Personal Papers
name: label: Collection Donor
content: DePasquale, Dolores
label: Collection Creator
content: Ventura, Charlie, 1916-1992
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content: Charlie Ventura Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-1994, undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1308, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes incoming correspondence from Ventura's daughter Rita Lenderman and communications relating to the music business.  A greeting card from his son Charlie is also found among the materials.  Materials relating to his death include funeral home cards, a map of where he is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, and newspaper obituaries. Photographs primarily document Ventura's performances and his stay in a nursing home located in Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey where he also performed. Ventura suffered from gum disease and bad teeth and efforts to assist him financially are documented through letters and newspaper clippings. Materials are arranged in chronological order.