Heiser-Alban Collection of Circus Historical Materials:
An inventory of the records at the Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, Houston Public Library
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| Creator | Heiser, Joseph
Matthew |
| Title | Heiser-Alban Collection of
Circus Historical Materials |
| Date | 1882-1987 |
| Identification | MSS 257 |
| Extent | 45 regular document
boxes, 1 oversized document box, 1 thin document box, 4 large flat boxes, 2
photo boxes; 24 linear feet; approximately 730 lithographs |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Houston Metropolitan Research Center,
Houston Public Library |
This collection contains periodicals, clippings, correspondence,
photographs, posters, and other memorabilia relating to the circus from the
collection of
Joseph Matthew
Heiser, Jr. (
1897-1987), a well-known Houston
naturalist (see MSS 246, J. M. Heiser Jr. Environmental Collection) and
long-time circus fan who served in both World Wars and was employed by the
Texas Company as an accountant.
The collection documents the circus mainly through its advertising
material. It contains over 800 posters from the 1890s to the present, as well
as several hundred date sheets, most from Texas performers and specifically the
Houston region. The collection also contains brochures, handbills, window
cards, programs, and an extensive collection of newspaper clippings.
Also represented are Heiser's activities as a circus fan. He was a
member of such organizations as Circus Fans of America, the Circus Historical
Society, and Circus Model Builders, and the collection includes records of
local meetings, conventions, and a substantial run of magazines published by
these organizations.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Heiser took many behind the scenes
photographs of performers in the "back yard" or back lots of the circus. These
photographs were often featured in
White Tops, the magazine of the Circus
Fans of America. Most of these photographs, which are not of specifically local
interest, have been donated to the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
However, the Heiser-Alban Collection contains over 1400 photographs.
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Arrangement
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| | Circus Magazines Boxes 1-17 |
| | Circus Newsletters Boxes 17-19 |
| | Circus Newspapers Box 18-19 |
| | Magazines Containing Circus Articles Boxes 19-21 |
| | Newspaper Clippings Boxes 22-29 |
| | Correspondence Boxes 29-31 |
| | Christmas Cards Boxes 31-32 |
| | Fan Organizations and Rosters Boxes 32-33 |
| | Notes Boxes 34-35 |
| | Route Cards Box 35 |
| | Route Books Boxes 35-36 |
| | Circus Documents Boxes 36-37 |
| | Brochures Box 37 |
| | Small Advertisements Box 37 |
| | Couriers Boxes 37-38 |
| | Programs Boxes 38-45 |
| | Postcards/Memorabilia/Realia Box 46 |
| | Undersize: Business Cards/Tickets/Passes Boxes 47-48 |
| | Oversize:
- Christmas Cards/Programs/Couriers Box 49
- Souvenirs/Heralds Box 50
- Couriers/Newspapers Box 51
- Window Cards Boxes 52-53
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Access Restrictions
Lithographs may be viewed by prior appointment
Use Restrictions
None.
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| Subjects |
| | Advertising--Circus |
| | Circus--Private
collections |
| | Circus performers |
| Subjects |
| | Heiser, Joseph Matthew (1897-1987)--Circus
collections |
Heiser-Alban Collection of Circus Historical Materials. Houston
Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Donated by
J. M. Heiser,
Jr.,
August 1984
Processed by Nancy Hadley and Tara Wenger
Detailed Description
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1. Circus Magazines
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Amusement Business,
1963-1972 |
| 2 | | Bandwagon,
1951-1953 |
| 3 | | Bandwagon,
1954-1955 |
| 4 | | Bandwagon,
1956-1957 |
| 5 | | Bandwagon,
1958-1959 |
| 6 | | Bandwagon,
1960 |
| 7 | | Bandwagon,
1961 |
| 8 | | Bandwagon,
1962 |
| 9 | | Bandwagon,
1963 |
| 10 | | Bandwagon,
1964 |
| 11 | | Bandwagon,
1965 |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 1 | | Bandwagon,
1966-1967 |
| 2 | | Bandwagon,
1968-1969 |
| 3 | | Bandwagon,
1970-1971 |
| 4 | | Bandwagon,
1972-1973 |
| 5 | | Bandwagon,
1974-1975 |
| 6 | | Bandwagon,
1976-1977 |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 1 | | Bandwagon,
1978-1979 |
| 2 | | Bandwagon,
1980-1981 |
| 3 | | Bandwagon,
1982-1983 |
| 4 | | Bandwagon,
1984-1985 |
| 5 | | Bandwagon,
1986 |
| 6 | | The Call of the Calliope,
1947-1948,1955 |
| 7 | | Circus Fanfare,
1972-1974 |
| 8 | | Circus Fanfare,
1975 |
| 9 | | Circus Fanfare,
1976 |
| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 1 | | Circus Fanfare,
1977 |
| 2 | | Circus Fanfare,
1978 |
| 3 | | Circus Fanfare,
1979 |
| 4 | | Circus Fanfare,
1980 |
| 5 | | Circus Fanfare,
1981 |
| 6 | | Circus Fanfare,
1982 |
| 7 | | Circus Fanfare,
1983 |
| 8 | | Circus Fanfare,
1984-1985 |
| 9 | | Circus Review,
1953-1958 |
| 10 | | Circus Report,
1972-April
1974 |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 1 | | Circus Report,
May-August
1974 |
| 2 | | Circus Report,
September-December 1974 |
| 3 | | Circus Report,
January-April
1975 |
| 4 | | Circus Report,
May-August
1975 |
| 5 | | Circus Report,
September-December 1975 |
| 6 | | Circus Report,
January-April
1976 |
| 7 | | Circus Report,
May-August
1976 |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 1 | | Circus Report,
September-December 1976 |
| 2 | | Circus Report,
January-April
1977 |
| 3 | | Circus Report,
May-August
1977 |
| 4 | | Circus Report,
September-December 1977 |
| 5 | | Circus Report,
January-April
1978 |
| 6 | | Circus Report,
May-August
1978 |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 1 | | Circus Report,
September-December 1978 |
| 2 | | Circus Report,
January-April
1979 |
| 3 | | Circus Report,
May-August
1979 |
| 4 | | Circus Report,
September-December 1979 |
| 5 | | Circus Report,
January-April
1980 |
| 6 | | Circus Report,
May-August
1980 |
| Box | Folder |
| 8 | 1 | | Circus Report,
September-October 1980 |
| 2 | | Circus Report,
November-December 1980 |
| 3 | | Circus Report,
January-March
1981 |
| 4 | | Circus Report,
April-June
1981 |
| 5 | | Circus Report,
July-September
1981 |
| 6 | | Circus Report,
October-December 1981 |
| Box | Folder |
| 9 | 1 | | Circus Report,
January-March
1982 |
| 2 | | Circus Report,
April-June
1982 |
| 3 | | Circus Report,
July-October
1982 |
| 4 | | Greater Show World,
July
1935 |
| 5 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1971 |
| 6 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1972 |
| 7 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1973 |
| 8 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1974 |
| 9 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1975 |
| Box | Folder |
| 10 | 1 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1976 |
| 2 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1977 |
| 3 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1978 |
| 4 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1979 |
