Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
Exhibition Items
Political Humor
From My House to the White House
- Hope family portrait, ca. 1915. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0001]
- George Byrne and Lester Hope, ca. 1925. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0002]
- Bob Hope, 1938. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (003.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0003]
- Twenty-first Annual Dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association. Autographed program, March 4, 1944. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0004]
- Al Schwartz (1910–1988). Jokes for Bob Hope, written for White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner. March 4, 1944. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (005.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0005]
- Richard Wilson, “See Another Will Rogers in Bob Hope,” Des Moines Register, March 12, 1944. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (005.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0005_02]
- Bob Hope with Eleanor Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (1888–1965, to Hope’s right), ca. 1940s. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0006]
- Inaugural dinner in honor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vice President Harry S. Truman, January 19, 1945. Printed Invitation. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0007]
- Inaugural dinner in honor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vice President Harry S. Truman, January 19, 1945. Autographed program. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (007.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp007_01]
- Telegram from Tony Muto to Bob Hope, May 21, 1956. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (005.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0005_01]
The Fine Art of Ridicule
- Photograph of Will Rogers, 1930. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-24365]
- Will Rogers. Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1919. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (010.00.00) [Digital ID # bhp0010]
- Will Rogers. Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1919. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (010.00.01) [Digital ID # bhp0010p1]
- Will Rogers. Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher and the Peace Conference. Stillwater, Oklahoma: Oklahoma State University Press, 1975. General Collections, Library of Congress (010.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0010_01]
- Bob Hope. “Bob Hope Declares Open Season on Politicians and Everyone’s Fair Game.” TV Guide, October 22, 1960. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0011p1 – bhp0011p2]
- Tony Pastor’s Troupe at Ford’s Opera House. Playbill, April 10, 1876. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0012]
- David Ross Locke. Divers Views, Opinions, and Prophecies of Yoors Trooly Petroleum V. Nasby. Cincinnati: R. W. Carroll and Co., 1866. General Collections, Library of Congress (014.01.00) [Digital ID# bhp0014_01]
- Finley Peter Dunne. Mr. Dooley’s Philosophy. New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. General Collections, Library of Congress (013.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0013]
- Theodore Roosevelt to Finley Peter Dunne, November 28, 1899. Typescript. Theodore Roosevelt Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (195.00.00) Digital ID# bhp0195]
Breaking with Tradition
- Letter from Steve Allen to Nat Hentoff, April 14, 1960. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0015]
- Lenny Bruce. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography. Chicago: Playboy Press, 1965. General Collections, Library of Congress (027.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0027]
- Robert Vose, photographer. Mort Sahl onstage in San Francisco, February 29, 1956. Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24773]
- “Pies Still Fly but the New Comics Are Social Critics,” Look, August 15, 1961. Reproduction. General Collections, Library of Congress (018.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0018]
- Satirist at Work, September 1961. UPI Photo. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (020.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24367]
- Dick Gregory. From the Back of the Bus. New York: Avon Books, 1962. Courtesy of Betsy Nahum-Miller (016.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0016_01]
The New Wave Hits the Mainstream
- Lenny Bruce. “I Am Not a Nut, Elect Me!” Fantasy Records, 1960. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (021.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0021p1]
- William Murray. “Playboy Interview: Bob Hope,” 1973. Copy proofs. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00, 029.00.01, 029.00.02) [Digital ID # bhp0029, bhp0029p1, bhp0029p2]
- Letter from Walter Cronkite to Jules Feiffer, September 5, 1966. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (026.04.00) [Digital ID # bhp26_04]
- Lenny Bruce. The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce. San Francisco: Fantasy Records, 1958. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (021.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0021_01]
- Mike Nichols and Elaine May. Improvisations to Music. Chicago: Mercury Records, 1958. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0023p1 – bhp0023p2]
- Dick Gregory. In Living Black & White. New York: Colpix Records, 1961. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (022.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0022_01]
- Dick Gregory. My Brother’s Keeper. Pittsburgh: Gateway Recordings, ca. 1963. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0022p2]
- Mort Sahl. Mort Sahl at Sunset. San Francisco: Fantasy Records, 1958. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (024.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0024_01, bhp0024_01p1]
- Mort Sahl. The New Frontier. Reprise Records, 1961. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0024p1 – bhp0024p2]
- Letter from Mrs. B. Pressley to Bob Hope, ca. January 1970. Manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0026p1 – bhp0026p2]
- Letter from Bill Faith to Mrs. B. Pressley, March 19, 1970. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (026.03.00) [Digital ID # bhp0026_03]
- Vaughn Meader, November 20, 1962. UPI Photo. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24368]
- Stan Freberg. Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, Vol. 1, The Early Years. Capitol Records, 1961. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0028p1 – bhp0028p2]
- George Carlin, ca. April 1967. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24366]
The Dangers of Satire
Hope and Satire
- Eddy Gilmore. “Hope Gets Royal Laugh in Satire on Kennedys,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette, ca. October 31, 1962. Newspaper clipping. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0032]
- Anonymous letter to Bob Hope, ca. October–November, 1962. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, of Congress (033.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0033]
- Letter from Mrs. C. Militano to Bob Hope, December 5, 1962. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, of Congress (033.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0033_01]
- Letter from Anna Miller to Bob Hope, May 7, 1962. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (033.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0033_02]
- Letter from Carol Gould to Bob Hope. December 25, 1972. Manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0034p1 – bhp0034p2]
- Letter from Bob Hope to Carol Gould. January 26, 1973. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0035]
- Letter from Edna Larson to Bob Hope, August 11, 1969, with clipping from Parade magazine. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (034.01.00 and 034.01.01) [Digital ID # bhp0034_01, bhp0034_01p1]
- Peanuts coloring book sent by Spiro Agnew’s office to Bob Hope, February 10, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (035.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0035_01]
- Letter from George L. Morris to Bob Hope, ca. October 1949. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (034.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0034_02]
- Letter from Cynthia A. Owen and Lois Barthletter to Bob Hope, October 12, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (035.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0035_02]
