Jack Benny papers 1894-1993

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Benny, Jack, 1894-1974
Title: Jack Benny papers 1894-1993 ( inclusive)
Quantity: 120.14 cubic ft. (135 boxes)
Collection Number: 08922
Summary: The papers of Jack Benny, a vaudeville, radio, and television comedian from the 1920s-1970s.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English
Sponsor: The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Jack Benny (1894-1974) was an American comedian, vaudeville, and radio, television and film actor. Born Benjamin Kubelsky in Waukegan, Illinois, Benny first honed his talents as a comedian on the vaudeville stage, then found that his style was uniquely adapted to the new medium of radio, where he became a national celebrity with his Jack Benny Show (1943-1958). His wife, Mary Livingstone, often starred on the Jack Benny Show. Benny took his show to television and continued to appear in his own show, in specials, and in guest appearances until his death in 1974.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Jack Benny papers cover all aspects of the popular entertainer's personal and professional life and business affairs. There are photographs, personal memoirs, early programs, advertisements and reviews from his beginnings in vaudeville, scripts, contracts and correspondence from his radio shows, and film footage from his career in television. The papers include sheet music, clippings, correspondence and financial records, as well as condolences and memorials from the time of his death.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Alternative Forms Available

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select portions of this collection are available at: http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~85~85.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Additional papers of Jack Benny can be found at the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Joan Blumofe (the daughter of Jack Benny) in February 1985.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in March 2011

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Scripts, 1931-1975Return to Top

This series consists of three sub-series: Jack Benny Radio Program, Jack Benny Television Program, and Miscellaneous.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. Jack Benny Radio Program Arranged chronologically. Includes Jack Benny’s original scripts in bound leather volumes, which contain his marks and notations. Also includes scripts sent to Irving Fein, Benny’s manager.	1943, 1947-1957
Box
48	Episode 5 - Marine Corps Air Station	1943
50	Episodes 1-39 (Jack Benny's original scripts)	1947-1948
48	Episodes 1-39 (Irving Fein's original scripts)	1947-1948
50-51	Episodes 1-35 (Jack Benny's original scripts)	1948-1949
48	Episodes 1-35 (Irving Fein's original scripts)	1948-1949
51	Episodes 1-38 (Jack Benny's original scripts)	1949-1950
51	Episodes 1-19 (Jack Benny's original scripts)	1950-1951
58	Episodes 20-39 (Jack Benny's original scripts)	1950-1951
48	Episodes 1-39 (Irving Fein's original scripts)	1950-1951
51	Episodes 1-19 (Jack Benny's original scripts)	1951-1952
49	Episodes 1-38 (Irving Fein's original scripts)	1951-1952
49	Episodes 1-39 (Irving Fein's original scripts)	1952-1953
49	Episodes 1-19	1953-1954
56	Episodes 20-39 (Jack Benny's original scripts)	1953-1954
50	Episodes 19-35	1954-1955
50	Reruns - episodes 1-38	1957-1958
50	Reruns	1956-1957
	Sub-series 2. Jack Benny Television Program Arranged chronologically. Includes scripts from the regular Jack Benny Television program, as well as scripts from his various television specials. Included is an incomplete script for his television special for 1975, which was never completed due to his death.	1950-1975
Box
54	Program indexes and synopses	1957-1965
54	Program cast lists	undated
52	Episodes 1-8	1952-1953
52	Episodes 1-16	1954-1955
52	Episodes 1-16	1957-1958
52	Episodes 1-15	1958-1959
52-53	Episodes 1-16	1959-1960
53	Episodes 1-26	1960-1961
53	Episodes 1-26	1961-1962
75	Episodes 14-26 (duplicates)	1961-1962
75	Episodes 1-28	1962-1963
75	Episodes 1-24	1963-1964
59	Episodes 19-29	1963-1964
54	Episodes 1-29	1963-1964
54	Episodes 1-28	1964-1965
56	Jack Benny Road Show	1950
57	Jack Benny Show Tour of Japan and Korea	1951
57	Jack Benny and His Variety Revue - Curran Theatre, San Francisco	1953
57	Jack Benny Show on BBC	1956
52	Shower of Stars (episodes 1-8)	1956-1957
56	Shower of Stars (episodes 1-5)	1957-1958
56	Jack Benny Hour	1959-1960, 1965-1968
57	Jack Benny Hour III floor plans	1966
56	Jack Benny Television Specials	1965-1969
56	Jack Benny Television Special - "Jack Benny's New Look,"	1969
56	Jack Benny Television Special - "Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary Special,"	1970
56	Jack Benny Television Special - "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Jack Benny (But Were Afraid to Ask),"	1971
57	Jack Benny Television Special - proposal by Milt Josefsberg	1972
56	Jack Benny Television Special - "Jack Benny's First Farewell Special,"	1973
56	Jack Benny Television Special - "Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special,"	1974
56	Jack Benny Television Special - Unfinished	1974-1975
	Sub-series 3. Miscellaneous Arranged alphabetically by program or file name. Includes scripts and speeches for Jack Benny’s performances and events, as well as scripts for guest appearances Benny made on other shows. General jokes and gag ideas by Benny are also included in this sub-series.	1931-1975
Box
57	Ann-Margret TV Special	1973
57	"Annie and the Hoods" spot	1974
57	"Beauty for Rent" by Pat C. Flick and G. Herczey	1942
57	Bits of scripts not used (little girl violin act and sister act)	1972-1973
57	"Boomtown 1972,"	1972
57	"Bracelets or Drums" - incomplete short story by Jack Benny	1931
57	Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas	1966
57	Carousal Theatre, West Covina	1965-1966
57	Chicago - Mill Run Theatre	1970-1971
57	Chicago - Palmer House	1969
57	Chicago - Whitehall Hotel (opening)	1974
57	Colorado Springs, Colorado - Broadmoor Theatre	1972-1974
57	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1970
57	"Command Performance,"	1945
57	Commercial - Americare 39 Life Plan	1971
57	Dean Martin Show - Roasts of Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, Ronald Reagan	1973
57	Denver, Colorado - Columbia Savings and Loan	1968
57	Des O'Connor Show	1971
57	Dinah Shore Special	1972
57	"Duffy's Tavern" radio program	1946
57	Educational film narration - "Great Comedies,"	undated
57	Fred Allen radio shows	undated
57	Garden State Arts Center; Saratoga Springs, New York; Merriweather Post Pavillion	1971
57	Golden Award - Ed Sullivan Show	1971
57	Greek Theatre - Hollywood	1959
57	Green Bay Shriners Affair	1965
57	Harrah's - Lake Tahoe	1960-1967
57	Holiday Lodge TV Show	1961
57	Houston - Southwest concerts	1968
57	Houston Music Theatre	1972
57	Indianapolis, Indiana	1969
57	Jackie Gleason Show	1970
58	Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters Hour	1969
58	John Wayne Special	1970
59	Jokes and gags	1951-1969, undated
84	Jokes and funny stories	undated
58	Kraft Music Hall Presents Jack Benny - "Fiddler on the Loose,"	1967
58	"The Last Trip,"	1971
58	"Laugh-In,"	1975
58	"The Life of Riley" radio program	1946
58	Long Beach fireworks	1971
58	Lux Radio Theatre - "The Man They Couldn't Kill" ["Killer Kates"]	1946
58	"The Man" screenplay	1971
58	"The Markses of Detroit Street,"	undated
58	Material for future television shows	undated
58	Material for Las Vegas and next special	1970
58	Melodyland Theatre	1969
58	Miscellaneous	undated
58	"My Kind of Town - Waukegan Is,"	undated
54	Newspaper columns by Jack Benny	undated
58	Nyack, New York - Tappan-Zee Playhouse	1965
58	"Old Rocking Chair" radio show proposal	undated
58	Outside television shows	1953-1955
58	Paramount Presents TV special	undated
58	"Patsy's Coffee Pot" by Pat C. Flick	undated
58	Phoenix Star Theatre	1967, 1970
59	Program lists (routines)	1937-1951
58	Radio transcription - wants Jack Benny to clear up race track mystery	undated
54	Regent Theatre vaudeville program	undated
58	Sahara Hotel - Las Vegas and Tahoe	1968-1972
59	San Antonio, Texas - Hemisfair	1968
58	San Carlos, California - Circle Star Theatre	1971
58	Savings and loan commercial spots	undated
58	Share party for Jack Benny JELLO Program	1971
58	Show of the Year radio proposal	undated
58	Skits	circa 1940s
55	Speeches	circa 1940s
55	Speeches	1946-1974
55	Speeches - cards and notes	1963-1974
57	Speeches - Governor's convention	1966
55	Speeches - index	1952-1974
58	Speeches - Israel Bonds, San Francisco	1966
58	Speeches - Master of Ceremonies	1948-1949
58	Summer theatre tour routines	1966
54	Television and personal appearances schedule	1958-1971
58	Texaco Star Theatre TV program	undated
58	Toronto, Canada - Imperial Tobacco convwntion	1971
58	Toronto, Canada - Ziegfield Theatre	1963, 1968
58	Tropicana Hotel	1973-1974
58	"Twigs" by George Furth	1971
58	Unidentified radio program	undated
58	Unidentified screenplay by H. Wilde	1951
58-59	Waldorf Astoria	1968
59	Washington, D.C. - Shoreham Hote	1968
58	"What Ho!,"	undated