| 5 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1980 |
| 6 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1981 |
| 7 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1982 |
| 8 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1983 |
| 9 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1984 |
| 10 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1985 |
| 11 | | Little Circus Wagon,
1986 |
| Box | Folder |
| 11 | 1 | | Sawdust Ring,
1937-1939 |
| 2 | | Southern Sawdust,
1967, 1970, 1976 |
| 3 | | White Tops,
1928-1931 |
| 4 | | White Tops,
1933-1934 |
| 5 | | White Tops,
1935 |
| 6 | | White Tops,
1936 |
| 7 | | White Tops,
1937 |
| 8 | | White Tops,
1938 |
| 9 | | White Tops,
1939 |
| Box | Folder |
| 12 | 1 | | White Tops,
1940 |
| 2 | | White Tops,
1941 |
| 3 | | White Tops,
1942-1943 |
| 4 | | White Tops,
1944-1945 |
| 5 | | White Tops,
1946-1947 |
| 6 | | White Tops,
1948-1949 |
| 7 | | White Tops,
1950 |
| 8 | | White Tops,
1951-1952 |
| Box | Folder |
| 13 | 1 | | White Tops,
1953-1954 |
| 2 | | White Tops,
1955-1956 |
| 3 | | White Tops,
1957-1958 |
| 4 | | White Tops,
1959-1960 |
| 5 | | White Tops,
1961-1962 |
| 6 | | White Tops,
1963 |
| 7 | | White Tops,
1964 |
| Box | Folder |
| 14 | 1 | | White Tops,
1965 |
| 2 | | White Tops,
1966 |
| 3 | | White Tops,
1967 |
| 4 | | White Tops,
1968 |
| 5 | | White Tops,
1969 |
| 6 | | White Tops,
1970 |
| 7 | | White Tops,
1971 |
| Box | Folder |
| 15 | 1 | | White Tops,
November-December 1971 |
| 2 | | White Tops,
January-June,
1972 |
| 3 | | White Tops,
July-December,
1972 |
| 4 | | White Tops,
1973 |
| 5 | | White Tops,
1974 |
| 6 | | White Tops,
1975 |
| Box | Folder |
| 16 | 1 | | White Tops,
1976 |
| 2 | | White Tops,
1977 |
| 3 | | White Tops,
1978 |
| 4 | | White Tops,
1979 |
| 5 | | White Tops,
1980 |
| 6 | | White Tops,
1981 |
| 7 | | White Tops,
1982 |
| Box | Folder |
| 17 | 1 | | White Tops,
1983 |
| 2 | | White Tops,
1984 |
| 3 | | White Tops,
1985 |
| 4 | | White Tops,
1986 |
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2. Circus Newsletters
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| Box | Folder |
| 17 | 5 | | Circus World Museum Annual Report,
1970-1974 |
| 6 | | Circus World Museum Annual Report,
1975-1977 |
| 7 | | Circus World Museum Annual Report,
1978-1983 |
| Box | Folder |
| 18 | 1 | | Circus World Museum Newsletter,
1984-1987 |
| 2 | | Circus Letters, Merle Evans Circus Museum,
1964-1970 |
| 3 | | Fan-O-Gram, Circus Fans Association of America (CFA),
1941-1946 |
| 4 | | Menage Club Weekly News, Cole
Bros. Circus,
n.d. |
| 5 | | Menage Club Weekly News, Cole
Bros. Circus,
n.d. |
| 6 | | Menage Club Weekly News, Cole
Bros. Circus,
n.d. |
| 7 | | Ed Millette Tent Newsletter, CFA Tent No. 5,
1975-1981 |
| 8 | | Today is Circus Day In []?,
1940-1948 |
| 9 | | Today is Circus Day In []?,
1971-1980 |
| 10 | | Valentine-May Circus, CMB Ring 53,
1971-1975 |
| 11 | | Other Newsletters |
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3. Circus Newspapers
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| Box | Folder |
| 18 | 12 | | The Circus Review,
1958-1959 |
| Box | Folder |
| 19 | 1 | | The Circus Review,
1960 |
| 2 | | The Circus Review,
1961 |
| 3 | | The Circus Review,
1962 |
| 4 | | The Circus Review,
1963-1964 |
| 5 | | The Circus Review,
1965 |
| 6 | | Other Circus Newspapers |
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4. Magazines containing circus articles
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| Box | Folder |
| 19 | 7 | | National Geographic, "Circus",
October
1931 |
| 8 | | Modern Mechanix, "Circus Fans"
(mentions many people
Heiser corresponded with
and knew),
June
1937 |
| 9 | | Armour, "Terrell Jacobs, Animal
Trainer",
February
1938 |
| Box | Folder |
| 20 | 1 | | Life, Circus Photo Essay,
April 4, 1938 |
| 2 | | Newsweek, Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Preview,
April 11,
1938 |
| 3 | | Ken, "Circus Strike",
August 11,
1938 |
| 4 | | Esquire, "Horses, Riders and
Circuses",
November
1939 |
| 5 | | Life, Circus Photo Essay,
July 28,
1941 |
| 6 | | Life,
Personalities-Advertisements,
September 8,
1941 |
| 7 | | News From Home, Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey History,
Summer
1943 |
| 8 | | Liberty,
May 27,
1944 |
| 9 | | Reader's Digest, "Circus Day in
the Nineties",
April
1946 |
| 10 | | Reader's Digest, "Circus",
September
1947 |
| 11 | | National Police Gazette,
"Aerialist Ernestine Clark",
July
1944 |
| 12 | | Newsweek, Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Preview,
April 8,
1946 |
| 13 | | National Geographic, "Circus",
March
1948 |
| 14 | | Coronet, "John Ringling North",
September
1948 |
| 15 | | Life, "Circus Models",
June 28,
1954 |
| 16 | | Life, Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey History,
July 30,
1956 |
| Box | Folder |
| 21 | 1 | | Country Beautiful, "Circus World
Museum Circus Wagons",
May
1963 |
| 2 | | Woman's Day, "Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Review",
March
1964 |
| 3 | | The Houston PostThis Week section, "Circus Girl",
April 4,
1965 |
| 4 | | Saturday Evening Post, "Ringling
Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Review",
April 10,
1965 |
| 5 | | Southern Pacific Bulletin, "Circus
Trains",
June
1966 |
| 6 | | Monsanto, "Circus World Museum",
Summer
1968 |
| 7 | | Vista USA, "Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey History",
Summer
1970 |
| 8 | | Texas Parade, "Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey History",
June
1970 |
| 9 | | Cast Iron Pipe News, "Circus Fan
Organizations",
May/June
1970 |
| 10 | | Life, P. T. Barnum Family Photo,
April 17,
1970 |
| 11 | | Men of Action, "The Flying
Waynes",
1970 |
| 12 | | East Texas, "Mollie Bailey",
June
1971 |
| 13 | | Legion, "Life of P. T. Barnum",
September
1971 |
| 14 | | Reader's Digest, Gunther
Gebel-Williams,
November
1971 |
| 15 | | Signature, "Comeback of Circus",
April
1972 |
| 16 | | Where, Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey Preview and Advertisement,
June 24,
1972 |
| 17 | | Railroad," Circus Trains -
History",
July
1975 |
| 18 | | Reader's Digest, "Comeback of the
Circus",
March
1976 |
| 19 | | Ebony, "Model Circuses",
March
1977 |
| 20 | | Modern Maturity," Tent Shows:
George Matthews Great London",
August/September 1977 |
| 21 | | The New Yorker, Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey, Gunther Gebel-Williams,
June 4,
1979 |
| 22 | | Parade, "Gargantua",
November 11,
1979 |
| 23 | | In Between, "Circus Vargas,"
January n.d. |
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5. Newspaper Clippings
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| Box | Folder |
| 22 | 1 | | Clippings - Advertisements/Promotions - With
Comments |
| 2 | | Clippings - Advertisements/Promotions - Local Newspaper
Ads |
| 3 | | Clippings - Advertisements/Promotions -
Nonlocal/Unknown |
| 4 | | Clippings - Advertisements/Promotions - Television
Programs |
| 5 | | Clippings - Advertisements/Promotions - Promotional
Tie-ins |
| 6 | | Clippings - Advertisements/Promotions - Calls for
Auditions/Help Wanted |
| 7 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Al G.
