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Series 1. Bob Hope Joke Files, 1930s-2000s (continued)
Miscellaneous joke file material, 1960s-1980s
BOX-FOLDER 1585/3 Samples and information for new Bob Hope secretaries.
A guide to finding material in the joke files.
BOX-FOLDER 1585/4 Lead in jokes and completed jokes
BOX-FOLDER 1585/5 Circus poem
BOX-FOLDER 1585/6 Jokes, April 26, 1971
BOX-FOLDER 1585/7 Miscellaneous jokes
BOX-FOLDER 1585/8 Jokes not scanned
BOX 966 Handwritten joke material
BOX-FOLDER 1149/1-3 Hope gags
BOX 967 Large type monologue material
BOX-FOLDER 1393/1-3 Girl spots
BOX-FOLDER 1393/4 Stand-up and songs
BOX-FOLDER 1393/5 Army camp routines
BOX-FOLDER 1393/6 Audience warm-up
BOX-FOLDER 1393/7 Bob Hope's notes
BOX-FOLDER 1388/3 Jokes regarding motion pictures and actors
BOX-FOLDER 1388/4 Jokes regarding personalities
BOX-FOLDER 1388/5 Questions and answers from the American Dairy show
BOX-FOLDER 1388/6 Jokes not used
BOX 511-0 Miscellaneous scripts for stage, broadcast, and film
DOCFL 511-0
BOX-FOLDER 1394/1 Roberta: original script and material
BOX-FOLDER 1394/2-3 Roberta, 1958 production
BOX-FOLDER 1394/4 Movie and radio guide trailer (Bob Hope, Brenda and Cobina), 1940
BOX-FOLDER 1394/5 Radio Revels of 1942 (Brenda and Cobina)
BOX-FOLDER 1394/6 Show Business: Brenda and Cobina picture
BOX-FOLDER 1394/7 Hollywood Band Caravan (Paramount), August 8, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 1394/8 All-Star Bond Rally (20th Century-Fox), 1945
BOX-FOLDER 1394/9 Report Home (picture produced for USO), 1946
BOX-FOLDER 1394/10 Brotherly and Sisterly Love, August 7, 1946
BOX-FOLDER 1394/11 Father's Day (trailer and spot), 1947
BOX-FOLDER 1394/12 "So This Is Flight Service" (All-Scope Pictures), 1947
BOX-FOLDER 1394/13 Variety Club hospital trailer, October 28, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 1394/14 Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation trailer, December 30, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 1394/15 Western Golf Association short film, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 1394/16 Road to Home (Bob Hope and Bing Crosby picture for the United States Navy)
BOX-FOLDER 1395/1 You Can Change the World, 1949
BOX-FOLDER 1395/2 Fifth Freedom, September 22, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 1395/3 Traffic script, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 1395/4 On Stage, Everybody, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 1395/5 The Silent Partner, November 14, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 1395/6-10 The Awful Truth
BOX 968-986 Gig Henry Files, 1960s-1980s
Contains jokes and sketches written by Gig Henry and his collaborators.
BOX 968-973 Gig Henry Files, first series
BOX 974-986 Gig Henry Files, second series
Series 2. Bob Hope Personal Files, 1930s-2000s
171 linear feet
RPA 02045-02445 (boxes 987-1387), RPA 02454-02460 (boxes 1396-1402), RPA 02643 (box 1585), RPA 02790-02791 (boxes 1732-1733); RPC 00093 (oversize box 1855)
Correspondence, 1932-2000s
BOX 987-989 Contents of Dolores Hope's personal hall closet trunk
BOX-FOLDER 987/1 Bob Hope hand written correspondence
Includes That's Showbiz exhibit objects 033.00.00/034.00.00: Bob Hope silhouette "Keep Smiling" on calendar cutout 1929.
Includes That's Showbiz exhibit objects 263.00.00/263.00.01: A Memorial Mass for Bob Hope, 8/27/2003, by Larry Gelbart.
