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Boxing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:

Boxing World and other sports Vol. 14 No. 3, December 1992

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.8
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist newspaper containing black and white photographs and articles, including one on Barbara Buttrick. 12p.p.

Dates: December 1992

Boxing World and other sports Vol. 14 No. 4, August - September 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.10
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist newspaper containing black and white photographs and articles. 40p.p.

Dates: August - September 1993

Business and Personal Correspondence Belonging to Billy Wood, 1951 - 1979

 File
Reference code: 178F42.1
Scope and Contents

Various items of correspondence addressed to Billy Wood, mostly of personal nature, some mention his business, includes a letter from Bill Tomlinson regarding council refusal to grant Billy a licence to run his boxing show. Typescript and manuscript.

Dates: 1951 - 1979

Business Records, 1931 - 1974

 Series
Reference code: 178H33
Scope and Contents

Billy Wood's business records including boxers' personal details and promotional images.

Dates: 1931 - 1974

Business Records, c1949 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178H34
Scope and Contents

Various items related to Barbara Buttrick professional career.

Dates: c1949 - 1999

Business Records, 1889 - 2003

 Series
Reference code: 178H40
Scope and Contents

Business records containing minutes of meetings, financial records, documents related to legislation and urban planning, Showmen's Guild diaries, year books, records on the campaigns run by the Showmen on the defence of Mitcham, Norwich, Manchester, Nottingham and Cambridge fairs.

Dates: 1889 - 2003

Business Records Relating to Billy Wood's Boxing Booth, 1931 - 1974

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178H33.1
Scope and Contents Billy Wood's business records including address books, boxing and wrestling fight details including names of fighters and locations, takings ledger, personal contact directory from 1932 to 1959, business cards for himself and F. Ward amusement caterer, Showmen's Guild membership cards for 1971 and 1974, Ilkeston market toll fair deposit and receipts, a cheque, receipts and correspondence from Orton and Spooner for the construction of show fronts in 1931, City of Nottingham notices to...
Dates: 1931 - 1974

Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo Femenino Poster, c1979 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R52.6
Scope and Contents

Gimnasio Nuevo Panama. Kathy Rivers vs Valerie 'The Wolf' Mahfood. Anna 'Dinamita' Pascal vs Vicky 'Huracan' Woods, Bonnie 'Cobra' Canino vs Sophia Johnson, Alfonso Mosquera vs Darisnel Vergara, Leopoldo ‘Tiburon’ Arrocha vs Tony Gutierrez. White type on red and black background.

Dates: c1979 - 1999

Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020

Correspondence, 1951 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178F42
Scope and Contents

Items of personal and business correspondence belonging to Billy Wood

Dates: 1951 - 1979

Correspondence, c1940 - 2000

 Series
Reference code: 178F15
Scope and Contents

Items of Barbara Buttrick's correspondence.

Dates: c1940 - 2000

Correspondence Between Barbara Buttrick and Francis Robson, 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178F15.1
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of letter to Barbara Buttrick from Francis 'Spike' Robson.

Dates: 1949

Correspondence Between Barbara Buttrick and Tony Burns, c1949 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178F15.2
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of letter to Barbara Buttrick from Mrs Tony Burns.

Dates: c1949 - 1999

Dick Scott-Stewart Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0072
Scope and Contents

Slide transparencies created for the 'Fairground Snaps' book and later projects. The material in this archive is all of Scott-Stewart's work relating to fairs and circuses, particularly from an artistic and social angle. This collection covers all the field work completed by the artist in preparing his book, as well as trips following the publication.

Dates: 1970 - 1990

Discover the Women's International Boxing Federation Leaflet, 1995

 Item
Reference code: 178I29.1
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of promotional leaflet for Women’s International Boxing Federation Inc. including colour photographs of boxers and information. 6p.p.

Dates: 1995

Fairground Negatives, 1951 - 1952

 File
Reference code: 178C29
Scope and Contents

Black and white negatives of fairground lorries, fairground rides and sideshows taken at various fairs by Rod Spooner.

Dates: 1951 - 1952

Film, 1894 - 1896

 Series
Reference code: 178D12
Scope and Contents

Nitrate films made by Robert Paul and Birt Acres, showing brief scenes of topical events, popular entertainmet, family groups and fiction. These films were part of the repertoire travelled by showman George Williams around the British fairs.

Dates: 1894 - 1896

Films, c1930 - 1990

 Series
Reference code: 178D5
Scope and Contents

Amateur and commercial films on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus but also including transport, fairs, fairground rides and other types of travelling entertainments.

Dates: c1930 - 1990

Forbidden Jungle, The Sunbather, The Jungle Kings, World Featherweight Boxing Championship, and Roaming Vandals Film, c1950 - 1959

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.205
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Fins. 400 Feet. Jack Schwarz Productions. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts. Includes; 'The Forbidden Jungle' starring Linda Dawson. Kangaroos, Wallabies, Hippos, Zebras and Elephants. Chimpanzees from 'Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle'. Frank Jessop presents 'African exploits'. Rounds 2, 4 and 7 from the World Featherweight Boxing Championship match between Howard Winstone and Mit Suri Seki. Bicycle Horse. 'Roamin Vandals' starring...
Dates: c1950 - 1959

George Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0118
Scope and Contents

Collection of early films related to the first year of film-making in America and the United Kingdom and nineteenth century magic lantern slides, letter, film catalogues and photographic plates.

Dates: 1890 - 1896