Barnes/Sells-Floto |
| 8 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Clyde Beatty/Cole
Bros. |
| 9 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Carson &
Barnes |
| Box | Folder |
| 23 | 1 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Christy Bros. |
| 2 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Cristiani
Circus |
| 3 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews -
Hagenbeck-Wallace |
| 4 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1910-1919 |
| 5 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1920-1929 |
| 6 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1930-1935 |
| 7 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1936-1938 |
| 8 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1939-1941 |
| 9 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1942-1949 |
| Box | Folder |
| 24 | 1 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1950-1959 |
| 2 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1960-1966 |
| 3 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1967-1969 |
| 4 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1970-1974 |
| 5 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
1975-1982 |
| 6 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey,
n.d. |
| 7 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Shrine
Circuses |
| Box | Folder |
| 25 | 1 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Circus Vargas |
| 2 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Other Circuses,
A-I |
| 3 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Other Circuses,
J-Q |
| 4 | | Clippings - Previews/Reviews - Other Circuses,
R-Z |
| 5 | | Clippings - History - The Circus |
| 6 | | Clippings - History - Living With the Circus |
| 7 | | Clippings - History - Christy Bros. Circus |
| Box | Folder |
| 26 | 1 | | Clippings - History - Downie Bros. Circus |
| 2 | | Clippings - History - Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey |
| 3 | | Clippings - History - Frank Walter Circus |
| 4 | | Clippings - Accidents - Disasters-Fires |
| 5 | | Clippings - Accidents - Disasters-Other than
Fire |
| 6 | | Clippings - Accidents - Individual
Performers |
| 7 | | Clippings - Accidents - Individual Animals |
| Box | Folder |
| 27 | 1 | | Clippings - Animals |
| 2 | | Clippings - Personalities - Managers/Owners |
| 3 | | Clippings - Personalities -
Ringmasters/Dancers/Showgirls/Directors |
| 4 | | Clippings - Personalities -
Acrobats/Aerialists/Equestrians |
| 5 | | Clippings - Personalities - Animal Trainers |
| 6 | | Clippings - Personalities - Clowns/Clown Schools/Clown
Organizations |
| Box | Folder |
| 28 | 1 | | Clippings - Personalities - Sideshow |
| 2 | | Clippings - Personalities - Wild West Shows |
| 3 | | Clippings - Personalities -
Backstage/Support/Musicians |
| 4 | | Clippings - Personalities - Advertising |
| 5 | | Clippings - Collections/Collectors -
Circusiana |
| 6 | | Clippings - Collections/Collectors - Models |
| 7 | | Clippings - Collections/Collectors -
Archives/Museums/Exhibits |
| 8 | | Clippings - Collections/Collectors - Schlitz Circus
Parade (Old Milwaukee Days) |
| 9 | | Clippings - Collections/Collectors - Fans and Fan
Organizations |
| 10 | | Clippings - Pictures |
| Box | Folder |
| 29 | 1 | | Clippings -
Joe M.
Heiser, Jr. |
| 2 | | Clippings -
The Billboard (
Joe
Heiser mentioned),
1935-1940 |
| 3 | | Clippings -
The Billboard (
Joe
Heiser mentioned),
1941-1949 |
| 4 | | Clippings -
Joe M.
Heiser, Jr., photos in articles |
| 5 | | Clippings -
Joe M.
