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| Series 1. Bob Hope Joke Files, 1930s-2000s | |||||||||||||
| 417 linear feet | |||||||||||||
| RPA 01059-02044 (boxes 1-986), RPA 02446-02453 (boxes 1388-1395), RPA 02641-02643 (boxes 1583-1585); RPB 00123-00227 (oversize boxes 1734-1838); RPC 00088-00092 (oversize boxes 1850-1854); RPD 00042 (oversize box 1871); RPM 00026 | |||||||||||||
| The radio, television, personal appearance, and publications subseries are arranged chronologically. The motion pictures subseries is arranged alphabetically by title. The file gags and joke files subseries are arranged alphabetically by subject. | |||||||||||||
| Monologues and speeches, 1938-1990s | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | The Pepsodent Program radio monologues, September 1938-June 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Includes That's Showbiz exhibit object 056.00.00: Pepsodent show, 1-24-39: monologue in which he makes jokes about being in pictures; "Hope: How do you do Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Bob Hope, still hanging on by your teeth…" | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2153 | The Pepsodent Program radio monologues [from 2022 addition], September 1938-June 1948 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Radio monologues, September 1948-April 1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2154/1-3 | Radio monologues [from 2022 addition], 1948-1950 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1583/1-2 | Jello Morning monologues, November 1952-July 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3-4 | Television monologues, April 9, 1950 thru December 13, 1979 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2155 | Television monologues [from 2022 addition], 1960-1969 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2156 | Television monologues [from 2022 addition], 1969-1975 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2154/4 | A Study of Bob Hope's Place in the Popular Oracle Tradition: The Television Years (1950-1962) manuscript and research materials, by Marianne Tyler | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2154/5 | Miscellaneous monologues, 1968-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | Benefit monologues, 1939-1965 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/1-3 | Commencement addresses and advice to graduates, 1970s-1980s | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 986/5 | Closing speeches, March 23, 1943 to June 5, 1945 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 986/6 | Closing speeches, August 27, 1945 to December 30, 1947 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 986/7 | Closing speeches, January 6, 1948 to December 26, 1950 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 986/8 | Closing speeches, January 2, 1951 to December 25, 1953 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 986/9 | Closing speeches, January 1, 1954 to May 13, 1961 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/1-2 | Closing speeches: alphabetical | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/3-4 | Closing speeches: drives and holidays | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/5 | Closing speeches: youth | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/6 | Miscellaneous closing speeches | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/7 | Military addresses | ||||||||||||
| Radio, 1933-1956 | |||||||||||||
| The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer), 1934-1935 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/1-2 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer), December 21, 1934 , and January 4, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Audition. | |||||||||||||
| First program: Fan dancer, hotel room, travel agency. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/3 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 14, January 11, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Clothes, amateur routine, hotel routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/4 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 15, January 18, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| School, Antarctic routine, fan club. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/5 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 16, January 25, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Dentist office routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/6 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 17, February 1, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Beauty shop routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/7 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 18, February 8, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Northwest mounted police. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/8 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 19, February 15, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Cruising the South Seas. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/9 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 20, February 22, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| The Continental Army. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/10 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 21, March 1, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Includes American Treasures of the Library of Congress exhibit objects 195.1b/195.1a: Script, pages 1 and 2. | |||||||||||||
| Auto speed record race. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/11 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 22, March 8, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Night club and motion picture company routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/12 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 23, March 15, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Foreign Legion. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/13 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 24, March 22, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Detective routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/14 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 25, March 29, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Derby day in Kentucky. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/15 | The Intimate Revue (Bromo Seltzer) no. 26, April 5, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Heavyweight prize fight. | |||||||||||||
| The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), 1935-1936 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/16 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), November 9, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Night club bit, dancing. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/17 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), December 14, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Moose routine, Honeychile spot, coughing and family. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), December 21, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Christmas routine, men shopping like women. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), December 28, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Shop opening routine, testing for applause. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/3 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), January 4, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Sight seeing bit, Indian routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/4 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), January 11, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Opening night of follies, goes to party. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/5 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), January 18, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Doctor's office. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/6 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), January 25, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Baseball, Florida. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/7 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), February 1, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Florida, hotel, seashore boat ride. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/8 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), February 8, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Night club appearance bit, burning down? | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/9 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), February 15, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Golf game bit, singing a song, at the race track. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/10 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), February 29, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Leap year routine, office routine, professional laughers, discovering St. Augustine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/11 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), March 7, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Uncle Tom's penthouse bit, learning to sing. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/12 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), March 14, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Julius Caesar bit. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/13 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), March 21, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Romeo and Juliet. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/14 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), March 28, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Murder mystery. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/15 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), April 4, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Showing new apartment. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/1 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), April 11, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Easter shopping. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/2 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), April 18, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Circus and side show. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/3 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), April 25, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Vacation on dude ranch. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/4 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), May 2, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Launching of ship. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/5 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), May 9, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| On a picnic. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/6 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), May 16, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Brain trust routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/7 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), May 23, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/8 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), May 30, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Bob's birthday and college routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/9 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), June 4, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| In the hospital. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/10 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), June 11, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Penitentiary routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/11 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), June 18, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Zoo routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/12 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), June 25, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Convention routine. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/13 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), July 9, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| At North Pole. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/1 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), July 16, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Down on the farm. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/2 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), July 30, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Going to party. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 11/3 | The Atlantic Family (Atlantic White Flash), August 6, 1936 | ||||||||||||
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