Cartoons and Satire
- Dick DeMarsico, photographer. Jules Feiffer at work, 1958. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00) [Digital ID# cph-3c26485]
- Jules Feiffer, with handwritten comment by Steve Allen. Sick, Sick, Sick cartoon: “Used to go to the vaudeville house.” May 10, 1959. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (040.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0040_02]
- Letter from Stanley Kubrick to Jules Feiffer, December 16, 1958. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0039_01]
- Letter from Stanley Kubrick to Jules Feiffer, January 2, 1959 [mistakenly dated January 2, 1958]. Typescript. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0039_02]
- Jules Feiffer. The Role of the Satirist in American Society. Program, December 8, 1965. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0037]
- Jules Feiffer. “Does your party, the radical middle, have any views on extremist candidates running for president?” October 27, 1963. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-24537]
- Jules Feiffer. “We’ve all heard of the radical right and the radical left. With us tonight is a spokesman of a group whose view we’ve heard very little about: The Radical Middle,” January 21, 1962. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.01.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-30626]
- Jules Feiffer. “How does the radical middle analyze the current mood of the American people?” November 16, 1966. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.02.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31273]
- Letter from Al Capp to Jules Feiffer, March 3, 1966. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0039]
- Draft of letter from Jules Feiffer to Al Capp, March 16, 1966. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0040]
- Al Capp. Li’l Abner cartoon: “I'm entertaining some prominent protest singers tonight . . . so keep the kid out of sight!!” February 7, 1967. Ink, blue pencil, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-24358]
- Al Capp. Li’l Abner cartoon: “Thank Joanie Phonie, you little nobodies,” January 5, 1967. Ink, blue pencil, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.01.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-30627]
- Al Capp. Li’l Abner cartoon: “And now we’ll all sing our new songs of protest.” February 8, 1967. Ink, blue pencil, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.02.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31184]
- Walt Kelly. Pogo cartoon: “Mole, stop sprinklin’ feathers onto me.” Drawing, June 8, 1953. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (043.02.00) [Digital ID # acd-2a09822]
- “Fellow bird watchers, we are met today to welcome a new member, Simple J. Malarkey,” May 1953. Drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (043.01.00) [Digital ID # cph-3g13082]
- Letter from Jules Feiffer to Francis D. Smith, December 22, 1971. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0043]
- Jules Feiffer. Notes for speech, ca. 1962. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (037.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0037_02]
- The White House Murder Case. Program for West Coast premiere, March 1971. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (037.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0037_01]
- Head for the DMZ. Poster, 1968. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (040.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0040_01]
- Jules Feiffer. “First the Negroes revolted.” Published in New York Post, August 23, 1967. Copyprint. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (047.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0047]
- Letter from Willie Day Taylor to Jules Feiffer, August 25, 1967. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0045]
- Draft of letter from Jules Feiffer to Willie Day Taylor, September 12, 1967. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (046.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0046]
- Letter from Willie Day Taylor to Jules Feiffer, November 20, 1968. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (045.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0045_01]
- Jules Feiffer. Christmas card, 1972. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0044]
Satire Enters Television
- Photograph of the Smothers Brothers, June 9, 1964. Copyprint. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (051.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0051]
- Letter from Tom Smothers to Bob Hope, February 16, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (049.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0049]
- The Return of the Smothers Brothers, February 16, 1970. Script. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0048]
- Letter from McCabe to Bob Hope, February 17, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0050]
- Letter from Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kaulf to Bob Hope, February 22, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0050_01]
- Letter from Judy Mills to Bob Hope, February 17, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0048_02]
- Letter from Bob Hope to “Outcasts” [Tom and Dick Smothers], September 30, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0050_02]
- Archie Lieberman, photographer. Pat Paulsen at the Democratic National Convention, August 1968. Copyprint. Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (056.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24774] Courtesy of Archie Lieberman, www.archielieberman.com
- Geoffrey Gilbert, photographer. David Frye performing at the Shoreham, Washington, D.C., March 8, 1973. Copyprint. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (055.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0055]
- Guest Sammy Davis, Jr., (1925–1990, left) and cast member Judy Carne (b. 1939, right), with hosts Dan Rowan (1922–1987) and Dick Martin (1922–2008), from the first season of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, 1968. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (053.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0053]
- Dan Aykroyd as Richard Nixon and John Belushi as Henry Kissinger in “Final Days” skit on Saturday Night Live, May 8, 1976. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (054.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0054]
- Paul Drinkwater, photographer. George Carlin and Richard Pryor with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, May 20, 1981. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (052.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0052]
- Letter from John Krusack to NBC, January 19, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0048_01]
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Causes and Controversies
Entertaining the Troops
- Elsie Janis. The Big Show: My Six Months with the American Expeditionary Forces. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1919. General Collections, Library of Congress (109.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0109 – bhp0109p6]
- Letter from Elsie Janis to Bob Hope, 1952. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (108.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0108]
- Letter from Elsie Janis to Bob Hope, December 10, 1952. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (108.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0108_01]
- Eleanor Roosevelt on White House lawn with “Hollywood Victory Caravan” entertainers (seated, from left) Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), Joan Blondell (1906–1979), Charlotte Greenwood (1890–1977), Charles Boyer (1899–1978), Risë Stevens (b. 1913), Desi Arnaz (1917–1986), Frank McHugh (1898–1981), writer Matt Brooks (1907–1990), James Cagney (1899–1986), Pat O’Brien (1899–1983), Juanita Stark, Alma Carroll; (standing, from left) Merle Oberon (1911–1979), Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), Arleen Whelan (1914–1993), Marie McDonald (1923–1965), Fay McKenzie (b. 1918), Katharine Booth, Mrs. Roosevelt (1884–1962), Frances Gifford (1920–1994), Frances Langford (1913–2005), Elyse Knox (b. 1917), Cary Grant (1904–1986), Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), Bob Hope (1903–2003), Ray Middleton (1907–1984), Joan Bennett (1910–1990), Bert Lahr (1895–1967), director Mark Sandrich (1900–1945), writer Jack Rose (1911–1995), Stan Laurel (1890–1965), Jerry Colonna (1904–1986), and Groucho Marx (1890–1977), April 30, 1942. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (124.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0124]
