Smothers Brothers Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Smothers Brothers
label: Names
content: Paulsen, Pat
label: Names
content: Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
topic: label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Folk singers
label: Topic
content: Television personalities
label: Topic
content: Television
label: Topic
content: Variety shows (Television programs) -- Production and direction
creator: label: Creator
content: Smothers Brothers
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content: Smothers Brothers Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents the lives and careers of the Smothers Brothers, with emphasis on their 1960s television variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Cubic feet (21 boxes, 1 map-folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-2008, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1437
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Biography files
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Color prints (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Contact sheets
label: Type
content: Contracts
label: Type
content: Itineraries
label: Type
content: Legal records
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Press releases
label: Type
content: Programs
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content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Scripts (documents)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into three series:

Series 1: Photographic Materials, 1961-2007, undated

Subseries 1.1: Television Shows, 1966-1989, undated

Subseries 1.2: Specials, Tours, and Public Appearances, 1964-1988, undated

Subseries 1.3: Motion Picture Films and Theatre, 1969-1982


Subseries 1.4: General, 1961-2007, undated


Subseries 1.5: Promotional, 1961-2003, undated


Series 2: Business Records, 1959-2002, undated


Subseries 2.1: Press, 1960-2002, undated


Subseries 2.2: Employee Files, 1959-1999, undated


Subseries 2.3: Smothers Brothers v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Incorporated (CBS), 1966-1972, undated


Subseries 2.4: Correspondence, 1960-1996


Subseries 2.5: Performance Materials, 1962-1993, undated


Subseries 2.6: Fan Club, 1990-1992, undated


Series 3: Personal Papers, 1966-2008, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Sarah G. Gediman, intern, 2019; Julia S. Gibson, intern, 2019; Savannah C. Hildre, intern, 2019; Lauren M. Janik, intern, 2019; Abigail L. Starck, intern, 2019; supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, supervisory archivist, 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Biography files
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Color prints (photographs) -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Contact sheets
label: Genre/Form
content: Contracts
label: Genre/Form
content: Itineraries
label: Genre/Form
content: Legal records
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century.
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Press releases
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Scripts (documents)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection documents the private lives and professional careers of Tom and Dick Smothers, with emphasis on their television variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. The largest portion of the collection contains photographic materials.  Publicity materials including press releases, programs, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles; correspondence containing fan mail (some from famous persons such as Lucille Ball, Jack Paar, and others), letters from viewers both complimentary and critical of shows, and letters from members of Congress; business records including contracts, tour itineraries, talent agency materials, scripts, and scrapbooks; and legal documents relating to the lawsuit against Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) are also found in the collection. Collection is arranged into three series: Series 1, Photographs, 1961-2007, undated; Series 2, Business Records, 1959-2002, undated; and Series 3, Personal Papers, 1966-2008, undated.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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