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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Edgar Bergen scripts and realia
Creator:
Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978
Identifier/Call Number: 2184
Physical Description:
65.417 Linear Feet
56 boxes
Date (bulk): 1930s-1970s
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material:
English.
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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.
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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.
This collection is currently unavailable for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edgar Bergen, January 18, 1983.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Edgar Bergen scripts and realia, Collection no. 2184, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scripts
Realia
Radio programs -- Archival resources
Radio scripts
Television scripts
Ventriloquists -- United States -- Archival resources
Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978 -- Archives