The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Red and black type on pale yellow background with illustration of fair on top section and red border.

Red and black type on pale yellow background with illustration of fair on top section and red border.

Showmen's Guild year books containing minutes of meetings, financial information, membership information, articles of interest, rules and legislation, lists of members and various forms.

Contains a list of the members of the Executive Council and Divisional Committees, the Showmen's Guild constitution and rules, the twenty-fourth annual report, the Guild Chaplain's report, list of subscriptions to the Guild for 1912, sypnopsis of bye-laws, a list of wakes near Manchester, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and other towns fairs and feasts in England, Scotland and Wales and commercial advertising. Some articles are illustrated with images.

Copy produced from photocopies of the original. Contains a preface, a list of the members of the Executive Committee, Honorary Members and Committee members, rules, an article titled an Appreciation of the Life and Work of our Late President James Dean, a list of fairs, feasts and wakes, a piece about rounds and routes in England for the use of Showmen, a synopsis of bye-laws and commercial advertising.

Contains a preface, a list of the members of the Executive Council, Executive Committee and Honorary members, rules, the Showmen's twelfth annual report, a list of subscribers, a synopsis of bye-laws, a list of wakes, fairs and feasts in England, Scotland and Wales, a list of members of the Guild and commercial advertising.

Contains a preface, a list of the members of the Executive Council, Executive Committee and Honorary members, rules, the Showmen's thirteenth annual report, a list of subscribers, a list of wakes, fairs and feasts in England, Scotland and Wales, a list of members of the Guild and commercial advertising.

Contains a preface, a list of the members of the Executive Council, Executive Committee and Honorary members, rules, the Showmen's fourteenth annual report, a list of subscribers, a synopsis of bye-laws, a list of wakes, fairs and feasts in England, Scotland and Wales, a list of members of the Guild and commercial advertising.

Contains a preface, a list of the members of the Executive Council, Executive Committee and Honorary members with black and white photographs, a list of subscribers, subscriptions to the Parliamentary Defence Fund, the Showmen's fifteenth annual report, the Showmen's constitution and rules, a synopsis of bye-laws, a list of wakes, fairs and feasts in England, Scotland and Wales, a list of members of the Guild, an article about the Showmen's fire insurance and commercial advertising.

Contains lists of Executive Council and Divisional Committee members with black and white photographs, an article entitled The Grand Old Man of Showland about George Sanger, the Showmen's nineteenth annual report, the chaplain's report, a list of honorary members, an article about St John's Ambulance Bridage, a list of wakes, fairs and feasts in England, Scotland and Wales and commercial advertising.

Contains a list of the members of the Central Council, black and white photographs of presidents, vice-presidents, treasurers and secretaries of the Guild, rules of the Showmen's Guild, rules of the benevolent fund, standing orders, articles on travelling boxing booths, animals as prizes on fairgrounds, list of honorary chaplains of the Guild, the seventieth annual report, the Showmen's Guild statement of accounts, including section reports and accounts and commercial advertising.