Series II. Correspondence, 1932-1982Return to Top

This series consists of two sub-series: Events and General.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. Events Arranged alphabetically. Includes correspondence relating to events, shows, and concerts at which he appeared. Contents include requests, travel arrangements, and press sent to Benny regarding the events.	1955-1979
Box
41	$64,000 Question	1957
44	4A-AD convention	1973
43	4th of July fireworks, Long Beach	1971
44	Al Malaikah Shrine Temple	1972
43	American Heart Association	1970
44	American Republic Insurance Company	1971-1975
41	Banshees luncheon	1956
41	BBC 21st anniversary	1957
44	Brandeis award dinner	1973
44	Breakers Hotel, West Palm Beach, Florida	1973
43-44	Broadmoor International Theatre, Colorado	1970-1974
44	Burlington House	1973-1974
44	Candlewood Theatre, Connecticut	1974
44	Capitol Records	1972
41	Carousel Theater	1965
42	Carousel Theatre, Framingham, Massachusetts	1967
44	Century Plaza convention	1974
44	Charity dinner, Dallas, Texas	1974
41	Charlie Chan parody	1959-1962
44	"Christmas at 79 Wistful Vista,"	1974
43	Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California	1971
41	Civic Light Opera, Pittsburgh, Penslyvania	1967
42	Colgate Comedy Hour	1967
37	Concerts (A-Z)	1959-1974
38	Concerts - Calgary, Alberta, Canada	1974
38	Concerts - Aspen, Colorado	1969
38	Concerts - Atlanta, Georgia	1965
38	Concerts - Austin, Texas	1966
38	Concerts - Baltimore, Maryland	1962
38	Concerts - Beverly Hills, California	1963
38	Concerts - Birmingham, Alabama	1973
38	Concerts - Bloomington, Indiana	1961
38	Concerts - Boston, Massachusetts	1968
38	Concerts - Burbank, California	1969
38	Concerts - Carnegie Hall	1956-1961
38	Concerts - Chicago, Illinois	1958-1962
38	Concerts - Cincinnati, Ohio	1960
38	Concerts - Cleveland, Ohio	1960
38	Concerts - Corpus Christi, Texas	1966
38	Concerts - Dallas, Texas	1960
38	Concerts - Denver, Colorado	1960, 1969
38	Concerts - Des Moines, Iowa	1971
38	Concerts - Detroit, Michigan	1959
38	Concerts - Duluth, Minnesota	1974
38	Concerts - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	1972
38	Concerts - Elkhart, Indiana	1964
38	Concerts - Ireland	1969
38	Concerts - Fargo, North Dakota	1967
38	Concerts - Fort Worth, Texas	1966
38	Concerts - Fresno, California	1968
38	Concerts - Garden State Arts Center, New Jersey	1971
38	Concerts - Hanover, New Hampshire	1967
38	Concerts - Hartford, Connecticut	1962
38	Concerts - Honolulu, Hawaii	1960
38	Concerts - Houston, Texas	1971
39	Concerts - Indianapolis, Indiana	1960
39	Concerts - Israel	1970
39	Concerts - Jacksonville, Florida	1971
39	Concerts - Kansas City, Missouri	1958, 1968
39	Concerts - Long Island	1972
39	Concerts - Los Angeles, California	1957
39	Concerts - Manhattan, New York	1970
39	Concerts - Memphis, Tennessee	1973
39	Concerts - Miami, Florida	1962
39	Concerts - Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1963
39	Concerts - Minneapolis, Minnesota	1963
39	Concerts - Montreal, Canada	1974
39	Concerts - Nashville, Tennessee	1973
39	Concerts - New Orleans, Louisiana	1958, 1974
39	Concerts - New York	1966
39	Concerts - Oakland, California	1964-1968
39	Concerts - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1956
39	Concerts - Orlando, Florida	1966
39	Concerts - Palm Springs, California	1967
39	Concerts - Pasadena, California	1967
39	Concerts - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1957-1974
39	Concerts - Phoenix, Arizona	1965
39	Concerts - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1963
39	Concerts - Portland, Oregon	1964-1968
39	Concerts - Providence, Rhode Island	1967
40	Concerts - Redlands, California	1974
40	Concerts - Riverside, California	1968
40	Concerts - Rochester, Michigan	1974
40	Concerts - Rochester, Minnesota	1965
40	Concerts - Rochester, New York	1959
40	Concerts - Santa Barbara, California	1974
40	Concerts - St. Louis, Missouri	1959, 1970
40	Concerts - St. Petersburg, Florida	1971
40	Concerts - San Bernadino, California	1968
40	Concerts - San Carlos, California	1968
40	Concerts - San Diego, California	1966
40	Concerts - San Francisco, California	1959
40	Concerts - San Jose, California	1962
40	Concerts - San Mateo, California	1969
40	Concerts - Santa Fe, New Mexico	1959
40	Concerts - Santa Monica, California	1964
40	Concerts - Saratoga, California	1971
40	Concerts - Seattle, Washington	1964
40	Concerts - Tampa, Florida	1960
40	Concerts - Toronto, Canada	1957, 1972
40	Concerts - Utah	1964
40	Concerts - Vancouver, Canada	1974
40	Concerts - Victoria, Canada	1972
40	Concerts - Washington, D.C.	1959-1974
40	Concerts - Waukegan, Illinois	1964, 1974
40	Concerts - Westbury Theatre	1969
40	Concerts - Wichita, Kansas	1970
40	Concerts - Winnipeg, Canada	1974
43	Conrad Hilton Hotel	1971
43	Cooperative Food Distributors convention	1970
42	Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota	1967
43	Curran Theatre	1969
44	Dallas convention	1973
44	Dean Martin taping	1974
44	Disneyland Hotel convention	1975
42	Duluth auditorium	1967
42	Edmonton Exhibition	1968
42	England	1968
43	England	1970
43	England, Des O'Connor shows	1971
42	Expo 67, Montreal	1967
44	Expo 74	1974
44	Ford Auditorium, Michigan	1972
44	Friars dinner (with George Burns)	1972
41	General	1963-1964
41	"A Guide For a Married Man,"	1966
43	Hampton Road Coliseum	1970
42	Harrah's Club	1967
41	Harry Truman as guest on show	1959
43	Hershey Sports Arena, Pennsylvania	1970
42	Hilton Plaza Hotel, Miami Beach	1968
43	Honolulu Theatre	1969
44	Hotel Tropicana	1973
43	Houseware convention	1970
44	Houston Music Theatre	1972
44	I.R.T.S. dinner with Walter Cronkite	1974
43	Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu	1969
42	Illinois Sesquicentennial special	1969
43	Imperial Tobacco Production convention	1971
42	Inaugaration of Governor Reagan	1967
44	Indiana State Medical Association	1973
43	Ireland	1970
42	Jack Benny Hour I-IV	1968-1970
44	Jack Morton Productions	1974
44	Jack Present programs	1974
42	"The Jokers" screen gems	1967-1968
42	Kraft Music Hall TV Show	1967
41	London Command performance	1961, 1965
44	London	1973
41	Longine Symphonette Society	1966
42	Lorillard Show, New York	1967
42	Louisiana State Fair	1967
43	Melody Fair Theatre, Buffalo, New York	1969
41	Melodyland Theater	1967
43	Merriweather Post-Baltimore with Mancini	1971
44	Mexico City Valentine Ball benefit	1972
44	Miami Beach	1974
42	Miami Beach, American Trucking convention, American Heart Association	1968
42	Mid-America Fair, Topeka, Kansas	1967
43	Mill Run Theatre, Niles, Illinois	1970-1971
43	Mississippi Arts Festival	1970
43	Municipal Auditoreum, Kansas City	1970
42	National Electrical Contractors show	1968
43	National Orange Show, San Bernadino, California	1970
41	NBC	1963-1968
41	NBC and CBS specials	1955-1959
44	Northwest Releasing Corporation	1974
41	"Our Gang" parody	1962
42	Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois	1967
43	Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois	1969
41	Phoenix Star Theatre	1967
43	Phoenix Star Theatre	1969
44	Portland convention	1973
44	Proctor and Gamble special	1979
42	Purdue University	1967
44	Radioland Productions	1974
43	Requests	1970-1971
42-44	Sahara Hotel	1968-1972
43	Saratoga Springs	1971
42	Savings and Loans convention	1967
43	Shady Grove Music Fair, Washington, D.C.	1969
41	Shower of Stars	1957-1958
44	Smothers Brothers	1974-1975
42	South Africa	1968-1969
44	Southwest	1973
41	Special	1960
41	Spectacular	1959-1960
44	St. Joseph Hospital banquet	1973
42	Standard Club, Chicago, Illinois	1968
43	Starlight Musicals, Indianapolis, Indiana	1969
44	"Sullivan Years" album	1972-1974
41	Summer tour	1967
42	Sunday Night at the Palladium	1967
44	"The Sunshine Boys,"	1974
42	Supermarket convention, Cleveland, Ohio	1967
41	Sydney and Melbourne	1964
42	Tapes, filmed plugs, releases	1968-1974
41	"Tarzan" parody	1962
43-44	Television guesting engagements	1971-1974
41	Television show - Waukegan Junior High School	1961
41	Television show in New York	1961
44	Tennis, Jack Benny memorial	1978
44	Tonight Show	1974
44	Tournament of Roses	1973
42	United States Chamber of Commerce	1967
42	Valley Music Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah	1967
43	Warwick Musical Theatre, Warwick, Rhode Island	1969
44	Whitehall Hotel, Chicago	1974
42	Wisconsin State Fair	1967
44	Wool Bureau	1973
41	Ziegfeld Theatre, New York	1963
	Sub-series 2. General Arranged alphabetically. Primarily includes correspondence relating to financial and legal issues, as well as Benny’s advertising and commercial deals. Other miscellaneous correspondence is also present, such as condolence letters sent to Mary Livingstone Benny after the death of Jack Benny.	1932-1982
Box
36	Advertisements and commercials - Alka Seltzer	1964-1965
36	Advertisements and commercials - American airlines	1962
36	Advertisements and commercials - Ampex	1971
36	Advertisements and commercials - Anheuser Busch film	1967
41	Advertisements and commercials - Eastern Airlines	1965
36	Advertisements and commercials - insurance	1968
36	Advertisements and commercials - JELLO	1962-1964
36	Advertisements and commercials - Mail Order Agency, Majestic Distributors	1970
36	Advertisements and commercials - radio bank commercials	1967-1970
36	Advertisements and commercials - savings and loan	1967-1973
36	Advertisements and commercials - State Farm	1962-1965
36	Advertisements and commercials - Stop and Shop	1967-1968
36	Advertisements and commercials - Young and Rubicam	1967
30	American Republic Insurance Company	1970-1974
32	American Weekly article	1958
32	Awards	1957-1967
32	Bergen, Edgar and Frances	1956
32	Biography - "Jack Benny, A Biography" by Mary Livignstone Benny	1975-1978
32	Burrelle's clipping service	1961-1969
34-35	Condolence letters, cards, and telegrams to Mary Benny after Jack Benny's death	1974-1975
32	Emmy Awards	1961-1964
32	England trip	1956
32	Entertainment Hall of Fame	1975
32	Fan mail	1980-1981
47	Financial - Accounting and tax information	circa 1920-1977
47	Financial - Aluminum Model Toys	1949
47	Financial - Audience Records	1946-1948
47	Financial - Charities and donations	1965-1974
47	Financial - Credit card information	1972-1980
46	Financial - Investments - Benny Hereford Farms	1961-1962
47	Financial - Investments - Big Mound Trust, Miami Beach	1964-1974
47	Financial - Investments - Bistro Restaurant	1963-1975
46	Financial - Investments - Cattle operations	1960-1962
47	Financial - Investments - Home Stake Production Company	1969
46	Financial - Investments - Indian Trail Ranch	1959-1974
47	Financial - Investments - Kismet Mutual Water Company	1972-1975
46	Financial - Investments - Madera County nut farm	1971
45	Financial - Investments - Oil	1949-1975
46	Financial - Investments - Oppenheimer Industries	1966-1974
46	Financial - Investments - Productions	1957-1974
47	Financial - Investments - Real estate	1952-1977
47	Financial - Investments - Tamarisk Water Company	1964-1968
46	Financial - Investments - Triple L Ranch	1968-1972
47	Financial - Jack Benny's violins	1940-1973
47	Financial - Meyer Kubelsky's estate	1946-1947
47	Financial - Repairs paid by estate	1975-1976
47	Financial - Residuals	1968
47	Financial - Storage contents	undated
47	Financial - Syndication information	1968-1973
30	General (A-H)	1970-1974
31	General (A-Z)	1974
31	General (I-Z)	1970-1974
30	General	1937-1975
32	Good Housekeeping article	1957
32	"How To Tell a Joke" from This Week	1961
37	Invitations, advertising, and appeals for funds	1979-1982
32	Irving Fein's trip to Orient	1960
32	J&M Productions	1956-1966
32	Jack Benny Juior High newsletters	undated
32	Jack Benny	1956
32	Jacksonville honorary degree	1972
32	Jeffrey S. Kruger	1974
33	Legal - alterations to Palm Springs House	1959
33	Legal - American Arbitration Association	1971-1973
33	Legal - contracts	1958-1977
41	Legal - contracts	1965
33	Legal - deeds on Meyer Kubelsky's property	1932-1945
33	Legal - DGA-PPP-JAC Productions	1973-1974
33	Legal - DGA-PPP-JB Productions	1968-1974
33	Legal - escrow papers	1947-1967
33	Legal - estate	1953-1979
34	Legal - Inheritance, Maurice Wagner	1978-1979
34	Legal - Lehman Brothers	1952-1955
34	Legal - M.F. Productions	1978-1979
34	Legal - Maria Pisorn	1978
34	Legal - Mark 56 Records	1975-1979
34	Legal - NBC standard practices	1969
34	Legal - real estate	1960-1961
34	Legal - Rene Bouche agreement	1955
34	Legal - Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) pension and welfare plans	1967
34	Legal - Writers Guild	1974
32	Letters received	1975-1976
32	Magazine articles	1956-1973
32	Network program Hooperatings pocket piece (for radio programs)	1947
32	Newspaper-commercial tie-ups	1951-1956
32	Parade publications	1957-1963
32	Prelude creations (replica of Jack Benny)	1970
32	President and Vice-President, White House	1969-1975
32	Press and public relations	1957-1974
32	Professor Bigby and the Rhythm Doctors	1947
32	Schedule and program notes	1945-1974
32	Thank you notes for Jack's illness	1974
32	Trade papers	1961-1974
32	Variety Clubs of America	1946

Series III. Financial files, 1933-1982Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically by file name. Primarily includes general ledgers, receipts and disbursements, and canceled checks. Other monetary and banking information is also present, including contributions and files relating to Jack Benny’s production companies.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
114	Account books	1959-1960
16	Assets	1969-1978
14	Balance sheets	1934-1957
14	Bank reconciliations	1971-1982
14	Bank statements	1961-1975
14	Benny Hereford Farms - bank statements and Canceled checks	1958-1961
82	Canceled checks - household	1960
79	Canceled checks - household	1960-1966
81	Canceled checks - household	1961-1962
88	Canceled checks - household	1969-1975
81	Canceled checks - household	1974-1975
87	Canceled checks - JAC Productions	1967-1971
87	Canceled checks - JB Productions	1968-1975
81	Canceled checks - JB Productions	undated
82	Canceled checks - Joan Benny Rudolph	1960
87	Canceled checks - Mary Benny - household	1975-1977
25	Canceled checks - Mary Benny - household	1976-1979
87	Canceled checks - Mary Benny - payroll	1975-1977
25	Canceled checks - Mary Benny - payroll	1978-1979
25	Canceled checks - Mary Benny - personal	1975-1980
82	Canceled checks - master account	1960-1961
81	Canceled checks - master account	1961
80	Canceled checks - master account	1961-1964
85	Canceled checks - master account	1968-1971
86	Canceled checks - master account	1971-1974
87	Canceled checks - master account	1974
81	Canceled checks - master account	1974
82	Canceled checks - tax account	1960
16	Contributions	1974
15	Household account information	1961-1982
7	Insurance information	1933-1980
47	Inventories and appraisals	1952-1974
17	J&M Productions	undated
17-18	JAC Productions	1965-1973
17-18	JB Productions	1970-1975
1	Ledgers	1933-1948
2	Ledgers	1941-1946
3	Ledgers	1957-1967
4	Ledgers	1963-1967
5	Ledgers	1968-1971
6	Ledgers	1972-1982
8	Miscellaneous	1945-1974
14	Miscellaneous cash deposit information	1971-1975
16	Pension (Mary Benny)	1978-1980
8	Receipts, bills, and disbursements	1951
8	Receipts, bills, and disbursements	1961-1973
9-10	Receipts, bills, and disbursements	1974
11	Receipts, bills, and disbursements	1975-1976
12	Receipts, bills, and disbursements	1976-1977
13	Receipts, bills, and disbursements	1978-1979
16	Royalties	1960-1966, 1980
5	Separate property agreements	1944-1964
16	Social security information	1943-1965
16	Stock information	1964-1977
16	Tax information	1973-1982
16	Trust accounts	1979-1982

