Call Number
CWM Mss 15, CWM PH 6
Title
Valdo, Patrick (1881-1970), Papers 1900-1970. 3.4 cubic feet (10 boxes)
Biography
Patrick Fitzgerald Valdo had a lifelong association with the circus. A native of Binghamton, New York, Valdo got his first circus job while still in his teens with the Walter L. Main Circus as a candy butcher. A short time later Valdo became apprenticed as clown with the John Robinson Circus. He joined the Ringling Brothers in 1902 and first gained notoriety as a clown. Valdo’s face could often be seen in white face makeup on circus posters of the era. Valdo worked for several major circus shows including Barnum and Bailey and Hagenbeck-Wallace but had his longest association with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, a relationship that lasted until his death in 1970. In 1923 Valdo was appointed assistant director of performance. Several years later he took over as supervisor of performance and personnel for all Ringling properties. His duties often took him overseas to scout out new talent. His first trip was in 1932. On that and subsequent European visits, Valdo brought to the United States many notable circus artists. At the opening of the 1969 season at the Circus’s Florida winter quarters Valdo was named Director Emeritus of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, a title never before bestowed by the circus.
Scope and Content
The collection is divided into two series, MANUSCRIPT (CWM Mss 15), and VISUAL MATERIALS (CWM Ph 6). The MANUSCRIPT series consists of correspondence, and personal ephemera including wartime vehicle registration documents, membership cards in multiple performing organizations including the White Rats of America (an early 20th century actors union), newspaper clippings, circus programs, and route books. The series also contains Valdo’s contracts with the Barnum and Bailey, Hagenbeck-Wallace, and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circuses as well as production for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus for various years from 1930 through 1970. The MANUSCRIPT series also contains various documents relating to Valdo’s wife Laura O’Meers Valdo, including her passport and citizenship papers.
The VISUAL MATERIALS series (CWM Ph 6) contains an extensive collection of photographs of various acts from both abroad and from within the United States. The arrangement is primarily alphabetical but also based upon the original order of the collection as received from the University of Wyoming and may in some manner reflect the original order as established by Pat Valdo, although it must be stressed that there is no clear evidence of this fact.
The bulk of the photographs are undated however many date from the 1930s or earlier. The images cover a broad array of acts including balancing acts, bicycle acts, clowns, acrobats, magicians, musicians, notable individuals such as Lillian Leitzel, and Emmett Kelley. Also found in the collection are a number of images of Valdo himself and personal family photographs. In many cases the images are unidentified but general circus scenes, unless otherwise noted, most likely were taken from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
The VISUAL MATERIALS series also contain a number of photographic albums and scrapbooks. One album contains postcard photographs of the Barnum and Bailey Circus from 1908-1911. Another scrapbook dating to the 1903-1905 period contains advertisements and photographs for various circus shows, performers, and vaudeville acts as well as Valdo’s contract with the Cincinnati Theatrical Agency in 1903.
Transferred from the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming to Circus World Museum in 2003
Container List
CWM Mss 15
Box Folder
MANUSCRIPT
Box 1 Folder 1 Automobile Insurance policy, 1965
Business Cards
Box 1 Folder 2 Dover, Robert
Box 1 Folder 3 Robbins, A.
Box 1 Folder 4 Valdo, Pat
Contracts
Box 1 Folder 5 Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1908,
