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Guide to the P.T. Barnum Research Collection
Summary Information
- Repository:
- Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library
Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Creator:
- P.T. Barnum; Nancy Fish; Jenny Lind; Charles S. Stratton; M. Lavinia Warren; others
- Dates [inclusive]:
- 1735-1988
- Bulk Dates [bulk]:
- 1830-1921
- Physical location:
- The Bridgeport History Center 925 Broad Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Languages:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred Citation
[Name of Item], P.T. Barnum Research Collection (BHC-MSS 0001), Bridgeport History Center.
Biographies
P.T. Barnum Phineas Taylor (P. T.) Barnum was born in Bethel, Connecticut on 5 July, 1810. Barnum’s name is popularly associated with the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, but the circus was only one facet of his career. He didn’t begin his involvement with the circus until he was in his sixties, following an extraordinarily successful tenure as the proprietor of the American Museum in New York City (1842 to 1868). In some respects the circus can be viewed as his retirement project. Barnum was approached by entrepreneur William C. Coup, who asked him to be a partner and lend his name to the circus that he, Coup, was creating; Barnum’s name was already famous and would be a draw. James A. Bailey, a better known partner of Barnum’s, entered the picture in the 1880s.
Barnum’s early life is covered in his autobiographies Life of P.T. Barnum and Struggles and Triumphs, as well as later biographies written by others. As a boy, Barnum was particularly well loved by his namesake maternal grandfather, who himself was known for his practical jokes and keen sense of humor. The family had little money and when Barnum’s father died, his teenaged son went to work in an uncle’s general store to help support the family. Here he learned a great deal about the competitive nature of people, and was exposed to local characters who constantly tried to best others and stretched the truth in making deals.
In 1829 Barnum married tailoress Charity Hallett, despite her mother’s disapproval, and started his own store while also running a lottery in Bethel. At age 21, he also became a newspaperman, producing 160 issues of the weekly Herald of Freedom, which ran from 1831 to 1834. He began the paper in defiant response to the Danbury newspaper editor’s refusal to print Barnum’s opinions, which were primarily reactionary to the predominant Calvinist views in the area. Barnum himself had been raised in the Congregational church but turned to the Universalist religion which offered a more uplifting view of humanity. Never shy about voicing his opinions in print, Barnum was sued for libel three times and jailed for 60 days while the paper was in print.
During his time as the editor of the Herald of Freedom, P.T. and his wife Charity had their first child, Caroline, who was born May 27, 1833. A few months after her birth, the young family moved to New York City. Barnum tried various ways to make a living, from selling groceries to running a boarding house for visitors from Connecticut. A man from Redding, Connecticut, alerted him to the possibility of purchasing an elderly African American woman named Joice Heth, whose owner billed her as 161 years old and the former nurse to George Washington. Barnum was intrigued, and purchased and freed her, but in fact the crippled and elderly woman, suffering from dementia and delusions, had little choice but to travel around to be displayed and tell her tales of raising young George. Later in life Barnum explicitly wrote that he regretted this exploitation, and he supported the 13th amendment during his political career in the Connecticut State Legislature. But at the time, in his mid-twenties, his experience with Heth gave him a taste for showmanship, which propelled him to starting a new career. Heth passed in 1836.
Through a clever business deal in 1841, Barnum acquired Scudder’s Museum, a rather tired place on Broadway that had ceased to attract visitors. Rejuvenating this museum quickly became his passion, and helped cement his status as the father of popular entertainment in America.
Barnum's American Museum operated at the corner of Broadway and Ann Street from 1841 to 1865 until it was destroyed by a fire, and then moved to 539-541 Broadway until that building too was destroyed by a fire in 1868. Wisely, Barnum first transformed the museum’s exterior so that passersby would be curious and want to come in. He added thousands of exhibits of all kinds: inventions, artwork, historical artifacts, scientific curiosities, natural history specimens, items of questionable origin and authenticity, stuffed and live animals, performers and newsmakers. He created a performance hall where many lectures and plays were presented, including Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Barnum continually provided new exhibits, held contests, and showed the latest innovations, and did whatever else would attract people to come to the museum and return to see more. He even offered women the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate in the presidential primary of 18__. He strove to provide educational amusements suitable for families, which was not widely done at the time. In the 1840s and 1850s, the museum became an extremely popular destination for the growing numbers of leisure travelers on a national and international level. This in turn helped to boost Barnum’s personal reputation at home and abroad.
In addition to the work of running the museum, Barnum promoted individual performers as a part of his business. His first such promotion was that of Charles S. Stratton, a little person whom Barnum met in Bridgeport while visiting his brother Philo Barnum. Charles was born in 1838 a rather large baby but his growth almost halted at around six months of age. Barnum was introduced to Charles when the boy was nearly five years old. At that time, Charles was only 24 inches (two feet or 60.96 centimeters) tall. He possessed an innate talent for performing, and was bright and personable. Barnum gave him his famous stage name, General Tom Thumb, taught him to perform, and they soon toured Europe and the United States, both of them becoming fabulously wealthy. Later on, Barnum engaged other little people including Stratton’s future wife, M. Lavinia Warren, Warren’s sister Minnie, and George Washington Morris Nutt, who was given the stage name of Commodore Nutt. Barnum also furthered the fame and career of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and created an international animal celebrity, Jumbo the Elephant.
Barnum maintained additional business interests based in Bridgeport, some successful, others not. In 1851 he helped to develop the eastern part of Bridgeport, located on the east side of the Pequonnock River. He also served as the president of the Pequonnock National Bank, which was incorporated in May 1851 with $200,000 capital. It opened in August of that same year, and the bank endured until 1913 when it merged with the First Bridgeport National Bank. The Pequonnock printed various banknotes, as well as checks. Like contemporary checks that allow for featured graphics, the Pequonnock Bank printed images on their checks. This included images of both P.T. Barnum and Barnum’s home Iranistan. Other relatives of Barnum’s were also involved with the bank, including the Seeley family.
By 1854 the property that Barnum had in east Bridgeport was worth over one million dollars. He tried to attract businesses into the area, and made loans to various businesses including one Jerome Clock Company which was based out of New Haven. At the time, Barnum had no knowledge that the Jerome Clock Company was about to go under due to bankruptcy, and the company’s financial disaster brought Barnum down as well, as he had guaranteed about $450,000. By 1856, Barnum was in ruin, left his home of Iranistan with his family, and had to deal with both derisive public commentary and bankruptcy proceedings. Barnum writes frankly about this experience in his own book, Struggles and Triumphs, focusing particularly on not only the devastation of the loss, but also praising all of those who reached out to help him recover his fortune. He reprints the offer from Charles S. Stratton to go on tour again with Barnum as General Tom Thumb, which he took Stratton up on, as well as notes the others who helped him through this time. He also explicitly writes about the impact of his faith while getting through this time.
The failure of his real estate venture did not deter Barnum from continuing to develop and help his chosen home of Bridgeport. He helped to establish Mountain Grove Cemetery (1849), Seaside Park (1865), and Bridgeport Hospital (1878), in addition to entering political life to represent the area in spite of stating that he found politics distasteful.
In the 1850s, Barnum considered a run for governor of Connecticut. This morphed into a run for election to the Connecticut State Legislature in 1865. He stated explicitly that this was because of his strong feelings about the abolition of slavery, and he was put in office as the representative of Fairfield County on April 3, 1865. He was chair of the State Agricultural Committee where he did excellent work, and was well remembered for his speech delivered on May 26, 1865 that rallied not only for the ratification of the 13th amendment which would abolish slavery, but giving African American men the vote as well. These strong feelings came from not only lessons learned with Joice Heth, but also his fierce Universalist beliefs which heavily promoted equality.
Barnum remained in the Connecticut Legislature for two terms, and he ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican in 1867. He was beaten by William H. Barnum, a relative. The national scrutiny painted P.T.’s showmanship in a negative light, and the Republican party platform was hurt by his presence on it. Barnum himself was unhappy with all the commotion, the loss was quite welcome.
However, this was not the end of Barnum’s political career. From 1875-1876, Barnum served as the mayor of Bridgeport. He was nominated by a committee from the local Republican party, and initially declined it. It wasn’t until he was assured by the opposition that this was intended to be a compliment that Barnum accepted. He was elected by the city in spite of the fact it was largely During his one year term, Barnum commissioned new lighting for Bridgeport’s streets, supported the entry of local African Americans into trade unions, enforced liquor laws due to his own belief and promotion of temperance, and vastly improved the local water supply.
Barnum’s public life was busy, but he also had family life. Three more daughters were born to the couple: Helen (b. 18 April 1840), Frances (b. 1 May 1842), and Pauline (b. 1 March 1846). Frances died in April of 1844 just before her second birthday. Caroline and Helen lived long lives, but Pauline passed away at age 31 in 1877.
Barnum and Charity’s marriage was happy for some years, with Barnum writing in his autobiography that, “Although I was only little more than nineteen years old when I was married, I have always felt assured that if I had waited twenty years longer I could not have found another woman so well suited to my disposition and so admirable and valuable in every character as a wife, a mother, and a friend.” However as the couple grew older, changes occurred in their relationship that put distance between them. Barnum traveled frequently and for long periods of time, leaving Charity to raise their children. Charity apparently suffered from several unnamed health issues and did not have the energy, nor possibly the inclination, to keep up with her highly energetic husband; Barnum’s business ventures repeatedly put their financial stability at great risk which Charity undoubtedly found distressing. Barnum also began drinking heavily during the 1840s which impacted both the marriage and business relationships, although he came to realize this in 1849. He became a Temperance advocate after that, never drinking again and going on the lecture circuit to encourage others to do the same.
The interests of the two were probably also at odds on topics of theatre and entertainment about which Charity was far more conservative. Charity accompanied her husband on some of his tours, but according to Barnum she did not enjoy them. She had little love of Europe and was quite afraid of Niagara Falls, although their daughters enjoyed these experiences. Caroline’s diary, located at the Bridgeport History Center, offers insight into these family trips. According to Barnum, Charity was also not interested in “style,” so the wealth that allowed him to purchase expensive furnishings for their homes was not necessarily something she cared about. These differences and change in their relationship did not breed ill will, and Barnum was attentive in his own way. Their second home, the Italianate style Lindencroft, had gardens explicitly to indulge Charity’s enjoyment of gardening and their third home, the Victorian mansion Waldemere, was built close to Long Island Sound since the doctor recommended the sea air for Charity’s health.
As a grandfather, photographs show Barnum to be very happy to sit and pose with his many grandchildren. Caroline Barnum (27 May 1833-10 May 1911) married David W. Thompson on 19 October 1852. The couple had two children, Frances Barnum Thompson, later Leigh (27 December 1853-27 January 1939) and Phineas Taylor Barnum Thompson (19 April 1865-27 February 1868). Helen Barnum, later Helen Hurd and then Helen Buchtel (18 April 1840-December 1915) had Helen Barnum Hurd (12 November 1858-1933), Julia Hurd (1860-1891) and Caroline Hurd (1862-1883) as well as Lelia Buchtel (no known dates.) Pauline (1 March 1846-11 April 11) married Nathan Seeley. They had Clinton Barnum Seeley (1868-1856), Herbert Seeley (1870-1914), and Jessica Seeley (1872-1896). There are several images of Charity sitting with her husband and the grandchildren as well, although there are no accounts remarking on her feelings towards her grandchildren.
Barnum was in England when Charity died on November 19, 1873. He remained there rather than attend the funeral, a decision which was probably based on the impracticality of transatlantic travel, which would have taken weeks. Charity was buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Soon after Charity’s death, Barnum married an English woman named Nancy Fish, the daughter of his friend and agent John Fish. The couple was secretly married in England on February 14, 1874, only three months after Charity’s death. The marriage remained secret from almost everyone, including Nancy’s parents and Barnum’s children, until September 15, 1874, when the two had a public ceremony at the Church of the Divine Paternity on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
The May-December element of the marriage was remarked upon, as Nancy was born in 1850 and was thus 40 years Barnum’s junior, but the couple was generally happy together. Barnum traveled and conducted business, and while Nancy occasionally suffered from ill health, as Charity had in her lifetime, the two seemed to get along and shared a similar sense of humor, as well as enjoyment of the luxuries that wealth afforded them. The marriage also allowed Nancy to pursue her own hobbies, including collecting, reading, writing, horseback riding and carriage riding, and playing pianoforte. Barnum constructed Marina, his last home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, explicitly for Nancy, knowing she would outlive him and want a home more easily maintained than Waldemere, as well as one that allowed room for her interests and activities.
Barnum’s circus venture did not begin until 1871. He was approached by the showman William C. Coup, who had worked for Barnum many years previous. Barnum was familiar with Coup and respected his talents; Coup was interested in a partnership that would allow him to capitalize on Barnum’s fame by using his name, thus was born “P. T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus.” The new network of railroads expanding across the country allowed the circus to travel far more efficiently and to reach more towns and cities than had been possible by wagon. Train travel also allowed the circus to become a much larger operation since the trains could transport innumerable wagons and tons of canvas for tents. The profits were incredibly high. By 1872, Barnum was nurturing the side show - a traveling version of the many performers who exhibited themselves in the American Museum - and the attraction proved to be popular. In 1873, Barnum built up a department in the circus dedicated only to advertising, and the success continued.
On April 30, 1874, Barnum opened the New York Hippodrome which also featured circus acts. The Hippodrome would go on to have both a permanent home in New York City, and a traveling component. A year later, P. T. Barnum’s Traveling World’s Fair was managed by John O’Brien. The sheer number of shows made it necessary for Barnum to create the Barnum Universal Exposition Company to manage it all. Financial issues and dissatisfaction dissolved the O’Brien partnership, and the Barnum Universal Exposition Company closed as well by the end of 1875. Starting in 1876, Barnum’s circus was now simply the “Greatest Show on Earth” and proved to be a major success.
In the 1880s, Barnum began to encounter competition from other circuses. This included the Great London Show of Cooper, Bailey, and Hutchinson--several name variations of this circus exist--whom Barnum eventually embraced as partners. The process involved a lot of legal negotiations, but on August 26, 1880, the Barnum and London Circus emerged. Great success continued, and by the mid-1880s the circus employed over seven hundred people. In 1887, disagreements prompted the partners to renegotiate contracts, dissolve existing partnerships, and the Barnum and Bailey Circus emerged. The younger partner, James A. Bailey, largely managed the circus, and continued on after Barnum’s death in 1891. After Bailey died in 1906, the circus was bought by Ringling Brothers, and continued to operate separately until the two shows were combined in 1919.
P. T. Barnum died on April 7, 1891 following a stroke. He was ill for some months prior to his death. He is buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, a park-like cemetery that he was instrumental in creating. The Barnum family plot is close to the Stratton family plot where Charles S. Stratton and M. Lavinia Warren, known as General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, are buried. A number of Barnum’s children and grandchildren are also in the same cemetery.
The American Museum Barnum's American Museum was located on Broadway at Ann Street from 1841 to 1865 until it was destroyed by a fire, and then moved to 539-541 Broadway until it too was destroyed by a fire in 1868.
The museum was originally known as Scudder's Museum, which opened in 1810. Managed by John Schdudder, Schudder's American Museum featured a number of displays, including seashells, minerals, and taxidermied animals including a bison, along with wax figures. After Schudder passed, his heirs took on the museum, but a combination of poor management, and the financial crash of 1837 lead the family to sell the collection. Barnum acquired it through a proxy in the museum building's owner, Francis Olmsted. After Barnum acquired everything, he substantially dressed up the exterior, decorating it with flags and banners and dozens of painted plaques featuring wild animals practically overnight. He paid musicians to stand out on the balcony and perform to attract passersby and soon people flocked to the museum. Barnum later expanded the building to include a large theatre, which he called a lecture room since the word “theatre” had unsavory connotations at that time.
Displays in the museum ranged from dioramas of places such as Niagara Falls and the American plains, to wax figures, performers, theatrical performances, artwork, historical artifacts, scientific specimens, inventions, and curiosities. In addition Barnum displayed live animals, including Beluga whales and hippopotami. Among the exhibits Barnum included what were then called humbugs, or hoaxes; he encouraged the public to decide whether they were genuine or not, thereby avoiding accusations of falsely claiming authenticity. The Feejee Mermaid is perhaps the best known among Barnum's humbugs, and was an item he rented from Boston showman, Moses Kimball. Barnum's performers included trained bears, and Native Americans who performed songs and dances of their culture, to people he called natural wonders and living curiosities, depending on the advertisement. Notably, he avoided using the word ”freak” when publicizing performers with distinctive physical differences, such as giants and little people, albinos, excessively thin or fat people or those with missing or additional limbs. These performers made a good living exhibiting themselves at the American Museum, in concert halls, and on tours through joint companies and later, circuses. Barnum’s promotions ensured their success and a substantial income, which gave long-serving veterans of the museum the means to retire in comfort. Some of the best known performers at the museum included Anna Swan Bates, General Goshen, Charles S. Stratton - known as General Tom Thumb, Chang and Eng Bunker - the origin of the term Siamese twins, and M. Lavinia Warren. Barnum also hosted concerts and lectures, as well as contests at the American Museum. These contests included the National Poultry Show, beauty contests, flower shows, and baby shows which awarded prizes for the fattest baby, the handsomest twins, and other categories.
The museum was not, however, the product of Barnum’s effort alone. Barnum employed a number of staff to help with the museum in various capacities. Chief among them was John Greenwood Junior, who was raised in Bethel, Connecticut, as Barnum was. Trained as a hatter, Greenwood fulfilled a number of roles at the museum, including treasurer, temporary museum owner from 1851 to 1855, and manager. Other tasks included traveling to find new relics for the museum, and at one time, showing the Prince of Wales himself around the American Museum. Other key personnel included pantomimist-turned-stage manager Charles Kemble Fox, orchestra director W.J. Peterschen, manager-turned-aquaria department manager Dr. Oscar Kohn, and promoter-turned-superintendent Sylvester Bleeker. Barnum’s two son-in-laws, Samuel Hurd and David Thompson, also held positions within the museum.
