Finding aid for the Edgar Bergen scripts and realia 2184

Marissa Chavez and Brandon Werts for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

2022 January

Doheny Memorial Library G4

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0185

ctlibarc@usc.edu

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/cinematic-arts-library

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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Biographical / Historical

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.

Scope and Contents

This collection is currently unavailable for access.

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.

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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.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Edgar Bergen scripts and realia, Collection no. 2184, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

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

Box 22, Box 23, Box 24, Box 25, Box 26, Box 27, Box 28, Box 29, Box 30, Box 31, Box 32, Box 33, Box 34, Box 35, Box 36, Box 37, Box 38, Box 39, Box 40, Box 41, Box 42, Box 43, Box 44, Box 45, Box 46, Box 47, Box 48, Box 49, Box X1, Box X2, Box X3, Box X4, Box X5, Box X6, Box X7

Unprocessed materials

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is currently unavailable for access.