Box 1 Folder 6 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, 1912
Box 1 Folder 7 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1921-1935
Box 1 Folder 8 Correspondence 1924-1970, undated
Fitzgerald, Laura (Mrs. Pat Valdo)
Box 1 Folder 9 Citizenship papers 1917, 1956
Box 1 Folder 10 Drivers License,1940-1947
Box 1 Folder 11 Passport, 1918
Box 1 Folder 12 Gasoline Ration Books, 1944
Box 1 Folder 13 Hubert Castle Entertainment 3-Ring Circus, Route Card, 1970
Box 1 Folder 14 Invitations, 1933, 1953, 1954
Box 1 Folder 15 “It Can Be Done” Radio Broadcast Transcript, 1937
Box 1 Folder 16 Magic Trick Booklets, 1936, undated
Membership Cards
Box 1 Folder 17 General, 1932-1969
Box 1 Folder 18 White Rats of America (Actors Union), 1908-1912
Box 1 Folder 19 Miscellaneous Ephemera
Newspaper clippings
Box 1 Folder 20 Cartoons
Box 1 Folder 21 Circus Advertisements
Box 1 Folder 22 Circus Articles
Box 1 Folder 23 Circus Reviews
Box 1 Folder 24 Jung, Paul, Circus Clown Murdered in 1966
Box 1 Folder 25 Leitzel, Lillian
Box 1 Folder 26 Meers and Valdo
Box 1 Folder 27 Valdo, Laura O’Meers
Box 1 Folder 28 Valdo, Pat
Box 2 Folder 1 O’Meers, Laura, Autograph Album, 1902-1905
Box 2 Folder 2 Passenger list, S.S. Washington, 1936
Box 2 Folder 3 Performance Tickets
Box 2 Folder 4 Production notes, 1930, 1944, 1969, 1970, undated
Programs
Box 2 Folder 5 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. 20th Century Colossus, ca. 1936
Box 2 Folder 6 Bertram Mills Circus, 1930-1939
Box 2 Folder 7 B.F. Kieth’s New Theatre (Vaudeville), 1934
Box 2 Folder 8 Bonne et Heureuse Anne a Tous Vous Habintenes, Undated
Box 2 Folder 9 Carmo Currier (The Great Carmo Circus and Menagerie) ca. 1925
Box 2 Folder 10 Circus Knie, 1922
Box 2 Folder 11 Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus, 1968
Box 2 Folder 12 Crystal Palace Grand Continental Circus, 1934
Box 2 Folder 13 Des Moines Orpheum, 1929
Box 2 Folder 14 French Casino Theatre and Restaurant, undated
Box 2 Folder 15 Gran Circo Feijoo, 1935
Box 2 Folder 16 Kelvin Hall Carnival and Circus, Glasgow, 1936-1939
Box 2 Folder 17 New Globe Theatre, 1908
Box 2 Folder 18 New Worlds Fair Circus, London, 1934
Box 2 Folder 19 Northampton 3-County Fair, 1970
Box 2 Folder 20 Proctor’s 23rd Street Theatre (Vaudeville), 1900
Box 2 Folder 21 Roland Circus, 1951
Box 2 Folder 22 Promotional Material, 1933-1961
Box 2 Folder 23 Receipts Book, 1954
Box 3 Folder 1 Religious booklets and identification cards, undated
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Box 3 Folder 2 Advance Dept. Employee Card, 1943
Box 3 Folder 3 Programs, 1933, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1970
Box 3 Folder 4-5 Route Books, 1955, 1937
Box 3 Folder 6 Route Card, 1970
Box 3 Folder 7 Route Map, 1939
Box 3 Folder 8 Season Passes-Circus, 1932-1967
Box 3 Folder 9 Season Passes-non circus, 1932-1953
Box 3 Folder 10 Selective Service Card, 1942
Box 3 Folder 11 Show Folks of Sarasota, Inc., By-Laws, undated
Sketches
Box 3 Folder 12 Valdo, Pat
Box 3 Folder 13 Various circus acts, undated
Box 3 Folder 14 Sparks Circus, Magazine and Daily Review, 1931
Box 3 Folder 15 “The Jinx,” Newsletter, 1939-1941
Box 3 Folder 16 “The Conjuros, Magazine,” 1945, 1946
Valdo, Pat,
Box 3 Folder 17 New Yorker Profile, 1952
Box 3 Folder 18 Obituary, 1970
Container List
CWM Ph 6
Box Folder
VISUAL MATERIALS
Acrobats
Box 1 Folder 1 Carlo Medini Troupe1
Box 1 Folder 2 Four Eitners
Box 1 Folder 3 Los Perezoff, 1880
Box 1 Folder 4 Solver, Hal, 1935
Box 1 Folder 5 France, Miriam
Box 1 Folder 6 Meers Brothers, 1894
Box 1 Folder 7 Meers, Marie
Box 1 Folder 8 Monage Troupe
Box 1 Folder 9 Raja en Reno Company
Box 1 Folder 10 Three Worchesters
Box 1 Folder 11 Unidentified
Box 1 Folder 12 Wen Hai Troupe
Aerial Acts
Box 1 Folder 13 Fearless Flyers
Box 1 Folder 14 Florence and Delores
Box 1 Folder 15 Four Saphirs
Box 1 Folder 16 Four Wileys
Box 1 Folder 17 Great Nelson Troupe
Box 1 Folder 18 Leitzel, Lillian-11
Box 7 Folder 3 Leitzel, Lillian, Oversize
Box 1 Folder 19 Lieblum, Darla Diette,1965
Box 1 Folder 20 Liedy and Fred Carron
