Early Life

• The Hope Family, ca. 1915. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (1)
• The Hope Family. Photograph, ca. 1906. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (1A)
• The Hope family, ca. 1920. Photograph. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (1A.1)
• Bob Hope's birthplace, 44 Craighton Road, Eltham, England. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (2)
• The Alhambra Theater, Cleveland, ca. 1906. Copyprint. Courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library (3)
• The Circus Ring, Luna Park, Cleveland, Ohio, 1905. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4)
• J. W. Sandison. Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike Contest, November 5, 1921. Copyprint. Courtesy of Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington (4b)
• Business card, ca. 1920. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (5)
• Lester Hope and Mildred Rosequist, ca. 1923. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (6)

Vaudeville

• Program from the Palace Theatre, New York, January 24, 1921. Reproduction. Oscar Hammerstein II Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (9)
• Program from the Riverside Theatre, September 24, 1921. Oscar Hammerstein II Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (9.1)
• Ledger book from B.F. Keith's Theater, Indianapolis, August 29, 1921-June 14, 1925. Handwritten manuscript, with later annotations. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (10)
• Verso of letter from William Jacobs Agency with Bob Hope's notes on a routine, May 6, 1929. Holograph manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (11)
• Brochure for “Siamese Twins” | Daisy and Violet Hilton, ca. 1925. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (12)
• Publicity photograph of George Byrne and Lester Hope, ca. 1925. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (13)
• Business card for Byrne and Hope, ca. 1925. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (13a)
• Gus Sun Booking Exchange Program. Springfield, Ohio: Gus Sun Booking Exchange Company, 1925. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (15)
• The Stratford Theatre, Chicago, ca. 1920. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society (17)
• Advertisement for the Stratford Theater from the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 23, 1928. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (34A)
• Map of Hope's 1929–1930 Vaudeville Tour. Created for exhibition, 2000 (18)
• Page from Ballyhoo of 1932 script. Typed manuscript with Handwritten annotations, 1932. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (22a)
• Palace Theatre, New York Palace Theatre, New York, 1915. Copyprint. Courtesy of the Theatre Historical Society of America, Elmhurst, Illinois (22)
• Ziegfeld Follies program with Bert Williams, 1912. Reproduction. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (23)
• Alex Rogers and Bert Williams. “Nobody,” 1905. Musical score. Music Division, Library of Congress (24)
• Irving Berlin. “This is the Life.” New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1914. Sheet Music. Music Division, Library of Congress (25a)

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• Advertisement in Variety, 1913. Reproduction. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (25b)
• Harry Von Tilzer. “My Old New Hampshire Home.” New York, 1898. Sheet Music. Music Division, Library of Congress (25c)
• Harry Von Tilzer. “Latest Popular Mandolin, Banjo & Guitar Arrangements.” New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Tilzer, 1901. Sheet Music. Music Division, Library of Congress (25d)
• T. P. Trinkaus. “Popular Arrangements for Mandolin and Guitar.” New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1900. Sheet Music. Music Division, Library of Congress (25d.1)
• Bert Williams. Portrait of Bert Williams, 1922. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (26)
• Publicity photos of Bert Williams in costume, ca. 1922. Copyprints. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (27b, 27c)
• Eddie Foy's dancing shoes, ca. 1910. Courtesy of the Bob Hope Archives (28)
• Photograph of Eddie Foy, ca. 1910. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (28b)
• Harry Houdini's handcuffs with key, ca. 1900. Courtesy of Houdini Historical Center, Appleton, Wisconsin (28a, 28c)
• Gus Edwards. Musical score for “It's a Good World, After All,” 1906. Music Division, Library of Congress (29)
• Ernest R. Ball. “The Birds in Georgia Sing of Tennessee,” 1908. Musical score. Music Division, Library of Congress (29.1)
• Leslie Mohr and Piantadosi. “I'm a Yiddish Cowboy.” New York: Ted. S. Barron Music, 1909. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (29a)
• Will J. Harris and Harry I. Robinson. “Yonkle the Cow-Boy Jew.” Chicago: Will Rossiter, 1908. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (29a.1)
• Composite photograph of vaudeville joke books Yankee, Italian, and Hebrew Dialect Readings and Recitations. New York: Henry J. Wahman, 1891. Vaudeville Joke Books New Vaudeville Jokes. Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook, 1909. New Dutch Jokes. Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook, 1909. Jew Jokes. Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook, 1909. Ethnic Joke Books Chop Suey. Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook, 1909. Irish Jokes. Cleveland: Cleveland News, 1907. Dark Town Jokes. Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook, 1908. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (29b-h)
• George J. Southwick. Southwick's Monologues. Chicago: Will Rossiter, 1903. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (30)
• Richy Craig, Jr., Joke Notebook, ca. 1930. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (31)
• Joke Notebook, ca. 1930. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (31.2)
• Bob Hope Scrapbook, 1925–1930. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (33)
• Bob Hope's vaudeville tour contract, 1929. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (34)
• Bob Hope's vaudeville contract. Typewritten manuscript, 1930. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Record Sound Division, Library of Congress (34.1)
• Advertisement for Columbia Copyright & Patent Company. The New York Clipper, November 3, 1906. Reproduction. General Collections, Library of Congress (36)
• LeFevre's Railway Fare. New York: John J. LeFevre, 1910. General Collections, Library of Congress (37)
• Censorship card, May 27, 1933. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (37.1)
• Julius Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide. New York, 1910. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (38)
• Review of Bob Hope's vaudeville act, Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Company, November 23, 1929. Reproduction. General Collections, Library of Congress (40)
• Frederic La Delle. How to Enter Vaudeville. Michigan: Excelsior Printing Company, 1913. Reproduction of title page. General Collections, Library of Congress (41a)

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The Bill

• Houdini at the Orpheum Poster. 1918. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Novelty Acts

• Eugene Sandow. 1894. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Bicycle Act. 1907. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Roly Poly Dancing Dolly. 1915. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• J. T. Doyle with fire. ca. 1902. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Dog Act. 1921. Dramatic Mirror. New York, 1921. General Collections, Library of Congress

Family Acts

• Daisy and Violet Hilton. 1925. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Eddie Foy with his children. ca.1910. Bob Hope Collection. Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress
• Buster Keaton. 1908. Dramatic Mirror. New York, 1908. General Collections, Library of Congress
• The Dolly Sisters. ca. 1915–1920. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Black-Face Acts

• Lew Dockstader. 1902. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• McIntyre & Heath. 1916. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Eddie Cantor. 1941. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Bert Williams. ca. 1922. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Al Jolson. 1927. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

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Dancers

• Sally Rand. 1934. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Irene & Vernon Castle. 1914. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Fred & Adele Astaire. ca. 1925. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Paul & Grace Hartman. 1935. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Hope & Byrne. ca. 1925. Bob Hope Collection. Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress

Comedy Teams

• The Three Stooges. 1938. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• The Marx Brothers. 1931. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Weber & Fields. ca. 1920. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Smith & Dale. 1955. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Olsen & Johnson. 1939. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Montgomery & Stone. ca. 1916. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Burns & Allen. 1924. National Vaudeville Artists Yearbook. 1924. General Collections, Library of Congress
• Bert Lahr and Mercedes. 1925. National Vaudeville Artists Yearbook. 1925. General Collections, Library of Congress

Illusion and Magic

• Houdini vanishing an elephant. 1918. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Male-Female Impersonators

• Kitty Doner. 1923. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Vesta Tilley. 1906. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Julian Eltinge. 1913. New York Clipper. New York, 1913. General Collections, Library of Congress

Ventriloquists

• Fred Allen with dummy. ca. 1916. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Comic Singers

• Jimmy Durante. ca. 1950. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Fanny Brice. 1910. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Harry Lauder. ca. 1911. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Trixie Friganza. ca. 1907. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• May Irwin. 1898. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Elsie Janis. 1910. American Stage of Today. New York, 1910. General Collections, Library of Congress
• Willie Solar. 1924. National Vaudeville Artists Yearbook. 1924. General Collections, Library of Congress

