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The Embrace of Arts and Politics
Californians for Reagan
Myrna Oliver. “Show Business Elite Fill Reagan’s Campaign Coffers.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, October 5, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (078.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0078_02]
Californians for Reagan. Invitation, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (078.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0078_01]
Letter from Governor Ronald Reagan to Bob Hope, September 9, 1968. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (079.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0079_01]
A Controversial Embrace
Marion S. Trikosko, photographer. President Nixon with Sammy Davis, Jr., new member of the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity, July 1, 1971. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (080.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-31145]
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda speaks at University of Maryland, May 22, 1970. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (082.02.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0082_02]
George McGovern Accepts Hollywood’s Support
“Show Biz in Politics,” Newsweek, September 25, 1972. Courtesy of Kim Curry (081.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0081]
Letter from George McGovern to Jules Feiffer (b. 1929), February 3, 1972. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (083.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0083]
Letter from George McGovern to Jules Feiffer (b. 1929), June 16, 1972. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (079.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0079_02]
“I Know It Is Not a Popular War”
Letter from John Wayne to President Lyndon B. Johnson, December 28, 1965. Reproduction. Courtesy of Lyndon Baines Johnson Library (083.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0083_01p1, bhp0083_01p2]
Causes and Controversies
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Polarization in the 1960s
“Sing-In for Peace”
Stop the War in Vietnam Now! Sing Out! February–March 1966. Reproduction of advertisement. Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (095.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0095]
Eartha Kitt and the Johnsons
President Lyndon Johnson with Eartha Kitt in the White House Family Dining Room, (Lady Bird Johnson is second from left), January 18, 1968. Courtesy of Lyndon Baines Johnson Library (096.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0096]
Warren K. Leffler or Thomas J. O’Halloran, photographer. Anti-war demonstration in front of the White House in support of Eartha Kitt, January 19, 1968. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (097.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24360]
“Radical Chic”
Tom Wolfe, author; Steven Salmieri, photographer. “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s,” with photo of Felicia Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, and Donald Cox (1936–2011). New York, June 8, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (098.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0098]
Charlotte Curtis (1918–1987). “Black Panther Philosophy Is Debated at the Bernsteins,” New York Times, January 15, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (098.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0098_01]
Letter from Gloria Steinem to Felicia and Leonard Bernstein. January 17, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (099.01.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0099_01]
Leonard Bernstein. Statement about Black Panther event, ca. February 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (100.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0100]
Letter from Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler (1925–2000) to Leonard Bernstein, February 19, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (099.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0099_02]
Letter from Will Maslow (1907–2007), executive director of the American Jewish Congress, to Leonard Bernstein, February 10, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (099.03.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0099_03]
“Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s,” cover photo. New York, June 8, 1970. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (098.00.01)
[Digital ID# bhp0098p1]
A Week of National Unity
Telegram from Bob Hope to the Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978), November 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (101.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0101]
Proclamation of W. W. McAllister (1889–1984), Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, November 9, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (102.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0102]
Letter from Senator J. W. Fulbright (1905-1995) to Bob Hope. November 11, 1969. Bob Hope Collection. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (103.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0103]
Letter from Congressman Richard L. Ottinger (b. 1929) to Bob Hope. November 11, 1969. Bob Hope Collection. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (103.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0103_01]
Wire from Bob Hope to congressmen and senators, November 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (101.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0101_02]
Proclamation of Raymond P. Shafer (1917–2006), governor of Pennsylvania, November 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (102.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0102_02]
The “Silent Majority”
Letter from Ulysses Floyd Rible to Bob Hope, November 17, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (104.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0104]
Bob Hope. Notes for a commencement speech at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, June 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (107.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0107_01]
Letter from Evelyn O. Tucker to Bob Hope, November 11, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (104.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0104_01]
Letter from Stephen A. Harris to Bob Hope, November 13, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (104.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0104_02]
Entertainment at the “Chicago Seven” Trial
Jules Feiffer. Sketch of Judy Collins on witness stand with U.S. marshal at Chicago Seven trial, January 22, 1970. Jules Feiffer Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (105.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24361]
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“I Live in the Woodstock Nation”
Jules Feiffer. “My Name is Abbie. I’m an orphan of America,” December 23, 1969. Drawing on paper. Jules Feiffer Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (105.01.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-30628]
"Let the Record Show"
Jules Feiffer. “Let the record show that in the presence of the jury Mr. K. compared me to a child.” Drawing on paper, January 23, 1970. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (105.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-31185]
Note from Abbie Hoffman to Jules Feiffer, ca. 1969–1970. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (107.03.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0107_03]
New Left Man
Clark Kissinger to Jules Feiffer with notes for response in Feiffer’s hand, April 13, 1966. Jules Feiffer Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (106.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0106_01]
"An Attempt to Humanize This Brutalized Society"
Jules Feiffer. “I occupy buildings,” May 25, 1969. Copyprint. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (106.03.00)
[Digital ID # cph-3c17081]
Letter from Jules Feiffer to J. Gary Griffith, associate director of publications of Case Western Reserve University, June 3, 1969. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (106.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0106_02]
"I Won't Change My Views Because of Criticism"
Grace Lichtenstein. “N.Y. Anti-War Clergymen Block Award to Bob Hope,” International Herald Tribune, March 19, 1971. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (107.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0107_02]
Political Vaudeville
Letter from Meejuna [?], et. al. for Haymarket Square to Jules Feiffer with draft reply by Feiffer, ca. March 1971. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (106.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0106]
“Inoperative”
Letter from Cathy Perkus, Political Rights Defense Fund, to Jules Feiffer, with Nixon “Inoperative” button, October 17, 1973. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (107.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0107]
Blurring of the Lines
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Controversy and Confusion
Honor America Day
Letter from Richard Nixon to Bob Hope, July 13, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (134.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0134]
Letter from Carl F. Ruenger to Bob Hope, June 7, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (134.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0134_01, bhp0134_01p1]
Dick Gregory and Honor America Day
Letter from Dick Gregory to Bob Hope, July 1, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (134.03.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0134_03, bhp0134_03p1, bhp0134_03p2]
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