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Mss 1074	Part 1 (Mss 1074, Audio 1543A, PH 6658, AD 565): Original Collection, 1848-1994 (bulk 1930-1979) Physical Description: 33.4 cubic feet (25 record center cartons, 4 archives boxes, 10 flat boxes, and 12 card file boxes), 16 audio recordings, 1 film (16 mm), 3.7 cubic feet of photographs (9 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and 0.2 cubic feet of negatives (1 card box) Scope and Content Note The Ben Bergor Papers document three members of Madison's Goldenberger family: Ben Bergor, the performer; his sister Olivia Monona, an opera singer; and their father Benedict Goldenberger. The papers of each member of the family are a separate series in the collection: BEN BERGOR PAPERS, OLIVIA MONONA PAPERS and BENEDICT GOLDENBERGER PAPERS. In addition to the preceding series: there is a small series of GENEALOGICAL PAPERS primarily collected by historian John O. Holzhueter, Bergor's son-in-law; VISUAL MATERIALS documenting Ben Bergor, Olivia Monona, Bergor's theatrical agency, and the Goldenberger and Moessner families; and AUDIO RECORDINGS. The professional careers of Bergor and his sister are both well covered in the manuscript papers, although there are some notable gaps. For Bergor, the papers are professional rather than personal, whereas Monona's papers include a long run of her diaries. Benedict Goldenberger's papers are entirely personal in content. In addition to the manuscript papers, the Bergor family donated many artifacts to the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. The BEN BERGOR PAPERS is the largest portion of the collection. His papers divide into general correspondence, which is chronologically arranged; subject files, which are alphabetically arranged; and a library of reference material about humor and public speaking. The early correspondence is primarily incoming, and limited during the 1920s. There is little information here about Bergor's early days on the vaudeville circuit. A few letters from Herb Willett during the 1920s concern their song writing team. After 1927, when Bergor toured with Mel Reilly and the Curtis Comedy Company, the correspondence becomes more voluminous. Thereafter, there are numerous exchanges with individual magicians and magic dealers such as Percy Abbott, Joe Berg, Dave Coleman, and L.L. Ireland. As a result of his leadership in the Houdini Club of Wisconsin, there are also letters to and from amateur and semi-professional magicians in Wisconsin such as R.C. Finkle and M.F. Zens. The exchanges with the magicians and magic dealers, which are a highlight of the collection, often discuss tricks, bookings, and general conditions of the entertainment business, as well as personal matters. The general correspondence also reflects Bergor's gradual shift from performer to licensed entertainment booking agent during the 1930s and 1940s. The correspondence from this period consists of exchanges with talent, employers, and other agents documenting the way in which a small Midwestern entertainment agency operated. On many occasions Bergor acted as the show's producer, and sometimes he appeared as the master of ceremonies. Additional correspondence for the Wisconsin organizations for which he frequently booked entertainment, such as the Wisconsin Road Builders Association, the Wisconsin Conference of School Safety Patrols, and various veterans' homes and hospitals, as well as the Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative can be found in the Subject files. During the 1950s Bergor renewed his song writing career, although with little success, and there is correspondence about that effort. A more successful career shift concerns his humorous writing. Bergor's humorous remarks, which had always been an important part of his act, were published in the Madison newspapers. During the 1960s he was a contributor of humorous quips to national magazines such as Quote, and to Earl Wilson's column in the New York Post. This is reflected in correspondence with these editors. The alphabetically-arranged subject files cover virtually the full range of Bergor's diverse career, but, like the general correspondence, only limited material dates from the vaudeville era of the 1920s and 1930s. Despite this chronological gap, there is good documentation about magic, even including notes and instructions for a few of Bergor's tricks and draft and printed advertising. Other files contain the mailings received from a host of magic dealers; individual magicians' brochures and business cards, and scattered records of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Society of American Magicians, the Wisconsin Houdini Club, and other organizations in which he was active. The series also includes the Houdini Award album. Bergor's papers also contain many of his theatrical booking agency records. Included are business ledgers that document the appearances of each client, their earnings, and Bergor's fees. There are also alphabetically-arranged brochures, some draft advertising written by Bergor, performance programs, and information on how Bergor kept track of each entertainer's availability and particular talents. There is also an extensive file of publicity stills in the separate VISUAL MATERIALS series. Correspondence, contracts, and working files document shows he produced for Wisconsin organizations such as the Wisconsin Road Builders Association, the Wisconsin Conference of School Safety Patrols, various veterans homes and