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Entertainers in Politics
Clare Booth Luce (1903–1987)
Congresswoman Clare Booth Luce at the Republican National Convention, 1944. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24312]
Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980)
Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1935. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24314]
Good evening, this is Larry Charm
Jules Feiffer. “Good evening, this is Larry Charm here to talk sense to the American people,” March 6, 1966. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
[Digital ID # ppmsca-24320]
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Hope for the World
Hope in Japan: “Bobba Hopa”
Scrapbook of English and Japanese reports on Bob Hope’s visit to Japan, October 1950. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (174.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0174p01 – bhp0174p14]
News clipping from Kobe, Japan, October 28, 1950. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (173.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0173]
Hope in Russia
Bob Hope preparing for Moscow trip, ca. 1958. Copyprint. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (175.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0175]
Bob Hope on the cover of Look magazine, June 10, 1958. Reproduction. General Collections, Library of Congress (176.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0176]
Hope’s Debt to Russia
Bob Hope. I Owe Russia $1200. New York: Doubleday,1963. Courtesy of Alan Gevinson (178.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0178]
“You Bring Happiness”
Transcript of Bob Hope’s press conference at NBC Burbank studios, March 24, 1958. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (177.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0177]
Transcript of Bob Hope’s press conference at NBC Burbank studios, March 24, 1958. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (177.00.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0177p1]
"Mr. United States"
Bob Hope’s George Foster Peabody Award, April 2, 1958. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (210.00.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0210]
George Foster Peabody citation to Bob Hope, April 2, 1958. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (209.00.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0209]
Hope and Mrs. Nina Khrushchev
Telegram from Eric Johnston (1896–1963) to Bob Hope, September 8, 1959. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (183.01.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0183_01]
Bob Hope, Mrs. Khrushchev, and Frank Sinatra. I Owe Russia $1200. New York: Doubleday, 1963. General Collections, Library of Congress (179.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0179]
John M. McSweeney. “Khrushchev Visit.” State Department memo, September 1959. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (180.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0180]
Khrushchev and the Can-Can
Bruce Cox, photographer. Premier Nikita Khrushchev at Twentieth Century-Fox studios. Also in picture, Motion Picture Association of America president Eric Johnston (1896–1963, standing behind Khrushchev), American ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902–1985, standing to Johnston’s right), Sergei Khrushchev (b. 1935, standing at far left), and Mrs. Khrushchev (1923–1971, second from right), September 19, 1959. Copyprint. Courtesy of Los Angeles Times (182.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0182]
[Digital ID# bhp0182]
Transcript of Bob Hope’s National Press Club talk, January 30, 1960. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (181.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0181]
Thomas M. Pryor. “Khrushchev’s 20th-Fox Matinee” in Variety, September 23, 1959. Newspaper. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (180.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0180_01]
Hope Returns to Moscow
Letter from Ambassador Thomas J. Watson, Jr., to Bob Hope, March 21, 1980. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (205.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0205]
Bob Hope in Red Square, Moscow. Times (London), September 11, 1980. Associated Press Photo. Reproduction. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (183.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0183]
Letter from Bob Hope to Ambassador Thomas J. Watson, Jr., April 11, 1980. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (205.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0205_01]
The Road to China
Bob Hope at the Great Wall of China, 1979. Folder. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (205.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0205_02]
Letter from Mrs. J. E. Howard to Bob Hope, September 17, 1979. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (183.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0183_02]
Letter from J. C. Chen to Bob Hope, September 18, 1979. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (183.03.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0183_03, bhp0183_03p1]
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Cultural Diplomacy
State Department Coordination
“Coordination for U.S. Cultural Relations Abroad,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0184]
Mary V. R. Thayer. “Culture Is Coin of Diplomacy.” Washington Post, August 23, 1959. Reproduction. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (185.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0185]
“Coordination for U.S. Cultural Relations Abroad,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0184p1]
“World Wide Performances by President’s Fund Cultural Groups—1959,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.02)
[Digital ID # bhp0184p2]
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie charms a snake in Karachi, Pakistan, April 1956. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (186.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24377]
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman in Moscow Sports Palace, July 8, 1962. Associated Press Photo. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (187.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24378]
Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos.
Satchmo in the Congo
Louis Armstrong arrives in Leopoldville, Congo, greeted by Congolese cultural affairs director, playwright Albert Mongita, who dressed for the occasion in traditional garb, October 28, 1960. Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos (187.01.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0187_01]
Martha Graham in Asia
Martha Graham with Thai dancers in Bangkok, November 1955. Reproduction. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (188.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0188]
“Cave of the Heart.” Thai souvenir booklet from 1955 Asia tour with photograph of Martha Graham as “Medea” in a wire dress designed by Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), May 10, 1946. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (190.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0190]
Drawing of Martha Graham. Thai program from 1955 Asia tour. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (189.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0189_01]
Martha Graham in Lisbon
Martha Graham & Dance Company. Program from performance in Lisbon, Portugal, April 26, 1967. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (189.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0189]
“The Strongest Weapon on Earth”
Letter from Turner B. Shelton, director of the Motion Picture Service, United States Information Agency, to Rouben Mamoulian, June 21, 1961. Rouben Mamoulian Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (185.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0185_02]
Leonard Bernstein in the Soviet Union
Booklet showing Leonard Bernstein with Russian citizens, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0193]
Leonard Bernstein. “Opening and Closing.” Notes for broadcast, October 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0194]
Leonard Bernstein. Introduction to Shostakovich “7th,” September 1959. Typescript with emendations. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0193_01]
Leonard Bernstein. “Jottings—Moscow Show” Notes for broadcast, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0193_02]
Leonard Bernstein. “Closing.” Notes for broadcast, October 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0194p1]
Leonard Bernstein. “Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Moscow: Closing.” Notes for broadcast, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.02)
[Digital ID # bhp0194p2]
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