On July 13, 1865, Barnum's American Museum burned to the ground, apparently the work of arsonists, possibly Southern sympathizers who did not like Barnum’s vocal opposition to slavery. Performers and employees were able to get out, but most of the animals did not, and those that did were killed because they were running loose on the streets. Thousands upon thousands of objects in the museum were destroyed. Barnum learned of the catastrophe while in Hartford, Connecticut, fulfilling his duties as a State Representative
Barnum's American Museum had a second incarnation at a nearby location, 539-541 Broadway. The content of the museum was similar, and miraculously Barnum’s managers had it in operation only a few months after the first museum’s demise. But the second one did not last long, as it burned on March , 1868, due to a heating system failure. Barnum did not attempt to re-open a third museum. Instead, he took the advice of his long-time friend Horace Greeley to “go a-fishing” and enjoy the fruits of his labors, as well as spend time with his many grandchildren.
Circus and Winter Quarters P.T. Barnum is most heavily associated with circus entertainment, but his venture into that world did not begin until 1871. He was approached by the showman William C. Coup, who had worked for Barnum many years previous. Barnum was familiar with Coup and respected his talents; Coup was interested in a partnership that would allow him to capitalize on Barnum’s fame by using his name, thus was born “P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus.” Notably, the word “Museum” leads the list, and including a “museum” in this and every subsequent circus was something Barnum insisted upon. Acts from the old American Museum, including Anna Swan and William Henry Johnson - known as the What Is it? - joined this circus. Featuring over one hundred wagons to carry everything for the show, it grossed over $400,000.
The new network of railroads expanding across the country allowed the circus to travel far more efficiently and to reach more towns and cities than had been possible by wagon. Train travel also allowed the circus to become a much larger operation since the trains could transport innumerable wagons and tons of canvas for tents. The profits were incredibly high. By 1872, Barnum was nurturing the side show - a traveling version of the many performers who exhibited themselves in the American Museum - and the attraction proved to be incredibly popular. In 1873, Barnum built up a department in the circus dedicated only to advertising, and the success continued.
On 30 April, 1874, Barnum opened the New York Hippodrome which also featured circus acts. The Hippodrome would go on to have both a permanent home in New York City, and have a traveling component. A year later, P.T. Barnum’s Traveling World’s Fair was managed by John O’Brien. The sheer number of shows with Barnum’s made it necessary for Barnum to create the Barnum Universal Exposition Company to manage it all. Financial issues and dissatisfaction dissolved the O’Brien partnership, and the Barnum Universal Exposition Company closed as well by the end of 1875. Starting in 1876, Barnum’s circus was now simply the “Greatest Show on Earth” and proved to be a massive success.
In the 1880s, Barnum began to encounter competition from other circuses. This included the Great London Show of Cooper, Bailey, and Hutchinson - other names of this circus also existed - whom Barnum eventually embraced as partners. The processed involved a lot of legal negotiations, but on 26 August, 1880, the Barnum and London Circus emerged. Great success continued, and by the mid-1880s the circus employed over seven hundred people. In 1887, disagreements prompted the partners to renegotiate contracts, dissolve existing partnerships, and the Barnum and Bailey Circus emerged. The younger partner, James A. Bailey, largely managed the circus, and continued on after Barnum’s death in 1891. Bailey died in 1906, and the Ringling Brothers bought the circus. They operated it separately from their own circus until 1919, when the two were combined to become Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. This show continued until 2017.
The winter quarters for the various Barnum named circuses were housed in Bridgeport, CT, with permanent buildings being put up in 1880s. Barnum liked having the quarters in Connecticut because it allowed him to show some of his animals during the winter months, including loans to Central Park’s zoo. The five acres of land provided storage for railroad cars, steam heated rooms for animals, wagons, tents, prop fabrication, and a stable. The location of the Winter Quarters was also a boon for the local Bridgeport economy, thanks to the demands and the number of people involved.
A fire began at the winter quarters on 20 November, 1887. It ignited at the main building at ten in the evening, and could not be contained. The only animal survivors were the elephants, the cause of the blaze remaining unknown. The quarters were then rebuilt, only to be burned down again in 1924.
Jumbo the Elephant Jumbo the Elephant (1861-15 September 1885) was an unusually tall African elephant best known for his time as an attraction in the London Zoo and as a part of P.T. Barnum's circus from 1882 to his death in 1885. He is arguably the first international animal celebrity, and even today, his name remains widely recognized.
Born in the Sudan, the one-year-old elephant who became Jumbo was taken by hunters after they killed his mother. He was then sold to an Italian animal dealer, and eventually sent to the famous Jardin des Plantes in Paris. In 1865 he was transferred to the London Zoo as part of a trade, and was placed under the care of Matthew Scott, who at the time looked after the zoo’s birds but had no experience with elephants. The young elephant was rather sickly when he arrived from Paris, and was not at all large for his age. Scott carefully tended the elephant, won his trust, and Jumbo eventually began to thrive. He was trained to give rides around the park to visitors of all ages, earning him the love of the public, especially children.
In 1881, P.T. Barnum’s managers made an offer to the London Zoo to purchase Jumbo. This was well timed for the zoo, as the now teenaged Jumbo was experiencing musth. This natural development in male elephants, characterized by high levels of testosterone and aggression, made Jumbo hard for the zoo to handle and rendered him unable to do his regular duties of giving visitors rides and interacting with the public. Because of Jumbo’s repeated destruction of the elephant house, the London Zoo’s director was secretly happy for the opportunity to sell him. Jumbo was purchased for $10,000 ($246,000 in present money), but the British public vociferously objected to the sale, unwilling to lose the elephant known as the “Children’s Giant Pet.” Barnum used the outrage to his advantage, and was able to generate money from the public interest in his Jumbo acquisition to offset the expense of buying and transporting him across the Atlantic. Convincing the 11-½ foot tall, 13,000 pound elephant to enter a shipping crate for the ocean crossing required weeks of work and taxed the patience of all who were effecting the procedure, but delighted the disapproving public in England.
As Barnum did in the months prior to Jenny Lind’s arrival in New York City, his advance promotion of Jumbo generated a great deal of fanfare and anticipation of the famed elephant’s arrival. Jumbo became a part of Barnum's circus, and was a major draw. Merchandise of all kinds featured Jumbo, even household items like ceramic pitchers, tin plates, and glass bottles. His image was used heavily in advertising for a variety items ranging from receipt books to sewing thread, all capitalizing on the idea of an elephant’s strength and endurance.
Jumbo traveled all over the United States and Canada with Barnum’s circus, which used the ever expanding railways to reach audiences in every corner of both nations. Unlike the Asian elephants in the show, Jumbo did not perform tricks --Jumbo only had to be himself to attract the crowds, so impressive was he for his size and large, flapping ears (Asian elephants’ ears are much smaller). Tragically, on September 15,1885, Jumbo was struck by a train in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, while returning to sleeping quarters after a performance one night. No trains had been scheduled that evening and it was thus thought safe to walk along the tracks, the shortest route.
Following Jumbo’s death, Barnum engaged well known taxidermist Henry Ward of Rochester, New York to preserve and re-assemble both Jumbo's skin and skeleton as two separate displays. The “Double Jumbo” exhibit toured with the circus for one or two years, before the constituent parts went to permanent homes. The skeletal remains are at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and the taxidermy elephant was gifted to Tufts University, eventually to become the school's mascot. The taxidermy Jumbo remained on display until a fire in April 1975 destroyed it.
A few pieces of Jumbo survive. After Jumbo’s death thin slices of his tusks were cut and engraved with the information, known as the scrimshaw technique. The Bridgeport History Center owns one of these cross sections of Jumbo’s tusk. At Tufts, his stuffed tail had been removed earlier because of students tugging on it, and had been placed in the archives for safekeeping. After the fire destroyed Jumbo’s taxidermied form, his ashes were gathered into a 14 ounce peanut butter jar, which is now a talisman for the Tufts sports teams.
Jenny Lind Jenny Lind was a Swedish-born opera singer, popularly known as “The Swedish Nightingale,” who lived from 6 October 1820-2 November 1887. During her lifetime, she became one of the best known singers in the Western hemisphere, who was also beloved and admired for her generous philanthropic spirit. She toured Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States giving concerts, frequently donating to charities in the places she visited. In her later life she taught at the Royal College of Music in London as a professor of singing.
P. T. Barnum, who had never heard Lind sing when he invited her to tour America, capitalized on her both her musical reputation and her renowned charitable nature. Knowing that Americans knew little about opera but would adore a woman whose remarkable voice embodied an equally sweet and virtuous soul, Barnum set about promoting Jenny Lind’s 1850-1851 Tour of America in a way that no one else could match.
Lind’s childhood was less than ideal and she spent her early years living in different households; her mother had never married Lind’s father. Quite by accident, her exceptional voice was recognized when she was a child, and at age nine, Lind entered the acting school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Sweden; she began singing on stage a year later. She gained a number of prestigious roles in the Royal Swedish Opera, and by 1840, she was not only a part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, but also the court singer to the King of Sweden in Norway. Her light, agile voice would eventually be characterized as a coloratura soprano.
She continued to train and sing in the 1840s, and began to tour as well. In 1843, while touring Denmark, she caught the attention of Hans Christian Anderson; it is said he fell in love and wrote the Ugly Duckling and the Emperor’s Nightingale in her honor, but Lind did not share his feelings, and remained just a friend. A year later she sang in Berlin, where the German audiences took to her immediately, as well as composers including Felix Mendelssohn. She continued to sing in Europe, and then in 1847, in the United Kingdom where she performed in front of Queen Victoria.
In 1849, P.T. Barnum approached Lind about a possible American tour. Lind had previously received offers to go to America, but had declined them. She responded to Barnum because the letterhead depiction of his elaborate new home, Iranistan, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, intrigued her. It is said that Lind felt the exotic mansion meant Barnum wasn't just trying to cash in on her talent, but knew what he was doing when it came to promoting. She did not jump quickly at the opportunity, however.
First she insisted upon a contract with a strict financial arrangement before she would set foot on a ship to America. The money to be paid her, her pianist Jules Benedict, baritone Giovanni Belletti, and others in her entourage, was to be placed in an escrow account in London. Barnum scrambled to raise the full amount, since even with his wealth he did not have the $187,000 needed on hand. Arrangements were made for a year-long tour to begin in September 1850.
Despite Lind’s name being largely unknown in North America, P.T. Barnum was able to whet the public’s appetite for the performer months in advance, and upon her arrival create an insatiable demand that soon turned into “Lindmania.” Every conceivable product, including items of clothing and accessories, furniture, household goods and decorations, framed prints, sheet music, even locomotives and ships were identified by the name Jenny Lind, a scale of mass merchandizing theretofore unheard of. Barnum did not directly profit from the sale of the innumerable consumer products bearing her name, but he did leverage their great popularity.
Barnum’s advance publicity was so successful that when Lind arrived in New York City along with Giovanni Belletti and Julius Benedict, they were greeted by throngs of crowds. First performing at Castle Garden in New York City on 11 September, 1850, Lind's concerts were a runaway success. The Barnum-Lind tour covered both the United States and Cuba, and the profits were extremely high. Barnum also developed a concert ticket auction scheme that benefitted both himself and the owners of the commercial enterprises that won the auctions and thus brought their business name into the limelight.
True to her word, Lind donated much of the money she earned on tour to charities in the cities where she performed, as well as to Swedish ones. Barnum, the master promoter, used that fact to further elevate Lind's moral character as well as her vocal performance abilities. Newspaper articles of the period typically comment on both her indescribable voice and her generous gifts to the local hospital, orphanage, or charity organization, especially those for women and children.
All of the marketing and the heavy concert schedule, however, began to wear on Lind. She had also fallen in love with the pianist who replaced Benedict, Otto Goldschmidt. They were married on 5 February, 1852, in Boston. Possibly Goldschmidt influenced his wife to take advantage of a clause in her contract with Barnum that allowed the two to part ways with certain conditions to the terms, and she did so. Despite Barnum’s disappointment, the two parted on relatively good terms, and remained friends. The Lind company continued to perform in America until May of 1852, and then returned to England. Lind and Goldschmidt had three children.
In later years Lind gave fewer performances and no longer performed operas, but she did participate in concert hall performances around Europe. In 1882, she became professor of singing at the Royal College of Music. She remained in that position until 2 November 1887, when she passed away.
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt is buried at the Great Malvern Cemetery in Malvern, Worcestershire, England.
Charles S. Stratton Charles S. Stratton, best known as General Tom Thumb (4 January 1838-15 July, 1883) was an entertainer who worked for P.T. Barnum, and married fellow Barnum performer Mercy Lavinia Warren. His natural charisma and talent, combined with his being a proportionate dwarf, helped propel him to the status of celebrity in the 19th century.
Stratton was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Sherwood and Cynthia Stratton. His father was a carpenter, and his mother was a homemaker with two daughters and a son by the time Charles was born. The family was not impoverished by contemporary standards, they had little to get by on. When Charles was born, he was over nine pounds, but at around six or and seventh months of age, he failed to grow, so that even at four years old, his height had not changed and he was a mere 24 inches.
P.T. Barnum met the Stratton family towards the in of 1842. Barnum was in Bridgeport due to a frozen over Hudson River, and taking advantage of the fact his brother Philo owned the Franklin House hotel. Barnum remembered hearing of the diminutive boy in Bridgeport, and asked his brother to go and get the family. “Charlie” was bright and affable, and Barnum responded to his charm; he felt that the boy could be taught to act, and wanted him to come and perform at his new American Museum in New York City.
A business arrangement was negotiated with Stratton’s parents, and it was agreed that Barnum could exhibit Charles for an experimental month, for $3.00 plus room, board, and travel expenses. As a result, Charles headed to New York City with Barnum in 1843, and was given the stage name “General Tom Thumb.”
Charles took to showbusiness, and Barnum taught him various acts, quips, and everything needed to do a good performance. Charles had an innate skill for this kind of work, and after Barnum made a few introductions to the press (often by barging into homes unannounced), General Tom Thumb made his debut at the American Museum. The reception was warm, but word of mouth boosted the success of the act. In his promotions, Barnum exaggerated the boy’s age, stating it was eleven rather than five, to make Charles’ tiny stature seem even more impressive.
Such acclaim enabled a tour of Europe a year later, with Stratton giving not one but two command performances in front of Queen Victoria, within the space of eight days. Stratton quickly became a favourite at the courts he visited, including in France and Belgium, and such warm receptions continued whenever he toured in Europe.
Stratton remained in show business in his teenage years and into his twenties, alternatively touring the country and performing at Barnum’s American Museum. It was in his mid-twenties that he met M. Lavinia Warren, a new Barnum performer, and the two began an acquaintance that rapidly turned romantic. Just two months later Warren and Stratton married in an event orchestrated by Barnum known as the Fairy Wedding. The wedding took place on 10 February 1863 at Grace Episcopal Church in New York City, and became the social event of the year, along with the lavish reception afterwards. This was during the American Civil War when newspapers were filled with the tragic news of battles and casualties; to the delight of the American public, the Fairy Wedding stole the show briefly and became front-page news in numerous papers and magazines.
The couple was received at the White House by President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, a memorable event for all. Afterwards, Charles and Lavinia embarked on a three year world tour, along with Lavinia’s sister Minnie Warren, and fellow Barnum performer George Washington Morris Nutt, all of whom were little people. Charles and Lavinia became an international celebrity couple, America’s first. Following the tour, which added even more to their wealth, the Stratton alternated living at their home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and their home in Lavinia’s hometown of Middleborough, Massachusetts. They continued to tour and entertain the public, and remained close friends and associates of Barnum’s. The marriage was generally considered a happy one, and they remained close throughout their lives.
In his leisure time, Charles enjoyed yachting and horse racing, and generally fancied himself a man of leisure, spending liberally on fine food and other luxuries. He was also generous, and gave money to worthy causes. He also was active in the Freemasons, joining the organization in 1862 and eventually becoming a 32nd degree mason, Knight Templar.
On 15 July 1883, Stratton suffered a stroke and passed away. He is buried at Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Lavinia remarried and lived until 1919; she asked to be buried with her first love, “Charlie” in the Mountain Grove Cemetery.
M. Lavinia Warren Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump, later Mercy Lavinia Warren Stratton, and then Mercy Lavinia Magri, (31 October, 1842-25 November, 1919) was an entertainer who worked for P.T, Barnum, managed her own theatre, and wed fellow Barnum performer Charles S. Stratton - known as General Tom Thumb.
Warren was born into the Bump family in Middleborough Massachusetts. Her family was prominent in the area, and capable of tracing their roots back to the Mayflower. She had seven other siblings, but only Warren and her sister Huldah Pierce Warren Bump (later known as Minnie Warren), had dwarfism.
Warren taught school for a time in Massachusetts, before entering show business at age sixteen. Her first foray into being an entertainer saw her under the employ of a cousin who owned a showboat in Mississippi. Barnum came to hear of her in 1862, meeting Warren when she was twenty one years old, and signed on to work for him for $10 a week plus expenses. It was there that she met Charles Stratton, known as General Tom Thumb and a fellow little person in Barnum’s employ, and the two began to date.
Eventually, Warren and Stratton married, in an event orchestrated by Barnum known as the Fairy Wedding, Held on 10 February 1863 at Grace Episcopal Church in New York City, the marriage became the social event of the year, as did the reception afterwards. The two were even received at the White House by President Abraham Lincoln.
