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Call Number
CWM Mss 10, CWM Ph 17

Title
Chindahl, George L. 1876-1957 Papers, 1794-1957  (8.6 c.f., 16 boxes)
 
Biographical Note 
George L. Chindahl was born in Rockford, Illinois, in 1876.  He was an avid circus fan who collected memorabilia and played an active role in the Circus Fans Association (CFA). He was a patent attorney in Chicago from 1898 to 1934, after which he retired to Maitland, Florida. In 1941 Chindahl became mayor of Maitland and served in that capacity through 1942.  In 1952 he was elected vice president of the southern section of the CFA and in 1956 became CFA historian, a position which he held until his death.

Scope and Content Note 
The George L. Chindahl Papers contain an extensive amount of newspaper clippings, memorabilia and correspondence and primarily reflects Chindahl’s research in to the history of the American circus 1850 and 1957. The collection is arranged alphabetically and consists of four series, RESEARCH FILES series, BOOK MANUSCRIPT series, NOTE CARDS series, and VISUAL MATERIALS series.

The RESEARCH FILES series contains newspaper clippings, research notes, and correspondence relating to a variety of people, circus titles, and circus related subjects. It should be noted that correspondence files in this collection do not contain letters with the person or organization listed on the file title but rather is correspondence with other individuals about a particular person or subject. The clippings are particularly important because they document a variety of circus activities including those of the 19th century.  The series also contains a significant number of materials regarding sideshows (1840-1957), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1918-1957), and biographical clippings of individuals (1881-1954).

The BOOK MANUSCRIPT series includes manuscript drafts of Chindahl’s book The History of the Circus in America, published posthumously in 1959. 

The NOTE CARDS series contain index cards relating to specific circus titles, circus individuals, and collecting. The cards are a valuable source on obscure shows and show people.

The VISUAL MATERIALS series (CWM Ph 17) contain a number of copy photographs of parade wagons from various circuses including Gollmar Bros., Hagenbeck-Wallace, Cole Bros., Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey, Howe’s Great London, Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros., Sparks, Parker and Watts, La Tena and Downie & Wheeler circuses, as well as several images relating to the Moeller Wagon Works in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Also found in this series is a binder/album of research notes and photos of the R.T. Richards Circus from 1917. The series also contains copy photographs of members of the Skerbeck Family in performance costume as well as several lot scenes of the Skerbeck’s Shows.

Donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society by Rev. and Mrs. George Greene on 18 July 1958.  Transferred to Circus World Museum in 1970.

Container List
CWM Mss 10
Box      Folder

                                    RESEARCH FILES
Box 1   Folder 1           Abbott Downing Co. notes, 1954        
Box 1   Folder 2           Accident clippings, 1892, 1901            
Box 1   Folder 3           Acrobat clippings, 1859-1954              
                                    Adam Forepaugh Circus
Box 1   Folder 4                       clippings, 1872-1944               
Box 1   Folder 5                       clippings, correspondence, 1868-54, undated   
                                    Adam Forepaugh-Sells Bros. Circus (SEE FOREPAUGH-SELLS BROS. CIRCUS)
Box 1   Folder 6           Advance cars notes, clippings, 1920, 1955, undated                
Box 1   Folder 7           Advertisements clippings, photocopies, notes, 1850-1957                    
Box 1   Folder 8           Aerialist clippings, 1881-1957             
Box 1   Folder 9           Agents clippings, 1884, 1927, 1933, undated               
Box 1   Folder 10         Al G. Barnes Circus clippings, correspondence, notes, 1916-55
Box 1   Folder 11         Al G. Barnes-Sells Floto Circus clippings, 1937, undated                     
Box 1   Folder 12         Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. Circus clippings 1946-56                
Box 1   Folder 13         Amateur circuses clippings, notes, 1935, undated                     
Box 1   Folder 14         American Circus Corporation correspondence, 1956-1957                  
Box 1   Folder 15         American Indians clippings, correspondence, 1906-53             
Box 1   Folder 16         American Water Circus correspondence, notes, 1944, 1955-56           
Box 1   Folder 17         Anderson, Bud clippings, 1937, undated                      
Box 1   Folder 18         Andress, Charles clippings, 1926, undated                   
Box 1   Folder 19         Animal trainers clippings A-L, 1839-1942                    
Box 1   Folder 20         Animal trainers clippings M-Z, 1872-1945, undated                 
Box 1   Folder 21         Animal training clippings, 1858-1942               
Box 1   Folder 22         Animals clippings, 1851-1954              
Box 1   Folder 23         Animals clippings, undated                   
Box 1   Folder 24         Antonio & Wilder correspondence, 1949-1950                       
Box 1   Folder 25         Appolonicon correspondence, clippings, 1857, 1955-56                      
Box 1   Folder 26         Apprenticeship clippings, 1924            
Box 1   Folder 27         Aquariums, 1877, undated                   
Box 1   Folder 28         Art clippings, 1935-48             
Box 1   Folder 29         Arthur Bros. Circus clippings, undated             
Box 1   Folder 30         Astley’s Circus clippings, 1926-1927, undated             
Box 1   Folder 31         Aymer, William & Walter notes, clippings, 1883, undated                    
Box 1   Folder 32         B.B. & H. Circus notes, correspondence, 1900-1955              
Box 1   Folder 33         Backenstoe, Dr. E. correspondence, undated               
Box 1   Folder 34         Bailey & Winans New York Clipper notes, 1889-90               
Box 1   Folder 35         Bailey Bros. Circus notes, undated                   
Box 1   Folder 36         Bailey, George F. correspondence, 1857, 1903                       
Box 1   Folder 37         Bailey, Hachaliah correspondence, clippings, 1835-1956, undated       
Box 1   Folder 38         Bailey, James A. notes, clippings, 1894-1957, undated                        
Box 1   Folder 39         Bailey, Mollie clippings, undated                      
Box 1   Folder 40         Bands clippings, 1931-49                    
Box 1   Folder 41         Barnum & Bailey Circus clippings, notes, 1882-1952, undated             
Box 1   Folder 42         Barnum, P.T. clippings, notes, 1852-85           
Box 1   Folder 43         Barnum, P.T. clippings, notes, 1910-56                       
Box 1   Folder 44         Beatty, Clyde clippings, 1931-45, 1957, undated                     
Box 1   Folder 45         Beers-Barnes Circus clippings, 1943                
Box 1   Folder 46         Bibliographies, undated            
Box 1   Folder 47         Bibliographies, undated            
Box 1   Folder 48         Billboard abstracted articles, 1899-1949
                                    Biographical clippings              
Box 1   Folder 49                     A-F, 1959-1954, undated                   
Box 1   Folder 50                     G-K, 1849-52, undated                      
Box 1   Folder 51                     L-O, 1884-1952, undated                   
Box 1   Folder 52                     P-S, 1877-1950, undated                    
Box 1   Folder 53                     T-Z, 1880-1954, undated                                
Box 1   Folder 54         Biographies manuscript, undated          
Box 1   Folder 55         Black Hills Wild West notes, undated               
Box 1   Folder 56         Bob Morton Circus clippings, undated             
Box 1   Folder 57         Bogardus, Adam H. correspondence, 1951                 
Box 2   Folder 1           Bostock Animal Show clippings, 1933 
Box 2   Folder 2           Bradna, Fred clippings, 1932, 1934, undated               
Box 2   Folder 3           Bryan’s Grand Carnival, Menagerie and Circus notes, 1869                 
Box 2   Folder 4           Buckley & Wicks Circus correspondence, clippings, 1848, 1956         
Box 2   Folder 5           Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill clippings, 1946, undated                     
Box 2   Folder 6           Buffalo Bill’s Wild West notes, clippings, corresp., 1914-1953
Box 2   Folder 7           Burgess Menagerie clippings, 1948-9               
Box 2   Folder 8           Busby Bros. Circus clippings, notes, correspondence, 1949-50
Box 2   Folder 9           C.R. Montgomery Circus clippings, 1946                     
Box 2   Folder 10         California correspondence, 1952                     
Box 2   Folder 11         Calliope clippings, correspondence, notes, 1930-1964             
Box 2   Folder 12         Campbell, Bailey & Hutchinson Circus notes, 1920-22            
Box 2   Folder 13         Campbell Bros. Circus clippings, undated                     
Box 2   Folder 14         Canadian Circuses, undated                 
Box 2   Folder 15         Carl Hagenbeck Circus clippings, 1894-95, 1913, 1943, undated        
Box 2   Folder 16         Carroll & Co.’s Mammoth Circus clippings, 1849                    
Box 2   Folder 17         Carson, Tex card, undated                   
Box 2   Folder 18         Castello, Dan clippings, correspondence, 1869, 1954-1956     
Box 2   Folder 19         Castle, Hubert pamphlet, clippings, 1942, undated                   
Box 2   Folder 20         Charles Lee’s Great London Circus clippings, undated             
Box 2   Folder 21         Charles N. Harris Circus correspondence, 1924                      
Box 2   Folder 22         Chicago correspondence, clippings, 1954                    