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Monologists and Entertainers

• Will Rogers. ca. 1920. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• George Jessel. 1932. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Bob Hope at the Palace. 1932. Billboard. Cincinnati, 1932. General Collections, Library of Congress

Musicians

• Harry Richman. 1932. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Ted Lewis. 1931. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Borah Minevitch. 1952. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Comedians

• Will Mahoney. 1956. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Marie Dressler. 1909. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Marie Dressler with hat over head. 1909. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• W.C. Fields. ca. 1934. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Bert Lahr. 1934. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Ed Wynn. ca. 1930. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Willie Howard. 1941. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Molly Picon. ca. 1930–35. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Milton Berle. 1952. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Jack Benny. 1924. National Vaudeville Artists Yearbook. 1924. General Collections, Library of Congress

Singers/Entertainers

• Lillian Russell. 1895. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Ruth Etting, 1929. Theater, 1929. General Collections, Library of Congress
• Nora Bayes. ca. 1920. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Eva Tanguay. 1913. Billboard. Cincinnati, 1913. General Collections, Library of Congress
• June Havoc. 1924. National Vaudeville Artists Yearbook. 1924. General Collections, Library of Congress
• Aileen Stanley. 1921. Dramatic Mirror. New York, 1921. General Collections, Library of Congress

Actors

• Sarah Bernhardt. ca. 1890. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Anna Held. 1896. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Winnie Lightner. 1927. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
• Fanny Ward. 1894. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

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Moving On

• Roberta. Souvenir program cover, 1934. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress ( 42a.1)
• Program for Gowns by Roberta. Forest Theatre, Philadelphia, October 23, 1933. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (42a)
• Dolores Reade at the Vogue Club, December, 1933. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (42)
• Program from “A Night With the Stars,” Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 1935. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (43)
• Bob Hope and Dolores Reade, 1935. Photograph. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (43a)
• Run-down of a vaudeville show, August 3, 1934. Typed program. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (43c)
• Thanks for the Memory, with special lyrics dedicated to vaudeville, 1938. Typed manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (43d)
• Autographed photograph of Dolores Reade, Photograph, ca. 1933. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (43f)
• Vogue nightclub program, 1933. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (43g)
• Bob Hope. Have Tux, Will Travel: The Bob Hope Story. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. General Collections, Library of Congress (44)
• Program printed on fabric, February 23, 1936. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, (44.1)
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. New York, 1936. Program. Music Division, Library of Congress (47)
• Ira Gershwin. “I Can't Get Started.” 1936. Typewritten manuscript with Holograph emendations. Music Division, Library of Congress (48a)
• Autographed photograph of actress Eve Arden, ca. 1936. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (48)
• Bob Hope with Fanny Brice as “Baby Snooks.” New York: Murray Korman, ca. 1936. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (49)
• Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, and Bob Hope in Red, Hot and Blue!, 1936. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (50a)
• Advertising flyer for Red, Hot and Blue! Alvin Theatre, New York, 1936. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (50)
• Program for “Burns & Hope At Madison Square Garden.” New York, October 1, 1989. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (51)
• Jubilee! at Bally's, Las Vegas, ca. 1996. Copyprint. Courtesy of Bally's, Las Vegas (51b)
• Program for Jubilee! at Bally's, Las Vegas, ca. 1996. Courtesy of Bally's, Las Vegas (51a)
• Stand-up act at the Raleigh Hotel, Catskill Mountains, New York, 1970. Courtesy of Catskill Entertainers/Native New Yorker Hall of Fame and Museum (53aa)
• Program featuring Danny Kaye, Beatrice Kay and Rose Marie. “Highlight and Shadows.” Catskill Mountains, New York, 1937. Courtesy of Catskill Entertainers/Native New Yorker Hall of Fame and Museum (53a)
• Advertising flyer for Ted Lewis Orchestra and Revue. Beverly Hills Country Club. Newport, Kentucky, late 1940s. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (53b)
• The Motor-Town Revue. Detroit: Motown, ca. 1960. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (53e)
• Printed flyer, 1963. Courtesy of Experience Music Project (53E.3)
• Vaudeville acts at RKO Palace Theatre. Printed poster, 1949. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (53E.2)
• Advertising flyer, 1981. Courtesy of Experience Music Project (53E.1)
• Clipped advertisement from one of Bob Hope's personal scrapbooks, ca. 1920. Reproduction. Courtesy Hope Archives (53f)
• Program for “Mardi Gras de Paree.” New York: The Latin Quarter, 1949. Music Division, Library of Congress (53g)
• Pat Rich. Show at The Latin Quarter, New York, ca. 1950. Copyprint. Music Division, Library of Congress (53h)
• Meet the Baron. Poster, 1933. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (63B.1)
• The Big T.N.T. Show. Poster, 1966. Courtesy of Experience Music Project (63A.1)