Later on, Warren and her husband toured with her sister, Minnie Warren, and fellow performer George Washington Morris Nutt. The tour covered the United States and Canada, before heading to Europe. From there, their lives bounced between Stratton’s home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Warren’s in Middleborough, Massachusetts, when they weren’t touring and entertaining the public. The marriage between the two was generally considered a positive one, and they remained close throughout their lives.
Warren was also extremely close with her sister, Minnie, who wed a fellow Barnum performer named Major Edward Newell in July, 1877. Unlike her sister, Minnie and her husband did attempt to have children. Unfortunately the child was stillborn, and Minnie herself died after the delivery. Warren was devastated by the loss, and it took a while for her to come to terms with.
Charles Stratton passed on 15 July, 1883, leaving Warren a widow. She remarried two years later to Primo Magri, an Italian entertainer of a similar stature to Warren, on 6 April, 1885. They performed both at their own roadside stand in Middleborough, Massachusetts, and toured together along with Magri’s brother, Ernesto. The couple even appeared in the silent film, The Lilliputian's Courtship, in 1915.
Warren died on 25 November, 1919, and is buried besides Charles S. Stratton at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
Scope and Content of Collection
The scope of the P.T. Barnum collection is wide, and reflects the many interests of its subject, P.T. Barnum. In addition to representing his own manuscript materials from all stages of his life, it collects the subjects of his business related interests, namely the American Museum, the Circus and the Winter Quarters at Bridgeport, Jenny Lind, Jumbo the Elephant, and Charles S. Stratton (General Tom Thumb) and the performers associated with Stratton. The content of each subseries varies, but all of them have booklets of information, advertisements, programs, and printed ephemera that speak to the marketing of the subject, their life, and why Barnum was willing to invest in their success. Manuscript material appears in certain series, but not all. Heavily represented though are images - both illustrations and photographs - of all subjects.
Arrangement
At the time of processing, the P.T. Barnum Research Collection had been parceled out into series arranged by topic. It was decided that this particular part of arrangement would be kept. It was also decided that any material stored in oversize drawers would remain in the oversize drawers, and would be listed with their subject in the finding aid, rather than label all oversize material as it’s own series and place it at the end of the finding aid. P.T. Barnum’s correspondence was also being processed prior to the rest of the collection being analyzed, and decisions to treat letter on an item level - and then divide by incoming and outgoing - had already been made.
Most collections were then arranged by genre, with manuscript and handwritten material always being given priority in placement. See individual series for further notes in arrangement.
Administrative Information
Publication Statement
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Access
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Provenance
The P.T. Barnum Research Collection is an artificial collection, and as such, has no single source. Rather, it has been assembled over the years. Research is being conducted to identify specific items from specific donors.
Indexing Terms
- Indexing Terms
- The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Correspondence
- Bailey, James Anthony, 1847-1906
- Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874.
- Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874.
- Fish, Nancy.
- Hallett, Charity
- Jumbo (Elephant)
- Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887.
- Magri, M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia), 1841-1919
- Swan, Anna, 1846-1888
- Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883
- Barnum and London Circus
- Barnum and Bailey
- Barnum and Bailey--History.
- Barnum and Bailey--People--1890-1900.
- Barnum and Bailey--People--1900-1910.
- Barnum's American Museum
- Barnum Institute of Science and History
- Bridgeport Scientific Society
- Fairfield County Historical Society
- P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth, and the Great London Circus combined with Sanger's Royal British Menagerie and Grand International Allied Shows
- Tufts University
- Circus animals--1870-1880.
- Circus animals--Pictorial works.
- Circus animals--United States--History--19th century.
- Circus owners.
- Circus performers--1870-1880.
- Circus performers--1880-1890.
- Circus performers--1890-1900.
- Circus performers--1900-1910.
- Circus performers--1910-1920.
- Circus performers--1920-1930.
- Circus performers--United States.
- Dwarfism
- Entertainers--1840-1890.
- Entertainers--1890-1900.
- Entertainers--1900-1920.
- Elephant trainers
- Funeral service--United States.
- Historical societies
- Museums.
- Museums--Fires and fire prevention
- Museums--New York (State)--New York.
- Museums--United States--History--19th century.
- Natural history museums
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows--1920-1930.
- Scientific societies
- Women circus performers
Detailed Description of Records/Container List
Series I - P.T. Barnum, 1881-1892 | |||
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Title/Description | Instances | ||
To Gideon Wells, October 7, 1832 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
Letter, Iranistan letterhead, c. 1840s | box 1 | folder 2 | |
To [Nate] Beers, October 5, 1847 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
Invitation to Iranistan housewarming, November 14, 1848. | box 1 | folder 4 | |
To [Nate] Beers, October 26, 1849 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
To Friend [Nate] Beers, February 6, 1852 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
To Moses Kimball, February 6, 1852 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
[Endorsed note] collateral signed by Nate Beers, August 14, 1854 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
To Unknown, September 13, 1854 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
To Gibbs and Johnston, October 15, 1854 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
To Nate Beers, December 4, 1854 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
To Henry B. Curtis, February 27, 1855 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
To Messrs. Curtis and Scuilines, January 11, 1856 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
Dear Sir, December 25, 1856? | box 1 | folder 14 | |
To Mr. Curtis, November 17, 1857 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
To Edward Taylor, September 2, c. 1846-1857 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
To H.B. Curtis, March 12, 1860 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
To H.B. Curtis, February 14, 1861 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
To F. Wildman, September 12, 1861 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
To Captain Treat, November 28, 1861 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
Tom Thumb as ‘rascal’ April 5, 1863 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
To Nate Beers, July 4, 1864 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
To Hon. D.L. Harris, July 12, 1864 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
To F. L. Wildman, June 13, 1865 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
To Master Miles L.W. Myers, November 23, 1866 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
To Mr. Curtis, September 7, 1867 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
To Nate [Beers], July 14, 1869 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
To Nate Beers, Bills, November 18, 1869 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
To Nate [Beers], March 15, 1870 | box 1 | folder 29 | |
To Nate [Beers], April 3, 1870 | box 1 | folder 30 | |
To Nate [Beers], January 9, 1871 | box 1 | folder 31 | |
To Nate [Beers], July 11, 1871 | box 1 | folder 32 | |
To Nate [Beers], October 31, 1871 | box 1 | folder 33 | |
To Nate Beers, January 29. 1872 | box 1 | folder 45 | |
To Sun editor, February 3, 1872 | box 1 | folder 35 | |
To Nate [Beers], February 27, 1872 | box 1 | folder 36 | |
To Beers, [Nate], April 16, 1872 | box 1 | folder 37 | |
To Nate [Beers], May 21, 1872 | box 1 | folder 38 | |
To Mr. Spier, May 29, 1872 | box 1 | folder 39 | |
To Nate [Beer], June 6, 1872 | box 1 | folder 40 | |
To Nate Beers, June 11, 1872 | box 1 | folder 41 | |
To Eames, June 28, 1872 | box 1 | folder 42 | |
To Nate Beers, July 26, 872 | box 1 | folder 43 | |
To Emma [Beers], January 22. 1873 | box 1 | folder 44 | |
To N.P. Beers, Esq. April 16, 1873 | box 1 | folder 45 | |
To Nate [Beers], July 2, 1873 | box 1 | folder 46 | |
To Nate [Beers], September 11, 1873 | box 1 | folder 47 | |
To Joel (Beaton?) July 24, 1874 | box 1 | folder 48 | |
To Nate Beers, September 9, 1874 | box 1 | folder 49 | |
To Nate and Emma Beers, September 16, 1874 | box 1 | folder 50 | |
To Mr. Auditor, December 30, 1875 | box 1 | folder 51 | |
To Nate [Beers], July 28, 1876 | box 1 | folder 52 | |
To [Beers], Nate, January 1, 1877 | box 1 | folder 53 | |
To Wheeler, December 12, 1877 | box 1 | folder 54 | |
To Nate [Beers], January 5, 1878 | box 1 | folder 55 | |
To From Waldemere, May 9, 1878 | box 1 | folder 56 | |
To Barnum to John A. White, June 19, 1878 | box 1 | folder 57 | |
To J.A. White, June 21, 1878 | box 1 | folder 58 | |
To Beers, Nate, October 21, 1878 | box 1 | folder 59 | |
To Beers, Nate, January 2, 1879 | box 1 | folder 60 | |
To Editors of the Mercury, May 10, 1879 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
To Mr. J. DeMott Miller, September 29, 1879 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
To Nate [Beers], December 8, 1879 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
To Colonel, December 9, 1879 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
To Nate [Beers], December 22, 1879 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
To Nate Beers, undated, c. 1870s | box 2 | folder 6 | |
To Nate [Beers], January 3, 1880 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
To Eames, June 8, 1880 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
To Nate [Beers], June 11, 1880 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
To Eames, 1881 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
To Nate [Beers], April 3, 1881 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
To Wheeler and Wilson Co., June 20, 1881 | box 2 | folder 12 | |
To Samuel [?], January 15, 1882 | box 2 | folder 13 | |
To Nate [Beers], December 31, 1882 | box 2 | folder 14 | |
To Conant?, March 15, 1883 | box 2 | folder 15 | |
To Nate Beers, January 1, 1884 | box 2 | folder 16 | |
To R.B. Leacey, December 31, 1884 | box 2 | folder 17 | |
To Mayor Morgan, February 23, 1885 | box 2 | folder 18 | |
To Julian Sterling, March 28, 1885 | box 2 | folder 19 | |
To Julian Sterling, April 15, 1885 | box 2 | folder 20 | |
[Note on shares] July 13, 1885 | box 2 | folder 21 | |
To James A. Bailey, October 4, 1885 | box 2 | folder 22 | |
To Julian Sterling, January 13, 1886 | box 2 | folder 23 | |
To Julian Sterling, January 14, 1886 | box 2 | folder 24 | |
To Unknown recipient, Reference to Regis Falls, White Mountains, August 13, 1886 | box 2 | folder 25 | |
To R. B. Leacey, September 6, 1886 | box 2 | folder 26 | |
To Barnum to A.C. Sherwood, February 12, 1887 | box 2 | folder 27 | |
To Nate Beers, May 25, 1887 | box 2 | folder 28 | |
To Waldo [Curtis?], June 14, 1887 | box 2 | folder 29 | |
To Editor of the London Times, December 25, 1887 | box 2 | folder 30 | |
To George Curtis, March 1, 1888 | box 2 | folder 31 | |
To James A. Bailey, July 5, 188 | box 2 | folder 32 | |
To Barnum to David Pell (?), August 10, 1888 | box 2 | folder 33 | |
To I. DeVer Warner, agreement signed by Barnum, November 20, 1888 | box 2 | folder 45 | |
To Nate Beers, October 3, probably 1888 | box 2 | folder 35 | |
James Bailey, probably 1888 | box 2 | folder 36 | |
Knowlton, March 21, 1889 | box 2 | folder 37 | |
To Doctor Talmage, September 9, 1889 | box 2 | folder 38 | |
To Barjum to Julian Sterling, December 31, 1889 | box 2 | folder 39 | |
To James A. Bailey, February 22, 1890 | box 2 | folder 40 | |
To James A. Bailey, February 26, 1890 | box 2 | folder 41 | |
To James A. Bailey, March 1, 1890 | box 2 | folder 42 | |
To James A. Bailey, April 9, 1890 | box 2 | folder 43 | |
To James E. Cooper, April 9, 1890 | box 2 | folder 44 | |
Seeley collection, undated | box 2 | folder 45 | |
To Helen, Thanksgiving, no year | box 2 | folder 46 | |
To Nate [Beers], September 1, no year | box 2 | folder 47 | |
To Nate Beers, November 16, no year | box 2 | folder 48 | |
To Nate Beers, undated | box 2 | folder 49 | |
To Nate Beers, undated | box 2 | folder 50 | |
To Nate Beers, undated | box 2 | folder 51 | |
Envelopes associated with Nate Beers correspondence, undated | box 2 | folder 52 | |
To A.L. Cheney, undated | box 2 | folder 53 | |
To Higginson, undated | box 2 | folder 54 | |
Obituary and small note on Jumbo and baby elephant with Barnum’s signature | box 2 | folder 55 | |
Barnum monogram on envelope, undated | box 2 | folder 56 | |
Photographic prints and copies of letters | box 2 | folder 57 | |
Copies of letters from other collections | box 2 | folder 58 | |
Typescript copies of P.T. Barnum’s letters, 1855-1864 | box 2 | folder 59 | |
From C.F. Dodge, January 24, 1844 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
From Bishop, Backus and Noble, May 24, 1855 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
From Bishop, Backus and Noble, January 3, 1856 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
From G.F. Lewis, January 8, 1856 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
From G. Wells regarding General Tom Thumb, January 4, 1859 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
From Charles E. Sanford, April 11, 1872; banknote, September 13, 1872 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
From Samuel L. Clemens/Mark Twain, May 24, 1875 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
From L.B. Michael, August 7, 1875 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
From M. Lavinia Warren Stratton, November 11, 1878 | box 3 | folder 9 | |
John Lyon, August 19, 1881 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
From H.R. Parrot, October 15, 1881 | box 3 | folder 11 | |
From F.A. Lane and Cunningham and Son and Co. October 25, 188 | box 3 | folder 12 | |
From Charles Treadly, December 26, 1881 | box 3 | folder 13 | |
From Charles T. Barnum, January 20, 1882 | box 3 | folder 14 | |
From Dr. George Benedict, February 10. 1882 | box 3 | folder 15 | |
From Cousin Seely, February 10, 1882 | box 3 | folder 16 | |
From Dr. George Benedict, February 17, 1882 | box 3 | folder 17 | |
From Charles T. Barnum, February 24, 1882 | box 3 | folder 18 | |
From S.T. Rogers, February 27, 1882 | box 3 | folder 19 | |
From B.L. Swan, March 1, 1882 | box 3 | folder 20 | |
From Unknown, March 2, 1882 | box 3 | folder 21 | |
From Samuel Barnum, March 4, 1882 | box 3 | folder 22 | |
From A.L. Baldwin, March 6, 1882 | box 3 | folder 23 | |
From Mrs. Evander R. Hall, March , 1882 | box 3 | folder 24 | |
From B.S. [?], March 6, 1882 | box 3 | folder 25 | |
From George Benedict, March 7, 1882 | box 3 | folder 26 | |
From N.R. Barnum, March 8, 1882 | box 3 | folder 27 | |
From [?] H. Barnum, March 9, 1882 | box 3 | folder 28 | |
From B.P. Parson, March 10, 1882 | box 3 | folder 29 | |
From Granville Barnum, March 11, 1882 | box 3 | folder 30 | |
From Henry P. Barnum, March 13, 1882 | box 3 | folder 31 | |
From George Benedict, March 14, 1882 | box 3 | folder 32 | |
From Roswell Smith, March 16, 1882 | box 3 | folder 33 | |
From Roswell Smith, March 16, 1882 | box 3 | folder 45 | |
From George Barnum, March 18, 1882 | box 3 | folder 35 | |
From Jehitilan Lind, March 22, 1882 | box 3 | folder 36 | |
From George Barnum, March 29, 1882 | box 3 | folder 37 | |
From Dwight M. Baldwin, April 10, 1892 | box 3 | folder 38 | |
From P. ___, April 17, 1882 | box 3 | folder 39 | |
From Franklin Ball, April 23, 1882 | box 3 | folder 40 | |
From Ellen Pain, May 9, 1882 | box 3 | folder 41 | |
From A.D. Bartlett, Jun 7, 1882 | box 3 | folder 42 | |
From A.V. Lichold, July 13, 1882 | box 3 | folder 43 | |
From John Davis, August 14, 1882 | box 3 | folder 44 | |
From Minnie Barnum, August 16, 1882 | box 3 | folder 45 | |
From Mary Amermun, August 20, 1882 | box 3 | folder 46 | |
From M. Baird, October 31, 1882 | box 3 | folder 47 | |
From C.J. Bellknap, November 18, 1882 | box 3 | folder 48 | |
