Mark St Leon aggregated collection of papers

fonds

1842-2013

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Posters, Ephemera, Clippings, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Notated Music

9661524

11.7 metres of textual material (45 boxes, 9 outsize boxes, 1 outsize item, 27 audio cassettes, 200 slides, 1 poster and 1 cylinder), includes photographs

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 1890's had become the accepted family name. John St Leon died in 1903, leaving two of his sons, Augustus St Leon and Walter St Leon continuing in the circus business. In tracing the history of St Leon's Circus, Mark St Leon has documented information about other early circuses and circus families, in particular, James Henry Ashton, founder of Ashton's Circus.

COLLECTION 1:
Mark St Leon papers relating to the history of circus in Australia, ca. 1912-2002

COLLECTION 2:
Mark St Leon further papers relating to the history of circus in Australia

COLLECTION 3:
Mark St Leon further papers, compiled 1971-2007

COLLECTION 4:
Mark St Leon further papers, ca. 1910-2000

COLLECTION 5:
Mark St Leon further papers, 1875-2009

COLLECTION 6:
Mark St Leon further papers, 1851-2003

COLLECTION 7:
Mark St Leon further papers, 1842-1984

COLLECTION 8:
Mark St Leon further papers, 1969-2011

COLLECTION 9:
Mark St Leon further papers and pictorial material, ca 1850 to 2013

COLLECTION 10:
Mark St Leon further papers, 1894-1982

COLLECTION 11:
Mark St Leon further papers, 1944-1976

COLLECTION 12:
Mark St Leon further papers, 1867-1998