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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4321 Collections and/or Records:

Business Records Related to Olympia Exhibitions Limited, 1965 - 1980

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 4: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.12
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence between Earls Court and Olympia Limited and Ronald Smart, quotations, newspaper cuttings, two seating plans and one business card.

Dates: 1965 - 1980

Business Records Related to Portable Toilets, 1993

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 13: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.87
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Midland Transformer Design Ltd and Beaumont Engineering; design plans, transaction reports and a newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1993

Business Records Related to Purchasing the Seats for the Big Top, 1992 - 1997

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 13: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.89
Scope and Contents

Includes seat labelling stickers; photocopies of invoices; seating design plans; hand written plans and cost chart; magazine clippings; correspondence with Chichester Paper Bag Co, Blackdown Press, B.H. Auston Limited, Little Hampton Welding Inc..

Dates: 1992 - 1997

Business Records Related to Requiring Permission for Circus Performances in Brighton, 1994 - 1995

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 4: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.8
Scope and Contents

Documents relating to a request of permission to present circus performances in Brighton, including correspondence between Brighton Council and Gary Smart, brochures, magazines and newspaper cuttings as well as the rules and regulations issued by The Brighton Council.

Dates: 1994 - 1995

Business Records Related to Royal Windsor Safari Park, 1970 - 1977

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 11: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.61
Scope and Contents

Includes invoices, quotations, accounts report for the year ended 28th February 1975, site plan of the Safari Park and documents relating to the sale of the park.

Dates: 1970 - 1977

Business Records Related to Stromeyer & Co., 1992 - 1996

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 8: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.52
Scope and Contents

Business records including correspondence, contracts, quotations, plans, calculations, photographs and booklets.

Dates: 1992 - 1996

Business Records Related to the Design of Posters for Billy Smart's Circus, 1992

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 11: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.63
Scope and Contents

Includes sketches, samples and quotations.

Dates: 1992

Business Records Related to the Purchase of Carpets, 1996

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 6: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.34
Scope and Contents

Includes plans, quotations and three samples of carpets.

Dates: 1996

Business Records Related to the Recruitment of Rene Alberto Alegria Servin, 1996

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 7: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.46
Scope and Contents

Includes contract, copy of passport, work permit issued by the Overseas Labour Service of UK, and four photographs.

Dates: 1996

Business Records Related to the Structure of the Big Top, 1989 - 1993

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 13: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.86
Scope and Contents

Includes entrance measurements, drafting plans for the tent, fire safety report (multiple pages) and structural report (multiple pages).

Dates: 1989 - 1993

Business Records Related to Tickets for Big Top Shows, 1994 - 1998

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 13: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.88
Scope and Contents

Includes ticket samples and designs, correspondence with Kalamazoo Security Print, GMS Tickets Ltd, Henry Booth & Company, Tungate Forms & Labels, business leaflets about printing and a poster for Bolshoi circus.

Dates: 1994 - 1998

Business Records Related to Trailer Information, 1997

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 13: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.85
Scope and Contents

Includes fax from trailer company, trailer layout plans, leaflets for trailer company.

Dates: 1997

Business Records Related to Use of Animals in the Circus in the City of Aberdeen, 1994 - 2006

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 13: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.83
Scope and Contents

Includes typed script letters of correspondence between Billy Smart's Circus and the City of Aberdeen, Scottish Kennel Club, Dundes and Wilson solicitors, City of Edinburgh, and Edinburgh International Festival; photocopy of a newspaper clipping; hand written notes.

Dates: 1994 - 2006

Business Records Relating to 22nd International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo, 1997 - 1998

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 20: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.154
Scope and Contents

Includes tickets, leaflets, correspondence, booking confirmations and schedules for Ronnie and Kay Smart's trip to Monte Carlo in 1997 for the 22nd International Circus Festival.

Dates: 1997 - 1998

Business Records Relating to 50 Golden Years Artwork, c1996

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 27: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.226
Scope and Contents

Photographs of a painting of a harlequin clown with the words '50 Golden Years' which was created for the 1996 tour of Smart's Circus promotional material. Photographs are annotated with Gary Smart's thoughts on each one.

Dates: c1996

Business Records Relating to 1996 Season, 1996

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 19: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.148
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Greenwich Theatre about managing the ticket sales for Blackheath performances of Billy Smart's Circus 1996; correspondence with Bristol Hippodrome about managing the ticket sales for Bristol performances; documents relating to the drivers of vehicles in the 1996 season including photocopies of driving licenses.

Dates: 1996

Business Records Relating to Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, 1992

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 24: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.190
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence between Smart's Circus and Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, regarding using the racecourse as a site in Smart's Circus 1993 tour.

Dates: 1992

Business Records Relating to Alegria Brothers, 1993 - 2004

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 19: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.140
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, contracts, work permit applications, work permits and photographs of Sabu, Sharon and Francisco Alegria and Marina Tkachnenko relating to the 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 seasons of Billy Smart's Circus.

Dates: 1993 - 2004

Business Records Relating to Alex Grimailo, 1997 - 2000

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 22: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.175
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence between Smart's Circus and Alex Grimailo Studios regarding various artists including Lysenko Clowns, Zakharovs, Pitinovs, and Lioubov Gorbatcheva, as well as work permits, work permit applications, travel documents, immigration doucments, photocopies of passports, contracts for 1997 and 1998 seasons of Smart's Circus.

Dates: 1997 - 2000

Business Records Relating to Ancheschi Carlo & C. s.n.c., 1991 - 1997

 File — Multiple Containers
Reference code: 178H21.183
Scope and Contents

Includes drawings (standard and oversize), plans, photographs, fabric samples, costings, invoices and correspondence between Smart's Circus and Ancheschi Carlo, carpenters, regarding the design and building of various infrastructure of Smart's Circus such as the stables, the Big Top, audience seating and flooring.

Dates: 1991 - 1997