From Mrs E. Sanford, January 25, 1883 | box 3 | folder 49 | |
From General John A. Halderman, February 8, 1883 | box 3 | folder 50 | |
From Eli C. Barnum, February 10, 1883 | box 3 | folder 51 | |
From Whitelaw Read, march 5, 1883 | box 3 | folder 52 | |
From M. Baird/Smithsonian Institution, April 3, 1883 | box 3 | folder 53 | |
From R. Everett June 29, 1883 | box 3 | folder 54 | |
From R.H. Belly, June 29, 1883 | box 3 | folder 55 | |
From A. Agassis, June 1883 | box 3 | folder 56 | |
From C.H. Shepherd, July 14, 183 | box 3 | folder 57 | |
From Dr. John J. Brown, July 18, 1883 | box 3 | folder 58 | |
From Unknown, July 24, 1883 | box 3 | folder 59 | |
From Mrs. Jennie Raily, August 7, 1883 | box 3 | folder 60 | |
From Pancoast and Manel, August 10, 1883 | box 3 | folder 61 | |
From Julia R. White, August 19, 1883 | box 3 | folder 62 | |
From Rev. W. Packard, August 20, 1883 | box 3 | folder 63 | |
From Rev W. Winter, August 21, 1883 | box 3 | folder 64 | |
From Thomas Smith Engineers, August 26, 1883 | box 3 | folder 65 | |
From Henry A. Ward, August 29, 1883 | box 3 | folder 66 | |
From Unknown, August 31, 1883 | box 3 | folder 67 | |
From A. Clement, August 31, 1883 | box 3 | folder 68 | |
From Rev. Dr. H.R. Howard, September 5, 1883 | box 3 | folder 69 | |
From Mrs S.M. Perkins, September 5, 1883 | box 3 | folder 70 | |
From Joaquin Miller, September 8, 1883 | box 3 | folder 71 | |
From S. Marie Bevin, September 12, 1883 | box 3 | folder 72 | |
From Gertie H. Green, September 15, 1883 | box 3 | folder 73 | |
E. James, September 17, 1883 | box 3 | folder 74 | |
From C.E. Dickson, September 22, 1883 | box 3 | folder 75 | |
From V.B. Mullan, September 24, 1883 | box 3 | folder 76 | |
From R.W. Carte, September 26, 1883 | box 3 | folder 77 | |
From William Pool, September 30, 1883 | box 3 | folder 78 | |
From Helen A. Edwards, September 1883 | box 3 | folder 79 | |
From G. Bell, October 2, 1883 | box 3 | folder 80 | |
From M.S. Guyon, October 18, 1883 | box 3 | folder 81 | |
From Charles T. Root, october 18, 1883 | box 3 | folder 82 | |
From L.L Rees, October 20, 1883 | box 3 | folder 83 | |
From H. Husted, October 22, 1883 | box 3 | folder 84 | |
From Willis and Nicholson, October 22, 1883 | box 3 | folder 85 | |
From Alice Gardener, october 23, 1883 | box 3 | folder 86 | |
From D[?], October 25, 1883 | box 3 | folder 87 | |
From Mayor J.A. Miller, October 28, 1883 | box 3 | folder 88 | |
From George B. Chamerlain, October 29, 1883 | box 3 | folder 89 | |
From J.W. Denhart, October 2, 1883 | box 3 | folder 90 | |
From O.C. Marsh, November 2, 1883 | box 3 | folder 91 | |
From Clay E. Rolfe. November 7, 183 | box 3 | folder 92 | |
From C.C. Lees, November 14, 1883 | box 3 | folder 93 | |
From Lord Pelham Clinton, November 15, 1883 | box 3 | folder 94 | |
From Edward Sansing Sattertoe, November 21, 1883 | box 3 | folder 95 | |
From Archdeacon Dunbar; Sir Archibald Dunbar, November 29, 1883 | box 3 | folder 96 | |
From Annie McCluskey, December 2, 1883 | box 3 | folder 97 | |
From Andrew D. White, December 3, 1883 | box 3 | folder 98 | |
From John W. Idle, December 5, 1883 | box 3 | folder 99 | |
From Mrs. Emily Haviland Mead, December 6, 1883 | box 3 | folder 100 | |
From S. Calkins, December 9, 1883 | box 3 | folder 101 | |
From David Briggs, December 10, 1883 | box 3 | folder 102 | |
From T.B. Zeller, December 17, 1883 | box 3 | folder 103 | |
From Mrs. M.Y. Huff, December 12, 1883 | box 3 | folder 104 | |
From Samuel Lockwood, December 18, 1883 | box 3 | folder 105 | |
From M.A. McClaskey, 1883[?] | box 3 | folder 106 | |
From Saint Meinrad's Abbey, January 17, 1884 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
From Samuel W. Barnum, January 18, 1884 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
From William, January 22, 1884 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
Saint Meinrad's Abbey, January 25, 1884 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
From M.L. Race, January 29, 1884 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
From Unknown, January 29, 1884 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
From New York medical Aid and Relief Society, January 30, 1884 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
From Henry Bergh, March 22, 1884 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
From Samuel W. Barnum, September 2, 1884 | box 4 | folder 9 | |
From C.F. Raymond, 1884 | box 4 | folder 10 | |
From Robert G., October 1, 1885 | box 4 | folder 11 | |
From C.A. Dana, April 5, 1887 | box 4 | folder 12 | |
From Sarah Hatch, May 23, 1888 | box 4 | folder 13 | |
From General Noble, May 6, 1889 | box 4 | folder 14 | |
From Bobbi Burns, July 7, 1890 | box 4 | folder 15 | |
From Rev T.W. Higginson, 18[??] | box 4 | folder 16 | |
From Mrs W.G. Hunter, January 25, [no year] | box 4 | folder 17 | |
From Mrs. C.F. Stan, March 8, undated | box 4 | folder 18 | |
From Catherine C. Hopley, August 8 [no year] | box 4 | folder 19 | |
From A.H. Hone, December 8, no year | box 4 | folder 20 | |
From Dwight W. Baldwin, undated | box 4 | folder 21 | |
From W. Mills, undated | box 4 | folder 22 | |
From Unknown, ticket request, undated | box 4 | folder 23 | |
From Unknown, genealogical information, undated | box 4 | folder 24 | |
Subseries C: Additional correspondence about Barnum business ventures; misc. | box 4 | folder 25 | |
From John Greenwood Jr. to H.B. Curtis and Co. August 14, 1854 | box 4 | folder 26 | |
From John Greenwood Jr. to H.B. Curtis and Co. August 14, 1854 | box 4 | folder 27 | |
Bank notes E.P. Nichols to Mrs. Curtis, 1855; p.T. barnum to E. T. Nichols 1855 | box 4 | folder 28 | |
P.T. Barnum, copy of statement to prosecuting attorney, 1861 | box 4 | folder 29 | |
From Geroge B. Bunnell to A. Steward, march 16, 1881 | box 4 | folder 30 | |
From Morris B. Beardsley to George C. waldo, April 1, 1885 | box 4 | folder 31 | |
From William __ to James A. Bailey, September 1, 1885 | box 4 | folder 32 | |
From J.L. Hutchinson to James A. Bailey [telegram], September 16, 1885 | box 4 | folder 33 | |
From Merrit Young to James A. Bailey, September 16, 1885 | box 4 | folder 45 | |
From J.L. Hutchinson to james A. Bailey, September 16, 1885 | box 4 | folder 35 | |
From Merrit Young and Joseph McCaddon to Mrs. James A. Bailey and T. McCaddon, September 16, 1885 | box 4 | folder 36 | |
From Merrit Young to James A. Bailey [telegram] September 17, 1885 | box 4 | folder 37 | |
From J.L. Hutchinson to James A. Bailey [telegram, reply on reverse], September 25, 1885 | box 4 | folder 38 | |
From J.L. Hutchinson to James A. Bailey, September 25, 1885 | box 4 | folder 39 | |
From J.L. Hutchinson to James A. Bailey [telegram], September 29, 1885 | box 4 | folder 40 | |
From T.D. Rogers to Samuel Orcutt, December 12, 1886 | box 4 | folder 41 | |
Signed by B. Fish. September 25, 1892 | box 4 | folder 42 | |
From B. Fish to Orcutt, October 5, 1892 | box 4 | folder 43 | |
From B. Fish to Orcutt, November 11, 1892 | box 4 | folder 44 | |
From James A. Bailey to Frank Clark, January 21, 1896 | box 4 | folder 45 | |
Letterhead, office of the Bridgeport Scientific Society, Samuel Orcutt, 189[?] | box 4 | folder 46 | |
From LMV to Mrs. A. Middlebrook, 189[?] | box 4 | folder 47 | |
Mary Barnum, quilt claim, 1741 | box 4 | folder 48 | |
Envelope addressed to J.W. Knowlton, c. 1887-1889 | box 4 | folder 49 | |
From W. Mills | box 4 | folder 50 | |
Typewritten letters to Nan, unsigned, undated | box 4 | folder 51 | |
Envelopes to George C. Waldo; Mary Bateman; R.B. Lacey; Trubee | box 4 | folder 52 | |
Letter to Whiteblosom, July 4, 1919, unsigned | box 4 | folder 53 | |
Letterhead and envelopes, 4 pieces, undated | box 4 | folder 54 | |
Letterhead, Barnum and Bailey, 189__ | box 4 | folder 55 | |
Letterhead, Barnum and Bailey, 1870; 19__ | box 4 | folder 56 | |
O.W. Thomas, about P.T. Barnum, July 4, 1877 | box 4 | folder 57 | |
Signatures of Barnum on slips of paper, 1868 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
Indentures (2), Henry W. Sergeants and wife Helen C. Olmstead to Barnum, 1837 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
Bond, Nehemiah Dodge to Barnum for April 1-October 1, October 1, 1844 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
Mortgage, Nehemiah Dodge to Barnum, October 18, 1844 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
Indenture, February 1851 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
Bond, Henry W. Sargent to Barnum, February 7, 1851 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
Warranty deed for Barnum to Eli Dewhurst, June 10, 1876 | box 5 | folder 7 | |
Acknowledgement receipt from Barnum to William Noble of $1 for loan by Washington Park to Methodist Episcopal church Board of Trustees, August 7, 1883 | box 5 | folder 8 | |
Acknowledgement receipt from Barnum of $3500 for land on Fairfield Avenue from Charles E. Sanford, July 10, 1885 | box 5 | folder 9 | |
Acknowledgement receipt from Barnum of $600 for land from William Randall, September 21, 1889 | box 5 | folder 10 | |
Ledger, c. 1854 | box 5 | folder 11 | |
Document, copy of marriage license to Nancy Fish, February 14, 1874 | box 5 | folder 12 | |
Agreement between Bunell and Barnum, November 3, 1876 | box 5 | folder 13 | |
Petition for harbor pilot application that includes Barnum’s signature, 1850 | box 5 | folder 14 | |
Legal document photocopies, 1852; 1853 | box 5 | folder 15 | |
Sample of Barnum’s printing work in Bethel CT, writ justice book c. 1831-1834 | box 5 | folder 16 | |
Payment to Justice of the Peace Oliver Shepard by Lucius Booth, May 5, 1830 | box 5 | folder 17 | |
Barnum on Temperance from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, July 24, 1875 | box 5 | folder 18 | |
Booklet, “Why I Am a Universalist” by P.T. Barnum, undated | box 5 | folder 19 | |
Pages from “Struggles and Triumphs” featuring East Bridgeport and American Museum, undated | box 5 | folder 20 | |
Calling card from Mrs. Barnum to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Trubee, undated | box 5 | folder 21 | |
Book, “The Last Chapter” by Nancy Fish Barnum, #40, 1893 | box 5 | folder 22 | |
Barnum family legal documents, Samuel Barnum, August 18, 1735 (original and 19th century copy) | box 5 | folder 23 | |
Barnum family legal documents, Francis Barnum, August 18, 1735 (original and 19th century copy) | box 5 | folder 24 | |
Deed wrapping of Francis Barnum to his sons, August 19, 1763 | box 5 | folder 25 | |
Barnum family legal documents, testimony of Captain Ebenezer Stevins et. al. August, 1763 | box 5 | folder 26 | |
Barnum family legal documents, Francis Barnum deed, September 4, 1763, original and 19th century copy) | box 5 | folder 27 | |
Genealogy, general narrative, 4 pages, undated | box 5 | folder 28 | |
Genealogy, general narrative on Waldemere paper, c. 1880s | box 5 | folder 29 | |
Genealogy, Listing of marriage and deaths 1778-1868, intended for family Bible, undated | box 5 | folder 30 | |
Genealogy, Typed family history, undated | box 5 | folder 31 | |
Genealogy, “Genealogy of the Barnum Family in the United States, 1662-1874” | box 5 | folder 32 | |
Genealogy, “Genealogy of the Barnum and Taylor families” undated | box 5 | folder 33 | |
Genealogy, “Genealogy of the Barnum Family, Thomas - Nancy Fish, 1874” | box 5 | folder 45 | |
Genealogy, “List of papers concerning persons by the name Barnum found among the army rolls of the war of the Revolution” undated | box 5 | folder 35 | |
Genealogy, Darius Barnum, son of Seth, marriages and birth c. 1870s | box 5 | folder 36 | |
Genealogy, “Thomas Barnum-P.T.Barnum” by Frank Fransworth Starr, 1882 | box 5 | folder 37 | |
Genealogy, Thomas Barnum | box 5 | folder 38 | |
Genealogy, List of children of Philo Barnum, undated | box 5 | folder 39 | |
Genealogy, Statement of service of Philo Barnum in Revolutionary War, June 25, 1890 | box 5 | folder 40 | |
Genealogy, Question and answer sheet, undated | box 5 | folder 41 | |
Genealogy, Address of Mrs. A.S. Barnum, undated | box 5 | folder 42 | |
Check featuring Iranistan (one of Barnum’s homes), 1849 | box 5 | folder 43 | |
Bank note, Pequonnock Bank, $5, 1856 | box 5 | folder 44 | |
Check, Merchant’s Exchange Bank, April 13, 1858 | box 5 | folder 45 | |
Oration on the Freedom of the Press, December 5, 1832 | box 6 | folder 1 | |
P.T. Barnum 80th birthday invitation, July 5, 1890 | box 6 | folder 2 | |
P.T. Barnum’s 80th birthday menu, June 2, 1874 | box 6 | folder 3 | |
Program booklet to Welcome to Mr. P.T. Barnum to England, November 1889 1 of 2 | box 6 | folder 4 | |
Program booklet to Welcome to Mr. P.T. Barnum to England, November 1889 2 of 2 | box 6 | folder 5 | |
Memorial ribbon from P.T. Barnum’s funeral, April 10, 1891 | box 6 | folder 6 | |
Memorial service program from Barnum’s funeral, April 10, 1891 | box 6 | folder 7 | |
Barnum’s Will and Codicils, 1891, 1 of 2 | box 6 | folder 8 | |
Barnum’s Will and Codicils, 1891, 2 of 2 | box 6 | folder 9 | |
Obituaries, April 1891 | box 6 | folder 10 | |
Funeral program for Barnum’s services, April 10, 1891 | box 6 | folder 11 | |
Program for dedication of Barnum monument at Seaside Park, July 4, 1893 | box 6 | folder 12 | |
Ribbon with Barnum on it from dedication of Barnum monument at Seaside Park, July 4, 1893 | box 6 | folder 13 | |
Trade cards, “Every man rides his own hobby…” by Kash, c. 1870-1880 | box 6 | folder 14 | |
Life of P.T. Barnum booklet posted in Duke’s Cigarettes, c. 1890 | box 6 | folder 15 | |
Book, “The Last Chapter” by Nancy Fish, 1983 | box 6 | folder 16 | |
Booklet, “To Perpetuate the name of P.T. Barnum” undated | box 6 | folder 17 | |
“Nouvel apercu de la vie de James A. Bailey” by James Bailey, 1988 | box 6 | folder 18 | |
Music cover, National Poultry Show Polka, undated | box 6 | folder 19 | |
“Letter I Wish P.T. Barnum Had Written” by A.H. Saxon, undated | box 6 | folder 20 | |
Review of Barnum’s autobiography from Harper’s Monthly, 1855 | box 6 | folder 21 | |
Clippings, undated | box 6 | folder 22 | |
Newspapers, single event listing, June 187 | box 6 | folder 23 | |
Article, Barnum as Legislator from Harper’s Weekly, September 1926 | box 6 | folder 24 | |
Article, discusses life and career, undated | box 6 | folder 25 | |
Subject files, Bridgeport Scientific Society Sixteenth Annual Course of lectures tickets, 1892-1893 | box 6 | folder 26 | |
Subject files, programs for the Barnum Institute opening exercises, 1893 | box 6 | folder 27 | |
Subject files, program for Bridgeport Scientific Society, 1888-1891 | box 6 | folder 28 | |
Subject files, Scientific Society, piece of linen from mummy,undated | box 6 | folder 29 | |
Subject files, essay on circus, undated | box 6 | folder 30 | |
Subject files, guidebooks to Brighton, New Brighton, undated | box 6 | folder 31 | |
Subject files, History of American Clock Business, Life of Chauncey Jerome, New Haven, 1860 | box 6 | folder 32 | |
Subject files, Seaside Institute, Announcement of plan and purpose, November 10, 1887 | box 6 | folder 33 | |
Coin, celebrates the centennial of the circus and features a portrait of Barnum, 1970 | box 6 | folder 45 | |
Illustrations of Barnum, young, 1820s-1850s | box 6 | folder 35 | |
Illustrations of Barnum, middle aged, c. 1850s-1870s | box 6 | folder 36 | |
Illustrations of Barnum, older, c. 1870s-1890s | box 6 | folder 37 | |
Illustrations, cartoons of Barnum; Barnum on a rail, Barnum five seconds ahead, undated | box 6 | folder 38 | |
Illustrations of Barnum’s homes, undated | box 6 | folder 39 | |
Illustrations of Barnum’s birthplace in Bethel, CT, c. 1869 | box 6 | folder 40 | |
Illustration of fountain Barnum gifted to Bethel, CT, c. 1869 | box 6 | folder 41 | |
Illustrations from ‘Struggles and Triumphs’, undated | box 7 | folder 1 | |
Photographs, Portraits of young Barnum, c. 1830s-1850s | box 7 | folder 2 | |
Photograph, Barnum leering at dancer, 1864 | box 7 | folder 3 | |
Photographs, portraits of Barnum, middle aged, c. 1850s | box 7 | folder 4 | |
Photograph, portrait of Barnum, c. 1880 by Rockwood Studio, Union Square, NY | box 7 | folder 5 | |
Photograph, Portrait of Barnum, later years, by E.C. Betts studio, Bridgeport | box 7 | folder 6 | |
Photographs, portraits of Barnum, older, c. 1870s-1890s | box 7 | folder 7 | |
Photographs, portraits of Barnum from Schneider Collection, c. 1880s | box 7 | folder 8 | |
Photographs, P.T. Barnum and Hugh Brady (coachman) | box 7 | folder 9 | |
Photograph, Barnum in carriage at Waldemere (one of Barnum’s homes), undated | box 7 | folder 10 | |
Photograph, Barnum, Nancy Fish Barnum, Wander I. DeVer and Eva Warner, c. 1870s | box 7 | folder 11 | |
Photograph, Barnum family portrait, c. 1880s | box 7 | folder 12 | |
Photographs, Charity Barnum, undated | box 7 | folder 13 | |
Photographs, Nancy Fish, undated | box 7 | folder 14 | |
Photograph, Jim Bailey, Danbury newsman, 1878 | box 7 | folder 15 | |
Photographs, Pauline Barnum. undated | box 7 | folder 16 | |