Box 2   Folder 23         Children clippings, 1935, undated                    
Box 2   Folder 24         Christy Bros. Circus clippings, 1937, 1945, undated                
Box 2   Folder 25         Chronologies, 1953-1954, undated      
Box 2   Folder 26         Circophile International correspondence, 1957             
Box 2   Folder 27         Circus editorials, 1929-31, undated                 
Box 2   Folder 28         Circus Fans Association clippings, 1943-1952, undated
                                    Circus history clippings            
Box 2   Folder 29                     1871-1932                  
Box 2   Folder 30                     1886-1959                  
Box 2   Folder 31                     undated                       
Box 2   Folder 32-33    Circus history notes, undated                                       
Box 2   Folder 34         Circus life clippings, 1882-1930, undated                     
Box 2   Folder 35         Circus schools clippings, undated          
                                    Clown Clippings                      
Box 2   Folder 36                     1866-1919      
Box 2   Folder 37                     1920-39                      
Box 2   Folder 38                     1940-53                      
Box 2   Folder 39                     undated                       
Box 2   Folder 40         Clown notes, undated              
Box 2   Folder 41         Codet’s Circus correspondence, 12 September 1954              
Box 2   Folder 42         Codona, Alfredo clippings, 1930-51, undated              
Box 2   Folder 43         Col. C.T. Ames Circus notes, undated             
Box 2   Folder 44         Col. Hall’s Trained Animals notes, undated                  
Box 2   Folder 45         Cole-Bradford Circus notes, undated               
Box 2   Folder 46         Cole Bros. Circus correspondence, notes, clippings, 1937-50  
Box 2   Folder 47         Collecting clippings, 1932-1951                       
Box 2   Folder 48         Concello, Art articles, 1949, undated   
Box 2   Folder 49         Contortionists clippings, 1882-86                     
Box 2   Folder 50         Cooke, Louise E., correspondence, 1953, 1956                      
Box 2   Folder 51         Cookhouse clippings, 1925-1937, undated                  
Box 2   Folder 52         Cook’s Circus clippings, undated                     
Box 2   Folder 53         Coop & Lent Circus clippings, 1916, 1919                  
Box 2   Folder 54         Cooper & Bailey Circus clippings, 1935
                                    Correspondence                      
Box 2   Folder 55                     1942-55                      
Box 2   Folder 56                     1956, March-November         
Box 2   Folder 57                     1956 December-1957 February                      
Box 3   Folder 1                       1957 March-May        
Box 3   Folder 2                       1957 June – October, undated             
Box 3   Folder 3           Crane, Thaddeus correspondence, death certificate, 1928, 1956          
Box 3   Folder 4           Cristiani family clippings, 1943-56, undated                  
Box 3   Folder 5           Cummings, Fred T. correspondence, notes, 1949, undated                   
Box 3   Folder 6           Curtis, Bill correspondence, 10 October 1950             
Box 3   Folder 7           Dailey Bros. Circus notes, 1943, 1946-1947, undated             
Box 3   Folder 8           Davidson Bros. Circus clippings, undated                     
Box 3   Folder 9           Den Stone’s Circus clippings, 1854                  
Box 3   Folder 10         Detroit Public Library correspondence, 1951               
Box 3   Folder 11         Diano, Antonio Clippings, undated                   
Box 3   Folder 12         Diavolo clippings, correspondence, 1956, undated       
Box 3   Folder 13         Disasters clippings, 1888-1943, undated                      
Box 3   Folder 14         Dode Fisk Shows correspondence, notes, clippings, 1909-53  
Box 3   Folder 15         Downie & Galagher’s Boat Show otes, undated                       
Box 3   Folder 16         Downie, Andrew clippings, 1930-1931, undated                      
Box 3   Folder 17         Downie Bros. Circus clippings, notes, 1935, 1952, undated                 
Box 3   Folder 18         Downs, Martin J. clippings, 1933                     
Box 3   Folder 19         Dreisbach, Herr clippings, 1856, 1889, 1921, undated
                                    Elephants Clippings                  
Box 3   Folder 20                     1794, 1840-1943                    
Box 3   Folder 21                     1910-29                      
Box 3   Folder 22                     1930-55                      
Box 3   Folder 23                     Undated                      
Box 3   Folder 24         Elstun Bros. Circus forms, undated                   
Box 3   Folder 25         Equestrian biographical clippings A-L, 1928-45, undated                     
