Norman D. Anderson Collection on Ferris Wheels and Related Materials circa 1890-2018

Written in pencil: "Amusement Park Journal Vol. 1 NO 1 1979"

This copy is signed, p. 4

Anderson includes a note on this file, which has been copied onto the folder. Aside from a Raleigh News and Observer article on the Art-O-Mat, this file contains copies and editions of the Waxworks International newsletter, which deals primarily with the construction and display of wax figures.

A note from Anderson is reproduced on Folder 1. These newsletters were organized into one folder by Anderson and have been subsequently divided into two folders due to space constraints.

This material primarily concerns Anderson's Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History and information on the London Eye.

A.K. Brill was 20th century builder and showman.

Contains material pertaining to Chance amusement ride manufacturing company.

This research file contains information accquired from and correspondence with Mike Chew.

Most of this material is interesting from a historical and artifactual perspective. While much of the material is photographic, booklets, ticket stubs, and other ephemera is included. This includes two covers from Osteopathic Magazine, circa 1930s. There are also several pieces related to the Risenrad Ferris Wheel in Vienna, Austria at the Prater.

Includes memorial booklet for W.E. Sullivan (1861-1932), The Optimist, October 1916 and Big Eli: The Men and their Ferris Wheels.

Includes Big Eli Wheel Parts List (1983), price lists, and a publication of "Big Eli: The Men and their Ferris Wheels," along with other material related to the Eli Bridge Company and their Ferris Wheels.

In addition to related articles, this file contanis: a big Eli Pricing guide, Eli Bridge Company Operation and Maintenance of Big Eli Wheels guide, Eli Bridge Company Wheel ads, product diagrams and photos from 1985, Instructions for Erecting and Operating Big Eli Wheels, and other related publications.

Various materials sent by Yuko Fukui to Norman Anderson, including collectible pins from Japan's Wonder Wheel and a copy of 19th century piano sheet music entitled, "An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance." This folder consists mostly of correspondence between Fukui and Anderson concerning Ferris wheels. The focus is on Japanese Ferris wheels.

Includes Floppy Disks with Tiff files.

This folder contains research from the 1990s and early 2000s, with information primarily pertaining to the early to mid 1900s.

Includes account of seeing Halley's comet in 1910, xerox copy of St. Louis World's Fair fairground map, and correspondence with Eleanor Harris.

Contains material related to the Herschell-Spillman Carousel Company that emerged in the early 1900s.

Information pertaining to Charles E. Islieb, a Ferris Wheel builder and operator. Most of the material relates to the early 20th century.

All information contained in this file pertains to C.W. Parker, popularly known as the "Carnival King."

Research, material, and correspondence relating to Richard Weingardt.

Though most of the material related to the Aerio-Cycle dates to the early 1900s, there is a range of research material in this file dating from the early 1900s to later in the 20th century.

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Charles W.P. Dare was a bulider of wooden Ferris Wheels in the 1870s. This folder includes photocopied material from that era, as well as correspondence from the 1980s pertaining to the Dare Wheel.

The material included after the folder was originally stored in the folder by Dr. Anderson, but removed due to preservation concerns. Includes information pertaining to the death and remembrance of historian, Ray Clary.

Material pertains to Stroble Manufacturing Company of Marion, Ohio (circa early 1900s).

Includes photograph from Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism of a Ferris Wheel at Magic Springs Family Fun Park.

Includes an article on a minority park in Kentucky entitled "Park Season for Negroes." The article is dated July 21, 1923.

In addition to varied material relating to amusements in Minnesota, including Knott's Camp Snoopy, this file contains a reproduction copy of a photograph from the 1937 Minnesota State Fair and an original color booklet on the Swooper ride from the late 1920s, featuring extensive illustrations. Between the 1937 photograph and the Swooper booklet was originally placed the folder on the Harris papers, which has since been moved into a subsequent file for preservation purposes.

Includes a 1920s era color brochure for Bertrand Island Park on Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey with graphics.

Also includes a copy of an article on Coney Island's Museum from the Scientific American, June 1930.

The dates in this file range throughout the 1900s, with some information garnered in the 2000s, though this information was gathered at that date and the information it contains is dated earlier.

Contains one article from The National Amusement Park Historical Association, "When is a Park a Park?"

This folder contains Ferris Wheel information from a variety of cultures and time periods. Most of the information is twentieth century of later, but some materials provide information on devices simmilar to Ferris Wheels in antiquity.

The Amusement Business magazine dated August 10, 1968, contains an article on Freak Shows in North Carolina following a feature on Moscow's Gorgi Park. Also includes American Travel magazine pages from 1939 discussing travel to Moscow.

Most of the material in this folder ranges in date from the 1950s to the 2000s. Some of the material relates to subjects dating back to the late nineteenth-century, though most of the research was conducted in the 2000s.