Finding Aides & Resources
Finding Aides
Tibbals Circus Collection of Buster Bailey Films, 1937-1984
Tibbals Circus Collection Booklet Inventory, 1764-1999
Tibbals Circus Collection of Tickets, Passes, and Coupons, 1840-1999
Tibbals Circus Collection of Samuel Franklin Cody Papers, 1895-1912
Stuart Thayer Manuscript Collection, 1793-1918
Tibbals Circus Collection of Greeting Cards, 1868-1998 and undated
Karl A. Bickel Correspondence, 1923-1961
Eleanor Merritt Darlington Collection, 1950-2019
Tibbals Circus Collection of P.T. Barnum Papers, 1850-1891
Records of A. Everett Austin, Director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1946-1957
Records of J. W. Blanding, Business Manager of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1935-1956
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art State of Florida Board of Control Records, 1946-1958
Tibbals Circus Collection of Allen J. Lester Papers, 1925-1955
Tibbals Circus Collection of Folded Sheets, 20th -21st century
Tibbals Circus Collection of Songsters, 1810-1948
Circus, Wild West shows and Allied Arts Resources
American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634 |https://americanantiquarian.orgThe Barnum Museum800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604http://barnum-museum.org
Billboard Magazine Archiveshttps://www.americanradiohistory.com/Billboard-Magazine.htm
Bridgeport Public Library925 Broad Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604http://bportlibrary.org
Circus Arts Research Platformhttps://circusartsresearchplatform.com/librairies-archives/
Circus City Festival Museum154 North Broadway, Peru IN 46970http://www.peruamateurcircus.com
The Circus Diaries: circus thoughts from circus peoplehttps://thecircusdiaries.com
Circus Route Bookshttps://library.illinoisstate.edu/collections/circus-route-books/
Circus World Museum426 Water Street, Baraboo, WI 53913-2597http://www.circusworldbaraboo.org
European Network Circus and Street Artshttp://circostrada.org
Harvard University Library Theatre CollectionCambridge, MA 02138https://library.harvard.edu/collections/harvard-theatre-collection
Hertzberg Circus Collection at the Witte Museum3801 Broadway Brackenridge Park, Texashttps://www.wittemuseum.org/archives/
Illinois State University Milner LibraryNormal, IL 61761-0900https://library.illinoisstate.edu/collections/circus-and-allied-arts/
International Circus Hall of FamePost Office Box 700, Peru, IN 46970https://visit.circushalloffame.com
John Daniel Draper Equestrian databasehttp://savinrock.com/ringlingcircus/equestrian/
New York Historical Society170 Central Park West,New York, NY 10024http://nyhistory.org
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Billy Rose Theatre Division40 Lincoln Center PlazaNew York, NY 10023-7498http://www.nypl.org
Princeton University Library Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections1 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/circus/TC093.html
Sauk County Historical Society531 Fourth Avenue, Baraboo, WI 53913http://saukcountyhistory.org
Shelburne MuseumUS Route 7, Shelburne, VT 05482http://shelburnemuseum.org
University of Memphis Ned R. McWherter LibraryDyer Marion “Ichabod” Reynolds Circus Collection and Tony Conway Circus CollectionMemphis, TN 38152http://umwa.memphis.edu/campusmap/deptsbldg.php?Building_Id=55&Dept_Id=755