TY  - GEN
AU  - Bowes,Edward
AU  - Mack,Ted
AU  - Brewer,Teresa
AU  - Kaye,Stubby
AU  - Merrill,Robert
AU  - Sills,Beverly
AU  - Sinatra,Frank
TI  - Amateur hour collection,
AV  - ML31 .A4
CY  - 1934-1948.
KW  - Original amateur hour
KW  - Sources
KW  - Talent shows
KW  - United States
N1  - Amateur hour collection, Music Division, Library of Congress; Recordings of radio broadcasts, 1935-1944, and television programs, 1948-1968, are located in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
N2  - Primarily over 7000 applications from contestants who appeared on the Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour radio program between 1934 and 1948.  A small percentage of the administrative papers dating from the late 1940s and 1950s, as well as materials relating to the Mexican version of the program, La hora internacional del aficionado, are also included. Filed with the contestant applications are letters of introduction, reference letters, and other documents sent by prospective contestants. Applications from conventional performers such as musicians, dancers, singers, and impersonators are the most numerous, but also included are applications from novelty acts such as a human piccolo, a group of hand-standing singers, and a group who played harmonicas with fire extinguishers. Of particular interest are applications from various performers, now well-known, including Teresa Brewer, Stubby Kaye, Robert Merrill, Beverly Sills, and Frank Sinatra. Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s provide a visual record of the show, while correspondence to and from program staff members recount some of the program's business transactions. Scripts, promotional material, and advertising and sponsor documents also are part of the collection
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu004002
ER  -