Obituaries and funeral cards for George Sanger, Dame Laura Knight, Billy Merchant and Carmen Rosaire among others.

Newspaper article with colour photographs on Gerry Cottle.

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.

Ohmy’s Funeral Paperwork. Administrative paperwork including a bill and receipt of payment from funeral directors for Claude Smith (Ohmy) funeral. Typescript and manuscript.

Black type on colour paper with decorative border on most and colour illustration of a woman in a long white dress and green cape and black and white portrait photographs of Ohmy on two programmes, most of them for performances at Bolton, most of them 1 page, some three fold, one 2 pages.

Two copies of a special publication by Nottingham Evening Post titled, 'Old Nottingham Goose Fair: A Story in Pictures'. Includes a timeline covering the history of the Goose Fair from 1284. Illustrated with reproductions of advertisements and photographs of the fair taken between 1855 and 1950 47pp.

Typed transcription of an article, titled 'One of the Old School', concerning the life and career of actor and acrobat, James Rayner, written by Tom Norman for The World's Fair on 1 May 1926. The article also includes details of the acting career of James Rayner's late wife, Elizabeth Rayner (nee Parkin). Accompanied by two pages of photocopied photographs of unidentified members of the Rayner family, 4pp.

Documents related to urban planning and the Guild's interactions with County Councils.

Drawings and sketches of fiargrounds, fairground rides and behind the scenes sketches showing showmen and women carrying out domestic jobs drawned by Margaret Whitaker at Tiverton Fair in Devon and Nottingham Goose Fair.

Various items of orginal artwork.

This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

Fairground posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, mainly for fairgrounds in Yorkshire, some presented by the Showmen's Guild Yorkshire Section.

Poem entitled parody written on Poole's New Popular Trips Abroad letter headed paper with illustration of people from around the world behing two banners and the top of the globe behind them. Manuscript.

This collection contains issues of ten different fairground related publications, transcriptions of taped interviews with different fairground showmen and families, related correspondence and research used for the purpose of Paul Braithwaite’s publication work. There are also small pockets of photographic images, advertising material and an obituary for Joe Fletcher.

Designs, drawings, research material, a piece of correspondence and some photographs, mainly related to the creative process and conception of the artwork for Chadwick’s Ghost Train as well as Paul Wright's lifetime archive related to his work as a fairground artist.

Black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground transport and showpeople taken by a variety of people including Rowland Scott and collected by Percy Jackson.

Nitrate film by Robert Paul and Birt Acres, showing two animal acts filmed on the same wooden stage as the Boxing Kangaroo. The first sequence shows a skipping dog jumping through a hoop held by an animal trainer or showman. The second sequence shows possibly one of the earliest tributes to the Skirt Dance on film, with a dog or monkey performing the dance with the aid of its trainer.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Colour photograph of circus ring and curtain with neon sign above reading Peter Jay's Superdrome Circus and performers waiving underneath on the front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of the William Rosaire family and several generations of the Decar family as well as different acts and circus and variety performers and showmen, city views in France, Persia, Argentina, Switzerland, England and Ireland, 40p.p