Box 1 Folder 21 Miss America Olvera
Box 1 Folder 22 Miss Cooky
Box 1 Folder 23 Miss Tamarra
Box 1 Folder 24 Nettie Carroll Trio, 1910
Box 1 Folder 25 Nocks, The
Box 1 Folder 26 Norma
Box 1 Folder 27 Rita de la Plata
Box 1 Folder 28 Rob Crimse Company
Box 1 Folder 29 St. Astonis
Box 1 Folder 30 Les Souers Wetzel
Box 1 Folder 31 Ten Otaris
Box 1 Folder 32 The Codonas
Box 1 Folder 33 Two Willos
Box 1 Folder 34 Unidentified
Box 1 Folder 35 Winn Troupe
Animal Acts
Box 1 Folder 36 Ackeri, Franz
Box 1 Folder 37 Aeros, Cliff
Box 1 Folder 38 Arango, Carol (attached letter)
Box 1 Folder 39 Betty and Clarisse (Finch Bros Circus), 1967
Box 1 Folder 40 Bradena, Ella, 1908
Box 1 Folder 41 Carmenerti
Box 1 Folder 42 Casi, Les
Box 1 Folder 43 Charles Peterson’s Jockey Dogs
Box 1 Folder 44 Clark, Katherine
Box 1 Folder 45 Corriea Sisters, 1913
Box 1 Folder 46 Cottrell-Powell Trio, ca. 1900
Box 1 Folder 47 Davenport Farm, ca. 1900
Box 1 Folder 48 DeKok, Johnny and Eveline
Box 1 Folder 49 Dresur, Marguerita
Box 1 Folder 50 Duttons, The, ca 1900
Box 1 Folder 51 E.H. Williams Horses
Box 1 Folder 52 Familie Belley
Box 1 Folder 53 Familie Loyal Repenski
Box 1 Folder 54 Feindt, Cilly
Box 1 Folder 55 Folco, Les
Box 1 Folder 56 Four O’Relly’s
Box 1 Folder 57 Gunvor Ahlber’s Elephants
Box 1 Folder 58 Hanneford, Gracie
Box 1 Folder 59 Herbert, Dorothy and Princess Anna
Box 1 Folder 60 Heyer, William
Box 1 Folder 61 H.H. Conley’s Horses, 1941
Box 1 Folder 62 Jose Gonzales Company
Box 1 Folder 63 Kautsky’s Chaplain Bears
Box 1 Folder 64 Kraml, Francesco
Box 1 Folder 65 Langen Emil’s Jockey Parody
Box 1 Folder 66 Leon, Randy
Box 1 Folder 67 Les Freres Caroli
Box 1 Folder 68 Luciana
Box 1 Folder 69 Lyons, Tommy Kaye
Box 1 Folder 70 Mangean’s International Novelty
Box 1 Folder 71 Max and Moritz
Box 1 Folder 71 Meyer, Rosalind, 1910
Box 1 Folder 73 M&G Gilbert’s Trained Pigeons
Box 1 Folder 74 Mister Coco
Box 1 Folder 75 Mrs. O’Myra
Box 1 Folder 76 Nelson’s Steel Pier Alley Cats
Box 1 Folder 77 O,Meers Sisters
Box 1 Folder 78 Petuletti, Fred
Box 1 Folder 79 Primtora
Box 1 Folder 80 Professor George J. Keller’s Jungle Killet’s
Box 1 Folder 81 Riding Rooney’s, ca. 1900
Box 1 Folder 82 Roberty’s Riders
Box 1 Folder 83 Rocasini
Box 1 Folder 84 Sisters Carre
Box 1 Folder 85 Solar, Willie (and Madge Ermer and Judy)
Box 1 Folder 86 Tas de Deux
Box 1 Folder 87 Two Novellos
Box 1 Folder 88 Unidentified
Box 1 Folder 89 Unidentified, color transparency
Box 1 Folder 90 Willy and Emma, 1933
Balancing Acts
Box 2 Folder 1 Amazing Gridneffs
Box 2 Folder 2 Four Aerial Devils
Box 2 Folder 3 Four Romeos
Box 2 Folder 4 Great Bradforts, The
Box 2 Folder 5 Guilly and Jeanny
Box 2 Folder 6 H.B. Liazeed Troupe
Box 2 Folder 7 Jardy’s, The
Box 2 Folder 8 Julian and Charmaine
Box 2 Folder 9 Les Silvas
Box 2 Folder 10 Les Trois Matas
Box 2 Folder 11 Los Aquila
Box 2 Folder 12 Phil and Bonnie Bonta
Box 2 Folder 13 Opvisning
Box 2 Folder 14 Original Romano’s
Box 2 Folder 15 Original Sawadas
Box 2 Folder 16 Three Adlers
Box 2 Folder 17 Three Raspinis
Box 2 Folder 18 Unidentified
Box 2 Folder 19 Young Kam Troupe
Box 5 Album 1 Barnum and Bailey Circus Postcard Album, 1908-1911
Bicycle Acts
Box 2 Folder 20 Four Sidneys
Box 2 Folder 21 Gardy and Macson
Box 2 Folder 22 Slatanachs, The
Box 2 Folder 23 Trio Shyretto
Box 2 Folder 24 Victoria Troupe
Box 2 Folder 25 Cirque Medrano, Paris, France 1936
Circus Scenes
Box 2 Folder 26 General
Box 7 Folder 1 Oversize
Clowns
Box 2 Folder 27 Anthony, Mark
Box 2 Folder 28 Banie, Dale
Box 2 Folder 29 Barraceta, Hermanos
Box 2 Folder 30 Finch, Gary and Ronnie, 1963
Box 2 Folder 31 Four Hermans
Box 2 Folder 32 Helias
Box 2 Folder 33 Holland, L.C.
Box 2 Folder 34 Jansleys
Box 2 Folder 35 Kelly, Emmet
Box 7 Folder 2 Kelly, Emmet Oversize
Box 2 Folder 36 La Cinco Duran
Box 2 Folder 37 Polidor
Box 2 Folder 38 Rastelli Troupe
Box 2 Folder 39 Rice, Bell and Baldwin
Box 2 Folder 40 Rico Alex and Company
Box 2 Folder 41 Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus Clowns, 1922
Box 2 Folder 42 Romig, Irwin H.
