Additional Guides
Bob Hope Moving Image Collection: The Bob Hope moving image collection is comprised of material spanning Bob Hope's career as a stage, film, and television entertainer. Objects in the collection associated with Hope's professional works range from aired and unaired television specials, feature films, and short theatrical releases to camera isolations, production elements, rehearsal footage, promotional material, and outtakes. The collection also includes footage of golfing events, amateur home movies featuring Hope, his family, and friends, and recordings of a wide variety of Hope's personal appearances.
Music from the Bob Hope Collection: In a career that spanned nearly seventy years, American comedian and entertainer Bob Hope performed in theater, radio, film, television, and numerous public appearances, including his tours in support of the U.S. military. Music from the Bob Hope Collection contains manuscript scores, instrumental parts, and lyrics for nearly 500 works used in Hope's films, television programs, and personal appearances. These materials are part of the Bob Hope Collection held by the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of Congress.
In addition to these documents, the Recorded Sound Research Center has access to finding aids in document and spreadsheet form describing additional textual and photographic materials processed separately from the 2016-2018 project. These additional documents include an inventory of VIP letters received in the first acquisition, and a quantity of material in fifteen boxes which were processed shortly after the first acquisition to support the Bob Hope exhibit. Contact reference staff or use the link above to inquire about these materials.