Box 3   Folder 26         Equestrian biographical clippings M-Z, 1858-1948, undated    
Box 3   Folder 27         Equestrians clippings, 1858-1934, undated                  
Box 3   Folder 28         Equipment clippings, correspondence, 1935-1952                   
Box 3   Folder 29         Escalante clippings, correspondence, 1954-1957                     
Box 3   Folder 30         Exhibition buildings correspondence, 1951-52              
Box 3   Folder 31         Fellows, Dexter clippings, 1917-37, undated                
Box 3   Folder 32         Fisher, F.C. correspondence, 1953-55            
Box 3   Folder 33         Flagg & Aymar’s Circus clipping, 1856            
Box 3   Folder 34         Florida circuses notes, program, undated                      
Box 3   Folder 35         Florida State University clippings, 1952-56, undated                
Box 3   Folder 36         Floto, Otto clippings, correspondence, notes, 1902-55            
Box 3   Folder 37         Foreign circuses correspondence, clippings, 1853-1956                       
Box 3   Folder 38         Forepaugh-Sells clippings, 1934-51                 
Box 3   Folder 39         Franconi clippings, 1853                      
Box 3   Folder 40         Frank A. Robbins Circus clippings, 1916, undated                   
Box 3   Folder 41         Fred J. Mack Circus clippings, undated            
Box 3   Folder 42         Frost, Hyatt correspondence, 1956                  
Box 3   Folder 43         G.G. Grady’s Circus clippings, undated            
Box 3   Folder 44         Gardner, Frank A. clippings, 1891                   
Box 3   Folder 45         Genealogies, obituaries, notes, undated            
Box 3   Folder 46         Gentry Bros. correspondence, clippings, 1902-1955                
Box 3   Folder 47         Georgia correspondence, clippings, 1787-1956                       
Box 3   Folder 48         Giles, Dorothy correspondence, notes, road maps, 1956                      
Box 3   Folder 49         Gillette correspondence, notes, 1951               
Box 3   Folder 50         Golden Bros. Circus clippings, 1924                
Box 3   Folder 51         Gollmar Bros. Circus corresp., notes, clippings, contracts, 1910-56     
Box 3   Folder 52         Gould family courier, undated               
Box 3   Folder 53         Great National Circus clippings, 1864              
Box 3   Folder 54         Great Southern Circus clippings 1859              
Box 3   Folder 55         H. Buckley & Co. Circus notes, undated                      
Box 3   Folder 56         H. Whitby & Co. Circus notes, 1859               
Box 3   Folder 57         Hagen Bros. Circus route card, sign, 1954       
Box 3   Folder 58         Hagen-Wallace Circus clippings, route card, undated               
Box 3   Folder 59         Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus clippings, notes, 1915-1956                      
Box 3   Folder 60         Hall, G.W. correspondence, clippings, 1937-52                       
Box 3   Folder 61         Hall, W.P. clippings, 1932-56              
Box 3   Folder 62         Hanlon Brothers notes, clippings, 1881            
Box 3   Folder 63         Hargreaves Circus correspondence, clippings, notes 1900-51  
Box 3   Folder 64         Harris-Nickel Plate Circus correspondence, clippings, 1887-1957       
Box 3   Folder 65         Henry, J.E. note, 1943             
Box 3   Folder 66         Hilliard & Main Circus, undated                       
Box 3   Folder 67         Hippodrome clippings, 1853-1930                                          
Box 3   Folder 68         Holland, George F. clippings, 1925-55
Box 3   Folder 69         Holman Bros. clippings, 1930              
Box 3   Folder 70         Horne, I. Sherman correspondence, 1953-1954          
Box 3   Folder 71         Horses clippings and notes, 1838-1945                       
Box 3   Folder 72         Howe and Cushing’s Circus clippings, 1927, undated               
Box 3   Folder 73         Howe, Ephenetus correspondence, clippings, notes, 1834, 1847          
Box 3   Folder 74         Howe’s Great London Circus, 1875, 1945, undated                
Box 3   Folder 75         Howes, Nathan-Seth correspondence, clippings, will, 1875-1956        
Box 3   Folder 76         Hugo Bros. Circus clippings, undated               
Box 3   Folder 77         Hunt Bros. Circus clippings, 1949-57              
Box 3   Folder 78         Hunting’s Circus clippings, route book, 1895, 1898                 
Box 3   Folder 79         Indoor circuses-Billboard, 1903                       
Box 3   Folder 80         Irwin Bros. Circus note, undated                      
Box 3   Folder 81         J.E. Warner’s Great Pacific Combination notes, undated                      
Box 3   Folder 82         J.M. French Circus clippings, 1882, 1948, undated                  
Box 3   Folder 83         Jacobs, Terrell pamphlet, undated                    
Box 3   Folder 84         James M. Cole Circus notes, handbill, undated             