Photograph, Philo Barnum, 1875 | box 7 | folder 17 | |
Photograph, Reverend Thomas K. Beecher | box 7 | folder 18 | |
Photographs, Lindencroft (one of Barnum’s homes), undated | box 7 | folder 19 | |
Photographs, Waldemere (one of Barnum’s homes), c. 1875 | box 7 | folder 20 | |
Photographs, Waldemere (one of Barnum’s homes), undated | box 7 | folder 21 | |
Photographs, Barnum statues and plaques, undated | box 7 | folder 22 | |
Photographs, Universalist church on Fairfield Avenue | box 7 | folder 23 | |
Photographs, fountain in Bethel gifted to city by P.T. Barnum, undated | box 7 | folder 24 | |
Photographs from the film “The Mighty Barnum” | box 7 | folder 25 | |
Photograph negatives, undated | box 7 | folder 26 | |
Bethel ledger, with detailed accounts of Barnum's store keeping in the early 1830s then jumps to 1854 and receipts of the American Museum. Details also on the menagerie, insurance policies, and various letters and other documents, 1832-1833 (Held out of drawer) Restricted access. | box Drawer 1 | folder 1 | |
Barnum deed to Isaac E. Keeler, land in East Bridgeport, September 28, 1853, accession 1978.07 | box Drawer 1 | folder 2 | |
Barnum lottery document, September 1, 1834 | box Drawer 1 | folder 3 | |
P.T. Barnum’s pocket diaries, 1883 and undated. Restricted access. | box Drawer 1 | folder 4 | |
Barnum diary, 1889. Restricted access. | box Drawer 1 | folder 5 | |
Barnum diary, 1890. Restricted access. | box Drawer 1 | folder 6 | |
Salmagundi ledger, a highly eclectic group of documents. The contents are primarily but not exclusively business records --copies of letters, plans of vault at Mountain Grove Cemetery, receipts and routes of circuses, financial dealings, property transactions, etc. ,Restricted access. | box Drawer 1 | folder 7 | |
P.T. Barnum’s personal account book, undated And Mason certificate. | box Drawer 1 | folder 8 | |
Caroline Barnum Thompson’s diaries, handwritten, typed (2), 1848 | box Drawer 1 | folder 9 | |
Caroline Barnum Thompson’s diaries, handwritten, typed, printed, 1850-1851 | box Drawer 1 | folder 10 | |
Genealogy of the Barnum family, undated | box Drawer 1 | folder 11 | |
Bound copy of Barnum’s Annual Address to Fairfield County Agricultural Society, 1849 | box Drawer 1 | folder 12 | |
PT Barnum to the public, responding to David W. Sherwood , April 5, 1875 | box Drawer 1 | folder 13 | |
Book, Running to Waste by George Baker, signed by Barnum to a grandchild for Christmas, 1874 | box Drawer 1 | folder 14 | |
New Haven Register, mock-up of full-page New Haven Register proof, biography of Barnum with art by Russ Jones, July 2, 1961 | box Drawer 1 | folder 15 | |
PTB Caricature from Vanity Fair by Leslie Ward (aka Spy), undated | box Drawer 1 | folder 16 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News, PT Barnum at McLevy Hall, May 10, 1856 | box Drawer 1 | folder 17 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News, PT Barnum at McLevy Hall, May 10, 1856, cropped | box Drawer 1 | folder 18 | |
Photograph, portrait of P.T. Barnum with signature, c. 1886, accession 2010.22 | box Drawer 1 | folder 19 | |
Phonograph recording, The Wonders of the Age / Mr. Edison’s New Talking Phonograph with PTB’s voice , undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 1 | |
Herald of Freedom and Gospel Witness. Bethel: P.T. Barnum, v. 2, no. 8, December 5, 1832 | box Drawer 2 | folder 2 | |
P. T. Barnum's real estate sub-division to Denver, 1882 | box Drawer 2 | folder 3 | |
Bridgeport Hospital decree honoring P.T. Barnum, deceased president, 1891 | box Drawer 2 | folder 4 | |
Columbia Register, December 20, 1851 | box Drawer 2 | folder 5 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 1, 1853 | box Drawer 2 | folder 6 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, illustration of PTB and Lindencroft; illustration of PTB in Bridgeport’s Common Council, July 23, 1864 | box Drawer 2 | folder 7 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, “Barnum at the Common Council meeting” July 24, 1875 | box Drawer 2 | folder 8 | |
New York Dramatic News, Barnum as moral agent, December 14, 1878 | box Drawer 2 | folder 9 | |
New York Dramatic News and Society Journal, part of a Barnum picture, December 14, 1878 | box Drawer 2 | folder 10 | |
Clippings, advertisement for “Barnum and Beaches’ Paper”, 1853 | box Drawer 2 | folder 11 | |
Life Illustrated, a Journal of Entertainment, Improvement, and Progress, “sympathy with Mr. Barnum,” Barnum’s financial difficulties” May 3, 1856 | box Drawer 2 | folder 12 | |
New Haven Palladium, Barnum vs. Hubbard, April 25, 1878 | box Drawer 2 | folder 13 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, February 18, 1882 | box Drawer 2 | folder 14 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, dinner given to P.T. Barnum by citizens of Bridgeport, July 11, 1874 | box Drawer 2 | folder 15 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Barnum’s ethnological congress, April 25, 1885 | box Drawer 2 | folder 16 | |
Ladies Home Journal, clippings about Nancy Fish-Barnum, February/March 1891 | box Drawer 2 | folder 17 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, children at PTB’s burial, April 25, 1891 | box Drawer 2 | folder 18 | |
Various publications, April 1891 | box Drawer 2 | folder 19 | |
Grand Army of the Republic tribute to P.T. Barnum, 1891 | box Drawer 2 | folder 20 | |
Steel Engraving plate, Portrait of Barnum, undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 21 | |
Map, Bethel CT from the Beers Atlas, undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 22 | |
Illustration, Iranistan (one of Barnum’s homes) from newspaper, undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 23 | |
Illustration, Iranistan (one of Barnum’s homes) from Gleason’s, undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 24 | |
Illustrations, Iranistan (one of Barnum’s homes), undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 25 | |
Illustration, Fairfield County Agricultural Society ploughing match, 1852 | box Drawer 2 | folder 26 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Illustrations of Waldemere and Seaside Park, August 29, 1874 | box Drawer 2 | folder 27 | |
Photograph, Lindencroft (one of Barnum’s homes), undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 28 | |
Photograph, Waldemere (one of Barnum’s homes), 1868-1869 | box Drawer 2 | folder 29 | |
Photograph, Waldemere and Marina (one of Barnum’s homes) side by side, check date | box Drawer 2 | folder 30 | |
Photograph, Barnum and elephants on Stratford Ave. bridge, check date | box Drawer 2 | folder 31 | |
Negative print of Waldemere lithograph, undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 32 | |
Barnum Polka by Theodore Eisfeld | box Drawer 2 | folder 33 | |
Colored lithograph, Iranistan (one of Barnum’s homes), undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 45 | |
Color illustration from Gleason’s, Iranistan (one of Barnum’s homes), 1857 | box Drawer 2 | folder 35 | |
Illustration, Waldemere (one of Barnum’s homes), undated | box Drawer 2 | folder 36 | |
Photograph of Barnum | box Drawer 2 | folder 37 | |
Photograph of Barnum | box Drawer 2 | folder 38 | |
Newspaper, Columbia Register, November 19, 1847, feature on Iranistan | box Drawer 2 | folder 39 | |
Series II - American Museum | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Booklet, "An Illustrated Catalog and Guide Book to Barnum's American Museum" original and photocopy, c. 1850s | box 8 | folder 1 | |
Booklet, "A Historical Account of the Siamese Twin Brothers" 1831; 1834 | box 8 | folder 2 | |
Note: Chang and Eng Bunker did not appear at the American Museum until later. However, they are included in this series because of their later exhibition there. | box 8 | folder 3 | |
Booklet, "Memoir of an Eventful Expedition" with the Aztec Children, 1850 | box 8 | folder 4 | |
Booklet, "Life of the Living Aztec Children" 1860 | box 8 | folder 5 | |
Booklet, "A Guide to Rapid and Accurate Computation By Professor Hutchins" c. 1860 | box 8 | folder 6 | |
Booklet, “The Circassian Girl, Zalumma Agra, Star of the East” 1873 | box 8 | folder 7 | |
Note: This was printed at the start of Barnum’s circus venture, but lists her as appearing at the American Museum. As a result, it has been kept in the American Museum series. | box 8 | folder 8 | |
Handbill, Brunhilda, September 14, 1863 | box 8 | folder 9 | |
Tickets, American Museum tickets for Morning Concert, Wednesday November 13, no year c. 1860s | box 8 | folder 10 | |
Clippings, American Museum, 1851 | box 8 | folder 11 | |
Clippings about the American Museum, 20th century | box 8 | folder 12 | |
Illustrations, American Museum on Broadway, 1850 | box 8 | folder 13 | |
Illustration, Barnum's Museum on Sevenths and Chestnut, 1851 | box 8 | folder 14 | |
Illustrations, front of American Museum circa 1850s-1860s | box 8 | folder 15 | |
Illustrations, American Museum interiors c. 1850s-1860s | box 8 | folder 16 | |
Illustrations, American Museum fire, 1865 | box 8 | folder 17 | |
Photographs, Bates, Captain and Anna Swan undated | box 8 | folder 18 | |
Photographs, Bunker, Chang and Eng (Siamese Twins), undated | box 8 | folder 19 | |
Photographs, Campbell, Jane, undated | box 8 | folder 20 | |
Photographs, Jones, Annie, undated | box 8 | folder 21 | |
Photographs, American Museum performers, undated | box 8 | folder 22 | |
Negatives, American Museum building, undated | box 8 | folder 23 | |
Photographs, American Museum performers negatives, undated | box 8 | folder 24 | |
Handbill, Joice Heth, 1835 | box Drawer 6 | folder 1 | |
Barnum's American Museum handbills -1861 with the Living Hippototamus -Living Wonders, undated | box Drawer 6 | folder 2 | |
Handbill, Barnum's American Museum Christmas and New Year Holiday Bill featuring the living whale and living hippopotamus, 1864 1 of 2 | box Drawer 6 | folder 3 | |
Handbill, Barnum's American Museum Christmas and New Year Holiday Bill featuring the living whale, the living hippopotamus, and white rats, 1864 2 of 2 | box Drawer 6 | folder 4 | |
Lithograph. Chang and Eng, age 18,second page has Siamese and Malay characters plus the English translation; a facsimile of part of a treaty between the English and Siamese. [B631.9], undated | box Drawer 6 | folder 5 | |
Lithograph, Chang and Eng, 1839. | box Drawer 6 | folder 6 | |
Lithograph, the Wonderful Eliophobus Family by Currier and Ives, 187- | box Drawer 6 | folder 7 | |
Handbill, Siamese Twins for the Day Only, undated | box Drawer 6 | folder 8 | |
Handbill, Franklin Hall Lecture Series at the American Museum, 1865 | box Drawer 6 | folder 9 | |
Engraving, American Museum, 1852 | box Drawer 6 | folder 10 | |
Norwich Weekly Courier, Ad for the American Museum, June 4, 1852 | box Drawer 6 | folder 11 | |
Norwich Weekly Courier, Ad for the American Museum, June 11, 1851 | box Drawer 6 | folder 12 | |
Norwich Weekly Courier, Ad for the American Museum, June 18, 1851 | box Drawer 6 | folder 13 | |
Norwich Weekly Courier, Ad for the American Museum, June 25, 1851 | box Drawer 6 | folder 14 | |
The New York Herald, Ad for the American Museum, July 23, 1853 | box Drawer 6 | folder 15 | |
Illustrated News, January 1, 1853 | box Drawer 6 | folder 16 | |
Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, interior of the American Museum, 1853 | box Drawer 6 | folder 17 | |
Harper's Weekly, The Japanese Mermaid, February 4, 1860 | box Drawer 6 | folder 18 | |
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, feature about Barnum, April 7, 1860 | box Drawer 6 | folder 19 | |
Harper’s Weekly, Living Curiosities at Barnum’s Museum, December 15, 1860 | box Drawer 6 | folder 20 | |
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Great Conflagration in New York City, Ruins of Barnum's museum, July 29, 1865 FRAGILE | box Drawer 6 | folder 21 | |
Life Illustrated, January 31, 1857 | box Drawer 6 | folder 22 | |
Harper's Weekly, burning of the American Museum, March 21, 1868 | box Drawer 6 | folder 23 | |
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Fairy Wedding illustration, February 21. 1863 | box Drawer 6 | folder 24 | |
Foldered together (2 items) Clipping, Harper's Weekly, Holiday Street Fantasticals in New York City, January 12, 1867; Clipping, Harper's Weekly, Barnum's elephants in Winter Quarters, January 27, 1883 | box Drawer 6 | folder 25 | |
Foldered together (7 items) Harper's Weekly, Barnum's New Museum, July 17, 1880; -Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Frightful collusion on the Housatonic Railroad new Bridgeport, Conn. September 2, 1865; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, photographs and illustrations of Barnum's funeral, April 1891; Hearth and Home, Cottage at Seaside Park, February 27, 1869; Harper's Weekly, PT Barnum's The World in Contribution, March 29, 1875; Harper's Weekly, Barnum's New and Greatest Show on Earth, May 13, 1876; Harper's Weekly, Dayton Charity Circus, August 4, 1984 | box Drawer 6 | folder 26 | |
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, Spadling and Roger's floating circus palace, February 19, 1857 | box Drawer 6 | folder 27 | |
Photocopy, New York City scene showing museum building, undated | box Drawer 6 | folder 28 | |
Illustration of American Museum on Broadway, New York by Avery, undated | box Drawer 6 | folder 29 | |
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, undated FRAGILE | box Drawer 6 | folder 30 | |
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, President passing through Broadway in front of American Museum, undated | box Drawer 6 | folder 31 | |
Roxbury Gazette, article about Chang and Eng, October 10, 30, 1847 | box Drawer 6 | folder 32 | |
Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, article about Chang and Eng, undated | box Drawer 6 | folder 33 | |
Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, feature about museum and emphasis on elephants, June 21, 1851 | box Drawer 6 | folder 45 | |
New York Weekly Tribune, article about burning of the American Museum, January 1, 1873 | box Drawer 6 | folder 35 | |
Series III: Circus, 1893-1993 | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Barnum and Bailey account book belonging to J. McCaddon, 1881-1887 | box 9 | folder 1 | |
Correspondence, James Bailey, October 6, 1902 | box 9 | folder 2 | |
Catalogues of show property, 1875 | box 9 | folder 3 | |
Catalogue of show property, 1894 | box 9 | folder 4 | |
Check, 1917 | box 9 | folder 5 | |
Circus performer scrapbook, “Life Story of Edwin Fritz Smith” 1918 | box 9 | folder 6 | |
Handbill, Howard Hall, February 19, 1877 | box 9 | folder 7 | |
Handbill, P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth, 1878 | box 9 | folder 8 | |
Handbill, P.T. barnum and London Shows at Madison Square Garden, March 13, c. 1880s | box 9 | folder 9 | |
Handbills (3), c. 1880s | box 9 | folder 10 | |
Handbill, “Approaching the Close” Barnum and London Shows at Madison Square Garden, c. 1880s | box 9 | folder 11 | |
Ticket, the Annex, c. 1870 | box 9 | folder 12 | |
Invitation to Barnum's Hippodrome for the visit of King Kalakaua, December 1874 | box 9 | folder 13 | |
Ticket, Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth, Gilmore’s Garden, 1877 | box 9 | folder 14 | |
Ticket, Barnum gymnasium exhibition, 1890 | box 9 | folder 15 | |
Tickets, various venues, 1891-1918 | box 9 | folder 16 | |
Courier, Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth, FRAGILE, 1884 | box 9 | folder 17 | |
Courier, Barnum and Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth, Hartford, CT, June 14, 189 | box 9 | folder 18 | |
rogram, Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth at Olympia, London, 1897 | box 9 | folder 19 | |
Program, Barnum and Bailey, Coney Island spectacular Water Carnival and Clown Joker, December 26, 1898 | box 9 | folder 20 | |
Program, Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, America’s Naval Victory at Santiago, 1898 | box 9 | folder 21 | |
Program, Barnum and Co.’s Greatest Show on Earth, 1898 | box 9 | folder 22 | |
Program, Barnum and Bailey, Magazine of Wonders, 1903; 1906 | box 9 | folder 23 | |
Program, Barnum and bailey, Magazine of Wonders, 1908 | box 9 | folder 24 | |
Program, Barnum and Bailey, 1911 | box 9 | folder 25 | |
Program and Libretto, Cleopatra, 1912 | box 9 | folder 26 | |
Program, Barnum and Bailey, Greatest Show on Earth, Wizard Prince of Arabia at Missoula, August 11, 1914 | box 9 | folder 27 | |
Program, Barnum and Bailey Circus and Crookstown, FRAGILE, 1915 | box 9 | folder 28 | |
Program, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey, 1952 | box 9 | folder 29 | |
Booklet, Admiral Dot and the Bearded Girl [Annie Jones], 1873 | box 9 | folder 30 | |
Booklet “History of Animals and Leading Curiosities contained in P.T. Barnum’s World’s Fair, 1874 | box 9 | folder 31 | |
Booklet, “Life of General Mite” 1876 | box 9 | folder 32 | |
