Library collection case files, 1960-[ongoing]

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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.

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Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.)

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The museum was established in 1959 by a group of circus fans and a former Ringling Bros. attorney, John M. Kelley, under the auspices of Circus World Museum, Inc. Its mission is to document and disseminate information on American circus history. The site was chosen because it was the original winter quarters of the Ringling Bros. Circus. At the museum's creation, ownership of all collections and property was transferred to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. A lease management agreement w...