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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harvard Theatre Collection clippings on circus acts and Shakespeare

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection — Box 1Identifier: 2006MT-43
Scope and Contents:

Includes material on circus acts, Ringling Circus, and Shakespeare.

Harvard Theatre Collection popular entertainment playbills, posters, prints, and clippings

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Thr 1835
Overview:

Contains depictions of popular entertainment including circuses, equestrian and acrobatic acts, automata, processions, pageants, tableaux, puppetry, commedia dell'arte, Harlequinade and pantomime, and burlesque performances, including advertisements, playbills, posters, programs, printed illustrations, and newspaper clippings.