Box 2 Folder 43 Stelling, Fred
Box 2 Folder 44 Three Original Bennos
Box 2 Folder 45 Trio Zachinni
Box 2 Folder 46 Unidentified
Contortionists
Box 2 Folder 47 Leo and Walter
Box 2 Folder 48 Linnie Trio
Box 2 Folder 49 Sayton, Carl (and Partner)
Box 2 Folder 50 Togan and Geneva
Box 2 Folder 51 Walters Duo, The
Dancers
Box 2 Folder 52 Duchanne, Leblanc (and Ray)
Box 2 Folder 53 Hazel Mangean Girls
Box 2 Folder 54 Marcellus Dancers
Box 2 Folder 55 Van de Velde Company
Box 2 Folder 56 Evans, Merle, 1966
Box 2 Folder 57 Hartford Fire, 1944
Jugglers
Box 2 Folder 58 Andos
Box 2 Folder 59 Cronin, Morris
Box 2 Folder 60 Hildebrand, Inge (Helmut Gunther’s Juggler)
Box 2 Folder 61 Great Reverho, The
Box 2 Folder 62 Turner, Bert
Box 2 Folder 63 Unidentified
Magic Acts
Box 2 Folder 64 Besplay
Box 2 Folder 65 Hull, Burling
Box 2 Folder 66 Otilla, Sicki’s Assistant
Box 2 Folder 67 Medrano Circus
Box 2 Folder 68 Meck, Sophie
Midgets
Box 2 Folder 69 Ringling Brothers, Ringling Giants Baseball Team
Box 2 Folder 70 Ritter Midgets, The
Box 2 Folder 71 Troupe Internationale des Lilliputiens de Siebold
Musical Acts
Box 2 Folder 72 Barraceta, Manu
Box 2 Folder 73 Belley, E.A.
Box 2 Folder 74 Nickell Family
Box 2 Folder 75 O’Meers, Joe
Places
Box 2 Folder 76 Burma
Box 2 Folder 77 Cuba
Box 2 Folder 78 Elm Farm, East Brookfield, Mass
Box 2 Folder 79 England
Box 2 Folder 80 Germany
Box 2 Folder 81 Italy
Box 2 Folder 82 Moscow
Box 2 Folder 83 South Redfield, South Dakota
Box 3 Folder 1 Ringling, Henry North
Box 3 Folder 2 Ringling, John
Box 3 Folder 3 Sanford, Hester Ringling
Box 3 Folder 4 “The Greatest Show on Earth” (Movie), 1951
Box 7 Album 4 Scrapbook, various circus performers 1920-1945
Tightrope Acts
Box 3 Folder 5 Andos, The
Box 3 Folder 6 Blondin Rellim’s, The
Box 3 Folder 7 Fliefo, Paul
Box 3 Folder 8 Levolo, Pat
Box 3 Folder 9 Togan & Geneva
Box 3 Folder 10 Two Niewar’s
Box 3 Folder 11 Unidentifed
Box 3 Folder 12 Walker, Johnny (and Erica)
Box 6 Album 2 Travel Photographs, 1900-1914
Box 3 Folder 13 Unidentified Acts
Box 6 Album 3 Unidentified circus performers
Box 7 Folder 5 Unidentified circus people
Box 3 Folder 14 Unidentified family photographs
Box 3 Folder 15 Unidentified house
Box 3 Folder 16-17 Unidentified people
Various Acts
Box 3 Folder 18 Bogino, Leda and Manuela
Box 3 Folder 19 Camillo Meyer Troupe
Box 3 Folder 20 Desprez Brothers, The
Box 3 Folder 21 Ferbus, Ruby
Box 3 Folder 22 Five Lorrisons
Box 3 Folder 23 Floretty Trio
Box 3 Folder 24 Four Whirlwinds
Box 3 Folder 25 Frilli Troupe
Box 3 Folder 26 Germain, Wanda
Box 3 Folder 27 Gorison, Gissi
Box 3 Folder 28 Guetsang Troupe
Box 3 Folder 29 Gutis, The
Box 3 Folder 30 Hardt, Louis
Box 3 Folder 31 Italian Christian Troupe
Box 3 Folder 32 Koehler Troupe
Box 3 Folder 33 La Toria
Box 3 Folder 34 Les Sisters Zoyal
Box 3 Folder 35 Miller, Noida
Box 3 Folder 36 Mongadors, The
Box 3 Folder 37 Odeo
Box 3 Folder 38 Original Three Cempers
Box 3 Folder 39 Reed, Olga; Meyer, Rose K.; McCree, Lulu
Box 3 Folder 40 Rohrl, Hand
Box 3 Folder 41 Royal China
Box 3 Folder 42 Siegrist and Silbon Troupe
Box 3 Folder 43 Silber Sehmallen Four
Box 3 Folder 44 Silloway, A.M.
Box 3 Folder 45 Stark, Mabel
Box 3 Folder 46 Three Allison Girls
Box 3 Folder 47 Three Niagraa
Box 3 Folder 48 Troupe Junior Hortobagy
Box 4 Folder 1 Valdo, Laura O’Meers
Box 4 Folder 2 Valdo, Meers, and Valdo
Valdo, Pat
Box 4 Folder 3 Family and Friends
Box 4 Folder 4-6 General
Box 4 Folder 7 In clown costume
Box 7 Folder 6 Painting/Birthday Greeting Card
Box 7 Album 5 Vaudeville and Performer Advertisement Scrapbook, 1903-1905
CWM Mss 15, CWM PH 6
Title
Valdo, Patrick (1881-1970), Papers 1900-1970. 3.4 cubic feet (10 boxes)
Biography
Patrick Fitzgerald Valdo had a lifelong association with the circus. A native of Binghamton, New York, Valdo got his first circus job while still in his teens with the Walter L. Main Circus as a candy butcher. A short time later Valdo became apprenticed as clown with the John Robinson Circus. He joined the Ringling Brothers in 1902 and first gained notoriety as a clown. Valdo’s face could often be seen in white face makeup on circus posters of the era. Valdo worked for several major circus shows including Barnum and Bailey and Hagenbeck-Wallace but had his longest association with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, a relationship that lasted until his death in 1970. In 1923 Valdo was appointed assistant director of performance. Several years later he took over as supervisor of performance and personnel for all Ringling properties. His duties often took him overseas to scout out new talent. His first trip was in 1932. On that and subsequent European visits, Valdo brought to the United States many notable circus artists. At the opening of the 1969 season at the Circus’s Florida winter quarters Valdo was named Director Emeritus of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, a title never before bestowed by the circus.
Scope and Content
The collection is divided into two series, MANUSCRIPT (CWM Mss 15), and VISUAL MATERIALS (CWM Ph 6). The MANUSCRIPT series consists of correspondence, and personal ephemera including wartime vehicle registration documents, membership cards in multiple performing organizations including the White Rats of America (an early 20th century actors union), newspaper clippings, circus programs, and route books. The series also contains Valdo’s contracts with the Barnum and Bailey, Hagenbeck-Wallace, and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circuses as well as production for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus for various years from 1930 through 1970. The MANUSCRIPT series also contains various documents relating to Valdo’s wife Laura O’Meers Valdo, including her passport and citizenship papers.
The VISUAL MATERIALS series (CWM Ph 6) contains an extensive collection of photographs of various acts from both abroad and from within the United States. The arrangement is primarily alphabetical but also based upon the original order of the collection as received from the University of Wyoming and may in some manner reflect the original order as established by Pat Valdo, although it must be stressed that there is no clear evidence of this fact.
The bulk of the photographs are undated however many date from the 1930s or earlier. The images cover a broad array of acts including balancing acts, bicycle acts, clowns, acrobats, magicians, musicians, notable individuals such as Lillian Leitzel, and Emmett Kelley. Also found in the collection are a number of images of Valdo himself and personal family photographs. In many cases the images are unidentified but general circus scenes, unless otherwise noted, most likely were taken from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
The VISUAL MATERIALS series also contain a number of photographic albums and scrapbooks. One album contains postcard photographs of the Barnum and Bailey Circus from 1908-1911. Another scrapbook dating to the 1903-1905 period contains advertisements and photographs for various circus shows, performers, and vaudeville acts as well as Valdo’s contract with the Cincinnati Theatrical Agency in 1903.
Transferred from the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming to Circus World Museum in 2003
Container List
CWM Mss 15
