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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
At the Packard Campus, whether you are sitting in our theater, walking down the halls or, of course, digging deep into one of our collections, you never know who you are going to bump into. Nor do you ever know where that meet-up will take you. Archivist Frances Allshouse recently had an encounter like this. …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection
Posted by: Karen Fishman
This is a guest post by Frances Allshouse and Susie Booth, librarian/catalogers in the Moving Image Section. Wednesday, May 29, 2019, would have been Bob Hope’s 116th birthday and we couldn’t let the day go by without a bit of a celebration. This year, our gift is the recently-formed Bob Hope moving image processing project. …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection, Film/Video, Motion Pictures, National Screening Room, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Karen Fishman
The following is a guest post by David Jackson, Manuscript Archivist, Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. The finding aid for the papers in the Bob Hope Collection is now available to researchers, providing access to 770 linear feet of textual materials, and 91 feet of photographic materials. The finding aid is accessible online via …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection, Motion Pictures, Radio, Recorded Sound, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
In the about-to-be 30 years that the National Film Registry has existed, many very well-known films have been added to its list. Along the way, many films that are far less well known–but deserve far greater attention–have also been added. A case in point is 1973’s “The Spook Who Sat By the Door” which was added …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection, Film Loans, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Karen Fishman
The following is a guest post by David Jackson, Archivist, Bob Hope Collection, Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. I’m entering the home stretch of my project to process the manuscript materials in the Bob Hope Collection and wanted to present a brief look at what’s now available for researchers. Processed material has been entered …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection, Motion Pictures, Radio, Television, Uncategorized
Posted by: Karen Fishman
The following is a guest post by David Jackson, Archivist, Bob Hope Collection, Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. As processing archivist for the Bob Hope papers, I frequently come across the early professional work of several icons of American entertainment, such as Doris Day, Judy Garland, and Desi Arnaz. Jerry Lewis, whose collection likewise …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection, Motion Pictures, Television