Booklet, “History of Animals and Leading Curiosities” 1879 | box 9 | folder 33 | |
Booklet, “History of Animals” c. 1882 | box 9 | folder 45 | |
Booklet, “History of Animals” c. 1882-1885 | box 10 | folder 1 | |
Booklet, “Little Grains for Little People.” 1885 | box 10 | folder 2 | |
Booklet, “The Life and Adventures of Lord George Sanger” by George Sanger c. 1870s-1880s | box 10 | folder 3 | |
Booklet, “The Fall of Babylon,” 1890 | box 10 | folder 4 | |
Booklet, “Nero; or the Destruction of Rome” 1890-1891 | box 10 | folder 5 | |
Booklet, “Columbus and the Discovery of America” 1892 | box 10 | folder 6 | |
Booklet, “Biographical Sketch of count and Countess Philippe Nicol” c. 1894 | box 10 | folder 7 | |
Booklet, “Guide to Olympia, Barnum and Bailey's Great Show” 1897-1898 | box 10 | folder 8 | |
Booklet, “Zeo the Air Queen” c. 1880-1900s | box 10 | folder 9 | |
Booklet, “Circus Realm” June 29, 1906 | box 10 | folder 10 | |
Booklet, “Rhyme and Reason Truly” undated | box 10 | folder 11 | |
Booklet, “History and medical description of the two headed girl” (reprint) 1976 | box 10 | folder 12 | |
Songster, P.T. Barnum’s Great Clown Songster, c. 1877 | box 10 | folder 13 | |
Songster, Clown Songster for the 1879 season | box 10 | folder 14 | |
Songster, Barnum and Bailey songster, undated | box 10 | folder 15 | |
Souvenir, “Panorama of Barnum’s Roman Hippodrome” 1874 | box 10 | folder 16 | |
Souvenir of Barnum and London 15 united shows, c. 1884 | box 10 | folder 17 | |
Souvenir, Barnum and Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth for Augusta, August 1, 1891 | box 10 | folder 18 | |
Lunch car statement, October 1, 1916 and Barnum Circus puzzle, 1893 | box 10 | folder 19 | |
Trade cards by J.A. Goffrey and Co. | box 10 | folder 20 | |
Pin, “The Great Barnum and Bailey Show” undated | box 10 | folder 21 | |
Commemorative wallet, undated | box 10 | folder 22 | |
Clippings, Harper’s Weekly, February 18. March 29, 1873; Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1870s-1880s | box 10 | folder 23 | |
Clipping, P.T. Barnum’s Roman Hippodrome, 1874 from Harper’s | box 10 | folder 24 | |
Clipping, Dan Rice to Adam Forepaugh in Chicago Evening Journal, 1879 | box 10 | folder 25 | |
Article, “Human Cannonballs” by Fred D. Pfening from Bandwagon, November/December, 1976 | box 10 | folder 26 | |
CBT advertisement with old Barnum advertisements on it c. 1980s | box 10 | folder 27 | |
Illustration, circus scenes, 1883-1884 | box 10 | folder 28 | |
Illustration, Barnum’s Mammoth tent, undated | box 10 | folder 29 | |
Illustration, Greatest Show on Earth with hippos and seal, undated | box 10 | folder 30 | |
Illustration, cut out horse drawn carriage advertising Barnum’s greatest show on Earth, undated | box 10 | folder 31 | |
Illustration, Captain Costentenus, 1876 | box 10 | folder 32 | |
Illustration, Millie Christine, the renowned two headed lady, 1880 | box 10 | folder 33 | |
Illustrations, elephants, Barnum’s white elephant postcards, 1884 | box 10 | folder 45 | |
Illustration, The Barnum and Bailey Circus Girl, 1905 | box 10 | folder 35 | |
Illustration, circus carousel, c. 1911 | box 10 | folder 36 | |
Photograph, Chang the Chinese Giant, undated | box 10 | folder 37 | |
Photograph, William Cody, “Buffalo Bill” | box 10 | folder 38 | |
Photograph, elephants, Head of Grace the Elephant, December 27, 1887 | box 10 | folder 39 | |
Photographs, elephants, Hebe and Baby Bridgeport | box 10 | folder 40 | |
Photographs, elephants, Barnum and elephants on Stratford Avenue Bridge, 1889 | box 10 | folder 41 | |
Photographs, elephants c. 1870s-1890s | box 10 | folder 42 | |
Photograph, Mammoth the Fat Boy, undated | box 10 | folder 43 | |
Photographs, Trapeze artist, male performer, name unknown, undated | box 10 | folder 44 | |
Photographs, circus performers, c. 1870s-1890s | box 10 | folder 45 | |
Photographs, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Middlebrook (Winter Quarters manager), undated | box 10 | folder 46 | |
Photograph, Barnum and Bailey Department of Prodigies at Olympia, London, 1898-1899 | box 10 | folder 47 | |
Photograph, Mabel Stark wrestling with a tiger, undated | box 10 | folder 48 | |
Photograph of a Lillian Leitzel poster, undated | box 10 | folder 49 | |
Real estate ad with Barnum and plastic sheet map of properties for Barnum and Noble, undated | box 10 | folder 50 | |
Negatives for circus material | box 10 | folder 51 | |
Nancy Fish Barnum to Middlebrook, 1890 | box 11 | folder 1 | |
Roberts to Middlebrook, July 31, 1891 | box 11 | folder 2 | |
Roberts to Middlebrook, August 23, 1891 | box 11 | folder 3 | |
H.B. Rennell to Middlebrook, March 1, 1895 | box 11 | folder 4 | |
F.W. Rennell to Middlebrook, March 6, 1895 | box 11 | folder 5 | |
D.W. Thompson to Middlebrook, March 7, 1895 | box 11 | folder 6 | |
Funeral home bill sent to Middlebrook for W.F. Bishop, March 8. 1895 | box 11 | folder 7 | |
Middlebrook death notice telegram from J. Fish to McCaddon | box 11 | folder 8 | |
Jessica Seeley Marshall to Middlebrook, July 9. 1895 | box 11 | folder 9 | |
Mary L. Chasebrough to Dear Friend, August 14, 1905 | box 11 | folder 10 | |
Illustrations of Baby Bridgeport, 1882 | box 11 | folder 11 | |
Photographs of elephants at Winter Quarters, c. 1922; undated | box 11 | folder 12 | |
Winter Quarters buildings and grounds, building plan, c. 1927 | box 11 | folder 13 | |
Winter Quarters buildings and grounds, illustrations, 1871-1927 | box 11 | folder 14 | |
Winter Quarters buildings and grounds, postcard views, 1909; undated | box 11 | folder 15 | |
Winter Quarters buildings and grounds, railroad, 1871-1927 | box 11 | folder 16 | |
Winter Quarters buildings and grounds, yard, 1871-1927 | box 11 | folder 17 | |
Illustrations, Winter Quarters fire, 1927 | box 11 | folder 18 | |
Photographs, aftermath of Winter Quarters fire, 1927 | box 11 | folder 19 | |
Winter Quarters negatives, 1871-1927 | box 11 | folder 20 | |
Booklet, RGN studio on the old grounds of Winter Quarters, undated | box 11 | folder 21 | |
Courier, P.T. Barnum's the World in Contribution for Taunton, New Bedford, Fall River, and North Bridgewater, May 7-10, 1873 | box Drawer 8 | folder 1 | |
Courier: P.T. Barnum's Great Traveling World's Fair for Boston, Mass., May 12, 1873 | box Drawer 8 | folder 2 | |
Courier, P.T. Barnum’s illustrated news, Bridgeport, CT, May 3, 1880 | box Drawer 8 | folder 3 | |
Courier: P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and the Great London Circus for June 1, 1881, in Lowell, MA (red paper) | box Drawer 8 | folder 4 | |
Courier: Barnum and London Eight United Shows at Madison Square Garden commencing Monday, March 26, 1882 [red paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 5 | |
Courier, “Book of Jumbo”, Newburyport, July 19, 1882 | box Drawer 8 | folder 6 | |
Courier: P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth combined with the Great London Circus for Jackson, August 28, 1884 | box Drawer 8 | folder 7 | |
Courier: P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and Great London Circus for Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1885-1887 (white paper) | box Drawer 8 | folder 8 | |
Courier: P.T. Barnum and Co's United Greatest Show On Earth, Sanger's Royal British Menagerie, Great London Circus, and Grand International Allied Shows for Newburyport, July 18, 1887 | box Drawer 8 | folder 9 | |
Courier: "Barnum's Wonders, an Illustrated History of the Hindoo Hairy Family and other prodigious and exclusive features of the Greatest Show on Earth" for Fall River, June 17, 1888 | box Drawer 8 | folder 10 | |
Courier: Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth and the Great London Circus for Lowell, July 5, 1889 [red paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 11 | |
Courier: P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth in London, November 11, 1889 (owned by the Bridgeport History Center) (color cover) | box Drawer 8 | folder 12 | |
Courier: Fall of Babylon at Oakland Garden, Boston, June 30, 1890 [red paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 13 | |
Courier: Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth for Madison Square Garden, beginning Thursday night on March 26, 1891 [yellow paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 14 | |
Courier: Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth for Lowell on May 22, 1891 | box Drawer 8 | folder 15 | |
Courier: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth for Lowell, Mass., June 22, 1891 [red paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 16 | |
Courier : The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, Imre Kiralfy's Columbus and the Discovery of America for Jersey City, Monday, May 2, 1887; Bridgeport, Monday May 29, 1892; Newark New Jersey on May 4-5, 1892 [red paper and blue paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 17 | |
Courier: the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth for Madison Square Garden, March 28, 1895, featuring a "New Ethnological Congress of Strange and Savage People" | box Drawer 8 | folder 18 | |
Courier: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, "The World Its Field" for Bridgeport, Friday, June 19, 1903[?] | box Drawer 8 | folder 19 | |
Courier: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show, "Joan of Arc", for Saturday, August 10, 1912 | box Drawer 8 | folder 20 | |
Courier, Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on earth and the Gorgeous Indo-Arabic 1250 Character Oriental Wordlessly Play the Wizard Prince of Arabia, 1914 | box Drawer 8 | folder 21 | |
Courier: Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, "New Superb Spectacle Cleopatra" c. 1910s | box Drawer 8 | folder 22 | |
Courier: Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth for Bradford, Friday, September 18, [check year] [reproduction] | box Drawer 8 | folder 23 | |
Program: Dan Rice's Paris Pavilion circus, New York, September 25, 1871 | box Drawer 8 | folder 24 | |
Program: The Arena in New York City for Monday, November 18, 1872 | box Drawer 8 | folder 25 | |
Program: P.T. Barnum's Great Roman Hippodrome bill of the performance for the week ending November 21, 1874 | box Drawer 8 | folder 26 | |
Program: P.T. Barnum's Great Roman Hippodrome bill of the performance for the week ending April 3, 1875 | box Drawer 8 | folder 27 | |
Program: P.T. Barnum's Great Roman Hippodrome, 1875 | box Drawer 8 | folder 28 | |
Program: P.T. Barnum's Daily Show Program for Boston, Mass., 1876 | box Drawer 8 | folder 29 | |
P.T. Barnum’s Daily Program, May 15, 1880 | box Drawer 8 | folder 30 | |
Program: P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and the Great London Circus at Madison Square Garden, March 25, 1882 | box Drawer 8 | folder 31 | |
Program: Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and Great London Circus at Madison Square Garden, 1884 [red paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 32 | |
Program: Barnum and London 9 Jumbo Shows United for Madison Square Garden, April 22, 1886 | box Drawer 8 | folder 33 | |
Program: P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth combined with the Great London Circus [...] for Madison Square Garden, 1888 | box Drawer 8 | folder 45 | |
Program: P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth,…Great London Circus. Combined, for the N.Y .season only, with Adam Forepaugh’s, 1887 | box Drawer 8 | folder 35 | |
Program: Barnum and Bailey's 15 New United Shows[...] Madison Square Garden Regular Programme, 1889 | box Drawer 8 | folder 36 | |
Program: P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and Great London Circus for Lowell, Mass. or Boston, Mass, 1889 [pink paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 37 | |
Program: Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth for Boston, Mass, Lowell, Mass, and Madison Square Garden, New York, 1891 [orange paper] [extremely fragile] | box Drawer 8 | folder 38 | |
Program: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth official program for Nashua, New Hampshire, July 3, 1893 [red paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 39 | |
Program: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth for Boston, June 11-16, 1894, [range paper] | box Drawer 8 | folder 40 | |
Program: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth for Madison Square Garden beginning April 19, 1897, orange paper | box Drawer 8 | folder 41 | |
Program: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, the Newly Added Cleopatra, for Spokane, Monday. August 12, 1912 | box Drawer 8 | folder 42 | |
Handbill: Dan Rice's Circus, "This Very Monday, January 11, for Kemp's Benefit, nothing but fun and frolic." January 11, 1871 | box Drawer 9 | folder 1 | |
Handbill: "P.T. Barnum's Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan...", 1871 | box Drawer 9 | folder 2 | |
Handbill: P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and the Great London Circus, Sanger's Royal British Menagerie and Grand International Allied Shows performing in Bath, Maine, on June 15, 1881. | box Drawer 9 | folder 3 | |
Handbill: "The Towering Giant Consolidation! P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and the Great London circus" for 1881 featuring Chang the Chinese Giant | box Drawer 9 | folder 4 | |
Handbill: "Better Wait for Jumbo and the Entire United 8 Monster Shows" with blank space for show location, 1882-1885 | box Drawer 9 | folder 5 | |
Handbill: "Barnum and London, Barnum Returns No More" Lowell, Mass., for June 22, 1884 featuring Jumbo [yellow paper] | box Drawer 9 | folder 6 | |
Handbill: "P.T. Barnum's Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Hippodrome..[and]...Dan Costello's Mammoth Circus....Opinions of the American Press" 1884 | box Drawer 9 | folder 7 | |
Handbill :"The Great and Only Barnum and London 10 United Monster Exhibitions" with emphasis on excursion rates, July 25, 1887 | box Drawer 9 | folder 8 | |
Handbill: "Madison Square Garden Inauguration of the Hippodrome Season", 1887 | box Drawer 9 | folder 9 | |
Handbill: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth for Anderson, Ind. July 9, 1890 featuring the racetrack at Olympia on one side and Nero or the Destruction of Rome on the other [green paper] | box Drawer 9 | folder 10 | |
Handbill: Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson's Barnum and London Shows for Lowell, Mass. Friday July 11, 1884 featuring the Sacred White Elephant and Jumbo on both sides | box Drawer 9 | folder 11 | |
Handbill: "The P.T. Barnum and J.A. bailey Greatest Show On Earth [...] and with it Imre Kiralfy's Nero" for Springfield, July 18, 1890 | box Drawer 9 | folder 12 | |
Handbill: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Shows on Earth for Reading, May 14, 1891 with red and black ink, featuring "Cheap Excursions from All Ponits" and "Hands Across the Sea" on one side and "Nero or the Destruction of Rome" on the other | box Drawer 9 | folder 13 | |
Handbill: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth for Lowell, Monday, June 22, 1891 featuring the interior of the Greatest Show on Earth on one side and Nero or the Destruction of Rome on the other [yellow-green paper] | box Drawer 9 | folder 14 | |
Handbill: The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth for Woonsocket, June 20, 1893 featuring Imre Kiralfy's Columbus on both sides, plus acrobats [green paper] (2 COPIES) | box Drawer 9 | folder 15 | |
Handbill: "Truth! [...] Compare! [...] Great London Circus and P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth" for Monday, May 1, in Buffalo, New York [yellow paper] | box Drawer 9 | folder 16 | |
Handbill: "Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp" written in Hebrew, playing at Madison Square Garden, April 7-14, 1917 | box Drawer 9 | folder 17 | |
Program notes for Brattleboro Vermont, July 21, 1885 and Lowell MA, July 22, 1885 | box Drawer 10 | folder 1 | |
Barnum and Bailey circus route sheets for 1892; 1910; 1912 | box Drawer 10 | folder 2 | |
Children’s book, "P.T. Barnum's Circus with text and illustrations arranged for little people” by P.T. Barnum and Sarah J. Burke, 1888 | box Drawer 10 | folder 3 | |
Children’s book, removed pages from “P.T. Barnum's Circus with text and illustrations arranged for little people” by P.T. Barnum and Sarah J. Burke, 1888 | box Drawer 10 | folder 4 | |
Children’s book, "Barnum’s Great Show", 1889 | box Drawer 10 | folder 5 | |
Children’s book, “The Great American Menagerie “ | box Drawer 10 | folder 6 | |
Object, Gold belt buckle made by Tiffany and Company commemorating the 1908 circus season | box Drawer 10 | folder 7 | |
Film canister containing a catalog of circus items sold at auction, 1894 | box Drawer 10 | folder 8 | |
Illustration, Roman Hippodrome in Madison Square Garden from the Daily Graphic, March 5, 1874 | box Drawer 10 | folder 9 | |