Box Folder
MANUSCRIPT
Box 1 Folder 1 Automobile Insurance policy, 1965
Business Cards
Box 1 Folder 2 Dover, Robert
Box 1 Folder 3 Robbins, A.
Box 1 Folder 4 Valdo, Pat
Contracts
Box 1 Folder 5 Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1908,
Box 1 Folder 6 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, 1912
Box 1 Folder 7 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1921-1935
Box 1 Folder 8 Correspondence 1924-1970, undated
Fitzgerald, Laura (Mrs. Pat Valdo)
Box 1 Folder 9 Citizenship papers 1917, 1956
Box 1 Folder 10 Drivers License,1940-1947
Box 1 Folder 11 Passport, 1918
Box 1 Folder 12 Gasoline Ration Books, 1944
Box 1 Folder 13 Hubert Castle Entertainment 3-Ring Circus, Route Card, 1970
Box 1 Folder 14 Invitations, 1933, 1953, 1954
Box 1 Folder 15 “It Can Be Done” Radio Broadcast Transcript, 1937
Box 1 Folder 16 Magic Trick Booklets, 1936, undated
Membership Cards
Box 1 Folder 17 General, 1932-1969
Box 1 Folder 18 White Rats of America (Actors Union), 1908-1912
Box 1 Folder 19 Miscellaneous Ephemera
Newspaper clippings
Box 1 Folder 20 Cartoons
Box 1 Folder 21 Circus Advertisements
Box 1 Folder 22 Circus Articles
Box 1 Folder 23 Circus Reviews
Box 1 Folder 24 Jung, Paul, Circus Clown Murdered in 1966
Box 1 Folder 25 Leitzel, Lillian
Box 1 Folder 26 Meers and Valdo
Box 1 Folder 27 Valdo, Laura O’Meers
Box 1 Folder 28 Valdo, Pat
Box 2 Folder 1 O’Meers, Laura, Autograph Album, 1902-1905
Box 2 Folder 2 Passenger list, S.S. Washington, 1936
Box 2 Folder 3 Performance Tickets
Box 2 Folder 4 Production notes, 1930, 1944, 1969, 1970, undated
Programs
Box 2 Folder 5 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. 20th Century Colossus, ca. 1936
Box 2 Folder 6 Bertram Mills Circus, 1930-1939
Box 2 Folder 7 B.F. Kieth’s New Theatre (Vaudeville), 1934
Box 2 Folder 8 Bonne et Heureuse Anne a Tous Vous Habintenes, Undated
Box 2 Folder 9 Carmo Currier (The Great Carmo Circus and Menagerie) ca. 1925
Box 2 Folder 10 Circus Knie, 1922
Box 2 Folder 11 Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus, 1968
Box 2 Folder 12 Crystal Palace Grand Continental Circus, 1934
Box 2 Folder 13 Des Moines Orpheum, 1929
Box 2 Folder 14 French Casino Theatre and Restaurant, undated
Box 2 Folder 15 Gran Circo Feijoo, 1935
Box 2 Folder 16 Kelvin Hall Carnival and Circus, Glasgow, 1936-1939
Box 2 Folder 17 New Globe Theatre, 1908
Box 2 Folder 18 New Worlds Fair Circus, London, 1934
Box 2 Folder 19 Northampton 3-County Fair, 1970
Box 2 Folder 20 Proctor’s 23rd Street Theatre (Vaudeville), 1900
Box 2 Folder 21 Roland Circus, 1951
Box 2 Folder 22 Promotional Material, 1933-1961
Box 2 Folder 23 Receipts Book, 1954
Box 3 Folder 1 Religious booklets and identification cards, undated
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Box 3 Folder 2 Advance Dept. Employee Card, 1943
Box 3 Folder 3 Programs, 1933, 1960, 1964, 1969, 1970
Box 3 Folder 4-5 Route Books, 1955, 1937
Box 3 Folder 6 Route Card, 1970
Box 3 Folder 7 Route Map, 1939
Box 3 Folder 8 Season Passes-Circus, 1932-1967
Box 3 Folder 9 Season Passes-non circus, 1932-1953
Box 3 Folder 10 Selective Service Card, 1942
Box 3 Folder 11 Show Folks of Sarasota, Inc., By-Laws, undated
Sketches
Box 3 Folder 12 Valdo, Pat
Box 3 Folder 13 Various circus acts, undated
Box 3 Folder 14 Sparks Circus, Magazine and Daily Review, 1931
Box 3 Folder 15 “The Jinx,” Newsletter, 1939-1941
Box 3 Folder 16 “The Conjuros, Magazine,” 1945, 1946
Valdo, Pat,
Box 3 Folder 17 New Yorker Profile, 1952
Box 3 Folder 18 Obituary, 1970
Container List
CWM Ph 6
Box Folder
VISUAL MATERIALS
Acrobats
Box 1 Folder 1 Carlo Medini Troupe1
Box 1 Folder 2 Four Eitners
Box 1 Folder 3 Los Perezoff, 1880
Box 1 Folder 4 Solver, Hal, 1935
Box 1 Folder 5 France, Miriam
Box 1 Folder 6 Meers Brothers, 1894
Box 1 Folder 7 Meers, Marie
Box 1 Folder 8 Monage Troupe
Box 1 Folder 9 Raja en Reno Company
Box 1 Folder 10 Three Worchesters
Box 1 Folder 11 Unidentified
Box 1 Folder 12 Wen Hai Troupe
Aerial Acts
Box 1 Folder 13 Fearless Flyers
Box 1 Folder 14 Florence and Delores
Box 1 Folder 15 Four Saphirs
Box 1 Folder 16 Four Wileys
Box 1 Folder 17 Great Nelson Troupe
Box 1 Folder 18 Leitzel, Lillian-11