Heiser, Jr., Christmas ads |
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6. Correspondence
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| Box | Folder |
| 29 | 6 | | Correspondence - Personal,
1918-1941 |
| 7 | | Correspondence - Personal,
1942-1959 |
| Box | Folder |
| 30 | 1 | | Correspondence - Personal,
1960-1974 |
| 2 | | Correspondence - Personal,
1975-1984 |
| 3 | | Correspondence - Circus Fans Association of America
(CFA),
1935-1972 |
| 4 | | Correspondence - CFA,
1973-1984 |
| 5 | | Correspondence - Circus Historical Society (CHS),
1950-1985 |
| 6 | | Correspondence - Circus Model Builders (CMB),
1971-1985 |
| 7 | | Correspondence - Circus World Museum,
1963-1985 |
| 8 | | Correspondence - Other Organizations,
1950-1980 |
| Box | Folder |
| 31 | 1 | | Correspondence - The White Tops,
1935-1979 |
| 2 | | Correspondence - Circuses |
| 3 | | Correspondence - Circuses, WPA Circus |
| 4 | | Correspondence - Newspapers |
| 5 | | Correspondence - Other Publications,
1938-1976 |
| 6 | | Correspondence - Advertisements, Circuses (for
sponsors) |
| 7 | | Correspondence - Advertisements, Books |
| 8 | | Correspondence - Advertisements, Recordings |
| 9 | | Correspondence - Advertisements, Travel |
| 10 | | Correspondence - Advertisements, Other |
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7. Christmas Cards
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| Box | Folder |
| 31 | 11 | | Christmas Cards - Personal,
Beazley/Bourgeois/Braathen/Campbell/Cassell/Chlouper |
| 12 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Christy |
| 13 | | Christmas Cards - Personal,
Conley/Dickey/Fitzgerald |
| 14 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Coombs |
| 15 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Cridlebaugh |
| 16 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Dreyfus |
| 17 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Georg |
| 18 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Havirland |
| 19 | | Christmas Cards - Heiser |
| 20 | | Christmas Cards - Personal,
Henderson/Hohenadel/Hoppe/Jackson/Judd |
| 21 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Hooper/Hubler |
| 22 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Kasiska |
| 23 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, King |
| 24 | | Christmas Cards - Personal,
Kyes/Loomis/Luth/Marx |
| Box | Folder |
| 32 | 1 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Minchin |
| 2 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Miner/Montague |
| 3 | | Christmas Cards - Personal,
Painter/Panisko/Pfenig/Price/Reynolds/Ruppert |
| 4 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Scaperlanda |
| 5 | | Christmas Cards - Personal,
Shlotzhauer/Smith |
| 6 | | Christmas Cards - Personal, Stancliff |
| 7 | | Christmas Cards - Personal,
Sturtevant/Tibbals/Youens |
| 8 | | Christmas Cards - Circus World Museum |
| 9 | | Christmas Cards - Circus, Clyde Beatty |
| 10 | | Christmas Cards - Circus, Binz Bros. |
| 11 | | Christmas Cards - Circus, Cole Bros. |
| 12 | | Christmas Cards - Circus, Dailey Bros. |
| 13 | | Christmas Cards - Circus, Al G. Kelly & Miller
Bros. |
| 14 | | Christmas Cards - Circus, Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild
West |
| 15 | | Christmas Cards - Circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey |
| 16 | | Christmas Cards - Circus, Sells-Floto |
| 17 | | Christmas Cards - Carnival, Amusement Corp. of America
(Royal American, Beckmann Gerety, Rubin & Cherry) |
| 18 | | Christmas Cards - Carnival, John Francis
Shows |
| 19 | | Christmas Cards - Carnival, Bill Hames Shows |
| 20 | | Christmas Cards - Carnival, Hennies Bros. |
| 21 | | Christmas Cards - Carnival, Morris & Castle
Shows |
| 22 | | Christmas Cards - Carnival, United Shows of
America |
| 23 | | Christmas Cards - Model Circus, Don B.
Francis |
| 24 | | Christmas Cards - Model Circus, Moose Bros. |
| 25 | | Christmas Cards - Model Circus, Spellman
Bros. |
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8. Fan Organizations and Rosters
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| Box | Folder |
| 32 | 26 | | Fan Organizations - Membership
Cards/Certificates |
| 27 | | CFA Treasurer Notes (
Heiser) |
| 28 | | CFA Photo Exhibitions,
1952 |
| 29 | | Signed Guest List - CFA Dinner Party,
1935 |
| 30 | | CFA Yearly Reports |
| 31 | | Conventions - Circus Fans Association of America,
1937-1949 |
| 32 | | Conventions - Circus Fans Association of America,
1964-1984 |
| 33 | | Conventions - State Fair of Texas-Circus Day,
1971-1980 |
| 34 | | Conventions - CHS/CMB/Windjammers |
| Box | Folder |
| 33 | 1 | | CFA Constitution and By-Laws,
1952, 1956 |
| 2 | | CFA Rosters,
1934-1939 |
| 3 | | CFA Rosters,
1940-1944 |
| 4 | | CFA Rosters,
1945-1949 |
| 5 | | CFA Rosters,
1950-1954 |
| 6 | | CFA Rosters,
1955-1960 |
| 7 | | CFA Rosters,
1961-1970 |
| 8 | | CFA Rosters,
1971-1972,
1976-1978 |
| 9 | | CFA Rosters,
1983-1988 |
| 10 | | CHS Rosters,
1962, 1972, 1981, 1984 |
| 11 | | Other Rosters - Paul Eagles Circus Luncheon
Club/Windjammers/Carson & Barnes |
| 12 | | CMB Rosters,
1971-1974,
1984 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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9. Notes
|
| Box | Folder |
| 34 | 1 | | Notes - CFA and CMB Meetings |
| 2 | | Notes - Price Information, Circusiana |
| 3 | | Notes - Heiser Collection Photographs |
| 4 | | Notes - Heiser Collection Inventory |
| 5 | | Notes - Heiser Collection Inventory |
| 6 | | Notes - Heiser Collection Inventory |
| 7 | | Notes - Heiser Collection Inventory |
| 8 | | Notes - Heiser Collection Items Given and
Received |
| Box | Folder |
| 35 | 1 | | Notes - Phone Calls |
| 2 | | Notes - Visits |
| 3 | | Notes - Circus Reviews and Comments |
| 4 | | Notes - Addresses and Phone Numbers |
| 5 | | Circus Poems and Riddles |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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10. Route Cards
|
| Box | Folder |
| 35 | 6 | | Other Route Information |
| 7 | | Route Cards - Austin Bros. |
| 8 | | Route Cards - Al B. Barnes/Sells-Floto,
1921, 1929-1935,
1938 |
| 9 | | Route Cards - Barnett Bros.,
1935-1936 |
| 10 | | Route Cards - Clyde Beatty,
1946-1948,
1961, 1963-1964,
1966, 1968, 1970; Cole Bros.,
