An overview of direct links to the Circus Collection and to historical information about circuses and artists.
Circuses
Names of Circuses and related companies found through historical research by Herman Linssen, including references and direct links to the online theatre catalogue.
For information about the origin of the Linssen collection, see ‘ORIGIN‘ page.
Circus posters
When you click on the various overviews, you will be taken directly to the online theatre catalogue containing a list of the posters, with images.
For information about the origin of the Best and Linssen collections, see the ‘ORIGIN‘ page.
Collection Theater Instituut Nederland
Collection Best : Friedländer affiches
Collection Best : other
Collection Linssen:
Austria (also Austria-Hungary)
China
Posters of designers in all circuscollections
Circus photographs
When you click on the various overviews, you will be taken directly to the online theatre catalogue.
For information about the origin of the Baudert collections, see the ‘ORIGIN’ page.
Circus graphics
When you click on the various overviews, you will be taken directly to the online theatre catalogue:
For information about the origin of the Best collections, see the ‘ORIGIN’ page.
Collection Theater Instituut Nederland
Circus drawings and paintings
Circus performers/Circus families
The Linssen collection contains information about circus performers, circus families and circus personalities about whom he found data.
For information about the origin of the Linssen collection, see ‘ORIGIN’ page.
This information is digitized and can be requested by mail: theatercollectie@uva.nl
-Contracted Circus performers 1945-1966 A-Z. This information is digitized and can be requested by mail: theatercollectie@uva.nl
Circus cities/countries
The Linssen collection contains information about cities and countries about which Herman Linssen found circus information.
For information about the origin of the Linssen collection, see ‘ORIGIN’ page.
This information is digitized and can be requested by mail: theatercollectie@uva.nl
Below are several other overviews that may be relevant for researchers:
-In the Netherlands found circuses 1883-1944 – see: Handgeschreven lijst door Herman Linssen
-In Utrecht found circuses from 1834 – see: Getypte lijst door Ben van Herwerden
-In Limburg found circuses 1906-2016 – see: Getypte lijst Frans Wolff
-In Dordrecht found circuses 1901-2019 – see: Getypte en geschreven lijst door Peter van de Koppel
-Overviews of found circuses per country:
Circus books
For information about the origin of the Hartmans collections, see the ‘ORIGIN’ page.
-Theatercollectie van het Allard Pierson: Click on “Search for Circus in the Theatercollectie” at the top of this page and choose “Bibliotheekcatalogus”.