- Bette Davis pointing out the Hollywood Hall of Honor . . . to Marlene Dietrich and Bob Hope at the Hollywood Canteen during its first anniversary party, October 31, 1943, Acme Newspictures, Inc. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (110.00.00) [Digital ID# cph-3c12143]
- The All-Star Bond Rally. (Top row, from left) Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), Bing Crosby (1903–1977), Bob Hope (1903–2003), Harpo Marx (1888–1964), Betty Grable (1916–1973). (Middle row, from left) Linda Darnell (1923–1965), Vivian Blaine (1921–1995). (Bottom row, from left) Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), Marian (1898-1961) and Jim (1896–1988) Jordan (“Fibber McGee and Molly”). Canadian Motion Picture War Services Committee, 1945. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (122.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0122]
- Crowds in Times Square during launch of national USO advertising campaign, June 2, 1941. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (123.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24374]
- The Billboard, December 25, 1943. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (125.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0125]
- Bob Hope (1903–2003) and his USO troupe visiting a hospital ward in the South Pacific (from left) Tony Romano (1915–2005), Jerry Colonna (1904–1986), Bob Hope, Patty Thomas (b. 1922), and Frances Langford (1913–2005), 1944. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (116.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0116]
- Notes from soldiers to loved ones at home, August 1943. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (111.00.00 and 111.00.01) [Digital ID # bhp0111p1a and bhp0111p2a]
- Notes from soldiers to loved ones at home, August 1943. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (111.01.00 and 111.01.01) [Digital ID # bhp0111_01p1, bhp0111_01p3]
- Bob Hope’s George Foster Peabody award, June 12, 1944. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (207.00.00) [Digital ID # bhp0207]
- George Foster Peabody citation to Bob Hope, June 12, 1944. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (208.00.00) [Digital ID # bhp0208]
- Marlene Dietrich, Somewhere in France, 1944. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (114.00.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-24372]
- Card from Marlene Dietrich to Rouben Mamoulian. “Somewhere in Germany,” 1944. Rouben Mamoulian Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (115.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0115]
- George S. Patton. Diary entry, August 21–22, 1943. George S. Patton Papers, Manuscript Division. Library of Congress (112.00.00 and 112.00.01) [Digital ID# bhp0112 – bhp0112p1]
- Hal Block (1913–1981), Bob Hope (1903–2003), Barney Dean (1903–1954), General George S. Patton, Frances Langford (1913–2005), and Tony Romano (1915–2005) in Sicily, August 21, 1943. Copyprint. George S. Patton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (113.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0113]
- The Air Lift “Christmas Caravan.” Photographs (A.S.A.F. and Wide World Photos) accompanying unidentified article by Jinx Falkenburg (1917–2003). Newspaper clipping, December 1948. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (116.01.00) [Digital ID# bhp0116_01]
- Bob Hope carrying Jayne Mansfield at Burbank airport at start of Far East USO tour, (Johnny Grant, 1923–2008, at left, Hedda Hopper, 1885–1966, at right), December 16, 1957. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (118.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24373]
- Jayne Mansfield carrying Bob Hope at Burbank airport at end of Far East USO tour, December 29, 1957. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (119.01.00) [Digital ID# bhp0119_01]
- A Bob Hope USO show in Vietnam, 1968. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (120.00.00) [Digital ID# 156a]
- Letter from Anne Underwood to Bob Hope, October 23, 1975. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (121.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0121p1 – bhp0121p2]
- Letter from Linda Faulkner to Bob Hope, January 1, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (121.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0121_01, bhp0121_01p1, bhp0121_01p2]
- Letter from George and Sally Hall and family to Bob Hope, January 21, 1972. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (121.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0121_02, bhp0121_02p1]
- George Gibbons, photographer. Sammy Davis, Jr., talks with members of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam, February 1972. Copyprint. Courtesy of the National Archives Records Administration (126.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0126]
- Golf club that Bob Hope carried on stage during his 1969 USO tour. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (206.00.00) [Digital ID# 160]
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (129.00.00) [Digital ID# bh0178]
- Bob Hope and President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (130.00.00) [Digital ID# bh0206]
- Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Bob Hope, January 31, 1969. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (131.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0131]
Political Songs
- William W. Brown, comp. The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848. Music Division, Library of Congress (084.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0084 – bhp0084p2]
- Al Piantadosi (1884–1955) and Alfred Bryan (1871–1958). “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier.” New York: Leo Feist, 1915. Sheet music. Harry and Sara Lepman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (086.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0086]
- Eugene Platzman and Happy Mack. “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Slacker.” New York: F. B. Haviland, 1917. Sheet music. Harry and Sara Lepman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (085.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0085]
- F. G. McCauley and C. C. Case. “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Coward.” Wellington, Ohio: F. G. McCauley, 1917. Sheet music. Harry and Sara Lepman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (085.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0085_01]
- Charles Bayha (1891–1957). “I’d Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier.” New York: Shapiro, Bernstein and Co., 1917. Sheet music. Harry and Sara Lepman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (085.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0085_02]
- Al Jolson. “Harding, You’re the Man for Us.” New York: Al Jolson, 1922. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (087.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0087]
- Irving Berlin. “I Like Ike,” 1952. Manuscript sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (087.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0087_01]
- Irving Berlin. “I Still Like Ike,” February 19, 1954. Holograph lyric sheet. Music Division, Library of Congress (087.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0087_02]
- Flyer for Paul Robeson recording. Naperville, IL: Rediscover Music, 1998. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (089.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0089]
- Paul Robeson receives an award from George Marshall (1904–2000), chairman of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, at a dinner held in New York to unite Americans to fight racial discrimination, April 2, 1944. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (089.02.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31144]
- Line drawing of Pete Seeger, ca. 1950s. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (091.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0091]
- Program for New York Society for Ethical Culture, Folk Song Festival series, January 29, 1955. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (092.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0092_02]
- People’s Songs. Pete Seeger sings with Henry Wallace in an airplane during a Southern campaign tour, September 1948. Reproduction. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (088.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0088]