1944, 1960; Russell Bros.,
1936, 1944 |
| 11 | | Route Cards - Campbell Bros.,
1939 |
| 12 | | Route Cards - Carson & Barnes,
1960, 1975 |
| 13 | | Route Cards - Clyde Bros.,
1968; Hagen Bros.,
1953 |
| 14 | | Route Cards - Dailey Bros.,
n.d. |
| 15 | | Route Cards - Diano Bros.,
1953 |
| 16 | | Route Cards - Dixiana,
1964 |
| 17 | | Route Cards - Ford Bros. Kodiak Circus,
1982 |
| 18 | | Route Cards - Gainesville Community,
1949 |
| 19 | | Route Cards - Gentry Bros.,
1911, 1916-1917,
1921 |
| 20 | | Route Cards - Haag Bros.,
1938 |
| 21 | | Route Cards - Hagenbeck-Wallace,
1913, 1919 |
| 22 | | Route Cards - Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.,
1959 |
| 23 | | Route Cards - King Bros.,
1954, 1961-1964 |
| 24 | | Route Cards - Lewis Bros.,
n.d. |
| 25 | | Route Cards - Tom Mix,
n.d. |
| 26 | | Route Cards - C. A. Montgomery,
1947 |
| 27 | | Route Cards - 101 Ranch,
1911, 1913, 1915 |
| 28 | | Route Cards - Parker & Watts,
1939 |
| 29 | | Route Cards - Ray's Circus Revue,
1961 |
| 30 | | Route Cards - Ringling Bros. (Barnum & Bailey),
1915, 1917, 1920, 1945, 1948 |
| 31 | | Route Cards - John Robinson's,
n.d., 1916, 1920-1921 |
| 32 | | Route Cards - Roger's Bros.,
1948 |
| 33 | | Route Cards - Seal Bros.,
1935, 1937 |
| 34 | | Route Cards - Sells-Floto,
n.d., 1915 |
| 35 | | Route Cards - John H. Sparks,
1914, 1946 |
| 36 | | Route Cards - Harley Sadler/Siege-of-the-Alamo,
1936 |
| 37 | | Route Cards - Wallace Bros.,
1941 |
| 38 | | Route Cards - WPA,
1937-1938 |
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11. Route Books
|
| Box | Folder |
| 35 | 39 | | Route Books - Bailey Bros.,
1944-1945 |
| 40 | | Route Books - Clyde Beatty,
1947, 1949 |
| 41 | | Route Books - Beckmann-Gerety Carnival Midway,
1937 |
| 42 | | Route Books - Cole Bros.,
1937 |
| Box | Folder |
| 36 | 1 | | Route Books - Cristiani Bros.,
1958-1959 |
| 2 | | Route Books - Dailey Bros.,
1944, 1946-1947 |
| 3 | | Route Books - Hagenbeck-Wallace,
1934 |
| 4 | | Route Books - Tom Mix,
1936-1937 |
| 5 | | Route Books - Ringling Bros.,
1894 |
| 6 | | Route Books - Ringling Bros.,
1897 |
| 7 | | Route Books - Ringling Bros.,
1882-1900 |
| 8 | | Route Books - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1936-1937 |
| 9 | | Route Books - Ringling Bros., and Barnum & Bailey,
1939 |
| 10 | | Route Books - Ringling Bros., and Barnum & Bailey,
1944, 1946 |
| 11 | | Route Books - Ringling Bros., and Barnum & Bailey,
1951, 1953, 1955 |
| 12 | | Route Books - Seils-Sterling,
1936 |
| 13 | | Route Books (Imaginary) - Walter H. Woods Model Circus,
1947 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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12. Circus Documents
|
| Box | Folder |
| 36 | 14 | | Circus Documents - Rules |
| 15 | | Circus Documents - Menus |
| 16 | | Circus Documents - Advance Advertising |
| 17 | | Circus Documents - Checks/Bills/Weekly Employee
Stmt./Tax |
| 18 | | Circus Documents - Scrip/Vouchers |
| Box | Folder |
| 37 | 1 | | Circus Documents - Bill Posting/Litho Orders |
| 2 | | Circus Documents - Receipts-Tickets and
Concessions |
| 3 | | Circus Documents - Employment Agreements |
| 4 | | Circus Documents - Agent Expense Accounts |
| 5 | | Lilienthal Bros. Records |
| 6 | | Circus Letterheads and Envelopes |
| 7 | | Circus Acts - Booking Info |
| 8 | | Investment - Offer/Prospectus/Annual Report |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
13. Brochures
|
| Box | Folder |
| 37 | 9 | | Brochures - Animal Exhibits |
| 10 | | Brochures - Circus-Circus Casino, Las Vegas |
| 11 | | Brochures - Circus Hall of Fame/Ringling Museums/Circus
World |
| 12 | | Brochures - Circus World Museum, Baraboo,
Wisconsin |
| 13 | | Brochures - Hertzberg Circus Collection, Public Library,
San Antonio, Texas |
| 14 | | Brochures - Schlitz Circus Parade, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin |
| 15 | | Brochures - Other Circus Exhibits/Events |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
14. Small Advertisements
|
| Box | Folder |
| 37 | 16 | | Small Ads - Christy Bros./Dixiana/Downie Bros./
1869 |
| 17 | | Small Ads - Gainesville/Hanneford/Hoxie/Kay |
| 18 | | Small Ads - Tom Mix/Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey/Billy Rose's Jumbo Circus, Ft. Worth Frontier Centennial/WPA |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
15. Couriers
|
| Box | Folder |
| 37 | 19 | | Couriers - Al G. Barnes,
1917 |
| 20 | | Couriers - Al G. Barnes,
1923 |
| 21 | | Couriers - Al G. Barnes,
1936 |
| 22 | | Couriers - Barnum & Bailey,
1912 |
| 23 | | Couriers - Barnum & Bailey,
1914 |
| Box | Folder |
| 38 | 1 | | Couriers - Cole Bros.,
1935-1937 |
| 2 | | Couriers - Gentry Bros.,
1914 |
| 3 | | Couriers - Hagenbeck-Wallace & 4Paw-Sells Bros.,
1935 |
| 4 | | Couriers - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1923 |
| 5 | | Couriers - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1929 |
| 6 | | Couriers - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1934 |
| 7 | | Couriers - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1935 |
| 8 | | Couriers - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1936 |
| 9 | | Couriers - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1937 |
| 10 | | Couriers - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
(Gargantua and Toto),
1940-1941 |
| 11 | | Couriers - Young's Million Dollar Pier,
1935 |
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16. Programs
|
| Box | Folder |
| 38 | 12 | | Programs - Al Sirat Grotto,
1938 |
| 13 | | Programs - Arthur Bros.,
1944 |
| 14 | | Programs - Al G. Barnes,
1928-1936 |
| 15 | | Programs - Al G. Barnes & Sells-Floto,
1937 |
| 16 | | Programs - Al G. Barnes & Sells-Floto,
1938 |
| 17 | | Programs - Barnett Bros.,
1934 |
| 18 | | Programs - Barnum & Bailey,
1916 |
| 19 | | Programs - Buffalo Bill's Wild West,
1972 |
| Box | Folder |
| 39 | 1 | | Programs - Clyde Beatty & Russell Bros.,
194? |
| 2 | | Programs - Clyde Beatty,
1941, 1945 |
| 3 | | Programs - Clyde Beatty,
1950, 1957 |
| 4 | | Programs - Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.,
1964-1965 |
| 5 | | Programs - Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.,
1970-1973 |
| 6 | | Programs - Carden-Johnson Intl., Carden Intl. (Shrine
Performances),
1969, 1984 |
