Archive 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

Baliot Collection, 1902-1997

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

Otto Rice Collection of Robert and Anna Reynolds and Leif Osmundsen Photographs and Printed Materials, 1915-1985

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.org

The Barnum Museum
800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
http://barnum-museum.org

Billboard Magazine Archives
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Billboard-Magazine.htm

Bridgeport Public Library
925 Broad Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
http://bportlibrary.org

Circus Arts Research Platform
https://circusartsresearchplatform.com/librairies-archives/

Circus City Festival Museum
154 North Broadway, Peru IN 46970
http://www.peruamateurcircus.com

The Circus Diaries: circus thoughts from circus people
https://thecircusdiaries.com

Circus Route Books
https://library.illinoisstate.edu/collections/circus-route-books/

Circus World Museum
426 Water Street, Baraboo, WI 53913-2597
http://www.circusworldbaraboo.org

European Network Circus and Street Arts
http://circostrada.org

Harvard University Library Theatre Collection
Cambridge, MA 02138
https://library.harvard.edu/collections/harvard-theatre-collection

Hertzberg Circus Collection at the Witte Museum
3801 Broadway Brackenridge Park, Texas
https://www.wittemuseum.org/archives/

Illinois State University Milner Library
Normal, IL 61761-0900
https://library.illinoisstate.edu/collections/circus-and-allied-arts/

International Circus Hall of Fame
Post Office Box 700, Peru, IN 46970
https://visit.circushalloffame.com

John Daniel Draper Equestrian database
http://savinrock.com/ringlingcircus/equestrian/

New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West,
New York, NY 10024
http://nyhistory.org

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Billy Rose Theatre Division
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
http://www.nypl.org

Princeton University Library Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections
1 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544
https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/circus/TC093.html

Sauk County Historical Society
531 Fourth Avenue, Baraboo, WI 53913
http://saukcountyhistory.org

Shelburne Museum
US Route 7, Shelburne, VT 05482
http://shelburnemuseum.org

University of Memphis Ned R. McWherter Library
Dyer Marion “Ichabod” Reynolds Circus Collection and Tony Conway Circus Collection
Memphis, TN 38152
http://umwa.memphis.edu/campusmap/deptsbldg.php?Building_Id=55&Dept_Id=755