Box 7 Folder 3 Leitzel, Lillian, Oversize
Box 1 Folder 19 Lieblum, Darla Diette,1965
Box 1 Folder 20 Liedy and Fred Carron
Box 1 Folder 21 Miss America Olvera
Box 1 Folder 22 Miss Cooky
Box 1 Folder 23 Miss Tamarra
Box 1 Folder 24 Nettie Carroll Trio, 1910
Box 1 Folder 25 Nocks, The
Box 1 Folder 26 Norma
Box 1 Folder 27 Rita de la Plata
Box 1 Folder 28 Rob Crimse Company
Box 1 Folder 29 St. Astonis
Box 1 Folder 30 Les Souers Wetzel
Box 1 Folder 31 Ten Otaris
Box 1 Folder 32 The Codonas
Box 1 Folder 33 Two Willos
Box 1 Folder 34 Unidentified
Box 1 Folder 35 Winn Troupe
Animal Acts
Box 1 Folder 36 Ackeri, Franz
Box 1 Folder 37 Aeros, Cliff
Box 1 Folder 38 Arango, Carol (attached letter)
Box 1 Folder 39 Betty and Clarisse (Finch Bros Circus), 1967
Box 1 Folder 40 Bradena, Ella, 1908
Box 1 Folder 41 Carmenerti
Box 1 Folder 42 Casi, Les
Box 1 Folder 43 Charles Peterson’s Jockey Dogs
Box 1 Folder 44 Clark, Katherine
Box 1 Folder 45 Corriea Sisters, 1913
Box 1 Folder 46 Cottrell-Powell Trio, ca. 1900
Box 1 Folder 47 Davenport Farm, ca. 1900
Box 1 Folder 48 DeKok, Johnny and Eveline
Box 1 Folder 49 Dresur, Marguerita
Box 1 Folder 50 Duttons, The, ca 1900
Box 1 Folder 51 E.H. Williams Horses
Box 1 Folder 52 Familie Belley
Box 1 Folder 53 Familie Loyal Repenski
Box 1 Folder 54 Feindt, Cilly
Box 1 Folder 55 Folco, Les
Box 1 Folder 56 Four O’Relly’s
Box 1 Folder 57 Gunvor Ahlber’s Elephants
Box 1 Folder 58 Hanneford, Gracie
Box 1 Folder 59 Herbert, Dorothy and Princess Anna
Box 1 Folder 60 Heyer, William
Box 1 Folder 61 H.H. Conley’s Horses, 1941
Box 1 Folder 62 Jose Gonzales Company
Box 1 Folder 63 Kautsky’s Chaplain Bears
Box 1 Folder 64 Kraml, Francesco
Box 1 Folder 65 Langen Emil’s Jockey Parody
Box 1 Folder 66 Leon, Randy
Box 1 Folder 67 Les Freres Caroli
Box 1 Folder 68 Luciana
Box 1 Folder 69 Lyons, Tommy Kaye
Box 1 Folder 70 Mangean’s International Novelty
Box 1 Folder 71 Max and Moritz
Box 1 Folder 71 Meyer, Rosalind, 1910
Box 1 Folder 73 M&G Gilbert’s Trained Pigeons
Box 1 Folder 74 Mister Coco
Box 1 Folder 75 Mrs. O’Myra
Box 1 Folder 76 Nelson’s Steel Pier Alley Cats
Box 1 Folder 77 O,Meers Sisters
Box 1 Folder 78 Petuletti, Fred
Box 1 Folder 79 Primtora
Box 1 Folder 80 Professor George J. Keller’s Jungle Killet’s
Box 1 Folder 81 Riding Rooney’s, ca. 1900
Box 1 Folder 82 Roberty’s Riders
Box 1 Folder 83 Rocasini
Box 1 Folder 84 Sisters Carre
Box 1 Folder 85 Solar, Willie (and Madge Ermer and Judy)
Box 1 Folder 86 Tas de Deux
Box 1 Folder 87 Two Novellos
Box 1 Folder 88 Unidentified
Box 1 Folder 89 Unidentified, color transparency
Box 1 Folder 90 Willy and Emma, 1933
Balancing Acts
Box 2 Folder 1 Amazing Gridneffs
Box 2 Folder 2 Four Aerial Devils
Box 2 Folder 3 Four Romeos
Box 2 Folder 4 Great Bradforts, The
Box 2 Folder 5 Guilly and Jeanny
Box 2 Folder 6 H.B. Liazeed Troupe
Box 2 Folder 7 Jardy’s, The
Box 2 Folder 8 Julian and Charmaine
Box 2 Folder 9 Les Silvas
Box 2 Folder 10 Les Trois Matas
Box 2 Folder 11 Los Aquila
Box 2 Folder 12 Phil and Bonnie Bonta
Box 2 Folder 13 Opvisning
Box 2 Folder 14 Original Romano’s
Box 2 Folder 15 Original Sawadas
Box 2 Folder 16 Three Adlers
Box 2 Folder 17 Three Raspinis
Box 2 Folder 18 Unidentified
Box 2 Folder 19 Young Kam Troupe
Box 5 Album 1 Barnum and Bailey Circus Postcard Album, 1908-1911
Bicycle Acts
Box 2 Folder 20 Four Sidneys
Box 2 Folder 21 Gardy and Macson
Box 2 Folder 22 Slatanachs, The
Box 2 Folder 23 Trio Shyretto
Box 2 Folder 24 Victoria Troupe
Box 2 Folder 25 Cirque Medrano, Paris, France 1936
Circus Scenes
Box 2 Folder 26 General
Box 7 Folder 1 Oversize
Clowns
Box 2 Folder 27 Anthony, Mark
Box 2 Folder 28 Banie, Dale
Box 2 Folder 29 Barraceta, Hermanos
Box 2 Folder 30 Finch, Gary and Ronnie, 1963
Box 2 Folder 31 Four Hermans
Box 2 Folder 32 Helias
Box 2 Folder 33 Holland, L.C.
Box 2 Folder 34 Jansleys
Box 2 Folder 35 Kelly, Emmet
Box 7 Folder 2 Kelly, Emmet Oversize
Box 2 Folder 36 La Cinco Duran
Box 2 Folder 37 Polidor
Box 2 Folder 38 Rastelli Troupe
Box 2 Folder 39 Rice, Bell and Baldwin
Box 2 Folder 40 Rico Alex and Company
Box 2 Folder 41 Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus Clowns, 1922
Box 2 Folder 42 Romig, Irwin H.