| 7 | | Programs - Carson & Barnes,
1973, 1976, 1978, 1980-1981,
1983 |
| 8 | | Programs - Cherryhurst,
1935 |
| 9 | | Programs - Clackamas High School Youth,
1963 |
| 10 | | Programs - Clark & Walters,
1969 |
| 11 | | Programs - Cole Bros.,
1935-1937 |
| 12 | | Programs - Cole Bros.,
1938-1939 |
| 13 | | Programs - Cole Bros.,
1941-1942 |
| 14 | | Programs - Cole Bros.,
1943 |
| 15 | | Programs - Cole Bros.,
1944-1946,
1948 |
| 16 | | Programs - Dailey Bros.,
1945-1946,
1948 |
| 17 | | Programs - DeWayne Bros.,
n.d. |
| 18 | | Programs - 1869 Circus,
197? |
| 19 | | Programs - First Presbyterian Amateur,
1976 |
| Box | Folder |
| 40 | 1 | | Programs - Franzen Bros.,
1981, 1983 |
| 2 | | Programs - Gainesville Community,
1938-1939 |
| 3 | | Programs - Gainesville Community,
1940-1941 |
| 4 | | Programs - Gainesville Community,
1947-48,
1951 |
| 5 | | Programs - Gentry Bros.,
1947 |
| 6 | | Programs - Great Wallendas,
1970 |
| 7 | | Programs - Greater American Legion,
1939 |
| 8 | | Programs - Carl Hagenbeck,
1917 |
| 9 | | Programs - Hagenbeck-Wallace,
1923, 1929, 1933-1935 |
| 10 | | Programs - Hagenbeck-Wallace & 4Paw-Sells Bros.,
1935 |
| 11 | | Programs - Hamid's Cirque Parisienne/European Circus,
1939 |
| 12 | | Programs - Hamid-Morton,
1937 |
| 13 | | Programs - Hippodrome (Gt. Yarmouth, England),
1937 |
| 14 | | Programs - Houston Firemen's Annual Thrill Circus,
1948 |
| 15 | | Programs - James Bros.,
1966 |
| 16 | | Programs - Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.,
1951, 1953, 1961, 1963 |
| 17 | | Programs - King Bros.,
1954 |
| 18 | | Programs - Circus Krone-Bau (Munich, Germany),
1969 |
| 19 | | Programs - Col. Tim McCoy's Real Wild West,
1938 |
| 20 | | Programs - Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show,
1928-1929,
1945 |
| 21 | | Programs - Millette Amateur (Ed Millette Tent #5 CFA),
1982 |
| 22 | | Programs - Mills Bros.,
1966 |
| 23 | | Programs - Moose Bros.,
1947 |
| 24 | | Programs - Moscow Circus,
1979 |
| 25 | | Programs - Co. "A" 107th Sig. Bn.-Michigan Army National
Guard,
1966 |
| 26 | | Programs - Polack Bros./Sciot's,
1936-1937 |
| 27 | | Programs - Ray Bros.,
1945 |
| Box | Folder |
| 41 | 1 | | Programs - Ringling Bros.,
1911 |
| 2 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1919 |
| 3 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1923 |
| 4 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1924 |
| 5 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1925 |
| 6 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1926 |
| 7 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1927 |
| 8 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1928 |
| 9 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1929 |
| 10 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1930 |
| 11 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1932 |
| 12 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1933 |
| 13 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1934 |
| 14 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1935 |
| 15 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1936 |
| Box | Folder |
| 42 | 1 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1937 |
| 2 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1938 |
| 3 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1939 |
| 4 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1940 |
| 5 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1941-1942 |
| 6 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1943-1944 |
| 7 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1945 |
| 8 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1946 |
| Box | Folder |
| 43 | 1 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1947 |
| 2 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1948 |
| 3 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1949 |
| 4 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1950-1951 |
| 5 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1952-1953 |
| 6 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1955 |
| 7 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1961, 1963 |
| Box | Folder |
| 44 | 1 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1964-1968 |
| 2 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1969 |
| 3 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1970-1971 |
| 4 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1972-1973 |
| 5 | | Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1975-1976 |
| 6 | | Programs - Robbins Bros.,
1938 |
| 7 | | Programs - John Robinson,
1922 |
| 8 | | Programs - Rotary Variety Circus,
1937 |
| 9 | | Programs - Royal Wild West,
1971 |
| 10 | | Programs - Russell Bros.,
1937 |
| 11 | | Programs - Sailor Circus,
1976 |
| 12 | | Programs - Sells-Floto,
1925, 1927, 1929, 1931 |
| 13 | | Programs - Sells & Gray,
1974 |
| 14 | | Programs - Showfolks of Sarasota,
1976 |
| 15 | | Programs - Shrine,
1935, 1938 |
| 16 | | Programs - Shrine,
1939-1941 |
| Box | Folder |
| 45 | 1 | | Programs - Shrine,
1942, 1944-1945 |
| 2 | | Programs - Shrine/Polack Bros.,
1944 |
| 3 | | Programs - Shrine,
1947 |
| 4 | | Programs - Shrine,
1961, 1968-1969 |
| 5 | | Programs - Shrine,
1971 |
| 6 | | Programs - Shrine,
1972 |
| 7 | | Programs - Shrine,
1974 |
| 8 | | Programs - Spangles-Presented by Ringling Bros.,
1943 |
| 9 | | Programs - Circo Union (Mexico),
1971 |
| 10 | | Programs - Van Leer's Holland Classical,
194? |
| 11 | | Programs - Circus Vargas/Miller-Johnson,
1974-1976 |
| 12 | | Programs - Circus Vargas,
1977, 1979 |
| 13 | | Programs - Frank J. Walter,
n.d. |
| 14 | | Programs - Willis Volunteer Fire Dept.,
n.d. |
| 15 | | Programs - Noncircus |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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17. Postcards / Memorabilia / Realia
|
| Box | Folder |
| 46 | 1 | | Postcards |
| 2 | | Circus Memorabilia/Realia |
| 3 | | Placemats/Napkins/Placecards |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
18. Undersized items: Business cards / Tickets /
Passes
|
| Box | Folder |
| 47 | 1 | | Business Cards - Circuses |
| 2 | | Business Cards - Individual Acts |
| 3 | | Business Cards - Fans and Publications |
| 4 | | Tickets and Passes - Barnett |
| 5 | | Tickets - Barnum & Bailey |
| 6 | | Tickets - Bartok |