Illustration, Roman Hippodrome interior from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, May 9, 1874 | box Drawer 10 | folder 10 | |
Illustration, various circus animals at the winter quarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut from Harper’s Weekly, February 18, 1882 | box Drawer 10 | folder 11 | |
Illustration, Bathing elephants in Central Park from Harper’s Weekly, August 21, 1886 | box Drawer 10 | folder 12 | |
Enlarged copies of Illustrations taken from an unknown program or courier, c. 1880s-1900s | box Drawer 10 | folder 13 | |
Scrapbook, Circus Book pictures and articles pertaining to the American Museum and later period circus material, 1850s-1938 | box Drawer 10 | folder 14 | |
Fragment, Daily Mirror and American, “Barnum is Coming”, June 8, 1878 * | box Drawer 10 | folder 15 | |
Fragment, various newspaper fragments, undated | box Drawer 10 | folder 16 | |
Fragment, various newspapers, handbills, and couriers, undated | box Drawer 10 | folder 17 | |
Newspaper, Harper’s Weekly, October 4, 1879 | box Drawer 10 | folder 18 | |
Newspaper, ad taken from Cooley’s Weekly, June 4, 1887 | box Drawer 10 | folder 19 | |
Newspaper, Boston Herald featuring the Hippodrome, July, 1874 | box Drawer 10 | folder 20 | |
Newspaper, Daily Mirror and American featuring the Hippodrome, May 28, 1875 | box Drawer 10 | folder 21 | |
Newspaper, Free Press [Burlington VT] , June 27, 1879 | box Drawer 10 | folder 22 | |
Newspaper, The Hartford Globe, May 24, 1885 | box Drawer 10 | folder 23 | |
Newspaper, New York Tribune, December 7, 1887 | box Drawer 10 | folder 24 | |
Newspaper, New York Family Story Paper, supplement, December 24, 1887 | box Drawer 10 | folder 25 | |
Newspaper, The Daily Graphic, an illustrated evening newspaper, March 23, 1889 | box Drawer 10 | folder 26 | |
Newspaper, Feature on Madison Square Garden from the New York Times, May 21, 1967 | box Drawer 10 | folder 27 | |
Newspaper, History of Madison Square Garden from the New York Times, February 14, 1968 | box Drawer 10 | folder 28 | |
Article, Madison Square Garden through the Ages from unknown source, undated | box Drawer 10 | folder 29 | |
Article, The Glory of the Circus Parades, by T.F.Magner, undated | box Drawer 10 | folder 30 | |
Photograph: Carl Claire’s Military Band [12 ½” x 17 ¼”] from Schneider Collection, 1889-19899 | box Drawer 10 | folder 31 | |
Photograph: Circus in Hungary [12 ½” x 16 ¼”] from Schneider Collection, undated | box Drawer 10 | folder 32 | |
Photograph, circus elephants at winter quarters in Bridgeport, Conn, copy 1, undated | box Drawer 10 | folder 33 | |
Photograph, circus elephants at winter quarters in Bridgeport, Conn, copy 2, undated | box Drawer 10 | folder 45 | |
Series IV: Jumbo | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Ad for Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth featuring Jumbo c. 1880s | box 12 | folder 1 | |
Billy Burke's Jumbo Songster c. 1881 | box 12 | folder 2 | |
Jumbo trade cards by J.H. Bufford's Sons, 1882 | box 12 | folder 3 | |
Advertising trade cards with Jumbo c. 1800s | box 12 | folder 4 | |
The New York Receipt Book featuring Jumbo on page 21, 1883 | box 12 | folder 5 | |
Keer and Co Cord ad with Jumbo and "The History of Jumbo" c. 1800s | box 12 | folder 6 | |
Spool cotton thread ad with Jumbo, c. 1880s | box 12 | folder 7 | |
The Story of Jumbo by W.F. L. Edwards, 1935 | box 12 | folder 8 | |
Jumbo's Jolly Tales, unknown author. Circa 20th century | box 12 | folder 9 | |
The Tuftonian, volume 1, number 2, January 1941 | box 12 | folder 10 | |
Clippings related to Jumbo's death, 1885 | box 12 | folder 11 | |
Clippings, 1959; 1982 | box 12 | folder 12 | |
Jumbo picture clippings, 1881, 1882, n.d | box 12 | folder 13 | |
Illustrations, Jumbo in park in London c. 1870s | box 12 | folder 14 | |
Illustrations, Jumbo from various sources, c. 1884; undated | box 12 | folder 15 | |
Illustrations, Jumbo's departure from London and arrival (includes negatives) c. 1880s | box 12 | folder 16 | |
Photographs, Jumbo as a child with Matthew Scott | box 12 | folder 17 | |
Photographs, Jumbo with Matthew Scott in zoo setting | box 12 | folder 18 | |
Photographs, Jumbo with Matthew Scott, c. 1879s-1885 | box 12 | folder 19 | |
Photographs, Jumbo, dead, September 15, 1885 | box 12 | folder 20 | |
Photographs, Jumbo's Skeleton at the Museum of Natural History, 1950s | box 12 | folder 21 | |
Photographs, Jumbo mounted prior to Tufts | box 12 | folder 22 | |
Photographs, Jumbo at Tufts, c. 1940s-1950s | box 12 | folder 23 | |
Photographs, Jumbo's successor at Regent Park Zoo, undated | box 12 | folder 24 | |
Newspaper, New York Family Story Paper, supplement, December 24, 1887 | box 12 | folder 25 | |
Newspaper, The Daily Graphic, an illustrated evening newspaper, March 23, 1889 | box 12 | folder 26 | |
Newspaper, Feature on Madison Square Garden from the New York Times, May 21, 1967 | box 12 | folder 27 | |
Newspaper, History of Madison Square Garden from the New York Times, February 14, 1968 | box 12 | folder 28 | |
Article, Madison Square Garden through the Ages from unknown source, undated | box 12 | folder 29 | |
Article, The Glory of the Circus Parades, by T.F.Magner, undated | box 12 | folder 30 | |
Photograph: Carl Claire’s Military Band [12 ½” x 17 ¼”] from Schneider Collection, 1889-19899 | box 12 | folder 31 | |
Photograph: Circus in Hungary [12 ½” x 16 ¼”] from Schneider Collection, undated | box 12 | folder 32 | |
Photograph, circus elephants at winter quarters in Bridgeport, Conn, copy 1, undated | box 12 | folder 33 | |
Photograph, circus elephants at winter quarters in Bridgeport, Conn, copy 2, undated | box 12 | folder 45 | |
Box with circle of Jumbo's tusk c. 1885, tip of Columbia's tusk | box Drawer 7 | folder 1 | |
Jumbo trade cards (52), n.d | box Drawer 7 | folder 2 | |
Jumbo plate, undated | box Drawer 7 | folder 3 | |
Baby Bridgeport statue | box Drawer 7 | folder 4 | |
"Jumbo" a ballad from Young Ladies Journal, May 1, 1882 | box =Drawer 7 | folder 5 | |
Sheet music, Jumbo march, undated 1 of 2 | box Drawer 7 | folder 6 | |
Sheet music, Jumbo March, 2 of 2 | box Drawer 7 | folder 7 | |
Cut outs of Jumbo c. 1880s | box Drawer 7 | folder 8 | |
England’s Loss is America’s Gain,c. 1882 | box Drawer 7 | folder 9 | |
The London Illustrated News, Arrival of the White Elephant from Burmah and illustrations of Jumbo, January 26, 1884 | box Drawer 7 | folder 10 | |
Illustration, the White Elephant, 1884 | box Drawer 7 | folder 11 | |
Photographs, Jumbo dead on tracks | box Drawer 7 | folder 12 | |
Magazine, the Animal World, April 1882 | box Drawer 7 | folder 13 | |
Series V: Jenny Lind | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Correspondence, outcoming from Lind, c. 1847-1858; undated | box 13 | folder 1 | |
Correspondence, incoming to Lind, undated | box 13 | folder 2 | |
Correspondence, Felix Mendelssohn Bartoldy to Gustav Naunberg regarding Lind, February 8, 1846 | box 13 | folder 3 | |
Correspondence, David Shaw, Lind’s P.R. Manager, October 5, 1850 | box 13 | folder 4 | |
Letter, to or from H.W. Jewett, c. 1850-1851 | box 13 | folder 5 | |
Manuscript, ‘Jenny Lind At Last’ (play?) by Baron, undated | box 13 | folder 6 | |
Program, Tremont Temple, Boston, c. 1850 | box 13 | folder 7 | |
Program, Tripler Hall, November 7, 1850 | box 13 | folder 8 | |
Program, Tripler Hall, November 14, 1850 | box 13 | folder 9 | |
Program, Gran Teatro de Tacon, January 13, 1851 | box 13 | folder 10 | |
Program, May 9, 1851 | box 13 | folder 11 | |
Program, the Melodeon, June 18, 1851 | box 13 | folder 12 | |
Program, (photocopy), July 5, 1851 | box 13 | folder 13 | |
Program, Mrs. Otto Goldschmidt, May 21, 1852 | box 13 | folder 14 | |
Program, undated | box 13 | folder 15 | |
Jenny Lind celebrating Christmas with Hans Christian Andersen copy, undated | box 13 | folder 16 | |
Advertisements for Lind concerts at Theatre Royal, London; Royal Amphitheatre, 1847, FRAGILE | box 13 | folder 17 | |
Tickets, various Lind concerts, 1850-1851 | box 13 | folder 18 | |
Book, “Jenny Lind: Ein Skizze ihres Lebens” 1846 | box 13 | folder 19 | |
Book, “The Life of Jenny Lind...her genius, struggles, and triumphs” by C.G Goldschmidt, 1850 | box 13 | folder 20 | |
Book, “Life of Jenny Lind” by G.C. Foster, 1850 | box 13 | folder 21 | |
Book, “Flowers of Literature and Ladies Keepsake” 1850 | box 13 | folder 22 | |
Book, “Jenny Lind’s Tour through America and Cuba, 1851 | box 13 | folder 23 | |
Booklet, “Jenny Lind Comic Almanac” 1851 | box 13 | folder 24 | |
Book, “Jenny Lind, her vocal art and cadence” 1894 | box 14 | folder 1 | |
Sheet music, Jenny Lind Album c. 1850s | box 14 | folder 2 | |
Sheet music, “Metropolitan songster” c. 1850s | box 14 | folder 3 | |
Song book, “Jenny Lind Songster and Ethiopian Melodist” undated | box 14 | folder 4 | |
Song book, “The Swedish Nightingale Songster” undated | box 14 | folder 5 | |
Bank notes with Lind on them (5), c. 1850s | box 14 | folder 6 | |
Booklet with article on Lind, page 79, “Pictorial National Library” 1849 | box 14 | folder 7 | |
Booklet with article on Lind, “Woodsworth’s Youth’s Cabinet” vol 5. No. 4, April 1850 | box 14 | folder 8 | |
Clippings, magazine articles, 1851-1852; undated | box 14 | folder 9 | |
Clippings, contemporary to Lind, includes concert information and marriage information, c. 1850s-1890s | box 14 | folder 10 | |
Clippings, arrival in America and first concert, September 1850 | box 14 | folder 11 | |
Clippings, reviews, 1850s | box 14 | folder 12 | |
Clippings, related to Lind and Hans Christen Andersen, 1928; undated | box 14 | folder 13 | |
Clippings, brief biographies, 1947; mid 20th century | box 14 | folder 14 | |
Clippings, related to various Lind anniversaries, 1949; 1970; undated | box 14 | folder 15 | |
Clippings, biographical articles, 1968-1970, undated | box 14 | folder 16 | |
Clippings, citations of various articles on Lind, undat | box 14 | folder 17 | |
Illustration, Lind, published by John Neale, undated | box 15 | folder 1 | |
Illustration, Lind, engraved by J,C. McRae, undated | box 15 | folder 2 | |
Illustration, Lind in La Sonnambola (character role), 1847 | box 15 | folder 3 | |
Illustration, Jenny Lind as Alice at Her Majesty’s Theatre, August 26, 1848 | box 15 | folder 4 | |
Illustration, portrait of Jenny Lind around age 18, by J. Fagerplan | box 15 | folder 5 | |
Illustration, Lind by W. C. Wrankmore | box 15 | folder 6 | |
Illustration, portrait of Jenny Lind by Edward Mangus, 1862 | box 15 | folder 7 | |
Illustration, Lind, Belletti, and Benedict, c. 1850s | box 15 | folder 8 | |
Illustration first lessons from the Nightingale, c 1850 | box 15 | folder 9 | |
Illustration, portrait of Lind by Zeichnung von. O Sodermark, undated | box 15 | folder 10 | |
Illustration, young Lind with sheet music,undated | box 15 | folder 11 | |
Illustration, painting of Lind by L. Asher, undated | box 15 | folder 12 | |
Illustrations, Lind, young, undated | box 15 | folder 13 | |
Photograph, daguerreotype of Lind c. 1850s-1860s | box 15 | folder 14 | |
Illustrations, Lind from daguerreotype, various engraver. c. 1850s-1860s | box 15 | folder 15 | |
Illustration, older Lind by W. B. Closson, 1881 | box 15 | folder 16 | |
Illustrations, Lind, older, undated | box 15 | folder 17 | |
Photographs, Lind, older, undated | box 15 | folder 18 | |
Illustrations, Lind being welcomed to America in New York City, 1850 | box 15 | folder 19 | |
Illustration, Lind performing at Castle Garden fro Orcutt, c. 1887 | box 15 | folder 20 | |
Illustration, Lind’s home, undated | box 15 | folder 21 | |
Illustrations, exterior of Castle Garden, c. 19th century | box 15 | folder 22 | |
Illustrations, interior of Castle Garden, c. 19th century | box 15 | folder 23 | |
Photograph, statue of Lind in Stockholm, c. 1930s | box 15 | folder 24 | |
Photographs and illustration of bust of Lind by J. Durham, c. 1880s and 20th century | box 15 | folder 25 | |
Photographs, negatives for images in Lind series | box 15 | folder 26 | |
Photograph, Leni [name?] as Lind in the CBS program “You Are There”, April 10, 1955 | box 15 | folder 27 | |
Ah! Don’t Mingel, One Human Feeling. Composed by Bellini, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 1 | |
Annie Laurie, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 2 | |
The Birds’ Song. Composed by M. Taubert, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 3 | |
[Be Watchful and Beware] The Song of the Gipsy, undated. | box Drawer 3 | folder 4 | |
By the Sad Sea Waves. Composed by J. Benedict (3 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 5 | |
Comin’ thro’ the Rye. (2 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 6 | |
Cradle Song, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 7 | |
Deux Rondinos – Polkas: #2 Jenny Lind. Jenny Lind’s Favorite Polka. With variations by Czerny, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 8 | |
Dodge's literary museum vol 9 no 22, November 4, 1854 | box Drawer 3 | folder 9 | |
The Dream. From the original of Frederica Bremer adapted by Carl Muller (3 copies),undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 10 | |
The Evening Breeze. (Gently Sighs the Breeze.) music by Stephen Glover, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 11 | |
The Gipsy Polka. Composed by Leutner, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 12 | |
Grand Valse de Caprice. Composed by Theod. Von La Hache, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 13 | |
Herd Song, the Celebrated Echo Song, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 14 | |
Homage à Jenny Lind. Composed by Carl Lobe, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 15 | |
I Will Never Wend From Three. Arranged by Charles M. King, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 16 | |
I’ve left the Snow-Clad Hills. Music by G. Linley (3 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 17 | |
Jenny Lind’s English Polka. Composed by Ricardo Linter, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 18 | |
Jenny Lind's Fashionable Songster, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 19 | |
Jenny Lind’s Favorite Polka. Arranged by N.P.B. Curtis, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 20 | |
Jenny Lind’s Favorite Serenading Polka or the National Schottisch. Arranged by H.P. Weller, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 21 | |
Jenny Lind’s Greeting to America. Composed by Julius Benedict, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 22 | |
Jenny Lind’s Last Night in England. English words by Charles Jeffreys, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 23 | |
Jenny Lind’s Salutation to America. Music by M. Strakosch , undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 24 | |
Jenny Lind’s Swedish Mountain Bells. Composed by John Barnett, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 25 | |
The Jenny Lind Mania. Written by W.H.C. West [literary magazine, back page], undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 26 | |
Jenny Lind Melodist by William H. Murphy, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 27 | |
Jenny Lind Newspaper, F. Gleason, Boston, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 28 | |
Jenny Lind Polka. Arranged by a. Wallerstein, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 29 | |
Jenny Lind Polka. Arranged by Allen Dodworth (7 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 30 | |
Jenny Lind Polka. Arranged by N. Andrew Baldwin, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 31 | |
Jenny Lind Waltz. Music by Ludwig Hagemann, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 32 | |
Les Ideales. Composed by Charles Grobe (2 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 33 | |
Lindianna or Jenny Lind’s Dream Waltz. Composed by Carl Lobe, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 45 | |
The Lonely Rose. Music by M.W. Balfe, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 35 | |
The Little Golden Ring by Robert Schumann, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 36 | |
Love Smiles No More. Music by Berg (2 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 37 | |
The Mountaineer’s Song, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 38 | |
My Home My Happy Home. Music by G.A. Hodson (6 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 39 | |
My Heart With Fond Emotion. Music by Donizetti, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 40 | |
Ossian’s Serenade. Music by Ossian E. 8. Dodge (2 copies) [cover only located] | box Drawer 3 | folder 41 | |
The poetry by J. Wrey Mould, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 42 | |
A Ride I Once Was Taking. Composed by Fred. Kucken, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 43 | |
The Sea King’s Bride. Music by Ahlstrom (2 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 44 | |
Seek Not to Know the Future. Music by Charles W. Clover, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 45 | |