Box 2 Folder 43 Stelling, Fred
Box 2 Folder 44 Three Original Bennos
Box 2 Folder 45 Trio Zachinni
Box 2 Folder 46 Unidentified
Contortionists
Box 2 Folder 47 Leo and Walter
Box 2 Folder 48 Linnie Trio
Box 2 Folder 49 Sayton, Carl (and Partner)
Box 2 Folder 50 Togan and Geneva
Box 2 Folder 51 Walters Duo, The
Dancers
Box 2 Folder 52 Duchanne, Leblanc (and Ray)
Box 2 Folder 53 Hazel Mangean Girls
Box 2 Folder 54 Marcellus Dancers
Box 2 Folder 55 Van de Velde Company
Box 2 Folder 56 Evans, Merle, 1966
Box 2 Folder 57 Hartford Fire, 1944
Jugglers
Box 2 Folder 58 Andos
Box 2 Folder 59 Cronin, Morris
Box 2 Folder 60 Hildebrand, Inge (Helmut Gunther’s Juggler)
Box 2 Folder 61 Great Reverho, The
Box 2 Folder 62 Turner, Bert
Box 2 Folder 63 Unidentified
Magic Acts
Box 2 Folder 64 Besplay
Box 2 Folder 65 Hull, Burling
Box 2 Folder 66 Otilla, Sicki’s Assistant
Box 2 Folder 67 Medrano Circus
Box 2 Folder 68 Meck, Sophie
Midgets
Box 2 Folder 69 Ringling Brothers, Ringling Giants Baseball Team
Box 2 Folder 70 Ritter Midgets, The
Box 2 Folder 71 Troupe Internationale des Lilliputiens de Siebold
Musical Acts
Box 2 Folder 72 Barraceta, Manu
Box 2 Folder 73 Belley, E.A.
Box 2 Folder 74 Nickell Family
Box 2 Folder 75 O’Meers, Joe
Places
Box 2 Folder 76 Burma
Box 2 Folder 77 Cuba
Box 2 Folder 78 Elm Farm, East Brookfield, Mass
Box 2 Folder 79 England
Box 2 Folder 80 Germany
Box 2 Folder 81 Italy
Box 2 Folder 82 Moscow
Box 2 Folder 83 South Redfield, South Dakota
Box 3 Folder 1 Ringling, Henry North
Box 3 Folder 2 Ringling, John
Box 3 Folder 3 Sanford, Hester Ringling
Box 3 Folder 4 “The Greatest Show on Earth” (Movie), 1951
Box 7 Album 4 Scrapbook, various circus performers 1920-1945
Tightrope Acts
Box 3 Folder 5 Andos, The
Box 3 Folder 6 Blondin Rellim’s, The
Box 3 Folder 7 Fliefo, Paul
Box 3 Folder 8 Levolo, Pat
Box 3 Folder 9 Togan & Geneva
Box 3 Folder 10 Two Niewar’s
Box 3 Folder 11 Unidentifed
Box 3 Folder 12 Walker, Johnny (and Erica)
Box 6 Album 2 Travel Photographs, 1900-1914
Box 3 Folder 13 Unidentified Acts
Box 6 Album 3 Unidentified circus performers
Box 7 Folder 5 Unidentified circus people
Box 3 Folder 14 Unidentified family photographs
Box 3 Folder 15 Unidentified house
Box 3 Folder 16-17 Unidentified people
Various Acts
Box 3 Folder 18 Bogino, Leda and Manuela
Box 3 Folder 19 Camillo Meyer Troupe
Box 3 Folder 20 Desprez Brothers, The
Box 3 Folder 21 Ferbus, Ruby
Box 3 Folder 22 Five Lorrisons
Box 3 Folder 23 Floretty Trio
Box 3 Folder 24 Four Whirlwinds
Box 3 Folder 25 Frilli Troupe
Box 3 Folder 26 Germain, Wanda
Box 3 Folder 27 Gorison, Gissi
Box 3 Folder 28 Guetsang Troupe
Box 3 Folder 29 Gutis, The
Box 3 Folder 30 Hardt, Louis
Box 3 Folder 31 Italian Christian Troupe
Box 3 Folder 32 Koehler Troupe
Box 3 Folder 33 La Toria
Box 3 Folder 34 Les Sisters Zoyal
Box 3 Folder 35 Miller, Noida
Box 3 Folder 36 Mongadors, The
Box 3 Folder 37 Odeo
Box 3 Folder 38 Original Three Cempers
Box 3 Folder 39 Reed, Olga; Meyer, Rose K.; McCree, Lulu
Box 3 Folder 40 Rohrl, Hand
Box 3 Folder 41 Royal China
Box 3 Folder 42 Siegrist and Silbon Troupe
Box 3 Folder 43 Silber Sehmallen Four
Box 3 Folder 44 Silloway, A.M.
Box 3 Folder 45 Stark, Mabel
Box 3 Folder 46 Three Allison Girls
Box 3 Folder 47 Three Niagraa
Box 3 Folder 48 Troupe Junior Hortobagy
Box 4 Folder 1 Valdo, Laura O’Meers
Box 4 Folder 2 Valdo, Meers, and Valdo
Valdo, Pat
Box 4 Folder 3 Family and Friends
Box 4 Folder 4-6 General
Box 4 Folder 7 In clown costume
Box 7 Folder 6 Painting/Birthday Greeting Card
Box 7 Album 5 Vaudeville and Performer Advertisement Scrapbook, 1903-1905