Our Archives

Curran Village is in the process of developing both this online archives and an onsite physical archives accessible for research. Our archives includes a library of 19th century texts, periodicals, documents and other ephemera as well as the Richard Bronson Circus Collection and the N.H. Bragg & Son Collection, 1832-1901. The latter collection documents circus and fair entertainment experience of Maine from the 1870s-1990s. Our holdings include ephemera connected with the 1894 Herschell-Armitage Riding Gallery ( carousel ), including original tickets, flyers, posters, and receipts. Additional we have a hard copy collection of Gas Engine Magazine and equipment, machinery, and automobile manuals. Our archives continues to grow.

Richard Bronson Circus Collection

Cristiani & Wallace Circus, at Brewer, ME, 1962, Photo by Richard Bronson
Cristiani & Wallace Circus, at Brewer, ME, 1962, Photo by Richard Bronson
Cristiani & Wallace Circus, at Brewer, ME, 1962, Photo by Richard Bronson
Cristiani & Wallace Circus, at Brewer, ME, 1962, Photo by Richard Bronson
King Brothers Circus, at Brewer, ME, 1962, Photo by Richard Bronson
King Brothers Circus, at Brewer, ME, 1962, Photo by Richard Bronson
Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, Program Brochure, 1935