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Bits & Sketches

• Marshall Wilder, 1886. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (111)
• The Riddle House Monolog. Typed manuscript. Marshall Wilder Collection, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress (112)
• Notes for The Riddle House monolog. Typed manuscript, with Holograph emendations. Marshall Wilder Collection, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress (110)
• Marshall Wilder, “Melodrama-up-to-date,” n.d. Holograph and typewritten notes. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (110-s1, 112-s1)
• Telegram from Al Boasberg to Bob Hope, November 19, 1930. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (113)
• Letter from Al Boasberg to Bob Hope, ca. 1930. Typewritten manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (114.3)
• Bob Hope's manuscript jokes, ca. 1930s. Page 2. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (113.1a, b)
• Script of Little Miss Muffet, May 27, 1932. Typed manuscript. U.S. Copyright Office Archives (114)
• The Marx Brothers. Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel, January 23, 1933. Typed manuscript. U.S. Copyright Office Archives (116)
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, 1952. Copyprint. New York World Telegram and Sun Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (118)
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Script of “The Hole in the Wall,” January 23, 1940. Typed manuscript. Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress (117)
• Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander. Copyprint. Courtesy of Castlerock Entertainment (120)
• Larry David. Seinfeld script for “The Finale,” May 14, 1998. Typed manuscript. U.S. Copyright Office Archives (119)
• Cartoon cell for The Simpsons, 1992. Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox (122)
• Jeff Martin. Typed script of “Lisa the Beauty Queen.” The Simpsons, March 27, 1992. The Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (121)

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Motion Pictures

• Lee de Forest. De Forest Phonofilm, ca. 1924. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (54)
• De Forest Phonofilm frames, ca. 1925. Reproduction. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (55)
• Cameraman inside soundproof camera booth, ca. 1926. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (56)
• Vitaphone projection booth, ca. 1926. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (58)
• Roy Smeck. Pastimes, Camden, New Jersey: Victor Talking Machine Company, July 14, 1926. Vitaphone disk. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (59)
• Phonofilm advertisement. The Daily Herald (Biloxi), 1925. Reproduction. Courtesy of Joe Showler (59a)
• Composite of assorted news clippings from Variety, 1929. Reproduction. Courtesy of Variety. General Collections, Library of Congress (60)
• The Fire Chief, 1933. Movie Poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (63a)
• Twenty Million Sweethearts, 1935. Movie Poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (63b)
• House-Rent Party. 1946, Movie Poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (63B.2)
• Billy Rose and Fred Fischer. “I'd Rather Be Blue Over You.” My Man. New York: Irving Berlin, Inc., 1928. Sheet music. George Moss Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (65)
• Telegram from Louis Shurr to Lester Shurr, July 14, 1937. Postal telegraph. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (66-s1)
• Telegram from Louis Shurr to Bob Hope, July 15, 1937. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (66)
• The Big Broadcast of 1938 Publicity Book, 1938. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (67)
• Jack Yellen and Milton Ager. “He's a Good Man to Have Around.” Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc.: New York, 1929. Sheet Music. Music Division, Library of Congress (65.1)
• Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger. “Thanks for the Memory.” New York: Paramount Music Corporation, 1937. Music Division, Library of Congress (68)
• Damon Runyon. “The Brighter Side.” Los Angeles Examiner, March 13, 1938. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (69)
• Road to Rio lobby card. National Screen Service Corporation, 1948. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (70)
• Life Magazine, February 4, 1946, cover. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (71)
• Road to Bali. Lobby card, 1953. Card 2 Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (70.1)
• Photographs from The Road to Morocco in 1940. Copyprints. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (73a, 73b, 73c, 73d)
• Autographed photograph of Bing Crosby, 1945. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (74)
• “Put it There Pal” lyrics with handwriten emendations, 1946. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (75)
• The Road to Utopia script page. Typewritten manuscript with holographic emendations, 1946. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (75.1)
• Lobby card for The Seven Little Foys. National Screen Service Coporation, 1955. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (77)
• Composite photograph for The Seven Little Foys, 1955. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (78)
• Joseph J. Lilley. Musical score for The Seven Little Foys, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (79)
• Report from preview screening for The Seven Little Foys, 1955. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (80a)
• Promotion schedule for The Seven Little Foys, June 25-28, 1955. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (80a-s1)
• Honorary Academy Award statuette, 1953. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (82)
• Jokes from the Academy Award Ceremony, 1969. Typewritten manuscript with emendations. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (83)

