Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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- Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Circus Arts / Audio
- Extent
- 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
- Date
- 2017 July 02
- Archival Repository
- Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
- Identifier
- CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0702_Circus_Arts_Circus_Stories_0003
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Listening copies available
- Scope and Contents
- Montana Miller (presenter); Elena Panova; Paul Binder; Montana Miller Father of the Modern Circus. Philip Astley opened a horse-trick-riding exhibit in 1768, adding other forms of entertainment like acrobats, animals, and clowns. Approximately two centuries later, America had over one hundred traveling circuses.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
- Record ID
- ebl-1539633103486-1539633103523-0