- Defendant-Appellant’s Brief. United States of America v. Peter Seeger. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, submitted February 15, 1962. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (092.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0092]
- “Should Pete Seeger Go to Jail?” Flyer, ca. 1961. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (092.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0092_01]
- Myra Buttle. “An Interview with Phil Ochs.” Hootenanny, July 1964. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (091.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0091_01]
- Robert Shelton (1926–1995). “Judy Collins/Why I Quit the A.B.C. Show.” Hootenanny, March 1964. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (093.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0093]
- Irwin Silber. “An Open Letter to Bob Dylan.” Sing Out! November, 1964. Courtesy of Joe Hickerson (093.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0093_01]
- Photograph of Newport Folk Festival, July 1963, (from left): Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Noel Paul Stookey, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, The Freedom Singers (Bernice Johnson, Cordell Reagon, 1943–1996, Rutha Harris, b. 1940, Charles Neblett, b. 1941), Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel. Hootenanny, May 1964. Reproduction. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (090.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0090]
- Garry Trudeau. Doonesbury, March 12, 1985. Drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (094.00.00)
Satire in Song and Dance
- Alfredo Valente, photographer. “Van der Lubbe’s Head,” 1934. Copyprint. New Dance Group Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (059.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0059]
- George (1898–1937) and Ira Gershwin (1896–1983). “Who Cares?” from Of Thee I Sing. New York: New World Music, 1931. Sheet music. Gershwin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (060.00.00) The Library of Congress does not have permission to display this image online
- Ira Gershwin. “Who Cares?” Lyric sheet for Of Thee I Sing, 1952 revival. Gershwin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (200.00.00) The Library of Congress does not have permission to display this image online
- George and Ira Gershwin. Ink doodles of heads by George Gershwin with lyric by Ira Gershwin from “No Comprenez, No Capish, No Versteh!” in “League of Nations Finale,” from Let ’Em Eat Cake, 1933. Gershwin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (201.00.00) The Library of Congress does not have permission to display this image online
- Bob Hope, Eve Arden, and Hugh O’Connell (1898–1943). Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (198.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0198]
- Advertising flyer for Red, Hot and Blue! Alvin Theatre, New York, 1936. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (057.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0057]
- Marc Blitzstein with cast. The Cradle Will Rock, 1937. Copyprint. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (062.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0062]
- Marc Blitzstein. Script for The Cradle Will Rock, 1937. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (061.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0061]
- Marc Blitzstein. Script for The Cradle Will Rock, 1937. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (061.00.01) [Digital ID # bhp0061p1]
- Marc Blitzstein. Script for The Cradle Will Rock, 1937. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (061.00.02) [Digital ID # bhp0061p2]
- Poster for Sing for Your Supper. Adelphi Theatre, New York, 1939. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (196.01.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31186]
- Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyric sheet for “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught,” 1949. Richard Rodgers Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (058.01.00) [Digital ID# bhp0058_01]
- Richard Rodgers. “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught.” Manuscript score, 1949. Richard Rodgers Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (199.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0199]
- “Call South Pacific Racial Propaganda,” New York Herald-Tribune, March 1, 1953. Newspaper clipping. Oscar Hammerstein II Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (058.03.00) [Digital ID # bhp0058_03p00]
- William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1940. Edited by George Kittredge. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (196.00.00) [Digital ID # bhp0196]
- Letter from Joshua Logan to Theodore Sorensen, October 23, 1962. Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (203.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0203]
- Letter from Joshua Logan to Theodore Sorensen, October 12, 1962. Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (203.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0203_01]
- Purlie. Playbill, 1970. Lucy Kroll Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (204.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0204]
A Climate of Fear
- Gary Cooper testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in Washington, D.C. October 23, 1947. Acme Photo. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (063.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24369]
- Walter Albertin, photographer. Lionel Stander, with attorney Leonard Boudin (1912–1989), testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in New York. May 6, 1953. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (064.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24370]
- Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television. New York: Counterattack, 1950. Reproduction. General Collections, Library of Congress (065.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0065_01]
- Letter from Sam Jaffe to Nate Spingold, May 22, 1953. Sam Jaffe Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (066.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0066]
- Letter from R. Lawrence Siegel to Edward Cheyfitz, June 6, 1952. Sam Jaffe Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (066.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0066_01]
- Letter from R. Lawrence Siegel to Sam Jaffe, November 1, 1951. Sam Jaffe Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (066.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0066_02]
- Letter from John Chapple to NBC, November 27, 1951. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (067.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0067]
- Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to Bob Hope, September 22, 1953. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (068.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0068]
- Jokes on Senator McCarthy for show sponsored by General Foods, May 11, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (067.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0067_02]
- Jokes on Senator McCarthy for show sponsored by General Foods, June 1, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (067.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0067_01]
- Letter from James M. Docherty to Bob Hope, June 11, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (068.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0068_02]
- Letter from Irene B. Seccor to Bob Hope, June 2, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (068.03.00) [Digital ID # bhp0068_03]
Government Support for the Arts
- Telegram from President-elect and Mrs. John F. Kennedy (1929–1994) to Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), January 12, 1961. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (071.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0071]
- Letter from President John F. Kennedy to Leonard Bernstein, September 8, 1961. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (072.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0072]
- Leonard Bernstein conducting at President-elect John F. Kennedy’s inauguration-eve gala, with Kennedy in background. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C. January 19, 1961. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (070.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0070]
