Finding Aids highlight our holdings but are not comprehensive listings of our entire collection.
Finding Aids
Al Halpern Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Hartford, Ct. Fire Research Collection
Baliot Collection, 1902-1997, bulk dates 1910-1928
Charles Josef Ringling Family and Circus Collection
Eleanor Merritt Darlington Collection, 1950-2019
Glasier Photographic Collection 1895-1942, bulk dates 1900-1930
Karl A. Bickel Correspondence, 1923-1961
Papers of Dr. Robert Pierce Harris 1908-1951
Records of A. Everett Austin, Director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1946-1957
Coming Soon! Records of Curtis G. Coley, Director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art 1963–1973
Records of J. W. Blanding, Business Manager of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1935-1956
Records of J[ohn] Kenneth Donahue, Director, 1957-1964
Records of Richard S. Carroll, Director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Ringling Members Council Records, 1958-2017, bulk 1999-2012
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art P.T. Barnum Collection, 1845-1890
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art State of Florida Board of Control Records, 1946-1958
The Ringling Bros.’ World’s Greatest Shows Booking Correspondence
Stuart Thayer Manuscript Collection, 1793-1918
Tibbals Circus Collection of Allen J. Lester Papers, 1925-1955
Tibbals Circus Collection Booklet Inventory, 1764-1999
Tibbals Circus Collection of Buster Bailey Films, 1937-1984
Coming soon! Tibbals Circus Collection of Carl E. Elwell Scrapbooks, 1900-1958
Tibbals Circus Collection of Folded Sheets, 20th -21st century
Coming soon! Tibbals Circus Collection of Gibbs Company Records, ca 1890-1919
Tibbals Circus Collection of Greeting Cards, 1868-1998 and undated
Tibbals Circus Collection of Songsters, 1810-1948
Tibbals Circus Collection of Tickets, Passes, and Coupons, 1840-1999
Tibbals Circus Collection of P.T. Barnum Records, 1850-1891
Tibbals Circus Collection of Samuel Franklin Cody Papers, 1895-1912
Circus, Wild West shows and Allied Arts Resources
American Antiquarian Society
185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634
The Barnum Museum
800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Bridgeport Public Library
925 Broad Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Circus City Festival Museum
154 North Broadway, Peru IN 46970
The Circus Diaries: circus thoughts from circus people
Circus World Museum
426 Water Street, Baraboo, WI 53913-2597
European Network Circus and Street Arts
Harvard University Library Theatre Collection
Cambridge, MA 02138
Hertzberg Circus Collection at the Witte Museum
3801 Broadway Brackenridge Park, Texas
Illinois State University Milner Library
Normal, IL 61761-0900
International Circus Hall of Fame
Post Office Box 700, Peru, IN 46970
John Daniel Draper Equestrian database
New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West,
New York, NY 10024
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Billy Rose Theatre Division
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
Princeton University Library Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections
1 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544
Sauk County Historical Society
531 Fourth Avenue, Baraboo, WI 53913
Shelburne Museum
US Route 7, Shelburne, VT 05482
University of Memphis Ned R. McWherter Library
Dyer Marion “Ichabod” Reynolds Circus Collection and Tony Conway Circus Collection
Memphis, TN 38152
