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Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Artifact exhibit loan files, 1965-[ongoing]

Title: Artifact exhibit loan files, 1965-[ongoing]

Correspondence and loan agreements for outgoing and incoming loan inquiries, current loans, and completed loans.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145791730 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Library exhibit loan files, 1960-[ongoing]

Title: Library exhibit loan files, 1960-[ongoing]

Materials relating to the loan of archival materials for the purpose of exhibition.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787158 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Library acquisition lead file, 1960-[ongoing]

Title: Library acquisition lead file, 1960-[ongoing]

Correspondence, notes, and other materials relating to the negotiation for collections which have not yet been acquired or were not acquired.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787152 View

Historic Sites Foundation, Inc. Records, 1958-1998.

Title: Records, 1958-1998.

Records of a non-profit corporation created in 1960 as the Historic Sites Foundation and authorized to receive and administer private funds for the benefit of the Wisconsin Historical Society and its programs, specifically for the promotion and operation of historic sites in Wisconsin. About 1999 the name was changed to the Circus World Museum Foundation reflecting the actual scope of its interest. The records include Board of Directors meeting minutes, correspondence, a Legislative Audit Bureau audit, and other financial and administrative files; contracts, agreements, and leases; annual reports and other reports; clippings; and files on buildings, collections, and parades. The tape recording is of a WHA program on the Circus World Museum and the photographs depict various scenes from Circus World parades and circuses.

ArchivalResource: 14.0 c.f.,2 tape recordings, and16 photographs (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173693924 View

Barkin, Ben, 1915-2001. Papers, 1941-2001.

Title: Papers, 1941-2001.

First set of papers (1941-1989) includes: awards received, newspaper articles and clippings, photographs, a humanitarian award, Circus Parade promotional book, and miscellaneous items.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70978598 View

Historic Sites Foundation. Minutes of meetings, 1960-1978 [microform].

Title: Minutes of meetings, 1960-1978 [microform].

Minutes of meetings of the Historic Sites Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation created in 1960 and authorized to receive and administer private funds for the benefit of the State Historical Society and its programs, specifically for the promotion of historic sites in Wisconsin. The records were microfilmed in 1978. The hard copy, including current volumes which have not yet been filmed, is retained in the office of the Director of the Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel of microfilm (16 mm.); plus.1.0 c.f. of unprocessed additions.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17267441 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Archivist's and library director's correspondence and memoranda, 1963-[ongoing]

Title: Archivist's and library director's correspondence and memoranda, 1963-[ongoing]

Correspondence and internal memoranda relating to the operation of the library.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787154 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). [Miscellaneaous pamphlets].

Title: [Miscellaneaous pamphlets].

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270718811 View

Genter, Ray. Collection, 1955, 2010.

Title: Collection, 1955, 2010.

The collection, 1955-2010, and undated (4 cubic feet) documents Ray Genter's fascination with, and collecting of, carnival equipment and collectibles under the business name of Genter Bros. Shows and Rides, Inc., and his carnival, Great Lakes Amusement. Boxes 1-6 include subject files of general carnival and circus information; financial records of the purchase and sale of equipment and collectibles; catalogs and fliers; advertisements; insurance; various forms; correspondence with committees, suppliers, and concessionaries; contact information of various suppliers and concessionaires as well as fair committee members; and information documenting how the Muskegon Optimist Club brought circuses to Muskegon. A few newspaper clippings (copies) are included. Of note is the material concerning the formation of the Amusement-Safety Act of 1966 and its related board, minutes and correspondence of the Michigan Amusement Association, an organization of carnival owners, 1985-1987. These folders are organized alphabetically and chronologically. Boxes 7-8 include the route lists, 1984-1987, and financial documentation, forms, booking agreements, inspection logs, correspondence, and other materials relating to specific route locations and events. This information is alphabetical by town or event. Posters and window cards of circus and carnival advertisements, mostly late 20th century and Michigan-related, are included in an oversized folder at the end of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 4 cubic ft. (in 8 boxes, 1 Oversized folder): ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/669165533 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). [Great Circus Parade miscellaneous publications]

Title: [Great Circus Parade miscellaneous publications]

ArchivalResource: pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23021453 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Source files, 1959-[ongoing]

Title: Source files, 1959-[ongoing]

All correspondence and information relating to the acquisition of artifacts for the collection, including Statement of Gift Forms.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145791732 View

Glenn, Herbert. Herbert Glenn photographs, pamphlets, and minutes, 1921 and undated.

Title: Herbert Glenn photographs, pamphlets, and minutes, 1921 and undated.