| 7 | | Tickets and Passes - Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros./Clyde
Beatty |
| 8 | | Tickets - Carson & Barnes |
| 9 | | Tickets and Passes - Christy Bros. |
| 10 | | Tickets and Passes - Cole Bros. |
| 11 | | Tickets - Cristiani Bros. |
| 12 | | Tickets - Hagenbeck-Wallace |
| 13 | | Tickets and Passes - Hanneford |
| 14 | | Tickets - Hoxie Bros. |
| 15 | | Tickets - Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. |
| 16 | | Tickets - King Bros. |
| 17 | | Tickets and Passes - Lewis Bros. |
| 18 | | Tickets - Geo. Matthews Great London |
| 19 | | Tickets - Ringling Bros. |
| Box | Folder |
| 48 | 1 | | Tickets - Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey |
| 2 | | Tickets - Robbins Bros. |
| 3 | | Tickets - Sells & Gray |
| 4 | | Tickets and Passes - Sells-Floto |
| 5 | | Tickets - Shrine |
| 6 | | Tickets - Circus Vargas |
| 7 | | Tickets - WPA |
| 8 | | Ticket Stubs - Unidentified |
| 9 | | Courtesy Tickets - Atterbury Bros./Austin Bros./Binz
Bros./Buffalo Bill Wild West/Chase & Son/Foley & Burk/Gentry Bros./Haag
Bros./Hamid-Morton/Harrington's Nickle Plate/Jones Bros. Wild
West/Marsh-Davenport/Harley Sadler/Shelby Bros./Texas Kidd's/Tiger
Bills |
| 10 | | Passes - Gainesville Community/Gutierrez/Houston
Cavalry/Russell Bros./Seils-Sterling/Spellman Bros. Miniature |
| 11 | | Tickets (Advance and Stubs) - Bud E. Anderson/Arabia
Temple/Cavalcade of the Americas/Dailey Bros./Dixiana/Eastern States/Joe
Eddie/1869/Fairyland/Fisher Bros./Honest Bill/Int'l All-Star/Mid
America/Miller-Johnson/Mr. Pibb/Tom Mix/Russell Bros./Schell Bros./Stebbing/Von
Bros. |
| 12 | | Tickets and Passes - Non Circus: Circus Hall of
Fame/Circus Circus Casino/The Sensational Hardini/Singer's Midgets/Willard the
Wizard/Wortham, Waugh & Hofer's Greater Alamo Show |
| 13 | | Permit to Pass Police Lines |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
19. Oversize items
|
| | | 19.1. Christmas Cards / Programs /
Couriers |
| Box | Folder |
| 49 | 1 | | | Oversize Christmas Cards - CFA |
| 2 | | | Oversize Christmas Cards - Circus, Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey |
| 3 | | | Oversize Programs - Clyde Beatty,
1956 |
| 4 | | | Oversize Programs - Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.,
1970-1971 |
| 5 | | | Oversize Programs - Carden-Johnson,
1976-1977 |
| 6 | | | Oversize Programs - Carson & Barnes,
1970-1972,
1974-1975 |
| 7 | | | Oversize Programs - Hagenbeck-Wallace,
1921 |
| 8 | | | Oversize Programs - James Bros.,
1965 |
| 9 | | | Oversize Programs - King Bros.,
1974 |
| 10 | | | Oversize Programs - George Matthews Great London,
1975 |
| 11 | | | Oversize Programs - Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey,
1972, 1979, 1985 |
| 12 | | | Oversize Programs - John Robinson,
1920 |
| 13 | | | Oversize Programs - Big John Strong,
1973 |
| 14 | | | Oversize Programs - Circus Vargas,
1980 |
| 15 | | | Oversize Couriers - Lamont Bros.,
n.d. |
| 16 | | | Oversize Couriers - Walter L. Main,
1919 |
| 17 | | | Oversize Couriers - 101 Ranch Real Wild West,
1915 |
| 18 | | | Oversize Couriers - Sparks,
n.d. |
| 19 | | | Oversize Couriers - Wheeler & Sautelle's,
n.d. |
| 20 | | | Oversize Placemats |
| | | 19.2. Souvenirs /
Heralds |
| Box | Item |
| 50 | 1 | | | Circus World Museum Souvenir poster and
envelope |
| 2 | | | Circus poster reproduction - R. Sands & Co.'s
Hippoferean arena |
| 3 | | | Carson & Barnes Calendar,
1974 |
| 4 | | | Circus Wagon Calendar,
1966 |
| 5 | | | Circus World Museum Calendar,
1977 |
| 6 | | | King & Co. Calendar,
1959 |
| 7 | | | Print of Clown labelled "Dunn, '66" |
| 8 | | | Heralds - Clark & Walter's Circus, La Grange,
1973 |
| 9 | | | Heralds - Dwight Bros. Circus presented by Northland
Chamber of Commerce |
| 10 | | | Heralds - Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. |
| 11 | | | Heralds - Ray's Circus Revue,
1962 |
| 12 | | | Heralds - Capt. Louis Roth, animal trainer, Yakima,
WA,
1949 |
| 13 | | | Heralds - Schell Bros.,
1933 |
| 14 | | | Heralds - Circus Vargas,
1976 |
| 15 | | | Heralds - Circus Vargas,
1977-1978 |
| | | 19.3. Oversize Couriers /
Newspapers |
| Box | Item |
| 51 | 1 | | | Oversize Couriers - Al G. Barnes,
1930 |
| 2 | | | Oversize Couriers - Al G. Barnes & Sells-Floto,
1937-1938 |
| 3 | | | Oversize Couriers - Barnett Bros.,
1932 |
| 4 | | | Oversize Couriers - Barnum & Bailey,
1914-1918 |
| 5 | | | Oversize Couriers - Birnam Bros.,
1966 |
| 6 | | | Oversize Couriers - F. C. Bogle Shows,
n.d. |
| 7 | | | Oversize Couriers - Carson & Barnes,
1972, 1974-1975,
1983, [1978 or 1989] |
| 8 | | | Oversize Couriers - Christy Bros.,
n.d. |
| 9 | | | Oversize Couriers - Al G. Clark & Dailey Bros.
Community Circus,
1975-1976 |
| 10 | | | Oversize Couriers - Clark-Walters,
n.d. |
| 11 | | | Oversize Couriers - Cole Bros.,
1937 |
| 12 | | | Oversize Couriers - Cole Circus,
1955 |
| 13 | | | Oversize Couriers - Dailey Bros.,
[1944?] |
| 14 | | | Oversize Couriers - Fisher Bros.,
n.d. |
| 15 | | | Oversize Couriers - Ford Bros.,
1984 |
| 16 | | | Oversize Couriers - Gainesville Community Circus,
1935 |
| 17 | | | Oversize Couriers - Hagen Bros.,
[1955?] |
| 18 | | | Oversize Couriers - Hagenbeck-Wallace,
1919-1920,
1922, [1930?], 1933 |
| 19 | | | Oversize Couriers - Hanneford,
1975 |
| 20 | | | Oversize Couriers - Hoxie Bros.,
1972 |
| 21 | | | Oversize Couriers - Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.,
1955, 1966, n.d. |
| 22 | | | Oversize Couriers - Lewis Bros.,
1974 |
| 23 | | | Oversize Couriers - Ring Bros.,
1954 |
| 24 | | | Oversize Couriers - Ringling Bros.,
[1906 or 1917], 1911 |
| 25 | | | Oversize Couriers - Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey,
1932-1933,
1970-1971 |
| 26 | | | Oversize Couriers - John Robinson,
1921 |
| 27 | | | Oversize Couriers - Roller Bros.,
n.d. |
| 28 | | | Oversize Couriers - Russell Bros.,
1938 |
| 29 | | | Oversize Couriers - Sells-Floto,
1925, n.d. |
| 30 | | | Oversize Couriers - Vanderburg Bros.,
1938 |
| 31 | | | Oversize Couriers - Willard the Wizard,
n.d. |
| 32 | | | Newspapers -
Red & White Food
Stores-Circus Pictures |
| 33 | | | Newspapers -
Southwest Territory Shopping
Guide-Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
1975 |
| 34 | | | Newspapers -
The Stafford Mirror-Dailey Bros.