Box 3   Folder 85         James Robinson’s Circus notes, undated                      
Box 3   Folder 86         John B. Doris’ Circus clippings, 1897              
Box 3   Folder 87         John H. O’Brien’s Circus clippings, notes, 1870-1929             
Box 3   Folder 88         John Robinson’s Circus clippings, notes, 1871, 1930, undated 
Box 3   Folder 89         Jones Great Eastern notes, undated                  
Box 3   Folder 90         June, Lewis notes, death certificate, 1839-1956                       
Box 3   Folder 91         June, Titus & Angevine Circus clippings, 1841, 1858               
Box 3   Folder 92         Kansas circuses clippings, CFA program, 1952                       
Box 3   Folder 93         Kelly, Paul clippings, 1955-56             
Box 3   Folder 94         Kemp sisters correspondence, 1943                
Box 3   Folder 95         Kilian, Otto correspondence, 1949-55             
Box 3   Folder 96         Kilpatrick, Harold correspondence, notes, 1953                      
Box 3   Folder 97         King & Franklin’s Circus corresp., clippings, 1949, undated     
Box 3   Folder 98         King Bros. clippings, notes, 1947-56               
Box 3   Folder 99         Kirkhart correspondence, 1952-54                  
Box 4   Folder 1           Labor correspondence, clippings, 1935-57      
Box 4   Folder 2           Lake, William clippings, notes, 1934                
Box 4   Folder 3           Lambrigger, Gus correspondence, clippings, 1909-56              
Box 4   Folder 4           LaPearl, J.H. clippings, 1891-1946                  
Box 4   Folder 5           LaTena’s Circus clippings, undated                  
Box 4   Folder 6           Laws clippings, 1859, 1950                 
Box 4   Folder 7           Leitzel, Lillian clippings, 1927-1936, undated               
Box 4   Folder 8           Lemen Bros. correspondence, notes 1887-1954                      
Box 4   Folder 9           Lent, L.B. clippings, 1864-1947                      
Box 4   Folder 10         Lewis Bros. notes, undated                  
Box 4   Folder 11         Lights correspondence, clippings, 1934-1952              
Box 4   Folder 12         Lindeman Bros. Circus clippings, undated                    
Box 4   Folder 13         Litigation correspondence, clippings, 1940-1954                      
Box 4   Folder 14         Loading orders notes, 1927-1931                    
Box 4   Folder 15         Mabie correspondence, clippings, 1857-1955              
Box 4   Folder 16         Macomber & Co.’s Circus clipping, 1829, 1952                      
Box 4   Folder 17         Madison Square Garden clippings, 1925                      
Box 4   Folder 18         Magner & Co.’s Circus receipts, 1873            
Box 4   Folder 19         Maloon Bros. Circus correspondence, 1954-55                       
Box 4   Folder 20         Maynard, Ken clippings, 1937             
Box 4   Folder 21         Mead, Mrs. L. correspondence, 1956             
Box 4   Folder 22         Mechanization correspondence, clippings, notes, 1931-1952    
Box 4   Folder 23         Menageries clippings, 1864-1919                    
Box 4   Folder 24         Mexican circuses correspondence, notes, 1949-1955              
Box 4   Folder 25         Meyers, Jim clipping, 1938                  
Box 4   Folder 26         Mighty Haag Circus clippings, 1916-51                       
Box 4   Folder 27         Miller & Freeman’s Circus clipping, undated                
Box 4   Folder 28         Miller, John correspondence, 1956                  
Box 4   Folder 29         Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West corresp., clippings, 1925-46          
Box 4   Folder 30         Mills Bros. Circus clippings, programs, 1931-1956                  
Box 4   Folder 31         Mississippi correspondence, clippings, notes, 1836-1956                     
Box 4   Folder 32         Mix, Tom clippings, 1936-40               
Box 4   Folder 33         Model circus clippings, 1936-49, undated                    
Box 4   Folder 34         Morton, Bob circus clippings, 1941-1956                    
Box 4   Folder 35         Murray, John H. clippings, 1937                      
Box 4   Folder 36         Music correspondence, clippings, notes, 1950-1955                
Box 4   Folder 37         Myers, Jim clippings, undated              
Box 4   Folder 38         Myhre’s correspondence, programs, 1920-55             
Box 4   Folder 39         Nathan & Co.’s Circus clippings, 1882-1949, undated            
Box 4   Folder 40         Nathans, J.J. clippings, 1884                
Box 4   Folder 41         National Circus Museum clippings, 1956          
Box 4   Folder 42         New York reprint, 1832                      
Box 4   Folder 43         New York Circus (Col. Cushing) clippings, 1856                     
Box 4   Folder 44         Niblo’s Garden correspondence, clippings, notes, 1851-1954  
Box 4   Folder 45         Nixon & Kemp’s Great Eastern Circus notes, 1888, undated   
Box 4   Folder 46         Norris & Rowe correspondence, obituary, 1918, 1945            