Includes photographs of businessmen, social life, and theater and of the Goldstein grocery store (1921); three prayer books (liturgical); article clipping about Allis-Chalmers; photographs of horse teams unloading circus wagons from railroad car in Baraboo, Wis. (ca. 1875-1930); photographs of the Goldstein and Engel families; periodicals; booklets; a letter from Jan Peerce; minutes of Poale Zion (in Yiddish and English) and photographs; information about the Adolph Engel family; Haganah; Holocaust photographs.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317142144 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Library collection case files, 1960-[ongoing]

Title: Library collection case files, 1960-[ongoing]

Records relating to completed acquisition of paper, sound, and iconographic collections at the Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center at the Circus World Museum. These records document ownership, arrangement, location, and preservation activity on the collections.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787155 View

The world of the circus [motion picture] / a film by Ted Nemeth.

Title: The world of the circus [motion picture] / a film by Ted Nemeth.

A visit to Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wis. The museum has the world's largest collection of circus wagons.

ArchivalResource: 1 film reel of 1 (928 ft.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm. arch pos.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173699201 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). License agreements, 1992-[ongoing]

Title: License agreements, 1992-[ongoing]

Contracts drafted for outside parties to produce licensed merchandise which uses Museum controlled images and artifacts. After the contracts' active periods expire, they serve as a source on licensing terms drafted contingent upon a multiude of circumstances.

ArchivalResource: No records in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145791151 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Library committee minutes, 1960-[ongoing]

Title: Library committee minutes, 1960-[ongoing]

All minutes relating to the committees of the Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center at the Circus World Museum.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787157 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Library image use authorizations, 1960-[ongoing]

Title: Library image use authorizations, 1960-[ongoing]

Records documenting to whom the Circus World Museum has granted rights to reproduce its images and documenting use of trademark titles.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787159 View

Mercedes, Joseph, 1888-1966. Papers, 1898-1964.

Title: Papers, 1898-1964.

Papers of Joseph Mercedes, a Chicago-born vaudeville entertainer and later, promoter of the Wisconsin tourist trade. The collection documents the success of his musical mind-reading act which he performed with Helene Clement (stage name "Mlle. Stantone") whom he married in 1918. After a stage accident crippled Mrs. Mercedes' hand, the couple moved permanently to their summer home in Minocqua, Wis. where in 1931 Mr. Mercedes organized the Heart O' the Lakes Association, later called the Wisconsin Tourist Bureau, with offices in Rhinelander, Wis. and Chicago, Ill. The papers include biographical information; personal and business correspondence; clippings and publicity material concerning the vaudeville act; miscellaneous ephemera and business papers relating to the Wisconsin Tourist Bureau; clippings concerning Mr. Mercedes' creation of the "Circus Sideshow of the Nineteenth Century" at the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wis.; and photographs covering the gamut of the couple's activities.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box),604 photographs,6 transparencies,3 drawings,117 pieces of ephemera,and13 booklets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173703125 View

State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Historic Circus Corporation subject files, 1965-1968.

Title: Historic Circus Corporation subject files, 1965-1968.

Bylaws, articles of incorporation, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and miscellaneous files of the Historic Circus Corporation, created to help establish the Circus World Museum and subsequently dissolved.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 c.f.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145779886 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Agency history record.

Title: Agency history record.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787150 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Artifact acquisition lead files, 1962-[ongoing]

Title: Artifact acquisition lead files, 1962-[ongoing]

Information and photographs on artifacts that are either offered for sale or donation to the Circus World Museum, or that the Museum plans to acquire. These records are composed primarily of correspondence between the current owner or source and Museum staff.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145791731 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Parade records, 1963-[ongoing]

Title: Parade records, 1963-[ongoing]

Records relating to the creation of all parade activities at Circus World Museum. Includes documentation relating to clowns, record offers declined, budgeting, ideas and parade offers, Great Circus Parade, Inc., activities, relationships and negotiations with the City of Milwaukee, organization of parade units, organization of mounted units, parade route and order, publicity, showground coordination, train activity, wardrobe, and organization of workers and volunteers. It also includes the contracts and negotiations for wild animal features, carriages, horses for dignitaries, horse teams, musical groups, and individuals.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787160 View

Circus collection, 1850-1987.

Title: Circus collection, 1850-1987.

Advertisements, posters, photographs, programs, circulars, newspaper clippings, books, reports, and other materials, of/or relating to circuses and carnivals in the U.S., particularly in Wisconsin and Sheboygan County.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70943070 View

Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.). Artifact files, 1959-[ongoing]

Title: Artifact files, 1959-[ongoing]

Records on the history of the Museum's artifacts, including catalog forms with physical descriptions and locations, photographs, condition reports, and restoration and conservation reports.

ArchivalResource: No records yet in archival custody.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145791729 View