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Entertaining the Troops
“The Sweetheart of the A.E.F.”
Elsie Janis. The Big Show: My Six Months with the American Expeditionary Forces. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1919. General Collections, Library of Congress (109.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0109 – bhp0109p6]
Letter from Elsie Janis to Bob Hope, 1952. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (108.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0108]
Letter from Elsie Janis to Bob Hope, December 10, 1952. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (108.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0108_01]
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Eleanor Roosevelt on White House lawn with “Hollywood Victory Caravan” entertainers (seated, from left) Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), Joan Blondell (1906–1979), Charlotte Greenwood (1890–1977), Charles Boyer (1899–1978), Risë Stevens (b. 1913), Desi Arnaz (1917–1986), Frank McHugh (1898–1981), writer Matt Brooks (1907–1990), James Cagney (1899–1986), Pat O’Brien (1899–1983), Juanita Stark, Alma Carroll; (standing, from left) Merle Oberon (1911–1979), Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), Arleen Whelan (1914–1993), Marie McDonald (1923–1965), Fay McKenzie (b. 1918), Katharine Booth, Mrs. Roosevelt (1884–1962), Frances Gifford (1920–1994), Frances Langford (1913–2005), Elyse Knox (b. 1917), Cary Grant (1904–1986), Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), Bob Hope (1903–2003), Ray Middleton (1907–1984), Joan Bennett (1910–1990), Bert Lahr (1895–1967), director Mark Sandrich (1900–1945), writer Jack Rose (1911–1995), Stan Laurel (1890–1965), Jerry Colonna (1904–1986), and Groucho Marx (1890–1977), April 30, 1942. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (124.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0124]
Hollywood Canteen
Bette Davis pointing out the Hollywood Hall of Honor . . . to Marlene Dietrich and Bob Hope at the Hollywood Canteen during its first anniversary party, October 31, 1943, Acme Newspictures, Inc. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (110.00.00)
[Digital ID# cph-3c12143]
Bolstering Morale
The All-Star Bond Rally. (Top row, from left) Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), Bing Crosby (1903–1977), Bob Hope (1903–2003), Harpo Marx (1888–1964), Betty Grable (1916–1973). (Middle row, from left) Linda Darnell (1923–1965), Vivian Blaine (1921–1995). (Bottom row, from left) Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), Marian (1898-1961) and Jim (1896–1988) Jordan (“Fibber McGee and Molly”). Canadian Motion Picture War Services Committee, 1945. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (122.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0122]
Crowds in Times Square during launch of national USO advertising campaign, June 2, 1941. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (123.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24374]
The Billboard, December 25, 1943. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (125.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0125]
Cheering the Wounded
Bob Hope (1903–2003) and his USO troupe visiting a hospital ward in the South Pacific (from left) Tony Romano (1915–2005), Jerry Colonna (1904–1986), Bob Hope, Patty Thomas (b. 1922), and Frances Langford (1913–2005), 1944. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (116.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0116]
Notes from soldiers to loved ones at home, August 1943. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (111.00.00 and 111.00.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0111p1a and bhp0111p2a]
Notes from soldiers to loved ones at home, August 1943. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (111.01.00 and 111.01.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0111_01p1, bhp0111_01p3]
Bob Hope’s First George Foster Peabody Award
Bob Hope’s George Foster Peabody award, June 12, 1944. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (207.00.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0207]
George Foster Peabody citation to Bob Hope, June 12, 1944. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (208.00.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0208]
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich, Somewhere in France, 1944. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (114.00.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-24372]
Card from Marlene Dietrich to Rouben Mamoulian. “Somewhere in Germany,” 1944. Rouben Mamoulian Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (115.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0115]
“I Love My Men”
George S. Patton. Diary entry, August 21–22, 1943. George S. Patton Papers, Manuscript Division. Library of Congress (112.00.00 and 112.00.01)
[Digital ID# bhp0112 – bhp0112p1]
Hal Block (1913–1981), Bob Hope (1903–2003), Barney Dean (1903–1954), General George S. Patton, Frances Langford (1913–2005), and Tony Romano (1915–2005) in Sicily, August 21, 1943. Copyprint. George S. Patton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (113.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0113]
Airlifting Supplies and Entertainers
The Air Lift “Christmas Caravan.” Photographs (A.S.A.F. and Wide World Photos) accompanying unidentified article by Jinx Falkenburg (1917–2003). Newspaper clipping, December 1948. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (116.01.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0116_01]
“In the Right Racket”
Bob Hope carrying Jayne Mansfield at Burbank airport at start of Far East USO tour, (Johnny Grant, 1923–2008, at left, Hedda Hopper, 1885–1966, at right), December 16, 1957. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (118.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24373]
Jayne Mansfield carrying Bob Hope at Burbank airport at end of Far East USO tour, December 29, 1957. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (119.01.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0119_01]
“The Last Few Hours of Happiness”
A Bob Hope USO show in Vietnam, 1968. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (120.00.00)
[Digital ID# 156a]
Letter from Anne Underwood to Bob Hope, October 23, 1975. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (121.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0121p1 – bhp0121p2]
“Bob Hope Truly Made Our Christmas a Little Merrier”
Letter from Linda Faulkner to Bob Hope, January 1, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (121.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0121_01, bhp0121_01p1, bhp0121_01p2]
“We Saw Our Boy”
Letter from George and Sally Hall and family to Bob Hope, January 21, 1972. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (121.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0121_02, bhp0121_02p1]
Sammy Davis, Jr., in Vietnam
George Gibbons, photographer. Sammy Davis, Jr., talks with members of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam, February 1972. Copyprint. Courtesy of the National Archives Records Administration (126.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0126]
Bob Hope’s Trademark Golf Club
Golf club that Bob Hope carried on stage during his 1969 USO tour. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (206.00.00)
[Digital ID# 160]
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969. Courtesy of Bob Hope Archives (129.00.00)
[Digital ID# bh0178]
Bob Hope and President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (130.00.00)
[Digital ID# bh0206]
Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Bob Hope, January 31, 1969. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (131.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0131]
Causes and Controversies
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Political Songs
Anti-Slavery Songs
William W. Brown, comp. The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848. Music Division, Library of Congress (084.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0084 – bhp0084p2]
Making a Point with Music
Al Piantadosi (1884–1955) and Alfred Bryan (1871–1958). “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier.” New York: Leo Feist, 1915. Sheet music. Harry and Sara Lepman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (086.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0086]
Eugene Platzman and Happy Mack. “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Slacker.” New York: F. B. Haviland, 1917. Sheet music. Harry and Sara Lepman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (085.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0085]
F. G. McCauley and C. C. Case. “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Coward.” Wellington, Ohio: F. G. McCauley, 1917. Sheet music. Harry and Sara Lepman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (085.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0085_01]
Charles Bayha (1891–1957). “I’d Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier.” New York: Shapiro, Bernstein and Co., 1917. Sheet music. Harry and Sara Lepman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (085.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0085_02]
Campaign Songs
Al Jolson. “Harding, You’re the Man for Us.” New York: Al Jolson, 1922. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (087.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0087]
Irving Berlin. “I Like Ike,” 1952. Manuscript sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (087.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0087_01]
Irving Berlin. “I Still Like Ike,” February 19, 1954. Holograph lyric sheet. Music Division, Library of Congress (087.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0087_02]
Paul Robeson
Flyer for Paul Robeson recording. Naperville, IL: Rediscover Music, 1998. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (089.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0089]
Paul Robeson receives an award from George Marshall (1904–2000), chairman of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, at a dinner held in New York to unite Americans to fight racial discrimination, April 2, 1944. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (089.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-31144]
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