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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Bibliography, c1994 - 2000

 Item
Reference code: 178J1
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Travelling communities, showmen and gypsy wagons, language, autobiographies/biographies of showmen; general history, individual fairs, fairground equipment and art, fairground transport, bioscopes and other shows, freak shows, menageries, fairground organs, general photographic history by Vanessa Toulmin.

Dates: c1994 - 2000

Bill Barnes Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0172
Scope and Contents

Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.

Dates: 1881 - 2017

Faiground Photographs, 1990 - 1999

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C41
Scope and Contents

Black and white and colour photographs of rides, shows and showmen and women at various fairs.

Dates: 1990 - 1999

Hull Fair Project Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0071
Scope and Contents

Research material used for the Hull Fair Project exhibition and DVD including audio visual material, digitised images, oral history and transcripts.

Dates: c1800 - 2005

Hull Fair: Seven Hundred Years of Fun Article, c1994 - 2000

 Item
Reference code: 178B2.5
Scope and Contents

Uncorrected proof copy of an article written for the Yorkshire Journal by Professor Vanessa Toulmin. Typescript.

Dates: c1994 - 2000

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

Keith Nichols Life Story Monograph, c1900 - 1960

 Item
Reference code: 178B2.2
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of part life story of fairground showman and author Keith Nichols, Kessingland, 2011p.p.

Dates: c1900 - 1960

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

Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material, c1900 - 2018

 Series
Reference code: 178B44
Scope and Contents

Monographs, articles and research material on early travelling moving picture shows, related to the Poole family , Wilton's Music Hall, Walter Sickert, Bedford Music Hall, Randall Williams and early cinema in Scotland

Dates: c1900 - 2018

National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0092
Scope and Contents

Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting

Dates: c1700 - 2020

Newspaper Cuttings, 1988 - 1991

 File
Reference code: 178G2
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cuttings relating to showman Keith Nichols of Kessingland, Suffolk.

Dates: 1988 - 1991

Nottingham Goose Fair and Hull Fair Photographs, 1994

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C8
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of Nottingham Goose Fair and Hull Fair.

Dates: 1994

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

Photographs, 1950 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178C8, 178C41, 178C54
Scope and Contents

Colour and black and white photographs and negatives of fairs, showmen and women and the O'Connor family.

Dates: 1950 - 1999

Photographs of the O'Connor Family, 1950 - 1970

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C54
Scope and Contents

Black and white copies of photographs and negatives relating to the O’Connor family taken at Morecambe Winter Gardens.

Dates: 1950 - 1970

Randall Williams King of Showmen from Ghost Show to Bioscope Monograph, 1998

 File
Reference code: 178B44.4
Scope and Contents

Monograph about Randall Williams by Professor Vanessa Toulmin dedicated to Bill Barnes and Visual Delights conference introduction paper

Dates: 1998

There’s No Women Like Showwomen: The Pullen Women of Yorkshire Article, c2000

 Item
Reference code: 178B2.3
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of uncorrected proof copy of an article written for the Yorkshire Journal by Professor Vanessa Toulmin.

Dates: c2000