Box 4   Folder 47         North American Circus clippings, 1872-1873              
Box 4   Folder 48         North, John Ringling & Henry Ringling clippings, 1938-1951    
Box 4   Folder 49         North, Levi J. correspondence, clippings, 1884-1954              
Box 4   Folder 50         Oakley, Annie clippings, undated                     
Box 4   Folder 51         Opposition notes, clippings, 1891, 1944, undated                    
Box 4   Folder 52         Orrin correspondence, clippings, 1953             
Box 4   Folder 53         Orton & Older’s Circus clippings, 1859                       
Box 4   Folder 54         Orton family clippings, 1882-1952, undated                 
Box 4   Folder 55         Orton family correspondence, 1951-56            
Box 4   Folder 56         Orton Circus notes, undated                
Box 4   Folder 57         P.T. Barnum’s Circus notes, undated               
Box 4   Folder 58         Parades clippings, notes, 1915-1953               
Box 4   Folder 59         Patents correspondence, notes, 1950-52                     
Box 4   Folder 60         Pawnee bill clippings, notes, 1893                    
Box 4   Folder 61         Peek notes, 1951-1952                       
Box 4   Folder 62         Pentland, Joe clipping, undated            
Box 4   Folder 63         Peru quarters clippings, 1944 (Photos-mounted-Box 16)                      
Box 4   Folder 64         Poems, clippings, notes, 1866-1938                
Box 4   Folder 65         Portraits clippings, 1938-1953             
Box 4   Folder 66         Posey, Jake correspondence, clippings, notes, 1927-53                       
Box 4   Folder 67         Posters correspondence, clippings, notes, 1902-53                  
Box 4   Folder 68         Prescott’s Great Eastern Circus clipping, undated                     
Box 4   Folder 69         Press agents clippings, 1922-41, undated                     
Box 4   Folder 70         Programs clippings, 1933, undated                   
Box 4   Folder 71         Psychology clippings, 1922, undated                
Box 4   Folder 72         Pullman, Henry and Giles clipping, undated                   
Box 4   Folder 73         Putnam County correspondence, clippings, notes, 1800, 1955-1957
Box 4   Folder 74         Queen, Montgomery clippings, notes, 1875-1933                    
Box 4   Folder 75         R.T. Richards Circus clippings, 1942, undated             
Box 4   Folder 76         Railroads and highways correspondence, 1949-1956               
Box 4   Folder 77         Ramond-Lee Circus clippings, 1946                
Box 4   Folder 78         Raymond & Waring clippings, 1835-54                       
Box 4   Folder 79         Rentz & Co. Circus notes, undated                  
Box 4   Folder 80         Research center correspondence, 1949-1957, undated            
Box 4   Folder 81         Reynolds, W.B. circus correspondence, notes, 1892-1949                  
Box 4   Folder 82         Rice, Dan clippings, 1823-1937                       
Box 4   Folder 83         Ricketts clippings, 1880-1929              
                                    Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus                  
Box 4   Folder 84                     Clippings, 1915-25                  
Box 4   Folder 85                     Clippings, 1925-29                  
Box 4   Folder 86                     Clippings, 1930-35      
Box 4   Folder 87                     Clippings, 1933-39                  
Box 4   Folder 88                     Clippings, 1940-44                  
Box 5   Folder 1                       Clippings, 1943-49      
Box 5   Folder 2                       Clippings, 1950-56                  
Box 5   Folder 3                       Clippings, 1918-1927, undated            
Box 5   Folder 4                       Clippings, undated                   
Box 5   Folder 5                       Notes, correspondence, 1950-56, undated                  
Box 5   Folder 6                       Clippings, 1906-56, undated                
Box 5   Folder 7           Ringling family clippings, 1921-55, undated                  
Box 5   Folder 8           Robbins Bros. Circus clippings, 1915-24                     
Box 5   Folder 9           Robinson & Bros. Circus clippings, 1863, undated                   
Box 5   Folder 10         Robinson, James clippings, notes, 1869-1957              
Box 5   Folder 11         Robinson, John clippings, notes, 1868-1956                
Box 5   Folder 12         Rockwell & Stone Circus clippings, undated                
Box 5   Folder 13         Rogers Bros. correspondence, notes, 1949-52            
Box 5   Folder 14         Rooston, Springer and Henderson’s Circus notes, undated                   
Box 5   Folder 15         Routes notes, clippings, 1926, 1955, undated               
Box 5   Folder 16         Royal Bros. Circus clippings, undated              
Box 5   Folder 17         Royal English Circus clippings, undated            
