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BOX 1-16 |
Contestant Materials
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Applications and other related materials of contestants for the Amateur Hour. The majority of these pertain specifically to the Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour radio program between 1934 and 1948. |
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Organized as three subseries. |
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Applications and Related Documents
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Chiefly applications from contestants who appeared on the Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour radio program between 1934 and 1948. Includes letters of introduction, reference letters, and other related materials. |
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Arranged alphabetically by name of group or last name of performer. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Aalrud -- Alvi |
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
Amato -- Astroff |
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Atanasoff -- Banks |
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 |
Barad -- Beloff |
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 |
Benak -- Bishop |
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 |
Bjornie -- Bombara |
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 |
Bon Bons -- Bauner |
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 |
Breen -- Brydof |
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 |
Buchannan -- Capwell |
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 |
Cardonna -- Caye |
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 |
Clancy -- Connie |
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 |
Connors -- Cross |
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 |
Crowell -- Davis |
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 |
Davy -- Dexter |
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 |
Diamond -- Dottie and Bobbie |
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 |
Dougherty -- Dynamic Harmonica Four |
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 |
Eagle -- Ely |
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 |
Emerick -- Farrow |
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 |
Fasany -- Fiore |
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 |
Five Aces -- Flatbush Floogies |
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 |
Fleer -- Foster |
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 |
Four Amateur Rogues -- Fourtan |
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 |
Fox -- Fyfe |
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 |
Gaderick -- Gaynor |
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 |
Geankoplis -- Giusti |
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 |
Goerger -- Grazzini |
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 |
Great Lakes Swing Sextet -- Gypsy Quartet |
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 |
Hackman -- Harmony Four |
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 |
Harold -- Hechl |
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 |
Hedling -- Hjerpe |
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 |
Hoag -- Hopkinson |
BOX-FOLDER 6/5 |
Horlbogen -- Hylselop |
BOX-FOLDER 7/1 |
Idaho Ranch Boys -- Jive'n Five |
BOX-FOLDER 7/2 |
Joan and Ernie -- Juvinall |
BOX-FOLDER 7/3 |
Kaaren -- Keenan |
BOX-FOLDER 7/4 |
Keister -- Kiwanis Quartette of Yonkers |
BOX-FOLDER 8/1 |
Klaff -- Kwan |
BOX-FOLDER 8/2 |
Laborde -- Lazzesi |
BOX-FOLDER 8/3 |
Leah -- Leslie |
BOX-FOLDER 8/4 |
Leuname -- Logue |
BOX-FOLDER 8/5 |
Lohr -- Lyric Male Quartet |
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 |
Maas -- MacVeigh |
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 |