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Radio

• Map of NBC stations in 1937. Created May 2000. Library of Congress (85)
• NBC microphone, ca. 1940. Courtesy of Bob Hope Enterprises (86)
• WEAF Corrected Traffic Sheets, 1932. Log Book. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (87a)
• WEAF Corrected Traffic Sheets, 1932. Log Book. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (87b)
• Recording of The Pepsodent Show, February 3, 1948. Lacquer disk. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (88)
• Artist card for Fred Allen's radio performances, 1930–1934. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (89a)
• Artist card for Jack Benny's radio performances, 1930–1934. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (89b)
• Bob Hope and Judy Garland, ca. 1940. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (89C.1)
• Jack Benny and Bob Hope publicity photograph, ca. 1940. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (89C.2)
• Jack Benny and Fred Allen, 1936. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (89c)
• Sponsor card for Fred Allen's radio program, 1949, and Jack Benny's radio program, 1944. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (90a, 90b)
• Telegram, November 19, 1940. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (92)
• “Proceedings NBC War Clinic,” New York, 1942. Typewritten manuscript. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (92-s1)
• Telegram, September 25, 1940. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (92.2)
• John Collier. Family of a Portuguese dory fisherman. Massachusetts: US Office of War Information, 1942. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (93a)
• Ed Wynn as “The Fire Chief,” ca. 1935. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (94)
• Radio Round-Ups. Boston: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard, 1932. General Collections, Library of Congress (95)
• “Olsen and Johnson,” ca. 1935. Printed pamphlet. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (96a)
• “Ken Murray's Radio Monologues,” ca. 1934. Page 2 Printed pamphlet. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (96b)
• “Radio's Effect on Theatre,” Variety, November 17, 1926. Reproduction. General Collections, Library of Congress (97a)
• “5,000,000 Listen in on New Hook-Up.” The Boston Daily Globe, November 16, 1926. Reproduction. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (97b)
• Bob Hope artist card, 1944. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (98)
• Woodbury Program Audition Sheet, April 9, 1937. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (100)
• Cartoon, 1940s. Newspaper cartoon. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (100A)
• Pepsodent Toothpaste Box, 1940s. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (102b)
• Radio Daily, December 23, 1941. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (102a)
• Bob Hope with troops, December 7, 1943. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (103)
• Bob Hope. They Got Me Covered. Hollywood: 1941. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (104)
• “Thanks for the Memory” lyrics, 1945. Typed manuscript with Handwritten emendations. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (105)
• Radio-TV Mirror award, 1953. Gold medal. Courtesy of Bob Hope (106)
• Radio script draft, April, 1948. Handwritten manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (106a)
• Bob Hope with writers, ca. 1946. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (106b)
• The Pepsodent Show cast, ca. 1946. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (107)
• Berman. Caricature of Jerry Colonna and Bob Hope. Lithograph, ca. 1947. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (107A)
• Monolog from The Pepsodent Show. Typewritten manuscript, January 13, 1942. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (102a.1)
• Script pages from The Pepsodent Show. Typewritten manuscript, Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Record Sound Division, Library of Congress (104.1a, b)
• Closing monolog from The Pepsodent Show. Typewritten manuscript, May 8, 1945. Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 Page 5 - Page 6 Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (105.1)