Series IV. Newspaper clippings, 1921-1991Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically by file name. The bulk of the clippings are contained in scrapbooks, which were created by year or event. Many of the scrapbooks are press books created by Lucky Strike, a sponsor of Jack Benny’s program for many years.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
23	21 Cities - 21 Nights	1950
116	Amusement Enterprises	circa 1948
23	Autographed by Lou Levitan	undated
23	Benny, Joan - "My Dad, Jack Benny" in Good Housekeeping magazine	1963
111	"Clean, Mean, Gentle - And Great. This is Benny" from The Stage and Television Today	1973
23	England	1948
23	Foreign newspapers	1937
116	Friar's Dinner - salute broadcast reviews	1951
24	General	circa 1940-1975
116	General	1951-1954
111	Golfing at The Flamingo in Las Vegas with Marquis the chimp	1955
23	Jack Benny Hour - "Carnival,"	1968
23	Jack Benny obituary	1974
23	Jack Benny Special	1965
23	Jokes and cartoons	undated
111	"Look How Long He's Been Fiddling Around,"	1955
23	London Palladium	1950-1956
23	Magazine articles	1949-1974
23	Personal	undated
116	Press book - Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan - "Everybody's Old Man,"	1936
23	Radio and miscellaneous	1954-1956
111	Radio Daily poll award	1950
23	"Remembering 'Sunday Nights at 7',"	1991
23	Reviews	1952-1959
116	Reviews	1950-1952
23	Riverside University honorary degree	1969
23	Stanley Theatre performance	undated
111	Stevenson, Adlai with Jack Benny	undated
23	Symphony benefits	undated
23	Vaudeville	1921
116	Scrapbooks	1930-1933
103	Scrapbooks	1933
95	Scrapbooks	1933-1934
90	Scrapbooks	1934-1935
103	Scrapbooks	1935-1936
100	Scrapbooks	1935-1936
102	Scrapbooks	1937
101	Scrapbooks	1937-1938
98	Scrapbooks	1938-1939
90	Scrapbooks	1939
103	Scrapbooks	1939-1941
104	Scrapbooks	1940-1944
98	Scrapbooks	1941
101	Scrapbooks	1941-1942
100	Scrapbooks	1943-1944
92	Scrapbooks	July-September 1944
95	Scrapbooks	October 1944
93	Scrapbooks	October-December 1944
97	Scrapbooks	October-December 1944
94	Scrapbooks	1944-1945
91	Scrapbooks	1945
96	Scrapbooks	1945
100	Scrapbooks	1948-1949
90	Scrapbooks	1956
101	Scrapbooks - "Artists and Models Abroad,"	1938-1939
98	Scrapbooks - "Artists and Models Abroad," "Man About Town," "Buck Benny Rides Again,"	1939-1940
100	Scrapbooks - "Charley's Aunt,"	1941
102	Scrapbooks - "Charley's Aunt," "To Be Or Not To Be,"	1941
99	Scrapbooks - Concerts	1960-1962, 1965
115	Scrapbooks - Concerts	1963-1964
115	Scrapbooks - from the newspaper men and women of Northern California	1947
107	Scrapbooks - Lifelighters Ruby Ball	1958
102	Scrapbooks - "Love Thy Neighbor,"	1940-1941
116	Scrapbooks - March of Dimes benefit - Pueblo, Colorado	undated
103	Scrapbooks - overseas tour	1943
102	Scrapbooks - overseas	1944
116	Scrapbooks - radio stars (including Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Lanny Ross, Fred Waring, and Rosemary and Priscilla Lane	undated
115	Scrapbooks - road show	1963-1964
116	Scrapbooks - Stephen Leacock clippings	1944
104	Scrapbooks - trip to Seatte	1944
100	Scrapbooks - Waukegan Centennial	1959

Series V. Sheet music, undatedReturn to Top

Arranged alphabetically by last name of composer, or title of song if composer is unknown. Includes sheet music presumably played by Jack Benny on his shows or during his other appearances and concerts. Many are handwritten, notated, and arranged specifically for Benny by the composer/arranger.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
21	"The Bee," "Medley No. 2," and "Getting to Know You"
19	Beethoven - "Violin Concerto" with and without "Love in Bloom" insert
84	Belasco, Jacques - "The Jack Benny Kreutcerto"
84	"Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?"
22	"Getting to Know You" and "Fiddler on the Roof"
22	Gould, Morton - "Bouquet for Benny"
22	Green, Johnny - "Life Begins at Forty (For My Friend Jack Benny)"
83	Grove, Dick (arranged by) - "Baby Elephany Walk" from Dick Van Dyke Special
22	Haydn - "Concerto in D major, Opus 61," from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
22	Haydn Quartette
22	"I Don't Want to Be in Love"
22	Jean Jean, Maurice and Faustin - "La Danse Des Violons"
20	Kroll, William - "Banjo and the Fiddle"
114	Kroll, William (arranged by Alexander Cores) - "Banjo and the Fiddle"
84	Long, Newell H. - "Bravos for Benny" (commissioned by the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra)
22	"Medley No. 2"
83	"Medley No. 2"
20	Mendelssohn - "Violin Concerto"
21	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "The Bee"
83	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "The Bee"
22	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Benny Medley" ("Fascinatin' Rhythm," "Puttin' on the Ritz")
84	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Benny Medley" ("Fascinatin' Rhythm," "Puttin' on the Ritz")
21	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Goodnight Medley"
83	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Goodnight Medley"
21	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Love in Bloom"
83	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Love in Bloom"
83	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Mr. Wonderful"
22	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "To a Wild Rose"
114	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "To a Wild Rose"
21	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Trifling with Traviata"
21	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Zigeunnerweisen"
84	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Zigeunnerweisen"
114	Merrick, Mahlon (arranged by) - "Zigeunnerweisen" (Las Vegas version)
20	Mozart - Compositions for Piano
114	Phillips, Wolf (adapted by) - "Medley No. 2"
21	Rickey, Al (arranged by) - "Jack Benny Overture"
21	Rimsky - Korsakow, N.A. - "Cappriccio Espagnol"
84	Rimsky - Korsakow, N.A. - "Cappriccio Espagnol"
114	Rose, David - "The Jack Benny Kreutzcerto"
20	Rose, David - "Kreutzcerto"
20	Rose, David - "Waukegan Concerto'
20	Rupp, Carl - "Masquerade" and "I Never See You Around"
20	Saint-Saens, C. - "Rondo Capriccioso"
114	Saint-Saius - "Benny Medley"
22	"Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics" series
21	Van Heusen, Jimmy - "Dearest, Darest I" from "Love Thy Neighbor"
19	Various published compositions (some inscribed to Jack Benny from the composers)
19	Wieniawsky - "2nd Violin Concerto"