hospitals; the Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative; and as sports shows during the 1940s and 1950s. The writings section of the subject files contains material in a variety of genres, including files of “one-liners” and “patter” that are seldom thought of as a literary form, as well as material that is so incomplete and indecipherable as to disguise the intended product. Among the published items are “Proverbs and a Cash Box,” a story from Mystery Magazine published in 1924; Highlight Magic, a booklet written in 1941; and many “Ben Bergor Says” quips published in the Wisconsin State Journal, the Capital Times, and elsewhere. Bergor's speeches and remarks are incomplete and fragmentary, more often resembling notes rather than polished manuscripts. Even his best known speech, “Apathy,” is represented only by unfinished drafts. Bergor's poor handwriting and casual identification makes many items difficult to read and understand. A similar problem with insufficient labeling and poor handwriting plagues the draft scores, melodies, and lyrics in the music subject files. Very little here, except for his religious work, represents polished compositions. Bergor was, nevertheless, a talented musician, and several tape recordings, thought to be Bergor playing the piano, hint at this as found in the AUDIO RECORDINGS series. The final subseries in the BEN BERGOR PAPERS is a library of humor, jokes, and cartoons books and magazines that he mined for ideas for his career as a public speaker, master of ceremonies, and humorist. The library has been retained in the archival collection because it is out of scope for the SHSW Library and the University Library, because it includes some of Bergor's published humor, and because many items bear his notations. More mainstream publications concerning public speaking have been transferred to University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Library. Together, the library presents a representative sample of mid-20th century humor. Highlights include Charley Jones' Laugh Book, Gags, 1000 Jokes, and Quote. Magic books, which probably once made up a substantial part of Bergor's reference library, were not received by the Archives. The OLIVIA MONONA PAPERS present a rare, although incomplete, picture of life in an opera company. Documenting two of the most important opera companies, her perspective was unique because she was not a featured singer. Her diaries span almost her entire professional career. Although the entries are relatively brief, her handwriting is neat and easily read. Her correspondence primarily consists of letters and postcards received. Although not fully identified, many of her correspondents are clearly friends from the opera world. Miss Monona trimmed some of her incoming correspondence for an unknown purpose, and when otherwise unidentified, these letter fragments have been left together as she stored them. Her alphabetical subject files contain publications, programs, notes, and clippings about the Chicago Grand Opera, as well as lists of chorus members and copies of her contracts. Similar, but fewer documents refer to her career with the Met. The Chicago files include a notebook that may have belonged to conductor Attico Bernabini. Also part of her papers are an early career scrapbook; ephemera relating to recreational travel; and reminiscent articles about Gutzon Borglum, Luther Burbank, Dale Carnegie, Enrico Caruso, and Robert La Follette. The BENEDICT GOLDENBERGER PAPERS are a small group of loose letterbook pages, dated 1880, that concern his first marriage, and family letters concerning his son Ivanhoe and the disposition of Washington State property; and his diaries. The journal-like entries in his diary as a student at the University of Wisconsin are more extensive, but short, incomplete diaries span his adult life. Also included is a volume of University Press during the years when this student newspaper was edited by Robert M. La Follette. The articles written by Goldenberger are marked. The GENEALOGICAL PAPERS primarily collected by historian John O. Holzhueter, Bergor's son-in-law, is a small group of documents consisting of Holzhueter's correspondence regarding the Goldenberger, Moessner, Madden and Topel families; a few 19th century documents; and some clippings regarding various family members. The VISUAL MATERIALS series consist of portraits, snapshots of Bergor performing, publicity stills of magicians and other entertainers that Bergor booked, and portraits and snapshots of Olivia Monona and chorus members of the Chicago Grand Opera. The publicity stills are filed alphabetically by name or by talent when unidentified. There is a separate alphabetical file for magicians. Unlike the agency photos which date from the 1940s through the 1960s, there are portraits of magicians dating from as early as the 1920s. Olivia Monona's photographs include identified and unidentified snapshots, many of which document chorus members of the Chicago Grand Opera during the 1920s. There are also portraits of the Goldenberger and Moessner families. The film is the brief televised broadcast at WMAQ of Bergor performing a sleight of hand card trick in 1930. Television equipment and a family watching a television are also seen. The AUDIO RECORDINGS series consists of auditions; radio broadcasts of skits, tricks, satires, etc.; family piano and opera performances; sound effects; and performances of “My Heart Went Boom,” a composition by Bergor. Some of these recordings are also listed in amongst the paper portion of the collection.