Box 5   Folder 18         Rumbaugh, Harold J. clippings, 1948-49                      
Box 5   Folder 19         Russell Bros. correspondence, clippings, 1935-57                    
Box 5   Folder 20         Russell Bros. Pan-Pacific clippings, undated                 
Box 5   Folder 21         Ryan & Robinson’s Circus clippings, 1882                   
Box 5   Folder 22         S.H. Barrett and Co. clipping, undated             
Box 5   Folder 23         Sailor Circus clippings, undated            
Box 5   Folder 24         Salsbury statement of estate, 1904                   
Box 5   Folder 25         Sands, Lent & Co. notes, undated                   
Box 5   Folder 26         Sands, Richard correspondence, will, 1861-1957                    
Box 5   Folder 27         San Francisco Oakland Circuses notes, undated                       
Box 5   Folder 28         Sangers Circus clippings, 1913-32                   
Box 5   Folder 29         Sarasota brochure, notes, undated                   
Box 5   Folder 30         Sautelle, Sig clippings, notes, 1902-1948, undated                   
Box 5   Folder 31         Schiller Bros. correspondence, 1954                
Box 5   Folder 32         Seils-Sterling correspondence, clippings, notes, 1922-57                      
Box 5   Folder 33         Sells and Downs Circus contracts, undated                  
Box 5   Folder 34         Sells and Gray Circus clippings, 1946              
Box 5   Folder 35         Sells Bros. Circus clippings, notes, 1872-1953             
Box 5   Folder 36         Sells-Floto Circus clippings, notes, contract, 1902-56              
Box 5   Folder 37         Sheak, W.H. correspondence, notes, 1903-53            
Box 5   Folder 38         Sheldenburger’s European Menageries notes, undated   
                                    Sideshow clippings      
Box 5   Folder 39                     1830, 1850-79            
Box 5   Folder 40                     1880-1898                  
Box 5   Folder 41                     1901-29                      
Box 5   Folder 42                     1930-57                      
Box 5   Folder 43                     undated           
Box 5   Folder 44                     Chang and Eng
Box 5   Folder 45                     Sideshow notes, correspondence, 1953, undated
Box 5   Folder 46                     Eko and Iko
Box 5   Folder 47                     Giants
Box 5   Folder 48                     Mille-Christine 
Box 5   Folder 49                     Zip                  
Box 5   Folder 50         Sigsbee, Albert correspondence, clippings, 1955-56                
Box 5   Folder 51         Silver family correspondence, notes, 1903-1951                      
Box 5   Folder 52         Skerbeck family, notes, 1954-1955                 
Box 5   Folder 53         Sloat, Howard correspondence, notes, 1940-55                      
Box 5   Folder 54         Somers, New York correspondence, 195-1957                      
Box 5   Folder 55         Southern United Railroad Show clippings, 1948                       
Box 5   Folder 56         Spalding & Rogers Circus correspondence, clippings, 1852-1956        
Box 5   Folder 57         Sparks Circus clippings, 1916-1945                
Box 5   Folder 58         St. Leon Bros. Circus notes, 1956                   
Box 5   Folder 59         Stang Bros. Circus correspondence, notes, 1949-1956            
Box 5   Folder 60         Stickney family clippings, 1916            
Box 5   Folder 61         Stone & Murray Circus clippings, 1934, undated                     
Box 5   Folder 62         Stone & Rosston Circus clippings, 1903, undated                    
Box 5   Folder 63         Stone, D.W. correspondence, clippings, notes, 1950-57                      
Box 5   Folder 64         Stunts & thrills clippings, 1930-1932                
Box 5   Folder 65         Sturtevant, C.G. correspondence, 1951-52                  
Box 5   Folder 66         Sullivan, Fr. Ed clippings, 1943-44                  
Box 5   Folder 67         Sun Bros. Circus clippings, notes, 1901-1937              
Box 5   Folder 68         Superstitions clippings, 1938-1945, undated                
Box 5   Folder 69         Teets Bros. Circus correspondence, 1951                    
Box 5   Folder 70         Tents clippings, correspondence, 1919-55, undated                 
Box 5   Folder 71         Thayer & Noyes Circus notes, undated            
Box 5   Folder 72         Thayer, Dr. James L. clippings, 1882-1938                  
Box 5   Folder 73         Tim McCoy Wild West bankruptcy sale, 1938             
Box 5   Folder 74         Transportation clippings, 1898-1946, undated              
Box 5   Folder 75         Troupers home correspondence, brochure, 1951-1953            
Box 5   Folder 76         True & McVeigh Circus clippings, 1896                      
Box 5   Folder 77         Turner, Aaron correspondence, clippings, 1825-1957  
Box 6   Folder 1           Turner, Aaron correspondence, clippings, 1955-1957
Box 6   Folder 2           Van Amburgh correspondence, clippings, notes, 1859-1956                
