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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Business Records, 1889 - 2003

 Series
Reference code: 178H40
Scope and Contents

Business records containing minutes of meetings, financial records, documents related to legislation and urban planning, Showmen's Guild diaries, year books, records on the campaigns run by the Showmen on the defence of Mitcham, Norwich, Manchester, Nottingham and Cambridge fairs.

Dates: 1889 - 2003

Humorous and Tragic Stories of a Showman's Life Monograph, c1900 - 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178B2.1
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of book by Rev. Thomas Horne, London, The Era, 127p.p

Dates: c1900 - 1910

Monographs and Articles, c1900 - 2001

 Series
Reference code: 178B2
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of material used for research and articles by Professor Vanessa Toulmin.

Dates: c1900 - 2001

O'Connor-Toulmin Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0025
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs, including early family photographs of the O'Connor family, contemporary research, journal articles and books written by Vanessa Toulmin. Also included in the collection are manuscripts and newspaper cuttings.

Dates: c1900 - 2001

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

The Showmen's Year Book, 1906

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 12: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.74
Scope and Contents Contains an article about George Sanger, a list of the members of the Executive Council, Executive Committee and Honorary members, with black and white photographs, the Showmen's sixteenth annual report, the Showmen's constitution and rules, a list of subscribers to the Guild, a list of subscripton to the Parliamentary Defence fund, a synopsis of bye-laws, an article by Reverend Thomas Horne about British shows and Showmen, an article on the phases of church work amongst the Showmen, a...
Dates: 1906