- Bib ID:
- 1317431
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- St. Leon, Mark, 1952-
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1847-1997]
- 0.45 m (3 boxes)
- Summary:
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The collection consists of material relating to the period 1847-1934. There are newspaper and magazine extracts relating to St. Leon's Circus, a card index (approx. 1180 cards) of circuses and circus performers in Australia, contemporary circus advertisements and a program for the Monkey Grotto Charity Circus held in Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.A., in Oct. 1934. Also included in the collection is The Bandwagon (Journal of the Circus Historical Society of America, 20 issues, 1973-1976), transcripts and notes of recorded and unrecorded interviews, extracts from The Bulletin, correspondence and tape recorded interviews. Also contains a copy of Mark St. Leon's unpublished biography, "The bareback Queen - the story of May Wirth" (Perth, W.A. ; 1997).
- Biography/History:
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The St. Leon family first became involved in circuses in Australia in 1847, at the same time as the Ashtons. They remained a circus family until at least the 1920's. These notes were compiled with the aim of writing a book on the history of the circus in Australia.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference number: MS 5600.
- Photocopies.
- Associated materials: Papers of Norman 'Val' St Leon. Held in the Manuscripts Collection of the National Library of Australia at MS 10322.
- Associated materials: Papers of Patricia St Leon. Held in the Manuscripts Collection of the National Library of Australia at MS 10580.
- Associated materials: Papers of the Colleano family, 1922-1950 MS Acc10.121.
- Originals in private ownership.
- Related Material:
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- Photographs of Sole Brother's Circus and St. Leon's Circus; Located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection.
- Con Colleano and Maurice Colleano interviewed by Radio 5AD in the Mark St Leon circus collection, Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 7083/10.
- Winnie Colleano interviewed by Errol Hodge ABC TV in the Mark St Leon circus collection, Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 7038/11.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; D283
- Subject:
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- Time Coverage:
- 1847-1997
- Occupation:
- Historians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Circus Historical Society
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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