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Television

• Look Magazine, April 10, 1951, cover. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (123)
• Variety, May 26, 1948. General Collections, Library of Congress (125)
• Letter from John Royal to Bob Hope, June 29, 1949. Typed manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (128)
• Letter from Bob Hope to John Royal, July 13, 1949. Typed manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (129)
• Page from a photo album, 1950. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (130)
• Advertisement for Star Spangled Revue, 1950. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (131)
• Correspondence from Robert McFaden to Sylvester Weaver, April 14, 1950. Typed manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (133)
• Prop list and rehearsal sheet for Your Show of Shows, February 25, 1950. Typed manuscript. Sid Caesar Collection, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress (134, 135)
• Caesar's Hour #43, “Commuters,” 1956. Typewritten manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (134s1)
• “Props and Artwork” for Caesar's Hour #43, 1956. Typewritten manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (135s1)
• Notecard with Carson's introduction of Hope on December 15, 1989, show. Carson Collection, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress (136)
• Script of The Tonight Show, December 15, 1989. Typed manuscript. Carson Collection, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress (137)
• Hope monolog for The Tonight Show, December 15, 1989. Typed manuscript, with annotations. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (138)
• The Tonight Show line-up, December 15, 1989. Typed manuscript. Carson Collection, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress (136a)
• Red Skelton, Bob Hope, and Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, December 21, 1989. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (139)
• Photograph showing filming of Your Show of Shows, ca. 1950. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (140)
• Bob Fosse notebook, ca. 1970. Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon Collection, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress (141)
• Liza with a “Z.” Liza Minnelli. Columbia Records/CBS, 1972. Music Division, Library of Congress (142)
• Bob Fosse. Original concept for Liza With a Z, May 1971. Typed manuscript. Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (143)
• Photograph for TV Guide cover. Photograph, 1981. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (144)
• Letter from Jack Benny. Typewritten manuscript with holographic emendations, January 16, 1964. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (145)
• Letter from Johnny Carson to Bob Hope. December 3, 1997. Holographic manuscript. Transcript Copyright Johnny Carson. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (146)
• Telegram from George Burns to Bob Hope. Telegram, May 21, 1991. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (147)

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Joke File

• Annie Leibovitz. Bob Hope in his joke vault. Photograph, July 17, 1995. Courtesy of Annie Leibovitz (197)
• Jokes from Bob Hope's Joke File, December 15, 1953. Typed manuscript with Holographic notations. ©Bob Hope Enterprises. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress

On the Road: USO Shows

• Radio broadcast, 1943. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (150)
• Sponsor card for Bob Hope's Pepsodent Show, February–June 1942. NBC Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (152)
• I Never Left Home, June 1944. 78-rpm record album. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (153)
• Application for Permit to Enter Alaska, 1942. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (153A)
• Guitarist Tony Romano accompanies Frances Langford in an impromptu performance, 1944. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (154a)
• On the Road to Vietnam. Chicago: Cadet Records, 1965. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (156)
• A Bob Hope U.S.O. show in Vietnam, 1968. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (156a)
• Carl Hubenthal. Merry Christmas to GI Joe. Oil painting, 1968. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (156b)
• Bob Hope's Packing List for a U.S.O. tour, 1969. Typed manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (157)
• Hope scrapbook from U.S.O. tour, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (158)
• Golf club that Bob Hope carried on stage during his 1969 U.S.O. tour. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (160)
• Mug made from an artillery shell casing, 1969. Copper plate reads "Mr. BH Code 124 From #88 TFW Korat RTAFB December 1969." Courtesy Bob Hope Archives (162)