- Three members of the “Rat Pack”—Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin—in Carnegie Hall dressing room, January 27, 1961. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (069.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24371]
- Warren K. Leffler, photographer. President John F. Kennedy speaking at American Pageant of the Arts dinner, November 29, 1962. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (071.02.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31146]
- National Cultural Center flyer, ca. 1962. W. Averell Harriman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (072.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0072_02]
The Embrace of Arts and Politics
- Paul Fusco, photographer. Kennedy family at funeral for Robert F. Kennedy. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York. June 8, 1968, Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (074.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-17756] Courtesy of Magnum Photos
- Paul Fusco, photographer. Leonard Bernstein conducting at funeral for Robert F. Kennedy. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, June 8, 1968. Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (075.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24775] Courtesy of Magnum Photos
- Letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to Leonard Bernstein, June 9, 1968. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (076.00.00) The Library of Congress does not have permission to display this image online
- Harry Belafonte (b. 1927) and Charlton Heston (1923–2008) at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (082.00.00) [Digital ID # bhp0082]
- Paul Newman (1925–2008), Diahann Carroll (b. 1935), James Garner (b. 1928), Marlon Brando (1924–2004), and James Baldwin (1924–1987) at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (082.01.00) [Digital ID# bhp0082_01]
- Invitation from Nancy Sinatra to Bob Hope, July 18, 1968. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (079.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0079]
- Letter from Jack Warner to Bob Hope, September 27, 1968. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (078.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0078]
- Invitation to fundraising dinner for George Murphy, August 20, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (080.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0080]
- Letter from George Murphy to Bob Hope, May 10, 1974. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (080.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0080_01]
- Myrna Oliver. “Show Business Elite Fill Reagan’s Campaign Coffers.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, October 5, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (078.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0078_02]
- Californians for Reagan. Invitation, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (078.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0078_01]
- Letter from Governor Ronald Reagan to Bob Hope, September 9, 1968. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (079.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0079_01]
- Marion S. Trikosko, photographer. President Nixon with Sammy Davis, Jr., new member of the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity, July 1, 1971. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (080.02.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31145]
- Jane Fonda speaks at University of Maryland, May 22, 1970. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (082.02.00) [Digital ID# bhp0082_02]
- “Show Biz in Politics,” Newsweek, September 25, 1972. Courtesy of Kim Curry (081.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0081]
- Letter from George McGovern to Jules Feiffer (b. 1929), February 3, 1972. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (083.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0083]
- Letter from George McGovern to Jules Feiffer (b. 1929), June 16, 1972. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (079.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0079_02]
- Letter from John Wayne to President Lyndon B. Johnson, December 28, 1965. Reproduction. Courtesy of Lyndon Baines Johnson Library (083.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0083_01p1, bhp0083_01p2]
Polarization in the 1960s
- Stop the War in Vietnam Now! Sing Out! February–March 1966. Reproduction of advertisement. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (095.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0095]
- President Lyndon Johnson with Eartha Kitt in the White House Family Dining Room, (Lady Bird Johnson is second from left), January 18, 1968. Courtesy of Lyndon Baines Johnson Library (096.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0096]
- Warren K. Leffler or Thomas J. O’Halloran, photographer. Anti-war demonstration in front of the White House in support of Eartha Kitt, January 19, 1968. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (097.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24360]
- Tom Wolfe, author; Steven Salmieri, photographer. “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s,” with photo of Felicia Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, and Donald Cox (1936–2011). New York, June 8, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (098.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0098]
- Charlotte Curtis (1918–1987). “Black Panther Philosophy Is Debated at the Bernsteins,” New York Times, January 15, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (098.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0098_01]
- Letter from Gloria Steinem to Felicia and Leonard Bernstein. January 17, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (099.01.00) [Digital ID# bhp0099_01]
- Leonard Bernstein. Statement about Black Panther event, ca. February 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (100.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0100]
- Letter from Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler (1925–2000) to Leonard Bernstein, February 19, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (099.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0099_02]
- Letter from Will Maslow (1907–2007), executive director of the American Jewish Congress, to Leonard Bernstein, February 10, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (099.03.00) [Digital ID # bhp0099_03]
- “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s,” cover photo. New York, June 8, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (098.00.01) [Digital ID# bhp0098p1]
- Telegram from Bob Hope to the Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978), November 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (101.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0101]
- Proclamation of W. W. McAllister (1889–1984), Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, November 9, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (102.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0102]
- Letter from Senator J. W. Fulbright (1905-1995) to Bob Hope. November 11, 1969. Bob Hope Collection. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (103.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0103]
- Letter from Congressman Richard L. Ottinger (b. 1929) to Bob Hope. November 11, 1969. Bob Hope Collection. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (103.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0103_01]
- Wire from Bob Hope to congressmen and senators, November 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (101.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0101_02]
- Proclamation of Raymond P. Shafer (1917–2006), governor of Pennsylvania, November 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (102.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0102_02]
- Letter from Ulysses Floyd Rible to Bob Hope, November 17, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (104.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0104]
- Bob Hope. Notes for a commencement speech at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, June 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (107.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0107_01]
- Letter from Evelyn O. Tucker to Bob Hope, November 11, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (104.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0104_01]
