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BOX 1-16 Contestant Materials
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.
Organized as three subseries.
Applications and Related Documents
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.
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
Biographical Sketches
Brief biographical sketches of contestants who appeared on the Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour radio program between 1934 and 1948.
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
Lists of Performers
Typescript lists of performers from the Original Amateur Hour.
Arranged by nationality.
BOX-FOLDER 16/3 American
BOX-FOLDER 16/4 Irish
BOX-FOLDER 16/5 Mexican
BOX 16 Photographs
Black and white prints of contestants, Major Bowes, Ted Mack, and other aspects of production.
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
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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