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Public Service

• Photo Album given to Bob Hope by Marine William Gwin, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (167)
• Dolores Hope singing to troops, ca. 1990. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (168)
• Letter from prisoner of war, Frederic Flom, written on back of wrapper, February 24, 1973. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (169a)
• Letter from Denise Colasuonno to Bob Hope, January 15, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (169b)
• Letter from John Mann to Bob Hope, June 21, 1970. Typewritten manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (169a-s1)
• Letter from Howard Lindsay to Bob Hope, August 24, 1944. Typewritten manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (169b-s1)
• Letter of response from Bob Hope, October 6, 1944. Typewritten manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (169c)
• Letter from Clark Dennis to Bob Hope, ca. 1944. Manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (169b.2)
• Letter of response from Bob Hope, June 6, 1945. Typewritten manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (169c.1)
• Appointment book, 1983. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (170)
• Letter from President Nixon to Bob Hope, May 5, 1978. Holograph manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (171a)
• Letter from President Richard M. Nixon to Bob Hope, December 15, 1975. Typewritten manuscript with Holograph emendations. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (171a-s1)
• Letter from Bob Hope to Rose Mary Woods, April 17, 1974. Typewritten manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (171b)
• Bob Hope with President Clinton, October 5, 1995; with President Bush, ca. 1992; with President Reagan, ca. 1985; with President Nixon, 1969. Copy Prints. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (172a-d)
• Bob Hope with President-elect John F. Kennedy, Vice President-elect Lyndon Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Stuart Symington, 1960. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (173)
• Honor America Day. Landmark Records, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (174)
• Excerpt from monolog delivered at the Academy Awards, 1970. Typewritten manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (174a)
• Bob Hope's Congressional Gold Medal, 1962. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (177)
• Photograph of Bob Hope holding the medal, President Kennedy, Dolores Hope and guests, 1962. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (198)

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Faces of Bob Hope

• The Adventures of Bob Hope. New York: National Periodical Publications, 1963. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (179a)
• The Adventures of Bob Hope. New York: National Periodical Publications, 1963. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (179b)
• Bob Hope Tiki Sculpture, 1971. Ceramic. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (180)
• Bust of Bob Hope, ca. 1960. Plaster. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (181)
• Sculpture of Bob Hope golfing, 1979. Wood. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (195)
• Bob Hope's profile, n.d. Wood. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (194)
• Branding iron with Bob Hope's profile, n.d. Iron. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (189)
• Derby L. Ulloa. Bob Hope elephant sculpture, 1977. Bronze. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (182)
• Money clip and dollar bill, ca. 1961. Gold and paper. Courtesy Bob Hope Archives (185)
• S.C. De Regil. Bob Hope, 1940. Gouache. Courtesy Bob Hope Archives (187)
• Ernest Hamlin Baker. Original artwork for Time Magazine cover, 1943. Gouache. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (188a)
• Time Magazine, September 20, 1943. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (188b)
• Soo. Three Stages of Hope, 1971. Charcoal on velvet. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (190)
• Al Hirschfeld. Bob Hope and the NBC Peacock. Pen-and-ink drawing. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (191)
• Ashtray with Hope's likeness. Beverly Hills: Czelç, 1954. Ceramic. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (192)
• Bust of Bob Hope, ca. 1971. Wicker. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (183)
• Don Barclay. Hope and elf painting, ca. 1940. Oil paint. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (186)
• G.I. Joe, 1998. Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Hasbro Toys, 1998. Courtesy of Sam Brylawski (196)
• Annie Leibovitz. Bob Hope in his Joke File vault. Copyprint, July 17, 1995. Courtesy of Annie Leibovitz (197)
• Bob Hope's nose. Bronze sculpture, n.d. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (200)
• Neckties with images of Bob Hope. Silk, ca. 1949. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (202)
• Gene Lester. Photograph of Bob Hope wearing the tie, ca. 1949. Copyprint. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (202C)
• Cuff links with images of Bob Hope. Back engraved "From Marvin H." Gold, n.d. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (201ab)
• Dan Barclay. Caricature of Bob Hope with four eyes. Original watercolor, 1998. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (203)
• Dick Berry. Hand-carved toy. Wood and paint, .n.d. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (204)

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