- Letter from Stephen A. Harris to Bob Hope, November 13, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (104.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0104_02]
- Jules Feiffer. Sketch of Judy Collins on witness stand with U.S. marshal at Chicago Seven trial, January 22, 1970. Jules Feiffer Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (105.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24361] The Library of Congress does not have permission to show this image online
- Jules Feiffer. “My Name is Abbie. I’m an orphan of America,” December 23, 1969. Drawing on paper. Jules Feiffer Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (105.01.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-30628]
- Jules Feiffer. “Let the record show that in the presence of the jury Mr. K. compared me to a child.” Drawing on paper, January 23, 1970. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (105.02.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31185]
- Note from Abbie Hoffman to Jules Feiffer, ca. 1969–1970. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (107.03.00) [Digital ID # bhp0107_03]
- Clark Kissinger to Jules Feiffer with notes for response in Feiffer’s hand, April 13, 1966. Jules Feiffer Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (106.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0106_01]
- Jules Feiffer. “I occupy buildings,” May 25, 1969. Copyprint. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (106.03.00) [Digital ID # cph-3c17081]
- Letter from Jules Feiffer to J. Gary Griffith, associate director of publications of Case Western Reserve University, June 3, 1969. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (106.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0106_02]
- Grace Lichtenstein. “N.Y. Anti-War Clergymen Block Award to Bob Hope,” International Herald Tribune, March 19, 1971. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (107.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0107_02]
- Letter from Meejuna [?], et. al. for Haymarket Square to Jules Feiffer with draft reply by Feiffer, ca. March 1971. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (106.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0106]
- Letter from Cathy Perkus, Political Rights Defense Fund, to Jules Feiffer, with Nixon “Inoperative” button, October 17, 1973. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (107.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0107]
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Blurring of the Lines
Controversy and Confusion
- Letter from Richard Nixon to Bob Hope, July 13, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (134.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0134]
- Letter from Carl F. Ruenger to Bob Hope, June 7, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (134.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0134_01, bhp0134_01p1]
- Letter from Dick Gregory to Bob Hope, July 1, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (134.03.00) [Digital ID # bhp0134_03, bhp0134_03p1, bhp0134_03p2]
- Letter from “Vickey” to Bob Hope, ca. 1970s. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (135.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0135_02]
- Jokes for White House dinner honoring POWs, May 24, 1973. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (136.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0136_01]
- Jokes for White House dinner honoring POWs, May 24, 1973. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (136.01.01) [Digital ID # bhp0136_01p1]
- Mrs. James Stockdale to Bob Hope, February 17, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (135.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0135_01]
- Bob Hope in Vientiane, Laos, with Nguyen Van Tranh (middle), and Rev. G. Edward Roffe (1905–2000, left), Christian Alliance Church minister and interpreter, December 23, 1971. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (133.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0133]
- Letter from POW Fred Flom to Bob Hope, February 24, 1973. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (135.00.00) [Digital ID# 169a]
- Letter from Bob Hope to Fred Flom, May 3, 1973. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (136.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0136]
- Jules Feiffer. Cartoon with handwritten notes, March 18, 1973. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (137.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0137]
- Letter from Jules Feiffer to Robert Chambers, March 27, 1973. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (138.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0138]
- Jules Feiffer. Cartoon with handwritten notes, March 1973. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (137.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0137_01]
- Telegram from James A. Klein to Bob Hope, April 8, 1975. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (139.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0139]
- Bob Hope. Handwritten draft of announcement for Frank Sinatra to read during Academy Awards broadcast, April 8, 1975. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (140.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0140]
- Letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy to Bob Hope, May 27, 1981. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (139.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0139_02]
- Note from Harold R. Jerue to Bob Hope written on photocopy of newspaper article, ca. May 1981. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (141.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0141_02]
- Bob Temmey. “Bob Hope: Why I Don’t Agree with the War on Homosexuals.” National Enquirer, ca. July 1977. Newspaper clipping. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (142.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0142]
- Letter from Gladys Williams to Bob Hope, January 10, 1978. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (143.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0143]
- Letter from Bob Hope to Gladys Williams, February 7, 1978. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (144.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0144]
- Letter from Don Anderson to Bob Hope, April 28, 1978. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (141.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0141]
- Letter from Reverend James Frensley to John McKinley, president of Texaco, April 25, 1978. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (143.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0143_01]
- Letter from Bob Hope to Reverend James Frensley, May 15, 1978. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (144.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0144_01]
- Letter from J. L. Bower to Bob Hope, April 25, 1978. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (141.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0141_01]
- Jules Feiffer. A Dance to the New Year, December 29, 1991. Reproduction of ink drawing on paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (146.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24375] The Library of Congress does not have permission to show this image online
Entertainment and the News
- Interdepartmental correspondence from William S. Hedges (1895–1978) to NBC station managers, January 10, 1936. National Broadcasting Company History Files, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (147.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0147]
- Interdepartmental correspondence from John Royal to NBC station managers, January 9, 1936. Typescript. National Broadcasting Company History Files, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (147.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0147p3]
- Letter from Dorothy Kemble, editor for continuity acceptance, to Bertha Brainard (1890–1946), director of commercial programming, April 27, 1938. National Broadcasting Company History Files, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (147.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0147_02]
- Bob Hope. Notes for broadcast, July 1952. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (148.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0148]
- Letter from Alben Barkley (1877–1956) to Bob Hope, August 29, 1952. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (148.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0148_01]
