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|| About the Collection ||
Included in this collection are over 7000 applications from contestants who appeared on the Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour radio program between 1934 and 1948. Applications from conventional performers such as musicians, dancers, singers, and impersonators are the most numerous, but also included are applications from novelty acts. Of particular interest are applications from various performers, now well known, including Teresa Brewer, Stubby Kaye, Robert Merrill, Beverly Sills, and Frank Sinatra. Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s, correspondence to and from program staff members, scripts, promotional material, and advertising and sponsor documents also are part of the collection.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1934-1950s
- Bulk Dates
- 1934-1950s
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 8500
- Number of Containers
- 20
- Linear Feet
- 9
- Contents
- Applications, photographs, correspondence, promotional material, scripts
- Processing History
- Processed, 1993
- Provenance
- Deposit, Joseph Brown 1970
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Original Amateur Hour Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress