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American Vaudeville Museum

Has a place to post questions about vaudeville performers.

Circus World - Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center

Baraboo, Wisconsin. Collections of paper, photographic and sound materials relating to circus life.

Harvard Theatre Collection

Library of Congress - Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920

Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection

London.

National Fairground Archive

United Kingdom. Collection of photographic, printed, manuscript & audiovisual material covering all aspects of the culture of travelling showpeople, their organisation as a community, their social history and everyday life; & the artefacts and machinery of fairgrounds. From the University of Sheffield

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

New York City, New York.

Performing Arts Museum

Melbourne, Australia.

Professional Touring Entertainment Industry Archive

Supported by the Society for the Preservation of Professional Touring Entertainment History to document the touring entertainment industry's history. From the University of Texas at Austin.

Scottish Theatre Archive

University of Bristol Theatre Collection

Research centre dedicated to the study of British Theatre history and people.

Variety.com Archives

Online searchable database of Variety magazine from 1914 onwards. Periodical of the American entertainment industry.

Vent Haven Museum

Only museum in the world dedicated to the art of ventriloquism.