Series VI. Personal files, 1918-1982Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically by file name. Primarily contains awards, certificates, plaques, and other artifacts belonging to Jack Benny, including one of his violins. Also contains biographical information and programs and pamphlets from many of Benny’s shows and concerts.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
60	Awards	1942-1974
110-111	Awards	1950-1973
106	Award - Heart of America from the American Heart Association	1968
60	Biographical information	1924-1975
27	Books	undated
26	Books signed by authors and/or inscribed to Jack Benny	undated
111	Cartoons	undated
111	CBS wall calendar with Benny image	1955
111-113	Certificates	1948-1974
60	Certificates	1972-1974
72-73	Certificates	undated
60	Change of name - Mary Benny	1949
73	Commencement gowns	undated
60	Correspondence	1960-1964
60	Correspondence - fan mail	1976-1978
60	Correspondence - Mary Benny	1980-1982
60	Correspondence - Meyer Kubelsky (Benny's father)	1939
60	Correspondence - Wendy Korn	1979-1980
73	Eyeglass holder	undated
111	Framed print of Philadelphia Statehouse	1957
111	Honorary Degree from Jacksonville University	1972
117	Inventory and appraisal of collection	undated
60	Jack Benny's obituary and list of pallbearers	1974
75	Knick-knacks	undated
113	Magazine - "The Show of Shows! The Big Broadcast of 1937,"	1937
28	Magazines featuring Jack Benny	undated
60	Medical information	1948-1976
60	Membership cards	1965-1979
60	Notes	circa 1947-1979
112	Painting given to Benny for presenting at the Seattle Port of Embarkation	1944
119	Painting of Jack Benny by Dan Debonis	1960
118	Painting of Jack Benny by Jay Lynn (Merrett's)	undated
118	Painting of Jack Benny by Morr Kusnet	undated
113	Painting signed by Zubin Mehta	1948
75	Pins	undated
70-72	Plaques (including Alice Cooper Living Legend Award)	1948-1980
112-113	Plaques	1949-1973
109	Plaques	1958, 1974
105	Plaques	1961, 1966
113	Posters of Jack Benny concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel-Aviv	1970
60	Power of attorney	1964
28	Programs and invitations to events	undated
28-29	Programs and pamphlets from Benny shows and concerts	undated
60	Recipients of Jack Benny money clip	undated
60	Sketch of Jack Benny by Noel Sickles	undated
60	Stationery	undated
73	Statuettes and trophies	undated
75	Statuettes and trophies	undated
60	Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution	1947
120	Trophy - Man of the Year from the Conference of Personal Managers	1969
120	Trophy - Runner-up in Gleason Talent Quest	1954
106	Truman's 75th birthday program signed and inscribed by Truman	1959
60	United States Naval Reserve records	1918-1939
134	Violin	undated
75	Violin stand	undated
60	Warranties and guarantees	undated
73	Wooden name signs	undated

