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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4321 Collections and/or Records:

Business Records Relating to Arata's Rollers, 1998

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 17: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.124
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and an agreement for the performers the Arata's Rollers for the 1998 season of Billy Smart's Circus.

Dates: 1998

Business Records Relating to Arlete Gruss, 1992

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 26: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.206
Scope and Contents

Includes Smart's Circus' research on the Arlete Gruss Circus and their operations before Smart's ordered the Big Top in 1993.

Dates: 1992

Business Records Relating to Artist and Marketing Research, c1990 - 2005

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 27: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.222
Scope and Contents

Photographs, leaflets and printed images of various acts, circuses and famous visitors collected by the Smart Family for research for performing in Smart's Circus and for programme design.

Dates: c1990 - 2005

Business Records Relating to Artist Research, 1994

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 26: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.209
Scope and Contents

Photographs and printed images of various acts and artistes collected by the Smart Family for research for performing in the Smart's Circus 1994 season.

Dates: 1994

Business Records Relating to Artist Research, c1980 - 2000

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 26: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.212
Scope and Contents

Photographs and printed images of various acts and circuses collected by the Smart Family for research for performing in Smart's Circus and for programme design. Also includes printed reproductions of paintings of circus performers for research.

Dates: c1980 - 2000

Business Records Relating to Artist Research, c1990 - 2005

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 27: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.223
Scope and Contents

Photographs, leaflets and printed images of various acts and circuses collected by the Smart Family for research for performing in Smart's Circus.

Dates: c1990 - 2005

Business Records Relating to Barbara Dawidowicz, 1996 - 1997

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 22: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.171
Scope and Contents

Includes work permits, contracts, photocopies of passports and correspondence between Smart's Circus and Barbara Dawidowicz of United Entertainment Enterprises regarding artistes Rudniks and Trufanovi Troupe among others.

Dates: 1996 - 1997

Business Records Relating to BBC Enterprises and Time-Life Films, 1979 - 1984

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 20: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.159
Scope and Contents

Includes royalty reports and correspondence relating to sales and licences of Billy Smart's Circus video recordings to BBC Enterprises and Time-Life Films.

Dates: 1979 - 1984

Business Records Relating to Billy Arata, 1996 - 1999

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 22: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.172
Scope and Contents

Includes work permits, contracts, invoices, cost break downs, transportation documentation between Smart's Circus and Billy F. Arata Agency The Circus Specialist for various artists including Miss Nives, Arata's Rollers and Faltyny.

Dates: 1996 - 1999

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's 50th Anniversary Big Top Slough, 1958

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 12: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.81
Scope and Contents

Includes film strips printed in photographic paper and illustrations by Derek Burrell Davis of the BBC.

Dates: 1958

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Big Top Tour 1996, 1996

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 19: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.150
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with performers and agents, invitations for the Smart family to other circuses and postcards.

Dates: 1996

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Big Top Tour 1998, 1998

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 19: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.141
Scope and Contents

Includes a promotional leaflet, advertisement designs, lists of show dates and times, poster printing prices, poster designs, shoot schedule, invitations to performances and press articles.

Dates: 1998

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Big Top Tours 1993, 1994 and 1995, 1992 - 1996

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 19: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.152
Scope and Contents

Includes tour schedules, poster designs, programme designs, leaflet designs, tickets, leaflets, correspondence with councils about tour performances, correspondence with printers and Lord Delfont's foreword introducing the 1993 tour.

Dates: 1992 - 1996

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Big Top Tours 1996 and 1998, 1994 - 1998

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 25: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.197
Scope and Contents

Includes list of performance dates, proofs for leaflets and posters, bank account information, seating prices, driving routes and driver information.

Dates: 1994 - 1998

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Big Top Variety Show, 1978 - 1980

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 28: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.110
Scope and Contents

Includes Thames T.V. television work, plans, scripts for Billy Smart’s Easter, Christmas Circuses and Big Top Variety Show, some inscribed Christopher Palmer, press cuttings, production photographs, slides, promotional material, costume sketches, original artwork, viewing ratings.

Dates: 1978 - 1980

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Christmas Cracker, 1992

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 19: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.147
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with the Hassani Troupe and Southwark Council, budget, performance list and ticket prices.

Dates: 1992

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Circus, 1990 - 1999

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 20: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.155
Scope and Contents

Includes documents about Kay Smart's writing course; Kay Smart's experience of auctioning off circus items; a small notebook; notes on various circus acts; correspondence with Aardvark Publishing regarding a book about Billy Smart and his circus; poetry by Kay Smart.

Dates: 1990 - 1999

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Circus Christmas Season at Battersea Park, 1991

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 20: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.158
Scope and Contents

Includes performance schedules, correspondence about marketing, leaflet designs, a questionnaire and correspondence about a shareholders agreement for letting Battersea Park.

Dates: 1991

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Circus Tour 2000, 1999 - 2000

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 24: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.182
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, invoices, cheques, insurance documents, press articles, leaflets, posters, applications for circus tour sites to various sites in the UK, employment application for Philip Kenyon and an agreement with Yorkshire Productions Ltd regarding the 2000 tour of Billy Smart's Circus in Blackheath, London. Also includes leaflets, a performance running order and press articles about the Netherlands National Circus which was produced for the UK by Kay Smart.

Dates: 1999 - 2000

Business Records Relating to Billy Smart's Road Signs, 1997 - 1998

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 24: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.186
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with the RAC and applications for them to create road signs for Billy Smart's Circus tours in 1997 and 1998 at various sites in the UK.

Dates: 1997 - 1998