Wild Animal Circus,
February 16,
1976 |
| 35 | | | Newspapers -
Marine Review- "Big Whale
Exhibit" / Sideshow |
| 36 | | | Newspapers -
Marine Journal- "Big Whale
Exhibit" / Sideshow |
| 37 | | | Newspapers -
Rome (NY) Daily Sentinel,
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
July 10,
1935 |
| 38 | | | Newspapers -
Rome (NY) Daily Sentinel,
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
July 11,
1935 |
| 39 | | | Newspapers -
The Chico (CA) Record-Russell
Bros.,
July 23,
1937 |
| 40 | | | Newspapers -
The Chico (CA)
Enterprise-Russell Bros./Circus Fan attending,
July 23,
1937 |
| | | 19.4. Window
Cards |
| Box | Item |
| 52 | 1 | | | Window Cards - Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros., Galveston,
October 23, 1971 - Girl with
elephant; horses; crowd |
| 2 | | | Window Cards - Boy Scout Circus,
December 11 - Clown |
| 3 | | | Window Cards - Carson & Barnes, Houston,
March 25, 1983 -
Tiger |
| 4 | | | Window Cards - King Bros., Cleveland,
October 13, 1962 -
Clown |
| 5 | | | Window Cards - King Bros., Cleveland,
October 13, 1962 - Date
Card |
| 6 | | | Window Cards - King Bros., Cleveland,
October 13, 1962 - Clowns;
elephant; crowd in background |
| 7 | | | Window Cards - King Bros., Conroe,
October 14, 1962 - Clowns;
elephant; crowd in background |
| 8 | | | Window Cards - King Bros., Conroe,
October 14, 1962 -
Clown |
| 9 | | | Window Cards - Tom Mix, Miami, OK,
April 29, 1938 - Equestrian;
elephant with girl in trunk; camels; band; clowns |
| 10 | | | Window Cards - Parker & Watts,
September 19, 1938 - Girl on
elephant |
| 11 | | | Window Cards - Col. Tim McCoy with Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey, Houston,
September 30-October 1, 1935
- Stand-up of McCoy |
| 12 | | | Window Cards - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
Houston,
October 4-5, 1943 -
Monkeys paying elephant with peanuts to enter circus tent |
| 13 | | | Window Cards - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
Okmulgee, OK,
September 25, 1946 - Under the
big top |
| 14 | | | Window Cards - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey,
Houston,
October 4-6, [1947?] - Under the big
top |
| 15 | | | Window Cards - Royal International Circus, Houston,
Monday February 25 - Date card |
| 16 | | | Window Cards - Houston Shrine Circus,
November 27-December 2, 1940
- Clown with monkey |
| 17 | | | Window Cards - Shrine Circus, Houston,
November 11-16 - Equestrian; big cats |
| 18 | | | Window Cards - Circus Vargas, Galveston,
January 24-26 - Menagerie |
| Box | Item |
| 53 | 1 | | | Window Cards - Al G. Barnes & Sells-Floto
presenting Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Houston,
October 10-12, 1938 -
Date card |
| 2 | | | Window Cards - Clyde Beatty, Greenville,
Tuesday September 11- Tiger |
| 3 | | | Window Cards - Clyde Beatty, McComb,
Monday September 24 - Tiger |
| 4 | | | Window Cards - Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros., Galveston,
October 23,
[1971?] - Clowns and elephant |
| 5 | | | Window Cards - Big Top Circus, Sugarland,
February 18, 1977 -
Clown |
| 6 | | | Window Cards - Carson & Barnes, Conroe,
March 24, 1971 - Girl on
elephant; clown |
| 7 | | | Window Cards - Carson & Barnes, Cleveland,
April 4, 1974 - Girl on
elephant; clown |
| 8 | | | Window Cards - Carson & Barnes, Cleveland,
April 4, 1977 - Girl on
elephant; clown |
| 9 | | | Window Cards - Al G. Clark & Dailey Bros. Wild
Animal Circus,
January 20, 1976 -
Clown |
| 10 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Houston,
Sunday October 19-20 - Jack Dempsey |
| 11 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros. - Gratitude to Veterans of
World War II |
| 12 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Victoria,
October 24, 1936 - African elephant |
| 13 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Victoria,
October 24, 1936 - Clyde Beatty
with lion and tiger |
| 14 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Victoria,
October 24, 1936 - Jennie
O'Brien in ring with horse; clown |
| 15 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Victoria,
October 24, 1936 - Tramp clown
tying girls shoe |
| 16 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Houston,
October 14, 1937 - Clyde Beatty
with lion (photos) |
| 17 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Houston,
October 14, 1937 - Ken
Maynard |
| 18 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Houston,
October 14, 1937 -
Hippo |
| 19 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Goose Creek,
October 16, 1937 -
Hippo |
| 20 | | | Window Cards - Cole Bros., Goose Creek,
October 16, 1937 - Ken Maynard
and Western scene |
| 21 | | | Window Cards - Community Circus,
[1972?] - Girl
on elephant; clown |
| 22 | | | Window Cards - Dailey Bros., Wimerley [sicl,
December 6, 1976 - Girl on
elephant; clown |
| 23 | | | Window Cards - 1869 Circus, Houston,
June 11-12, 1975 -
Clown; showgirl; ringmaster; elephant |
| 24 | | | Window Cards - Fisher Bros., Pearland,
Tuesday February 24 - Girl on elephant;
clown |
| 25 | | | Window Cards - Gainesville Community Circus,
April 28-30, 1937 - Two
clowns with spider |
| 26 | | | Window Cards - Stanley Graham's Midget Circus, San
Antonio,
May 28-June 1, 1937 -
Elephant |
| 27 | | | Window Cards - Hagenbeck-Wallace and 4Paw-Sells Bros.,
Houston,
October 24-25, 1935 -
Bert Nelson surrounded by big cats |
| 28 | | | Window Cards - Hagenbeck-Wallace, Norfolk,
August 9, 1937 - Date
card |
| 29 | | | Window Cards - Hamid-Morton,
November 3-6 - Three clowns |
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