and black type , also a white, blue and yellow rosette reading golden jubilee on bottom left, on front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Colour illustration of white face clown covering the page on a yellow background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

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

Folding programme with poster inside. Colour illustration of laughing clown's face in orange outfit and woman in red long dress riding a white horse and colour photograph of rollercoaster ride on the background of the front cover, inside programme over blue starry background with colour photographs of acts and inside, same clown's face surrounded by colour portraits of all the circus staff.

Archive of the Digger Pugh family including newspaper cuttings, photographs, negatives, business records, programmes, research material, posters and films.

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.

Large collection of Argyle Theatre posters.

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

A range of items of promotion and advertising from a range of circus companies and performers, including artistes' photographs with act descriptions used for seeking employment in circuses and pamphlets advertising independent performances and circus companies' literature and souvenirs for public distribution and promotion including Gerry Cottle's Circus, Belle Vue, Blackpool Tower, Bertram Mills Circus, Gandey's, Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, Knie and many more.

Colour illustration of clown's face on left hand side over a blue background and red, green and black type on yellow background on the right on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs and orange and white illustrations of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.