Session 609: Documenting and Displaying American Circuses and Carnivals

Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

Session Description from SAA Site

Speakers and Presentation Titles:
John Polacsek (Chair)

Marian J. Matyn, Archivist/Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University - "Documenting American Circuses and Carnivals: An Archivist’s Perspective"

Erin Foley, Archivist, Circus World Museum - "'Freak Carrot, Resembles Four-Legged Devil Fish': Freaks and Oddities as Standard Archival Collections"

Deborah W. Walk, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art