- Bob Hope’s jokes for monolog at Republican National Convention, July 1952. Typescript with handwritten emendations. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (148.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0148_02]
- Dana Edelson, photographer. Amy Poehler (b. 1971), Seth Meyers (b. 1973), and Senator John McCain on set of “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live, May 17, 2008. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (149.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0149]
- Stephen Colbert. I Am America (And So Can You!) New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2007. Courtesy of Alan Gevinson (150.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0150]
Television and Politics
- Senator John F. Kennedy, “Television as I See It: A Force That Has Changed the Political Scene.” TV Guide, November 14–20, 1959. Courtesy of Alan Gevinson (154.01.00 and 154.01.01) [Digital ID # bhp0154_01, bhp0154_01p1]
- Jules Feiffer. “Pencils ready televiewers?” March 20, 1966. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (151.02.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31187]
- Jules Feiffer. “—American planes fly under the cover of night to parachute under-water mines into heavily traveled—” May 28, 1967. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (151.00.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-24363] The Library does not have permission to show this image online
- “Dynamic Duo,” 1971. Reproduction of poster. Yanker Poster Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (154.00.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-23476]
- Tony Schwartz. Polaroid stills from “Daisy ad,” 1964. Tony Schwartz Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (152.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0152p1—bhp0152p4]
Politics and Camp
Political Speech
- Bob Hope and staff writers. Note cards of jokes for Spiro Agnew to use at Gridiron Club dinner, Washington, D.C., March 13, 1971. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (156.00.00-156.00.07, 156.00.09, 156.0012, 156.00.13) [Digital ID# bhp0156p1—bhp0156p7, bhp0156p9, bhp0156p10, bhp0156p12]
- Bob Hope and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (158.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0158]
- Jules Feiffer. Notes for talk at United Nations Plaza, November 14, 1969. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (157.00.00-157.00.11) [Digital ID# bhp0157 – bhp0157p11]
Hope and the Presidents
- Bob Hope and Dwight D. Eisenhower, October 24, 1946. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (160.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0160]
- Letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Bob Hope, July 13, 1965. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (161.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0161]
- Letter from President Dwight David Eisenhower to Chairman of the Bob Hope-USO Dinner, March 15, 1966. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (161.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0161_01]
- Bob Hope entertains President John F. Kennedy and Representative James Roosevelt (1907–1991) at Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation Dinner, May 30, 1961. Reprinted in “Bob Hope, Favorite Jester of the Western World.” American Weekly, April 14, 1963. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (160.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0160_01]
- Jerry Colonna (1904–1986), Bob Hope, Johnny Grant (1923–2008), President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Tony Hope (1940–2004) on the White House putting green, April 1, 1966. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (162.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0162]
- Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Bob Hope, December 2, 1966. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (163.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0163]
- Letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Bob Hope, May 25, 1964. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (163.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0163_01]
- Bob Hope greets President Richard M. Nixon, who had just landed in the presidential helicopter on Hope’s lawn, January 3, 1970. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (164.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0164]
- Letter from President Richard M. Nixon to Bob Hope, June 6, 1974. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (165.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0165]
- Letter from President Richard M. Nixon to Bob Hope, December 30, 1987. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (165.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0165_01]
- Letter from President Richard M. Nixon to Bob and Dolores Hope, May 15, 1972. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (165.02.00) [DIgital ID # bhp0165_02]
- Telegram from Bob Hope to President Gerald R. Ford, September 9, 1974. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (167.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0167]
- Bob Hope and President Gerald R. Ford, undated. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (166.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0166]
- Letter from President Gerald Ford to Bob Hope, October 11, 1974. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (167.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0167_02]
- Letter from President Gerald R. Ford to Bob Hope, June 3, 1979. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (167.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0167_01]
- Letter from President Jimmy Carter to Bob Hope, January 10, 1979. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (168.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0168]
- Letter from President Jimmy Carter to Bob Hope, January 2, 1988. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (168.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0168_01]
- Bob Hope, President Ronald Reagan, and Vice President George H. W. Bush (b. 1924), undated. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (169.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0169]
- Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Bob Hope, October 27, 1981. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (170.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0170]
- Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Bob Hope, May 25, 1982. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (170.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0170_01]
- Letter from President George H. W. Bush to Bob Hope, January 21, 1991. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (171.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0171]
- Letter from Vice President George H. W. Bush to Bob Hope, June 8, 1983. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (171.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0171_01]
- Bob Hope and President Bill Clinton at National Medal of Arts presentations on the South Lawn of the White House, October 5, 1995. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (172.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0172]
- Letter from President Bill Clinton to Dolores and Bob Hope, February 18, 1995. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (171.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0171_02]
Entertainers in Politics
- Walt Disney (1901–1966). “All I asked him was to appoint me commissioner in charge of Dorothy Lamour,” 1948. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID # bhp0501]
- Photograph from the film Fistful of Dollars, 1967. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID# ppmsca-24317]
- Photograph from Saturday Night Live, May 13, 1989. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank [Digital ID# bhp0539]
- Photograph from The Tonight Show, September 19, 2001. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank [Digital ID# bhp0541]
- Governor Ronald Reagan, 1966. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID# ppmsca-24319]
- Sonny and Cher, TV Guide, July 14–20, 1973. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID# bhp0538]
- George Murphy, with Gale Storm (1922-2009) and Cesar Romero (1907-1994), September 14, 1964. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID# ppmsca-24316]
- Shirley Temple Black with Vice President Richard Nixon (1913–1994), 1960. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID# ppmsca-24323]
