Mark St. Leon research papers, 1842-1 April 1984, together with related family correspondence, 31 Ja...
Mark St. Leon research papers, 1842-1 April 1984, together with related family correspondence, 31 January 1945-4 February 1969, and incidental material 1842-1889
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1842-1969
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MLMSS 2165/vols. 1-4, 10-12 , MLMSS 2165/Folder 5X , MLMSS 2165/Item 8X , MLMSS 2165/Boxes 6, 13 , SAFE/MLMSS 2165/vol. 9 (Safe 3/208)
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9 volumes, 2 boxes, 1 outsize portfolio and 1 outsize item (catalogue drawer) - typescript, carbon typescript, photocopies, printed
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Partly restricted : - - Restriction applies to SAFE/MLMSS 2165/vol. 9
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Series 01: Correspondence, ca. 28 May 1969-ca. 23 May 1979, together with related family correspondence, 31 January 1945-4th February 1969
VOLUME 1
Correspondents include Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin, 31 January 1972-27 February 1976, Geoff Greaves, 26 April 1973-9 June 1977, Roy Harvey, 28 May 1969-29 January 1976, Mervyn King, 30...
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Mark St. Leon research papers, 1842-1 April 1984, together with related family correspondence, 31 January 1945-4 February 1969, and incidental material 1842-1889
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-223C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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Mark Valentine St. Leon, family historian, has researched the early history of circus in Australia. Mark St. Leon's great-great-grandfather, John Leon Jones, founded the St. Leon Circus in 1854. John Jones, alias John St. Leon. was Australia's first equestrian performer. The St. Leon name was originally adopted for professional reasons, but by the...
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MLMSS 2165/vols. 1-4, 10-12 , MLMSS 2165/Folder 5X , MLMSS 2165/Item 8X , MLMSS 2165/Boxes 6, 13 , SAFE/MLMSS 2165/vol. 9 (Safe 3/208)
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9qoQgbq1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQgbq1
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911002
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