Guide to the California Circus Photographs, 1945-1955
Rachael Wright, Lisa Koch and Dawn Burley
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone: 805 893-3062
Fax: 805 893-5749
Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Guide to the California Circus Photographs, 1945-1955
Collection number: PA Mss 67
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Rachael Wright, Lisa Koch and Dawn Burley
- Date Completed:
- July 28, 2008
- Encoded by:
- Lisa Koch
© 2008 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: California circus photographs, 1945-1955
Dates: 1945-1955
Collection number: PA Mss 67
Collection Size:
3 boxes
2 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: The collection consists of photographic negatives of California circuses from 1945 to 1955, including the Clyde Beatty, Bell
Brothers, Biller Brothers and Yankee Paterson Circuses.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
California circus photographs, 1945-1955. PA Mss 67, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University of
California, Santa Barbara.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of photographic negatives of California circuses from 1945 to 1955, including the Clyde Beatty, Bell
Brothers, Biller Brothers and Yankee Paterson Circuses.
The Clyde Beatty circus, among the largest of its time, is also the best represented in this collection. Its owner and namesake
was the star act, performing with the wild animals in the ring. Beatty worked with many circuses, frequently headlining and
co-managing, and appeared in a number of movies, often as himself.
Many of the images portray circus vehicles and grounds and some show animals backstage. The collection is organized into
sections associated with dates and particular circuses, and the accompanying labels are in English.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into sections associated with dates and particular circuses.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Circus -- United States
Clyde Beatty Circus
Photographs
1
Photographic Negatives
1945-1955
Physical Description: 2 linear ft.
Box 1:1
Set 405A, Yankee Patterson
Additional Note
Antioch, CA
14 negatives
Box 1:2
Set 416, Biller Brothers
Additional Note
14 negatives
Box 1:3
Set 403, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
Concord, CA
5 negatives
Box 1:4
Set 404, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
Pittsburg, CA
6 negatives
Box 1:5
Set 405, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
Concord, CA
8 negatives
Box 1:6
Set 406, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
CA
12 negatives
Box 2:1
Set 407, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
CA
19 negatives
Box 2:2
Set 408, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
CA
12 negatives
Box 2:3
Set 409, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
CA
15 negatives
Box 2:4
Set 410, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
Bakersfield, CA
11 negatives
Box 2:5
Set 415, Bell Brothers
Additional Note
CA 8 negatives
Box 3:1
Set 411, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
Fairfield, CA
17 negatives
Box 3:2
Set 412, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
Pittsburg, CA
20 negatives
Box 3:3
Set 413, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
Cottage Grove, OR
15 negatives
Box 3:4
Set 414, Clyde Beatty
Additional Note
Cottage Grove, OR
12 negatives