Series VII. Photographs, 1890-1974Return to Top

This series contains three sub-series: People and events, Publicity, and USO Tours.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. People and events Arranged alphabetically by last name or event. Includes photographs of Jack Benny at various events and social gatherings, and many photographs of Benny with famous individuals. Also contains photographs of Benny from his early years (both as a boy and a performer). The photographs in this series are more candid in nature than those in the Publicity series.	1890-1974
Box
63	$100 Dinner at the Copley Plaza for Infantile Paralysis Fund - Boston	1945
111	Agnew, Spiro (signed)	undated
64	Allen, Fred	1939
64	Anderson, Rochester	undated
63	Apollo 11	1969
63	Aruba	undated
63	Australia	1964
63	Award presentations	undated
113	B'Nai B'Rith (Los Angeles) 51st anniversary banquet	1950
63	Beer commercial	undated
64	Belefonte, Harry	undated
109	Benny, Jack and Mary Livingstone	undated
65	Benny, Joan	circa 1934-1970
64	Bergen, Edgar	undated
64	Bernstein, Leonard	undated
63	Blood drive - American Red Cross	undated
64	Brown, Johnny Mack	undated
63	Buckingham Palace - Royals, Dudley Moore, Tony Bennett	1950, 1965
63	Buddy Hackett autograph party	undated
64	Burns, George and Gracie Allen	undated
64	Burns, George	undated
64	Casals, Pablo	undated
64	Celebrities	undated
99	Celebrity Lanes groundbreaking in Denver, Colorado (scrapbook)	1960
63	Century of Progress	1933
63	Chicago International Trade Fair	1960
63	Chicago performance	undated
63	Contract signing	undated
64	Day, Dennis	undated
64	Devine, Andy	undated
64	Dodge, Doris and Theresa (child violinists)	1969, 1972
63	Duz soap promotion	undated
62	Early life	circa 1894-1920
63	Early performances (negatives)	undated
63	Early performing life	undated
64	Ehinger, Margaret	1946
63	Emmy Awards	undated
63	England	undated
63	European tour	undated
108	Exhibit photographs (many with famous individuals)	undated
65	Family	circa 1920s-1974
64	Farelli, Frankie	circa 1960s-1970s
63	Fishing	undated
63	Fort Collins bank opening	undated
63	France	undated
63	Friars Club	undated
113	Friars Club events	1957
63	Gala - Averill Harriman, Elliot Roosevelt	undated
63	Gala - Fred MacMurray, Robert Taylor, George Burns	undated
63	Gala - Governor's Dinner	undated
63	Gala - Jack Benny's birthday at Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles	undated
63	Gala - Knight for Senator banquet	1958
63	Gala - Louis Armstrong	undated
63	Gala - miscellaneous	undated
63	Gala - Nixon, George Burns, Milton Berle	undated
63	Gala - President Truman	undated
63	Gala - UNICEF, Eleanor Roosevelt, Phil Silvers, Helen Hayes, George Burns	1960
63	Gala - United Nations	undated
63	Gala - With Los Angeles Mayor, Johnny Carson, Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart	undated
62	General (includes photographs and negatives)	undated
63	Golf games and horse racing	undated
64	Graham, Billy	undated
63	Grauman's Chinese Theatre	undated
63	Hank Aaron Night in Los Angeles	1974
61	Harrah's - Lake Tahoe, Nevada	1966-1967
62	Harrah's - Lake Tahoe, Nevada	undated
64	Harris, Phil and Alice Faye	undated
64	Harris, Phil tour of MGM	undated
63	Hawaii	1941
64	Heifetz	undated
63	Hillbilly skit at Harrah's - Fawcett	undated
63	Homecoming to Waukegan, Illinois	1937, 1959, undated
63	"Honeymooners" with Jackie Gleason and Jane Meadows	undated
64	Hope, Bob	undated
63	Indianapolis with Rochester	1950
63	Jack Benny Junior High School	1964
64	Jessel, George	1948
63	Jewish awards banquet for Jack Benny	undated
63	Jewish Foundation	undated
63	Jewish fundraiser	undated
106	Kennedy, John F.	undated
63	Lake Tahoe bank opening	1960
107	Launching of the SS Edward E. Hale	1944
63	Laurel Leaf Award to Jack Benny - Nixon	1959
64	LeRoy, Mervyn	undated
64	Lewis, Jerry	undated
64	Licht, Frank (Governor of Rhode Island)	1961
63	Life magazine	1951
107	Lifelighters Ruby Ball	1958
65	Livingstone, Mary	circa 1920s-1970s
64	Mays, Willie	undated
64	Mehta, Zubin	undated
63	Miami Beach	undated
77	Miscellaneous	undated
118	Miscellaneous matted montage	undated
63	Mobile, Alabama	undated
64	Models and show girls	undated
62	Navy photograph	circa 1917
133	NBC Anniversary dinner	undated
63	News conference	undated
109	Nixon, Richard (signed) with Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone	undated
121	Nixon, Richard (signed and inscribed to Jack Benny)	undated
63	Orchestral appearance - Kansas City with Truman	undated
63	Orchestral appearance - London, England	1969
63	Orchestral appearance - Salt Lake City, Utah	undated
63	Orchestral appearance	1959
115	"Our Home" (scrapbook of photographs of the Benny home)	1938
63	P.A.L. Benefit, New York	undated
63	Palladium (negatives)	1973
64	Patiogorsky, Gregor	undated
62	Photos taken by fans	undated
63	Polio Drive - Akron, Ohio	1949
64	Poolside with men	undated
106	Portland, Oregon	1954
111	Ridgway, Mr. and Mrs. with child	1951
63	Riverside, Virginia - Director of Music	1969
63	Ron Vann in Las Vegas	1969
63	Saturday Evening Post	1959
63	School visitation	undated
63	Scrap Metal Drive	undated
63	Scrapbook	1934
63	Screen Producers Guild	undated
63	"Spartacus" film set	undated
63	Special Olympics	1973
63	St. Joe, Missouri	1945
64	Stern, Isaac	1955
63	Stork Club	undated
63	Theatre Margnes - Chicago	undated
63	Travel	undated
64	Truman, Harry S.	undated
106	Unidentified	undated
106	Unidentified event (album)	undated
111	USS Ross	1944
63	Warner Brothers tour	undated
100	Waukegan Centennial (scrapbook)	1959
64	Wheelchair-bound man and family	1969
64	Wilson, Don	undated
64	Young, Loretta	undated
64	Youngman, Henny	undated
63	Youth autograph party	undated
	Sub-series 2. Publicity Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains publicity photographs of Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone. Also includes publicity stills from many of Benny’s movies.	circa 1920s-1974
Box
62	20th Century Fox	undated
62	Antler	undated
62	Art (including famous Bouche sketch)	undated
62	Autograph signing	undated
85	Benny, Jack	circa 1920s-1974
66-67	Benny, Jack (duplicates)	circa 1920s-1974
68	Benny, Jack (color transparencies)	1970s
65	Benny, Jack and Mary Livingstone Benny	circa 1920s-1970s
68	Benny, Jack and Mary Livingstone Benny (duplicates)	circa 1920s-1970s
78	Benny, Joan	undated
65	Benny, Joan	circa 1934-1970
64	CBS Productions	undated
62	Costumes	undated
62	Dave Chare of Park Ridge, Illinois	undated
62	Dionelli	undated
65	Family (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, and Joan Benny)	circa 1920s-1970s
78	Family (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, and Joan Benny)	undated
62	Film Fan Photo Company	undated
78	Friends	undated
62	General	circa 1936-1974
115	General	undated
62	Hanssler	undated
62	Jay Lynn	undated
65	Livingstone, Mary (Benny)	circa 1920s-1970a
78	Livingstone, Mary (Benny)	circa 1920s-1970a
69	Livingstone, Mary (Benny) (duplicates)	circa 1920s-1970a
62	Metro Goldwyn Mayer	undated
62	NBC	undated
62	News releases	undated
62	Paramount	1936-1941, undated
62	Playing violin	undated
118	Promotional poster - "An Evening With Jack Benny,"	undated
62	Rex Studios of Peoria	undated
62	Ross and Weiss	undated
62	Seymour	undated
107	"Squire of Hollywood" candid photographs from LIFE magazine	1958
64	Stills - "Artists and Models,"	1937
64	Stills - "Big Broadcast of 1937,"	1936
64	Stills - "Broadway Melody of 1935,"	1935
64	Stills - "Buck Benny Rides Again,"	1939-1940
64	Stills - "Charley's Aunt,"	circa 1941
64	Stills - Christmas skit	undated
64	Stills - "College Holiday,"	1936
64	Stills - "George Washington Slept Here,"	circa 1942
64	Stills - "Hollywood Review of 1929,"	1929
64	Stills - "The Horn Blows at Midnight,"	1945
64	Stills - "Jack Benny Radio Show" broadcasting from Bangor, Maine	1942
64	Stills - "Jack Benny Show,"	1953
64	Stills - "Jack Benny Show" cars (including Maxwell)	undated
64	Stills - "Jack Benny Show" cast and crew	undated
64	Stills - JELLO	undated
133	Stills - "Love Thy Neighbor,"	1940
64	Stills - "Man About Town,"	1939
64	Stills - "The Meanest Man in the World,"	circa 1943
64	Stills - "The Medicine Man,"	circa 1930
64	Stills - "Shower of Stars,"	1957
64	Stills - skits and gags	undated
64	Stills - skits - "The Casting Director,"	undated
64	Stills - "Song Shop,"	undated
64	Stills - "This Way Please,"	1937
64	Stills - "To Be or Not To Be,"	circa 1942
64	Stills - "Trans Atlantic Merry-Go-Round,"	undated
62	Universal	1949
62	Volpe Studios	undated
64	Wagner International (with Johnny Carson)	undated
62	Warner Brothers	undated
62	William Morris Agency	undated
62	With Rochester	undated
	Sub-series 3. USO tours Arranged alphabetically by location. Contains photographs of Jack Benny and his fellow Jack Benny Program cast members visiting and performing for US troops primarily during WWII and the Korean War.	1942-1969
Box
61	185th Infantry	undated
61	Arabia	1944
61	Army Air Force Training Command	undated
61	Ascension Island	undated
61	Australia	undated
61	Camp Patrick Henry	1943
61	Canada, Montreal, Ottawa	undated
61	Central Pacific	1944
61	Defense Plant	undated
61	Egypt	1943
61	Europe	undated
61	Fairfield, Suisan Air Force Base, California	undated
61	Fort Bliss, Texas	1951
61	Fort Denens, Boston, Massachusetts	1943
61	Germany (including Berchtesgaden, Hitler's home)	1945
61	Great Lakes, Illinois	undated
61	Honolulu, Hawaii - Vietnam casualties	1969
61	Japan	1951
61	Korea	1951
61	Korea	1951
61	Lakehurst, New Jersey	undated
61	Manhatten Beach, New York - US Coast Guard	undated
61	Mathenfield, California	1942
77	Miscellaneous	circa 1942-1945
61	Naval Air Station, Denver, Colorado	1955
61	Navy	undated
61	New Guinea	undated
61	New York	undated
61	Norfolk, Virginia	undated
61	Presidio, San Francisco	1942
61	Quantico, Virginia - Marine Officer's Training Corps	undated
61	San Diego, California - Camp Elliot	1942
61	Santa Ana Army Base	undated
61	Seattle, Washington - Naval Hospital	1944
61	Sheepshead Bay, New York	undated
61	South Pacific	1944
61	Unknown	undated
61	Unknown band	undated
61	Unknown; Seofield Barracks, Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Fort Meade, Maryland	1944
61	White Sands, New Mexico	undated

