Collection 08: Mark St Leon further papers, 1969-2011

MLMSS 8909

sub-fonds

1969-2011

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

1024069

0.64 metres of textual material (4 boxes)

BOX 1
Folder 1
Bostock & Wombwells
English circus/vaudeville/menagerie toured Australia, 1906
"A Zoo On Wheels - Bostock and Wombwells Menagerie" by Dr J. L. Middlemiss, 1987
Photocopy of "Menageries, Circuses and Theatres" by E. H. Bostock, 1927

Folder 2
Cardoza
Correspondence from Sheila Ryan, (a descendant of the early colonial performer Cardoza) to Mark St. Leon

Folder 3
Letters from Viv Carter (Australian circus collector) to Mark St. Leon, 2005

Folder 4
Chefalo, American performer with Wirth Bros. Circus early 1900's; letters from granddaughter, Ms Kelly Shields to Mark St. Leon, 1995-1996. Includes copies of newscuttings on Chefalo

Folder 5
Colleano family correspondence and photocopies of photographs and newscuttings of family and circus performers

Folder 6
George Croft - Correspondence with descendants of first ropewalker seen in the colonies, 1983-1991

Folder 7
Hermine Demoriane - French/English performer and author of "The Tightrope Walker" (Secker & Warburg, 1989); letters from Hermine Demoriane to Mark St. Leon, 1991-1998

Folder 8
Peter Downes - New Zealand performing arts historian, mostly concerning activities of W.H. Foley, 1993-1998

Folder 9
Dan Draper - US circus historian; letters from Dan Draper to Mark St. Leon, 1989-1996

Folder 10 - Jim Fogarty - International Circus Correspondent and Circus Historian; authority on Wirth's Circus; author of "The Wonder of Wirth's"; mainly letters from Jim Fogarty to Mark St. Leon, 1984- 2011

BOX 2
Folder 1
General Enquiries A-F sent to Mark St. Leon, 1985-2003

Folder 2
General Enquiries G-L sent to Mark St. Leon, 1987-2006

Folder 3
General Enquiries M-R sent to Mark St. Leon, 1986-2012

Folder 4
General Enquiries S-Z sent to Mark St. Leon, 1987-2006

Folder 5
Steve Gossard - U.S. circus historian; letters from Steve Gossard to Mark St. Leon, 1989-1995

Folder 6
Geoff Greaves - Australian circus historian and author of "When the circus came to town"; letters from Geoff Greaves to Mark St. Leon, 1982-1996

Folder 7
Herbert family - English trapeze family

Folder 8
Anthony Hippisley Coxe - Eminent British circus historian, deceased, author of "A Seat at the Circus" (Macmillan, 1980)

Folder 9
Howson family - prominent English circus family, active in colonies 1840s-1860s; musicians in early circuses

Folder 10
Hyland Family Circus - major Australian regional circus, 1890s-1920s

BOX 3
Folder 1
Japanese troupes - correspondence concerning Japanese circus artists in Australia

Folder 2
Joyce family - Australian circus and show family, early 1900s

Folder 3
Miller family - Australian circus and sideshow family

Folder 4
Loreley Morling - WA performing arts historian; letters from Loreley Morling to Mark St. Leon, 1992-1993

Folder 5 - Mervyn Nairn
Scrapbooks (2) prepared by Australian circus man, Mervyn Nairn, before his death

Folder 6
Valantyne Napier - Australian vaudevillian, deceased, and author of "Act as known" (Globe Press, ca. 1987); letters from Valantyne Napier to Mark St. Leon, 1992-1995

Folder 7
NSW Annual School Band Festival, 1998-1999
Festival programs, non-circus specific

Folder 8
Keith Paterson
Illawarra circus historian, author of "The circus and other travelling tent shows in the Shoalhaven, 1855-1955" (Shoalhaven Historical Society, 2005); letters from Keith Paterson to Mark St. Leon, 2006-2008

Folder 9
Perry/Eroni Circuses - major Australian circus family

Folder 10
Fred D. Pfening - eminent US circus historian; letters from Fred D. Pfening to Mark St. Leon, 1985-1993

Folder 11
Robert Avis Radford
Inaugurated Australia's first successful circus in 1847

BOX 4
Folder 1
Professor John Ramsland
Co-author (with Mark St. Leon) of 'Circus Children: The Australian Experience' (Butterfly Books, 1993)

Folder 2
Russian Circus
Circus Museum, St Petersburg

Folder 3
The Shipways
Australian acrobatic duo; eulogy for Stan Shipway by Phil St Leon

Folder 4
Adrienne Simpson - NZ performing arts historian

Folder 5
Sole Bros Circus - major Australian circus. Includes photographic copies of correspondence of South African Tour, 1926-1928

Folder 6
South African Circus

Folder 7
George Speaight - eminent UK circus historian, author of "The Circus" (Tantivy Press, 1980)

Folder 8 [RESTRICTED]
Gayle Speight - Wirth circus family descendant

Folder 9
Dr John M Turner - eminent UK circus historian (deceased)

Folder 10
US Civil War Veterans in Australia
Notes and correspondence, chiefly concerning Col Ike Austen, circus sharpshooter and US civil war veteran. Includes correspondence with Major Roy W. Parker and also correspondence re the CSS "Shenandoah"

Folder 11
Carl Von Der Mehden - Bandmaster for FitzGerald Bros Circus, ca. 1892-1905. Includes correspondence with Arthur Stirling

Folder 12
West/Sooby - Aboriginal circus family. Correspondence with Kathleen M. West-Sooby and Betty Lockwood

Folder 13
Dr John Whiteoak
Australian musicologist, author of "Playing Ad Lib" (Currency, 1999)

Folder 14
Wild West Shows
Notes and correspondence concerning U.S. shows that visited Australia in the 1890s to early 1900s (Texas Jack, Bud Atkinson, Will Rogers, Broncho George and Martinis Rough Riders)

Partly restricted: Applies to Box 4/Folder 8

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