Description
This collection consists of radio program, film, and television show scripts of ventriloquist and actor Edgar Bergen (1903-1978),
as well as ephemera such as certificates. Bergen's most popular ventriloquism character was Charlie McCarthy.
Background
Edgar Bergen (1903-1978) was an American actor, comedian, radio performer, and ventriloquist. His ventriloquism characters
included Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Bergen, as a teenager was given ventriloquism lessons by famous ventriloquist
Harry Lester (1878-1956) for three months. Charlie McCarthy, the ventriloquist puppet is housed in the National Museum of
American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Actress Candice Bergen is Bergen's daughter.
Extent
65.417 Linear Feet
56 boxes
Restrictions
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Availability
This collection is currently unavailable for access.