The Serious Family Polka, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 46 | |
Sheet music covers, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 47 | |
Sheet music | box Drawer 3 | folder 48 | |
Somnambulist’s Song. Words by Charles Jefferys (1 copy), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 49 | |
Song of the Gipsy, Seek not to know the future, Charles W. Clover, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 50 | |
Songs of Germany, Sung by Mlle. Jenny Lind: Ah, Lovely, Lovely Maiden Covers of sheet music, without the music – all in one covers, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 51 | |
Songs of Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 52 | |
Soul of My Blessed Adored One, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 53 | |
Souvenir de Jenny Lind. #4 Theme de Lucrezia Borgia, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 54 | |
Sounds So Entrancing. Composed by Andrea’s Randel, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 55 | |
The Swedish Carrier Dove. Arranged for guitar by M. Zorer, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 56 | |
The Swedish Star Polka. Composed by J.T. Treakell (2 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 57 | |
Take this Lute. Composed by Jules Benedict (2 copies), undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 58 | |
Tis the Last Rose of Summer. ch: Charles Grobe, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 59 | |
Welcome Jenny Lind in America. Composed by Francois Stuckler, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 60 | |
Winter Warm’d Into Showers, undated | box Drawer 3 | folder 61 | |
A Set of Jenny Lind’s Songs Arranged for the Piano, undated : I’ve Left the Snow Clad Hills; The Stars of Heaven are Gleaming; The Sea Kings Bride; Farewell My Fatherland ; My Home My Happy Home | box Drawer 3 | folder 62 | |
Child of the Regiment, music by Donizetti, undated : Child of the Regiment. (4 copies); Theme de L’Infant du Regiment; Salut à La France. (2 copies) | box Drawer 3 | folder 63 | |
Farewell Songs of Jenny Lind in America (set), undated: Comin’ Thro the Rye. (2 copies); The Last Rose of Summer; Home Sweet Home. | box Drawer 3 | folder 64 | |
Set, undated: The Stars of Heav’n are Gleaming; The Sea Kings Bride; Farewell My Fatherland; My Home My Happy Home | box Drawer 3 | folder 65 | |
Set, undated: My Heart With fond Emotion; Lament For Home; The Camp Was My Home; Swedish Nightingale | box Drawer 3 | folder 66 | |
Set, undated : Olison's serenade; La Fille du Régiment; Bird Song; My Home, My Happy Home | box Drawer 3 | folder 67 | |
Plate, undated | box Drawer 4 | folder 1 | |
Brooch, undated | box Drawer 4 | folder 2 | |
Buttons with Lind, undated | box Drawer 4 | folder 3 | |
Illustration, Lind with Belleit | box Drawer 4 | folder 4 | |
Illustration, Lind at Castle Garden, undated | box Drawer 4 | folder 5 | |
Illustrations, Linden taken from various song sheets, undated | box Drawer 4 | folder 6 | |
Book, Fran Delaware till Garbo, Swedish publication with Lind and Barnum illustrations, 1938 | box Drawer 4 | folder 7 | |
Dodge's Literary Magazine, "Jenny Lind Mania" Nov 4, 1859 | box Drawer 4 | folder 8 | |
Etude, May 1938, Lind on cover | box Drawer 4 | folder 9 | |
Etude covers, 1913 | box Drawer 4 | folder 10 | |
Jenny Lind illustrations, see listing | box Drawer 4 | folder 11 | |
Gleason, Jenny Lind and Castle Garden, 1850 | box Drawer 4 | folder 12 | |
Program and ticket from first concert at Castle Garden, September 11, 1850 | box Drawer 4 | folder 13 | |
Illustration, Jenny Lind after life by Wolf | box Drawer 4 | folder 14 | |
Illustration, lithograph of Jenny Lind, | box Drawer 4 | folder 15 | |
Articles: September 3, 1850; The Illustrated London News, Reception of Jenny Lind in NY , September 21, 1850; The Illustrated London News, Jenny Lind in NY [large illus], September, 28 1850; The Illustrated London News, Jenny Lind in NY [illus], October 5, 1850; The Illustrated London News, Jenny Lind in NY , November 2, 1850; The Illustrated London News, Advertising in the United States , November 23, 1850; The Illustrated London News, Last Concert in NY, December 7, 1850; The Illustrated London News,Madame Goldschmidt at Exeter Hall [illus], December 22, 1855; The Illustrated London News, Baltimore Appearance, December 28, 1850; Norwich Weekly Courier, Farewell Visit to NY , May 28, 1851; Illustrated News of the World, Jenny Lind’s Life as an Artist [illus] , June 6, 1891; The Illustrated London News, NYC Firemen’s Testimonial [illus] , June 21, 1851; The Illustrated London News, Hartford Crowd Situation, July 26, 1851 | box Drawer 4 | folder 16 | |
Series VI: Charles S. Stratton and M. Lavinia Warren | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Stratton autographs and Warren autographs, December 28, 1878 | box 16 | folder 1 | |
Handbill, Stratton as Tom Thumb at the Brooklyn Institute, 1860, FRAGILE | box 16 | folder 2 | |
Handbill, Courthouse in Po’keepsie, August 26 and 27 c. 1850s-1860s | box 16 | folder 3 | |
Handbill, (copy) for Stratton at Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, c. 1844 | box 16 | folder 4 | |
Ticket, General Tom Thumb’s Entertainment, undated | box 16 | folder 5 | |
Handbill copy, Stratton, Warren and others at Central Music Hall c. 1870s | box 16 | folder 6 | |
Handbill reproductions from Mabel Leigh Hunt c. 1954 | box 16 | folder 7 | |
Calling card , Mr. and Mrs. Stratton, February 19, no year | box 16 | folder 8 | |
Book, “Sketch of the Life of...Charles Stratton…” 1849 | box 16 | folder 9 | |
Book, “Life and Travels of Tom Thumb…” 1849 | box 16 | folder 10 | |
Book, “Sketch of the Life of General Tom Thumb…” 1852 | box 16 | folder 11 | |
Book, “Sketch of the Life of General Tom Thumb…” 1854 | box 16 | folder 12 | |
Book, “Sketch of the Life….Charles S. Stratton” 1859 | box 16 | folder 13 | |
Book, “A Sketch of the Life of Charles S. Stratton, Personal Appearance….” 1863 | box 16 | folder 14 | |
Book, “Sketch of the Life of Charles S. Stratton…” 1867 | box 16 | folder 15 | |
Book, “Sketch of the Life of Charles S. Stratton…” 1869 | box 16 | folder 16 | |
Book, “Gen. Tom Thumb’s 3 Years Tour Around the World” 1 of 2, 1872 | box 16 | folder 17 | |
Book, “Gen. Tom Thumb’s 3 Years Tour Around the World” 2 of 2, 1872 | box 16 | folder 18 | |
Book, “Sketch of the Life, Personal Appearance...of Charles S. Stratton…” 1874 | box 16 | folder 19 | |
Book, “The History of Tom Thumb” from Aunt Louisa’s series, 1875 | box 16 | folder 20 | |
Book, Madame Tussaud and Son’s catalogues, 1878; 1886 | box 16 | folder 21 | |
Book, “The Story that Never Grows Old” by Benjamin J. Bump, 1953 | box 16 | folder 22 | |
Book, MGM Presents: Tom Thumb, the great big story about a daring little man” [comic book], 1958 | box 16 | folder 23 | |
Book, “Reading the Wonders of Tom Thumb” undated | box 17 | folder 1 | |
Book, “The American General Tom Thumb” undated | box 17 | folder 2 | |
Book, “Grandmama Peases’s General Tom Thumb” undated | box 17 | folder 3 | |
Book, “Life of Gen. Tom Thumb” undated | box 17 | folder 4 | |
Book cover, “Barnum Presents: General Tom Thumb” by Alice Curtis Desmond, undated | box 17 | folder 5 | |
Title page proof for “Have You Seen Tom Thumb” by Mabel Leigh Hunt, 1942 | box 17 | folder 6 | |
Paperdoll, Stratton as Tom Thumb by McLaughlin Bros. c. 1860s | box 17 | folder 7 | |
Clipping about paper dolls of Stratton, Nutt, and others, March, 1952 | box 17 | folder 8 | |
Stratton as Tom Thumb by Charles Baugniet, 1844 | box 17 | folder 9 | |
Print of Stratton painting by R. R. Reinagle | box 17 | folder 10 | |
Illustration, Stratton as Tom Thumb under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen | box 17 | folder 11 | |
Illustrations, Stratton as Tom Thumb in costumes from the 1861 Currier and Ives, painted over print, 1 of 2 , c. 1860s (1, 2, 3) | box 17 | folder 12 | |
Illustrations, Stratton as Tom Thumb in costumes from the 1861 Currier and Ives, painted over print, 2 of 2, c. 1860s (1, 2) | box 17 | folder 13 | |
Illustrations, Stratton as Tom Thumb in costumes from the 1861 Currier and Ives, center image. 1860s | box 17 | folder 14 | |
Illustration, Stratton as Tom Thumb in his carriage, undated | box 17 | folder 15 | |
Illustrations, Stratton’s life by E. Sears, undated (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) | box 17 | folder 16 | |
Photograph of daguerreotype of Stratton and man thought to be his father, c. 1842 | box 17 | folder 17 | |
Photograph of daguerreotype of Stratton as Napoleon, c. 1843 | box 17 | folder 18 | |
Photograph, Barnum and young Stratton, c. 1850s | box 17 | folder 19 | |
Photograph, Barnum and Stratton, stereo option, undated | box 17 | folder 20 | |
Photograph, Stratton as Tom Thumb in Scottishand Napoleon costumes; with Abraham Lincoln, done in Norwalk, C.T., c. 1850s | box 17 | folder 21 | |
Photograph, Stratton as Tom Thumb in Sailorand Napoleon costumes done in Norwalk, C.T., c. 1850s | box 17 | folder 22 | |
Photograph, Stratton in suit leaning on column, 1856 | box 17 | folder 23 | |
Stereograph, Stratton c. 1860s | box 17 | folder 24 | |
Carte de Visite, Stratton as Tom Thumb | box 17 | folder 25 | |
Photograph, Stratton performing in Scotsman costume | box 17 | folder 26 | |
Photograph, Stratton in Knights Templar uniform by George T. Burnham of Middleboro, MA, undated | box 17 | folder 27 | |
Photograph, Stratton, older, possibly with his father ,undated | box 17 | folder 28 | |
Photograph, Stratton, Warren, and a baby | box 17 | folder 29 | |
Photograph, Stratton and Warren, older, together on a balcony | box 17 | folder 30 | |
Photograph, older Stratton and Warren beside a bed (bed now held by Barnum Museum), c. 1870s-1880s | box 17 | folder 31 | |
Photograph, Stratton’s Grave at Mountain Grove Cemetery, undated | box 17 | folder 32 | |
Photograph, Stratton’s home in Bridgeport, CT, undated | box 17 | folder 33 | |
Photograph, Stratton’s carriage, undated | box 17 | folder 45 | |
Photographs, items owned by Stratton including a violin, undated | box 17 | folder 35 | |
Handbill, advertising the Fairy Wedding, 1863 | box 18 | folder 1 | |
Fairy Wedding sheet music greeting cards, 2009 | box 18 | folder 2 | |
Fairy Wedding clippings, undated | box 18 | folder 3 | |
Illustrations, Stratton and Warren taking their vows, 1863 | box 18 | folder 4 | |
Illustrations, Fairy Wedding party with Barnum, 1863 | box 18 | folder 5 | |
Illustration, the Fairy Wedding by Currier and Ives, 1863 | box 18 | folder 6 | |
Photographs, Stratton and Warren taking their vows, 1863 | box 18 | folder 7 | |
Photographs, the Fairy Wedding party, 1863 | box 18 | folder 8 | |
Individual wedding portraits of Stratton and Warren, 1863 | box 18 | folder 9 | |
Cartes de Visite of the Fairy Wedding, 1863 | box 18 | folder 10 | |
Cartes de visite from the Fairy Wedding Album, 1863 | box 18 | folder 11 | |
Trade card, Stratton and Warren in front of the crowned heads of Europe, c. 1860s-1870s | box 18 | folder 12 | |
Photograph, Stratton, both Warrens, and Nutt recreating costumes worn in front of Queen Victoria, undated | box 18 | folder 13 | |
Photograph, Nutt, Stratton, and both Warrens playing cards, undated | box 18 | folder 14 | |
Correspondence, from Lavinia Warren to Margaret Donnelly, undated | box 18 | folder 15 | |
“Some of my Life Experience” typewritten manuscript by Lavinia Warren c. 1880s-1900s | box 18 | folder 16 | |
Postcard signed by Warren and Count Primo Magri, c. 1890s-1900s | box 18 | folder 17 | |
Wedding invitations to Warren’s marriage to Primo Magri, 1891 | box 18 | folder 18 | |
Handbill (copy), Warren and Magri performing, c. 1890s-1900s | box 18 | folder 19 | |
Individual portraits of Warren, 1860s-1900s | box 18 | folder 20 | |
Photographs, Warren with Primo and Ernesto Magri, c. 1890s | box 18 | folder 21 | |
Photograph, Warren and Magri in Middleboro, MA, c. 1890-1900s | box 17 | folder 22 | |
Photographs, items belonging to Warren, undated | box 18 | folder 23 | |
Photograph, Mrs. Bump, Lavinia and Minnie Warren’s mother, undated | box 18 | folder 24 | |
Photographs, Minnie Warren and husband Edward Newell, c. 1860s-1870s | box 18 | folder 25 | |
Clippings, George Washington Morris Nutt, undated | box 18 | folder 26 | |
Carte de Visite, George Washington Morris Nutt, c. 1860s | box 18 | folder 27 | |
Carte de Visite, Nutt and Minnie Warren, c. 1860s | box 18 | folder 28 | |
Photograph, Barnum and Nutt, undated | box 18 | folder 29 | |
Portraits, Nutt, undated | box 18 | folder 30 | |
Photograph, Little people visiting Stratton’s grave, undated | box 18 | folder 31 | |
Negatives, Stratton | box 18 | folder 32 | |
Negatives, the Fairy Wedding, 1863 | box 18 | folder 33 | |
Negatives, Stratton and Warren | box 18 | folder 45 | |
Negatives, Warren | box 18 | folder 35 | |
Handbill, General Tom Thumb at Lycem Hall, Lynn, July 27 and 28, no year. | box Drawer 5 | folder 1 | |
Book, General Tom Thumb's 3 Years Tours Around the World by S. Bleeker, 1872 | box Drawer 5 | folder 2 | |
Book, Life and Travels of Tom Thumb, 1849 | box Drawer 5 | folder 3 | |
Book, The History of Tom Thumb from Aunt Louisa's series, 1875 | box Drawer 5 | folder 4 | |
Book, History of General Tom Thumb, undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 5 | |
Book cover and promo items, The Autobiography of Mrs Tom Thumb with an introduction by A.H. Saxon, c. 1980s? | box Drawer 5 | folder 6 | |
Token with Stratton on it, 1846 | box Drawer 5 | folder 7 | |
Medallions featuring Stratton, (3), undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 8 | |
Sheet music, Fairy Wedding Waltz. Music by J.W. Turner (3 copies), undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 9 | |
Sheet music, Tom Thumb’s Polka. Composed by W. Mardon, undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 10 | |
Sheet music, General Tom Thumb Quadrilles, undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 11 | |
The Christian Intelligencer, October 12, 1844 | box Drawer 5 | folder 12 | |
Norwich Courier, Article about Stratton, January 20, 1857 | box Drawer 5 | folder 13 | |
Harper's Weekly, full paper, June 27, 1863 | box Drawer 5 | folder 14 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, February 28, 1863 | box Drawer 5 | folder 15 | |
Clipping, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, departure after Fairy Wedding, November 9, 1864 | box Drawer 5 | folder 16 | |
Clipping, Sunday News, "They Were the World's Littlest Lovers" November 7, 1957 | box Drawer 5 | folder 17 | |
Clipping, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, fruit basket and cake, February 28, 1863 | box Drawer 5 | folder 18 | |
Photocopy of Stratton lithograph by Day and Haghe, 1844 (accession 1974.09) | box Drawer 5 | folder 19 | |
Photocopy of Stratton as a child with his father, undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 20 | |
Illustration, L'Admiral Tom Puce, 1852 | box Drawer 5 | folder 21 | |
Illustration, General Tom Thumb and Wife, Comm. Nutt and Minnie Warren, undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 22 | |
Illustration, Fairy Wedding lithograph by Currier and Ives | box Drawer 5 | folder 23 | |
Illustration, Tom Thumb as a child by J/ Baillie, c1844. | box Drawer 5 | folder 24 | |
Illustration, Gen. Tom Thumb as he appeared before her Majesty Queen Victoria. (backed on heavy cardboard), undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 25 | |
Framed illustration of Stratton sitting on sofa and Warren holding a baby, undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 26 | |
Box contained 3 tintypes of Stratton, Warren, and Nutt, undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 27 | |
Tintypes of Slybester Bleeker and unknown man | box Drawer 5 | folder 28 | |
Tinype of Fairy wedding, | box Drawer 5 | folder 29 | |
Small lead statue of Stratton, undated | box Drawer 5 | folder 30 | |
2 sheets of clippings about Fairy Wedding#236/3.50 | box Drawer 5 | folder 31 | |
New York Herald, March 15, 1847 | box Drawer 5 | folder 32 | |
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, January 17, 1868 | box Drawer 5 | folder 33 | |
The Illustrated London News, December 17, 1845 | box Drawer 5 | folder 45 | |
Harper’s Weekly, February 21, 1863 | box Drawer 5 | folder 35 | |
Illustration, Collage frame of General Tom Thumb in his Characters, now performing with Barnum’s Traveling Museum and Menagerie | box Drawer 5 | folder 36 | |
Posters for Tom Thumb Weddings, October 28, 1926; October 4, 1840 | box Drawer 5 | folder 37 | |
Harper’s Weekly, February 2, 21, 1863, Fairy Wedding cover | box Drawer 5 | folder 38 | |
The Fairy Wedding Album - ACCESS RESTRICTED Due to the fragile nature of the Fairy Wedding Album, access to it is restricted. A full digital copy is available online. | box Special oversized housing | folder 1 | |