BOX-FOLDER 987/2 Bob Hope and Dolores Hope love letters, early 1930's
Includes That's Showbiz exhibit object 035.00.00/036.00.00: Letter from "Roberta" (i.e., Hope) to his sweetheart Dolores Reade, 1933.
BOX-FOLDER 987/3 VIP letter descriptions
BOX-FOLDER 987/4 VIP letters and cards
BOX-FOLDER 988/1 Bob Hope telegrams
BOX-FOLDER 988/2-3 VIP Christmas cards
BOX-FOLDER 988/4 VIP letters: Presidents, political
BOX-FOLDER 989/1 VIP letters: celebrities, religious
BOX-FOLDER 989/2 Memorabilia, 1991
BOX-FOLDER 989/3 Memorabilia, 1992
BOX-FOLDER 989/4 Memorabilia, 1993
BOX-FOLDER 1732/1 Special letters, assembled by Bob Hope's staff, 1946-2000
BOX-FOLDER 1732/2 Fan letters from children, 1967
BOX 990-993 Telegrams, 1932-1964
BOX 990 Telegrams, 1932-1938
BOX 991 Telegrams, 1940-1945
BOX 992 Telegrams, 1946-1949
BOX 993 Telegrams, 1950-1964
BOX 994 Telegrams to and from Bob Hope, for birthday greetings, congratulations, condolences, and other matters
DOCFL 428-0.
BOX 995 General correspondence, 1939-1947
BOX 996 General correspondence, 1948-1952
BOX 997 General correspondence, 1953-September 1955
BOX 998 General correspondence, October 1955-March 1958
BOX 999 General correspondence, April 1958-March 1960
BOX 1000 General correspondence, April 1960-September 1962
BOX 1001 General correspondence, 1964-1965
DOCFL 217-0.
BOX 1002 General correspondence, 1965-1966
DOCFL 218-0.
BOX 1003 General correspondence, 1966-1967
DOCFL 219-0.
BOX 1004 General correspondence, 1967-1968
DOCFL 220-0.
BOX 1005 General correspondence, 1969
Includes Hope for America exhibit object 079.05.00: Letter from Senator Barry Goldwater to Bob Hope, May 3, 1969.
DOCFL 221-0.
BOX 1006 General correspondence, 1969-1970
DOCFL 222-0.
BOX 1007 General correspondence, 1971
DOCFL 223-0.
BOX 1008-1013 General correspondence, 1973-1974
DOCFL 298-0, DOCFL 299-0, DOCFL 300-0, DOCFL 301-0, DOCFL 302-0, DOCFL 303-0.
BOX 1014-1019 General correspondence, 1975
DOCFL 416-0 thru 421-0.
BOX 1020-1023 General correspondence, 1976
DOCFL 344-0 thru 346-0.
BOX 1024-1027 General correspondence, 1977
DOCFL 249-0 thru 252-0
BOX 1028-1031 General correspondence, 1978
DOCFL 253-0 thru 255-0, 305-0.
BOX 1032 General correspondence, 1970s
DOCFL 256-0.
BOX 1033-1034 General correspondence, 1979
M-Z only. DOCFL 257-0 thru 258-0.
BOX 1035-1041 General correspondence, 1980
DOCFL 259-0 thru 263-0, 265-0, 231-0.
BOX 1042-1048 General correspondence, 1981
DOCFL 283-0 thru 289-0, 251-0, 291-0.
BOX 1049-1051 General correspondence, 1982
DOCFL 422-0 thru 424-0.
BOX 1052-1056 General correspondence, 1983
DOCFL 473-0 thru 477-0.
BOX 1056-1059 General correspondence, 1984
425-0 thru 427-0.
BOX 1060-1063 General correspondence, late 1970s-1988
463-0. Bulk dates 1985-1988.
BOX 1064-1065 General correspondence, 1989
DOCFL 348-0.
BOX 1066 Business correspondence, 1962-1964
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