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The New Wave Hits the Mainstream
Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory. In Living Black & White. New York: Colpix Records, 1961. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (022.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0022_01]
Dick Gregory. My Brother’s Keeper. Pittsburgh: Gateway Recordings, ca. 1963. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0022p2]
Mort Sahl at Sunset
Mort Sahl. Mort Sahl at Sunset. San Francisco: Fantasy Records, 1958. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (024.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0024_01, bhp0024_01p1]
The New Frontier
Mort Sahl. The New Frontier. Reprise Records, 1961. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0024p1 – bhp0024p2]
A Fan’s Support
Letter from Mrs. B. Pressley to Bob Hope, ca. January 1970. Manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0026p1 – bhp0026p2]
Letter from Bill Faith to Mrs. B. Pressley, March 19, 1970. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (026.03.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0026_03]
The First Family
Vaughn Meader, November 20, 1962. UPI Photo. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24368]
United States History in Satire
Stan Freberg. Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, Vol. 1, The Early Years. Capitol Records, 1961. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0028p1 – bhp0028p2]
George Carlin
George Carlin, ca. April 1967. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24366]
Political Humor
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The Dangers of Satire
Satire as a Weapon
Needed [Public Citizen #1. President of the United States in Exile. Inaugurated 3-4-69], 1969. Poster. Yanker Poster Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00)
[Digital ID # yan-1a37760]
Satire on Trial
Lenny Bruce booked on obscenity charges in San Francisco, October 4, 1961. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)
[Digital ID# cph-3c18200]
Political Humor
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Hope and Satire
“Hope Gets Royal Laugh”
Eddy Gilmore. “Hope Gets Royal Laugh in Satire on Kennedys,”
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, ca. October 31, 1962. Newspaper clipping. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0032]
Anonymous letter to Bob Hope, ca. October–November, 1962. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, of Congress (033.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0033]
Letter from Mrs. C. Militano to Bob Hope, December 5, 1962. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, of Congress (033.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0033_01]
Letter from Anna Miller to Bob Hope, May 7, 1962. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (033.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0033_02]
In Defense of Satire
Letter from Carol Gould to Bob Hope. December 25, 1972. Manuscript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0034p1 – bhp0034p2]
Letter from Bob Hope to Carol Gould. January 26, 1973. Typescript. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0035]
The Agnew Library
Letter from Edna Larson to Bob Hope, August 11, 1969, with clipping from Parade magazine. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (034.01.00 and 034.01.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0034_01, bhp0034_01p1]
Peanuts coloring book sent by Spiro Agnew’s office to Bob Hope, February 10, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (035.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0035_01]
“The Extreme Lack of Propriety and Good Taste”
Letter from George L. Morris to Bob Hope, ca. October 1949. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (034.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0034_02]
Letter from Cynthia A. Owen and Lois Barthletter to Bob Hope, October 12, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (035.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0035_02]
Political Humor
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Cartoons and Satire
Jules Feiffer
Dick DeMarsico, photographer. Jules Feiffer at work, 1958. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)
[Digital ID# cph-3c26485]
Jules Feiffer, with handwritten comment by Steve Allen. Sick, Sick, Sick cartoon: “Used to go to the vaudeville house.” May 10, 1959. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (040.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0040_02]
Letter from Stanley Kubrick to Jules Feiffer, December 16, 1958. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0039_01]
Letter from Stanley Kubrick to Jules Feiffer, January 2, 1959 [mistakenly dated January 2, 1958]. Typescript. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0039_02]
The Satirist in American Society
Jules Feiffer. The Role of the Satirist in American Society. Program, December 8, 1965. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0037]
The “Radical Middle”
Jules Feiffer. “Does your party, the radical middle, have any views on extremist candidates running for president?” October 27, 1963. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-24537]
Jules Feiffer. “We’ve all heard of the radical right and the radical left. With us tonight is a spokesman of a group whose view we’ve heard very little about: The Radical Middle,” January 21, 1962. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.01.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-30626]
Jules Feiffer. “How does the radical middle analyze the current mood of the American people?” November 16, 1966. Ink drawing on layered paper with paste-ons. Jules Feiffer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-31273]
Al Capp
Letter from Al Capp to Jules Feiffer, March 3, 1966. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0039]
Draft of letter from Jules Feiffer to Al Capp, March 16, 1966. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0040]
The Sting of Satire
Al Capp. Li’l Abner cartoon: “I'm entertaining some prominent protest singers tonight . . . so keep the kid out of sight!!” February 7, 1967. Ink, blue pencil, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-24358]
Al Capp. Li’l Abner cartoon: “Thank Joanie Phonie, you little nobodies,” January 5, 1967. Ink, blue pencil, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.01.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-30627]
Al Capp. Li’l Abner cartoon: “And now we’ll all sing our new songs of protest.” February 8, 1967. Ink, blue pencil, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.02.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-31184]
Senators Malarkey and MacCarony
Walt Kelly. Pogo cartoon: “Mole, stop sprinklin’ feathers onto me.” Drawing, June 8, 1953. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (043.02.00)
[Digital ID # acd-2a09822]
“Fellow bird watchers, we are met today to welcome a new member, Simple J. Malarkey,” May 1953. Drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (043.01.00)
[Digital ID # cph-3g13082]
Proposed Course in Humor
Letter from Jules Feiffer to Francis D. Smith, December 22, 1971. Jules Feiffer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0043]
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