Research material related to various fairground and circus families including Duffy, Randall Williams, King family, Dyson/Hough family, Fossett and others.

Copies of photographs related to Birt Acres, his life and achievements from Tjitte de Vries’ collection, the Melbourne-Cooper Archive and Kensington Science Museum, 41 lose copies of original photographs by Birt Acres, three small photo albums containing colour and photographs showing people and places and ten photographs of Birt Acres camera.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic Tape. 300 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Pete and Our Gang in 'Dog Heaven'. Tex Williams in 'Priarie Pirates'. Buster Keaton in 'Mixed Magic'. Also features nude scenes from striphouse, as well as animal scenes, including tiger and monkey.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 400 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Scenes from several commercial films. Includes; Jeff Chandler in 'Roman Chariots', Charles Chaplin in 'The Waiter', Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'What a Picnic' (extract from Perfect Day), and Bud Abbot and Lou Costello in 'Meet the Keystone Cops'. Also includes scenes of animals, a glamour girl and rodeo.

Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.

Photocopy of newspaper cutting from a Daily Telegraph article entitled ‘Royal Film Show’ written by Sidney Birt Acres.

Waterloo Bridge, London. Black type on off white background with royal coat of arms on top left on the front cover, inside programme listing, Animated Pictures by E. Holmes, Laurie Lyndon, Fred Fleet, Charles Desma and Madge Mona, George Penn, Amy B. Ellis, Racpo, Shirley, The Three Coppers, Dan Kirton and Beale and Broadway. Also contains preview of upcoming programme including animated picture exhibition, popular lectures on Ely Cathedral and a temperance meeting, 2p.p.

Colour illustration of a woman in a long blue dress wearing a large peacock feather attire and a cape and red type on grey background on the front cover, inside description of scenes and black and white photographs, 10p.p.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic Tape. 300 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Joe Cook in 'Nose for News'. Maria Montez in Sabu extract from 'Arabian Nights'. Also features animal scenes, including lion leaping, birds, and tiger. As well as women's Wrestling.

Nitrate film by Edison [EMP 26.1]. Prod., f./ph: W. K. L. Dickson, William Heise; cast: Eugene Sandow, showing a strong man Eugene Sandow flexing his muscles in various poses.

A record of the items in the Monte Williams Collection, compiled by the creator, 2 p.p.

Loose pages from scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings from various sources including the Fairground Mercury and the World's Fair newspaper, photographs, postcards, research material, Paul Braithwaite's history and patent material and other notes by various fairground enthusiasts and compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Red loose leaf folder marked Fairs 1, Early rides. Includes material on early rides and bioscope shows, notes to 1990’s. Compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Scripts for Gompertz's Panorama of the late war from Punch, description of the battle of Kassassin and the bombardment of Alexandria and sights of the world. Black type on white and blue backgrounds.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gaumont-British Instructional. 400 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harold Lloyd in a dual role in 'The Grizzly Bear'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Buster Keaton in 'The Pale Face'. Buster Crabbe and lions in 'King of the Jungle'. Also features animal scenes including; hippopotamus, pelicans, seals, giraffes, tigers, lions, deer, poodle dogs and cat.

8mm, Eismig. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film.

A Grand Comic Concert. Jasper Redfern's Animated Photographs and Living Pictures. 4pp. Printed by Jas Neville, 134 Carver Street, Moorhead, Sheffield.