The National Fairground Archive at the University Library, University of Sheffield, under the leadership of
Professor Vanessa Toulmin, has holdings which document fairs, circuses, menageries, magic, optical shows, etc. A
subject list gives the scope of the collection, which includes 4,500 books, 250 journals titles, moving images, photographs, drawings, audio material, correspondence, diaries, cuttings, account books, maps, charts, plans, teaching materials, notebooks etc, as well as ephemera: postcards, trade and advertising material, programmes, calendars, almanacs, posters, proclamations, and 20,000 posters and handbills. There are
word processed indexes (currently under revision) to each of these genres.
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The site includes
articles,
bibliographies and
links to other websites and resources.
Researchers can
visit in person, without an appointment Monday to Wednesday, with an appointment on Thursday.
Opening hours are posted online.
The National Fairground Archive has just launched
NFA digital, with images added weekly. 19,720 images are currently online and these can be
browsed or searched by collection, period, subject, place and name. The
Search tips, especially the explanations of
themes and
subject terms, are very helpful.
You can follow the National Fairground item on Twitter: @professorvaness
The subscription site:
Victorian Popular Culture (Adam Matthew) which will be covered more thoroughly in my next post, includes material from the National Fairground Archive
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