Series VIII. Audio and Visual materials, 1945-1993Return to Top

This series includes two sub-series: Audio and Film.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. Audio This sub-series contains a few Jack Benny audio recordings, as well other musical recordings.	1945-1974
Box
89	Baja Marimba	1968
89	Jack Benny England tape	undated
89	Jack Benny standard closing (Doctor - Without Rochester)	1970
89	Special message from Watson Powell, Jr.	1972
89	The Tonight Show (reference dub of phonograph record)	1974
89	Wayne Newton - "You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You,"	undated
135	Phonograph - "21 by Ad-Staff, inc.,"	undated
135	Phonograph - Beethoven's "Concerto in D Major" played by the Philadelphia Orchestra	undated
135	Phonograph - Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival	1958
135	Phonograph - "Israel,"	undated
135	Phonograph - Jack Benny spot for London Palladium (2 discs)	undated
135	Phonograph - "Masquerade" and "I Never See You Around" (Carl Rupp, Barbara Simpson, Bea Gardy)	undated
135	Phonograph - Message to Joan Blondell from Morris King	1945
	Sub-series 2. Film Arranged chronologically and by series. This sub-series contains film of The Jack Benny Television Program, primarily episodes from the 1954-1956 seasons. Most of his television specials are also present, as well as many episodes from Shower of Stars. Also contains Benny’s appearance on $64,000 Question, and a PBS special on Jack Benny.	1953-1993
Box
125	The Jack Benny Television Program - with Bob Crosby	1953
122	The Jack Benny Television Program (U-Matic)	May 2, 1963
125	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 4 - "Goldie, Fields and Glide" (with George Burns and Bing Crosby)	March 21, 1954
125	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Shopping Show,"	December 12, 1954
125	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "San Diego Naval Training Center Show,"	December 26, 1954
125	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Bedroom Burglar,"	January 9, 1955
125	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Four O'Clock in the Morning Show,"	February 6, 1955
126	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Jack's Lunch Counter" (with George Raft)	February 20, 1955
122	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Jack's Lunch Counter" (with George Raft) (U-Matic)	February 20, 1955
126	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair" [The Carnival Story]	March 6, 1955
126	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Gary Crosby Show" (with Gary and Bob Crosby)	March 20, 1955
126	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "You Bet Your Life" (with Groucho Marx)	April 3, 1955
122	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "You Bet Your Life" (with Groucho Marx) (U-Matic)	April 3, 1955
126	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Preparing for New York Trip,"	April 17, 1955
126	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 5 - "Jackie Gleason Show"	May 1, 1955
126	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Jack Goes to Dennis's House,"	September 25, 1955
127	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Peggy King and Art Linkletter,"	October 23, 1955
127	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Isaac Stern Boosts Jack's Morale,"	November 6, 1955
127	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice,"	November 20, 1955
127	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Jack Hunts for Uranium,"	December 4, 1955
127	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Frances and Edgar Bergen,"	December 18, 1955
127	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "New Year's Day Show" (with Red Sanders and Duffy Daugherty)	January 1, 1956
127	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Don Invites Gang to Dinner,"	January 15, 1956
128	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "How Jack Met Rochester" (with Sarah Churchill)	January 29, 1956
128	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "William Holden/Frances Bergen Show,"	February 12, 1956
128	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Rochester Sleeps Though Jack's Show,"	February 26, 1956
128	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Jack Drives to Palm Springs,"	March 11, 1956
128	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Jack Opens Beverly Hills Office" (with Dore Schary)	March 25, 1956
128	The Jack Benny Television Program, Season 6 - "Jack Tries to Get a Passport,"	April 22, 1956
123	Shower of Stars - Hedy Lamarr, Gale Storm, Lawrence Welk	March 14, 1957
123	Shower of Stars - Van Johnson, Vincent Price, Yvonne De Carlo, John Duran	May 9, 1957
122	Shower of Stars - Van Johnson, Vincent Price, Yvonne De Carlo, John Duran (U-Matic)	May 9, 1957
123	Shower of Stars - Carol Channing, Fred MacMurray, Lemon Sisters, Jimmy Rogers, Vincent Price	October 31, 1957
124	Shower of Stars - Ed Wynn, Jo Stafford, Paul Weston, Tommy Sands, George Burns	January 9, 1958
124	Shower of Stars - "Jack's 40th Birthday Party,"	February 13, 1958
124	Shower of Stars - Hermione Gingold, Van Johnson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Patty McCormick, Gogi Grant	March 20, 1958
124	Shower of Stars - Betty Grable, Janis Paige, John Raitt, Barbara Nichols	April 20, 1958
130	The Jack Benny Special #1	November 11, 1965
129	The Jack Benny Hour (with Smothers Brothers, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope)	December 1, 1966
122	The Jack Benny Hour (with Smothers Brothers, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope) (U-Matic)	December 1, 1966
129	The Jack Benny Hour - Carnival (with Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, George Burns, Dean Martin, Lucille Ball)	March 20, 1968
122	The Jack Benny Hour - Carnival (with Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, George Burns, Dean Martin, Lucille Ball) (U-Matic)	March 20, 1968
122	"Jack Benny's Bag" (with Phyllis Diller and Dick Clark) (U-Matic)	1968
130	"Jack Benny's Bag" (with Phyllis Diller and Dick Clark)	1968
122	"Jack Benny's Birthday Special" (U-Matic)	February 17, 1969
129	"Jack Benny's Birthday Special,"	February 17, 1969
122	"Jack Benny's New Look" (with Gregory Peck, George Burns, Nancy Sinatra) (U-Matic)	December 3, 1969
131	"Jack Benny's New Look" (with Gregory Peck, George Burns, Nancy Sinatra)	December 3, 1969
122	"Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary Special (with Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Bob Hope) (U-Matic)	November 16, 1970
131	"Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary Special (with Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Bob Hope)	November 16, 1970
123	20th Anniversary clips	1970
122	20th Anniversary clips (U-Matic, no sound)	1970
122	"Everything You Wanted to Know About Jack Benny--But Were Afraid To Ask" (with George Burns, Dionne Warwick, John Wayne, Lucille Ball) (U-Matic)	March 8, 1971
132	"Everything You Wanted to Know About Jack Benny--But Were Afraid To Ask" (with George Burns, Dionne Warwick, John Wayne, Lucille Ball)	March 8, 1971
122	"Jack Benny's First Farewell Special" (U-Matic)	January 18, 1973
132	"Jack Benny's First Farewell Special,"	January 18, 1973
122	"Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special" (U-Matic)	1974
130	"Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special,"	1974
123	"$64,000 Question,"	October 20, 1957
122	"$64,000 Question" (U-Matic)	October 20, 1957
123	Jack Benny Award - WBBM TV	undated
122	Jack Benny PBS Special	April 8, 1993

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Subject Terms

Actors--United States--20th century
Male comedians--United States--20th century
Radio programs
Television programs
Vaudeville

Personal Names

Livingstone, Mary

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Photographs
Scrapbooks
Scripts

Titles within the Collection

Jack Benny program (Radio program)
Jack Benny program (Television program)

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