Martin Bros. Circus collection
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-004
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, bills, receipts, broadsides, and business advertisements pertaining to Martin Bros. Circus, located in Castle Creek, NY. The circus was owned and operated by Clayton Hawkes and Carroll Miller. Its tent shows toured upstate New York beginning in the 1930s, with the company's winter quarters in Castle Creek. Clayton Hawkes and his wife Madge also ran other circus shows, including Clayton's Combined, Bogart and Hawkes, and the Great American School Show.
Dates
- 1934 - 1940
Creator
- Martin Bros. Circus (Organization)
Extent
.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchases, 2018 - 2020.
Creator
- Martin Bros. Circus (Organization)
- Hawkes, Clayton (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Martin Bros. Circus collection
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository