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Government Support for the Arts
John F. Kennedy and the Arts
Telegram from President-elect and Mrs. John F. Kennedy (1929–1994) to Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), January 12, 1961. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (071.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0071]
Letter from President John F. Kennedy to Leonard Bernstein, September 8, 1961. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (072.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0072]
Prominent Performers at JFK’s Inauguration
Leonard Bernstein conducting at President-elect John F. Kennedy’s inauguration-eve gala, with Kennedy in background. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C. January 19, 1961. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (070.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0070]
The “Rat Pack” and Politics
Three members of the “Rat Pack”—Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin—in Carnegie Hall dressing room, January 27, 1961. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (069.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24371]
“Art Is Political in the Most Profound Sense”
Warren K. Leffler, photographer. President John F. Kennedy speaking at American Pageant of the Arts dinner, November 29, 1962. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (071.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-31146]
National Cultural Center flyer, ca. 1962. W. Averell Harriman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (072.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0072_02]
Causes and Controversies
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The Embrace of Arts and Politics
Robert Kennedy’s Funeral
Paul Fusco, photographer. Kennedy family at funeral for Robert F. Kennedy. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York. June 8, 1968, Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (074.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17756]
Courtesy of Magnum Photos
Paul Fusco, photographer. Leonard Bernstein conducting at funeral for Robert F. Kennedy. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, June 8, 1968. Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (075.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24775]
Courtesy of Magnum Photos
Letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to Leonard Bernstein, June 9, 1968. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (076.00.00)
The Library of Congress does not have permission to display this image online
Celebrity Support for Civil Rights
Harry Belafonte (b. 1927) and Charlton Heston (1923–2008) at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (082.00.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0082]
Paul Newman (1925–2008), Diahann Carroll (b. 1935), James Garner (b. 1928), Marlon Brando (1924–2004), and James Baldwin (1924–1987) at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (082.01.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0082_01]
Candidates Vie for Bob Hope’s Support
Invitation from Nancy Sinatra to Bob Hope, July 18, 1968. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (079.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0079]
Letter from Jack Warner to Bob Hope, September 27, 1968. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (078.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0078]
Actor George Murphy Throws Hat into Ring
Invitation to fundraising dinner for George Murphy, August 20, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (080.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0080]
Letter from George Murphy to Bob Hope, May 10, 1974. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (080.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0080_01]
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]
The Library of Congress does not have permission to show this image online
“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]
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