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Scrivens and Smith Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0013

Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and scenes and black and white photographs of Lang Wheels dodgem cars and two artist's impressions of Lang Wheels aerodrome. Also contains cassette recordings of showman John Ling's memories of travelling life.

Dates

  • Creation: c1950 - 1994

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room Audio equipment must be booked prior to visit

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive,subject to copyright law and the condition of the material

Biographical / Historical

Kevin Scrivens and Stephen Smith are fairground historians and authors who run New Era publications. They have researched and published a large number of books and provided articles for journals relating to the history of Showmen.

Extent

4 Box(es) (2,398 photographs and 3 audio cassette recordings )

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Existence and Location of Copies

Audio cassette tapes 178E1 digitised as part of the British Library's Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project.

Status
Completed
Author
Created by Ian Trowell, updated by Arantza Barrutia on Finding Aid Date field date
Date
19 August 2015
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

Contact:
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231