Box 6   Folder 3           Van Arnam, John R. notes, 1919-20                
Box 6   Folder 4           Vanderburg Bros. Circus correspondence, 1937                      
Box 6   Folder 5           Veterinary clippings, 1895, 1949, undated                   
Box 6   Folder 6           Vocabulary clippings, notes, 1945, undated                  
Box 6   Folder 7           W.C. Coup clippings, correspondence, 1880-1950, undated               
Box 6   Folder 8           W.H. Stowe’s Circus clippings, 1934              
Box 6   Folder 9           W.W. Cole Circus clippings, correspondence, records, 1874-1951     
Box 6   Folder 10         Waddell, Doc clippings, 1938-1952                
Box 6   Folder 11         Wagon clippings, 1934-1955, undated             
Box 6   Folder 12         Wagon correspondence, 1949-55, undated                 
Box 6   Folder 13         Wagon shows clippings, 1929-47                    
Box 6   Folder 14         Wallace, Benjamin E. clippings, 1903-56                     
Box 6   Folder 15         Walter L. Main Shows correspondence, clippings, 1893-1956 
Box 6   Folder 16         Wardrobe clippings, 1932, 1939, undated                   
Box 6   Folder 17         Warner, Joel E. correspondence, clippings, notes, 1882, 1956-1957    
Box 6   Folder 18         Washburn’s Circus clippings, 1893, undated                
Box 6   Folder 19         Weeks, Robert correspondence, 1956-57                   
Box 7   Folder 1           Welch Bros. Circus correspondence, undated  
Box 7   Folder 2           Welch’s Circus clippings, 1852            
Box 7   Folder 3           Westchester County correspondence, clippings, 1849-1957                 
Box 7   Folder 4           Wetter correspondence, clippings, notes, 1893-1953               
Box 7   Folder 5           Wheeler-Almond correspondence, 1950                      
Box 7   Folder 6           Whitney family show correspondence, clippings, 1879-1951    
Box 7   Folder 7           Wild flowers clippings, undated            
Box 7   Folder 8           William, Gregory clipping, 1884                       
Box 7   Folder 9           William O’Dale Stevens Circus clipping, undated                      
Box 7   Folder 10         Williams, Eph clippings, notes, 1891-1897, 1954                     
Box 7   Folder 11         Wills clippings, brochures, 1887-1949             
Box 7   Folder 12         Winter quarters clippings, 1882-1932, undated            
Box 7   Folder 13         Wisconsin clippings, notes, 1944-1955            
Box 7   Folder 14         Wisconsin, Delavan correspondence, clippings, 1948-55                      
Box 7   Folder 15         Wixom, Clyde correspondence, clippings, 1944-1954             
Box 7   Folder 16         Women clippings, 1937-53, undated                
Box 7   Folder 17         Wortham World’s Greatest Shows clippings, 1922                  
Box 7   Folder 18         Yankee-Paterson clippings, 1947                     
Box 7   Folder 19         Yankee-Robinson Circus corresp., clippings, notes, 1858-1957
Box 7   Folder 20         Young Buffalo Bill Wild West routes, 1914      
Box 7   Folder 21         Zellmar Bros. Blank expense book, undated                 
Box 7   Folder 22         Zoo clippings, 1835, 1922-1957                     
Box 7   Folder 23         Zoological Institute correspondence, clippings, notes, 1835, 1957

                                    BOOK MANUSCRIPT
                                    A History of the Circus in America       
Box 8   Folder 1                       Manuscript I, undated              
Box 8   Folder 2                       Manuscript I, undated              
Box 8   Folder 3                       Manuscript II, undated             
Box 8   Folder 4                       Manuscript II, undated             
Box 8   Folder 5                       Manuscript III, undated           
Box 9   Folder 1                       Manuscript IV, undated                       
Box 9   Folder 2                       Manuscript V, undated            
Box 9   Folder 3                       Manuscript VI, undated

                                    NOTE CARDS
                                    Biographical note cards
Box 11                                     (5x7) A-K, undated     
Box 12                                     (5x7) L-Z, undated      
Box 13                                     (3x5) A-FL, undated   
Box 14                                     (3x5) FM-O, undated  
Box 15                                     (3x5) P-Z, undated
Box 12                         Circus title note cards (3x5), undated
Box 15                         Collector’s note cards (4x6), undated

Container List
CWM Ph 17
Box      Folder

                                    VISUAL MATERIALS
Box 1   Folder 1           May, Josiah, 1874-1885
Box 1   Folder 2           Parade wagon photos and research notes,  1921-1949
Box 1   Folder 3           R.T. Richards Circus, 1917
Box 1   Folder 4           Skerbeck’s Shows, 1917