Macchiaverna -- Mansan |
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 |
Maranville -- Maryella |
BOX-FOLDER 9/4 |
Mäsch -- Melodie |
BOX-FOLDER 9/5 |
Melodious Harmonica Trio -- Mike and Bill |
BOX-FOLDER 10/1 |
Miki -- Mistichelli |
BOX-FOLDER 10/2 |
Mitchel -- Morris, D. |
BOX-FOLDER 10/3 |
Morris, M. -- Myers |
BOX-FOLDER 10/4 |
Nadel -- Nogueira |
BOX-FOLDER 10/5 |
Nona -- O'Neil |
BOX-FOLDER 11/1 |
Ooms -- Pagin |
BOX-FOLDER 11/2 |
Pagliarini -- Payne |
BOX-FOLDER 11/3 |
Peace -- Pizzuto |
BOX-FOLDER 11/4 |
Plantation Four -- Puzelli |
BOX-FOLDER 11/5 |
Quantico Marine Quartet -- Rezits |
BOX-FOLDER 12/1 |
Rhodes -- Robbins, R. |
BOX-FOLDER 12/2 |
Robbins, S. -- Rondeau |
BOX-FOLDER 12/3 |
Roosa -- Rozman |
BOX-FOLDER 12/4 |
Rubenstein -- Sanders |
BOX-FOLDER 12/5 |
Sandherr -- Scott |
BOX-FOLDER 13/1 |
Seabee Quartet -- Shiff |
BOX-FOLDER 13/2 |
Shilton -- Six Janitors |
BOX-FOLDER 13/3 |
Six Jars of Jam -- Southwick |
BOX-FOLDER 13/4 |
Spadafora -- Stewart |
BOX-FOLDER 13/5 |
Stock -- Swing Sisters Trio |
BOX-FOLDER 13/6 |
Swingers of Harmony -- Texas Wanderers |
BOX-FOLDER 14/1 |
Thatcher -- Three Coxswains |
BOX-FOLDER 14/2 |
Three Davis Brothers -- Three Mouth Organ Kings |
BOX-FOLDER 14/3 |
Three Niblicks -- Towle |
BOX-FOLDER 14/4 |
Tracy -- Tyler |
BOX-FOLDER 14/5 |
Watcher and Freeman -- Weal |
BOX-FOLDER 14/6 |
Wetherson -- Westward Ho! |
BOX-FOLDER 15/1 |
Uccellini -- Vuylsteke |
BOX-FOLDER 15/2 |
Whalen -- Williams, L. |
BOX-FOLDER 15/3 |
Williams, M. -- Wittig |
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 |
Wobnick -- Wyoming Range Buddies |
BOX-FOLDER 15/5 |
Yaffe -- Zyne |
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Biographical Sketches
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Brief biographical sketches of contestants who appeared on the Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour radio program between 1934 and 1948. |
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Arranged alphabetically by name of group or last name of performer. |
BOX-FOLDER 16/1 |
All Girl Swing Band -- One Man Band |
BOX-FOLDER 16/2 |
Ray, Kathleen -- White, Frances |
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Lists of Performers
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Typescript lists of performers from the Original Amateur Hour. |
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Arranged by nationality. |
BOX-FOLDER 16/3 |
American |
BOX-FOLDER 16/4 |
Irish |
BOX-FOLDER 16/5 |
Mexican |
BOX 16 |
Photographs
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Black and white prints of contestants, Major Bowes, Ted Mack, and other aspects of production. |
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Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
BOX-FOLDER 16/28 |
Bowes, Major |
BOX-FOLDER 16/6 |
Cowboy acts |
BOX-FOLDER 16/7 |
Dancers: adult, male |
BOX-FOLDER 16/8 |
Dancers: adult, female |
BOX-FOLDER 16/9 |
Dancers: child, female |
BOX-FOLDER 16/10 |
Dancers: partners, adult |
BOX-FOLDER 16/11 |
Dancers: partners, child |
BOX-FOLDER 16/30 |
Game shows |
BOX-FOLDER 16/12 |
Impersonators |
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Instrumentalists |
BOX-FOLDER 16/13 |
Accordion players |
BOX-FOLDER 16/14 |
Bands |
BOX-FOLDER 16/15 |
Bell ringers |
BOX-FOLDER 16/16 |
Guitar players |
BOX-FOLDER 16/17 |
Harmonica players |
BOX-FOLDER 16/18 |
Piano players |
BOX-FOLDER 16/19 |
Trumpet players |
BOX-FOLDER 16/20 |
Xylophone players |
BOX-FOLDER 16/29 |
Mack, Ted |
BOX-FOLDER 16/33 |
Miscellany |
BOX-FOLDER 16/26 |
Novelty acts |
BOX-FOLDER 16/27 |
Performing Groups |
BOX-FOLDER 16/32 |
Promotional banners and billboard |
BOX-FOLDER 16/21 |
Roller-skaters |
BOX-FOLDER 16/22 |
Singers: adult, male |
BOX-FOLDER 16/23 |
Singers: adult, female |
BOX-FOLDER 16/24 |
Singers: child, male |
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