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245	0	0	_aAmateur hour collection, _f1934-1948.
246	3	0	_aOriginal amateur hour collection, _f1934-1948
246	3	0	_aMajor Bowes' original amateur hour collection, _f1934-1948
260			_a1934-1948.
300			_a9 linear ft. (20 boxes, ca. 8,500 items).
545	1		_aThe Original amateur hour was broadcast on radio from Apr. 1934 until 1945 with Major Edward Bowes as emcee and talent scout. It was revived as a television program with Ted Mack as emcee from Jan. 14, 1948 until Sept. 20, 1970.
520	8		_aPrimarily 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.
535	1		_aRecordings of radio broadcasts, 1935-1944, and television programs, 1948-1968, are located in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
540			_aCertain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room.
524	8		_aAmateur hour collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.
630	0	0	_aOriginal amateur hour _vSources.
650		0	_aTalent shows _zUnited States.
700	1		_aBowes, Edward, _cMajor, _d1874-1946.
700	1		_aMack, Ted.
700	1		_aBrewer, Teresa.
700	1		_aKaye, Stubby.
700	1		_aMerrill, Robert, _d1917-2004.
700	1		_aSills, Beverly.
700	1		_aSinatra, Frank, _d1915-1998.
856	4	2	_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu004002
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