- Congresswoman Clare Booth Luce at the Republican National Convention, 1944. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID# ppmsca-24312]
- Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1935. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID# ppmsca-24314]
- Jules Feiffer. “Good evening, this is Larry Charm here to talk sense to the American people,” March 6, 1966. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress [Digital ID # ppmsca-24320]
Hope for the World
- Scrapbook of English and Japanese reports on Bob Hope’s visit to Japan, October 1950. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (174.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0174p01 – bhp0174p14]
- News clipping from Kobe, Japan, October 28, 1950. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (173.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0173]
- Bob Hope preparing for Moscow trip, ca. 1958. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (175.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0175]
- Bob Hope on the cover of Look magazine, June 10, 1958. Reproduction. General Collections, Library of Congress (176.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0176]
- Bob Hope. I Owe Russia $1200. New York: Doubleday,1963. Courtesy of Alan Gevinson (178.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0178]
- Transcript of Bob Hope’s press conference at NBC Burbank studios, March 24, 1958. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (177.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0177]
- Transcript of Bob Hope’s press conference at NBC Burbank studios, March 24, 1958. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (177.00.01) [Digital ID # bhp0177p1]
- Bob Hope’s George Foster Peabody Award, April 2, 1958. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (210.00.00) [Digital ID # bhp0210]
- George Foster Peabody citation to Bob Hope, April 2, 1958. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (209.00.00) [Digital ID # bhp0209]
- Telegram from Eric Johnston (1896–1963) to Bob Hope, September 8, 1959. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (183.01.00) [Digital ID# bhp0183_01]
- Bob Hope, Mrs. Khrushchev, and Frank Sinatra. I Owe Russia $1200. New York: Doubleday, 1963. General Collections, Library of Congress (179.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0179]
- John M. McSweeney. “Khrushchev Visit.” State Department memo, September 1959. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (180.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0180]
- Bruce Cox, photographer. Premier Nikita Khrushchev at Twentieth Century-Fox studios. Also in picture, Motion Picture Association of America president Eric Johnston (1896–1963, standing behind Khrushchev), American ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902–1985, standing to Johnston’s right), Sergei Khrushchev (b. 1935, standing at far left), and Mrs. Khrushchev (1923–1971, second from right), September 19, 1959. Copyprint. Courtesy of Los Angeles Times (182.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0182] [Digital ID# bhp0182]
- Transcript of Bob Hope’s National Press Club talk, January 30, 1960. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (181.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0181]
- Thomas M. Pryor. “Khrushchev’s 20th-Fox Matinee” in Variety, September 23, 1959. Newspaper. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (180.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0180_01]
- Letter from Ambassador Thomas J. Watson, Jr., to Bob Hope, March 21, 1980. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (205.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0205]
- Bob Hope in Red Square, Moscow. Times (London), September 11, 1980. Associated Press Photo. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (183.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0183]
- Letter from Bob Hope to Ambassador Thomas J. Watson, Jr., April 11, 1980. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (205.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0205_01]
- Bob Hope at the Great Wall of China, 1979. Folder. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (205.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0205_02]
- Letter from Mrs. J. E. Howard to Bob Hope, September 17, 1979. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (183.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0183_02]
- Letter from J. C. Chen to Bob Hope, September 18, 1979. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (183.03.00) [Digital ID # bhp0183_03, bhp0183_03p1]
Cultural Diplomacy
- “Coordination for U.S. Cultural Relations Abroad,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0184]
- Mary V. R. Thayer. “Culture Is Coin of Diplomacy.” Washington Post, August 23, 1959. Reproduction. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (185.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0185]
- “Coordination for U.S. Cultural Relations Abroad,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.01) [Digital ID # bhp0184p1]
- “World Wide Performances by President’s Fund Cultural Groups—1959,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.02) [Digital ID # bhp0184p2]
- Dizzy Gillespie charms a snake in Karachi, Pakistan, April 1956. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (186.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24377]
- Benny Goodman in Moscow Sports Palace, July 8, 1962. Associated Press Photo. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (187.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24378] Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos.
- Louis Armstrong arrives in Leopoldville, Congo, greeted by Congolese cultural affairs director, playwright Albert Mongita, who dressed for the occasion in traditional garb, October 28, 1960. Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos (187.01.00) [Digital ID# bhp0187_01]
- Martha Graham with Thai dancers in Bangkok, November 1955. Reproduction. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (188.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0188]
- “Cave of the Heart.” Thai souvenir booklet from 1955 Asia tour with photograph of Martha Graham as “Medea” in a wire dress designed by Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), May 10, 1946. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (190.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0190]
- Drawing of Martha Graham. Thai program from 1955 Asia tour. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (189.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0189_01]
- Martha Graham & Dance Company. Program from performance in Lisbon, Portugal, April 26, 1967. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (189.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0189]
- Letter from Turner B. Shelton, director of the Motion Picture Service, United States Information Agency, to Rouben Mamoulian, June 21, 1961. Rouben Mamoulian Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (185.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0185_02]
- Booklet showing Leonard Bernstein with Russian citizens, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0193]
- Leonard Bernstein. “Opening and Closing.” Notes for broadcast, October 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0194]
- Leonard Bernstein. Introduction to Shostakovich “7th,” September 1959. Typescript with emendations. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0193_01]
- Leonard Bernstein. “Jottings—Moscow Show” Notes for broadcast, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0193_02]
- Leonard Bernstein. “Closing.” Notes for broadcast, October 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.01) [Digital ID # bhp0194p1]
- Leonard Bernstein. “Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Moscow: Closing.” Notes for broadcast, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.02) [Digital ID # bhp0194p2]
- Felicia Bernstein (1922–1978), Leonard Bernstein, and Boris Pasternak in dressing room. Moscow, September 1959. Copyprint. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (191.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0191]
- Don Hunstein, photographer. Leonard Bernstein shaking hands with Dmitri Shostakovich, Moscow, September 1959. Copyprint. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (192.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0192]
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