	Series: Ben Bergor Papers
	General correspondence
Box 1 Folder 1	1905-1909
Box 1 Folder 2-35	1918-1981
Box 2 Folder 1	undated
	Subject files
Box 2 Folder 2	Abbott's Magic (magic dealer)
Box 2 Folder 3	Advertising ideas
	Agents' brochures
Box 2 Folder 4-6	General
Box 2 Folder 7	Vintage
Box 2 Folder 8	Biographical releases
Box 26 Folder 1	Agent's manual, Wayne P. Sewell Producing Company
Box 34 Folder 1	Barnes-Carruthers Attraction Annual, 1953
Box 49 Folder 1	Posters
Box 2 Folder 9	American Guild of Variety Artists directory, 1948-1949
	American Legion
Box 2 Folder 10	General
Box 2 Folder 11-12	Nursing scholarship benefit shows
	Aquatennial (Madison)
Box 2 Folder 13	Check stubs, 1948
Box 2 Folder 14	Contracts
Box 2 Folder 15	Correspondence, 1947-1948
Box 2 Folder 17	Programs from Minneapolis
Box 2 Folder 18	Program for Madison, 1942
Box 2 Folder 19	Publicity
Box 2 Folder 16	Working file
	Astrology and mind reading
Box 2 Folder 20	General
Box 2 Folder 21-22	Horoscope publications
Box 2 Folder 23	Routines
Audio 1543A	Audition recordings
Audio 1543A/6	Benny Henderson, undated
Audio 1543A/4	Sandy Kent medley / Prison song, undated
Audio 1543A/13	Quarter Notes, with Ollie Johnson
Mss 1074 Box 2 Folder 24	Automobile accidents and stories
Box 2 Folder 25	Awards
Box 34 Folder 2	Awards, oversize
Box 2 Folder 26	Baker, Ione, Special material by Bergor, 1952
Box 2 Folder 27	Barber shop quartets
Box 2 Folder 28	Berger, Curt (Milwaukee agent)
	Bergor, Alva
Box 2 Folder 29	General
Box 2 Folder 30	American Legion Auxiliary
Box 26 Folder 2	American Legion Auxiliary circulars
	Bergor, Ben
	Advertising
Box 2 Folder 31	Small format
Box 33 Folder 5-7	Medium size format
Box 47	Window cards
Box 49 Folder 2	Large format
	Advertising text drafts
Box 2 Folder 32-34	General
Box 3 Folder 1-2	1930s
	Agency
Box 3 Folder 3	Business-General
Box 3 Folder 4	Acts for others
Box 3 Folder 5	Advertising text by Bergor
	Brochures
Box 3 Folder 6	For exclusive clients
	General performers
Box 11 Folder 1	Ames, Adrian
Box 11 Folder 2	A
Box 11 Folder 3	Balabano Duo
Box 11 Folder 4	Baron, Edwin
Box 11 Folder 5	Bonelli Family
Box 11 Folder 6	Brown, Randy
Box 11 Folder 7	Bumpy Family
Box 11 Folder 8-9	B
Box 11 Folder 10	Caserio, Frank
Box 11 Folder 11	Cain, Sugar
Box 11 Folder 12	Bud Carlell and Rose
Box 11 Folder 13	Colstons
Box 11 Folder 14-15	C
Box 11 Folder 16	Daddy Long Legs
Box 11 Folder 17	Devine, Suzanne
Box 11 Folder 18-20	D-F
Box 11 Folder 21	Gold Dust Twins
Box 11 Folder 22	Greene, Morton
Box 11 Folder 23-33	G-O
Box 12 Folder 1-2	P-Q
Box 12 Folder 3	Riggs, Bobby
Box 12 Folder 4-5	R
Box 12 Folder 6	Seiler, Jay
Box 12 Folder 7	Shirley, John
Box 12 Folder 8	Sieman, Hank
Box 12 Folder 9-14	S-Z
	Magicians
Box 12 Folder 15	A
Box 12 Folder 16	Bishop, Billy
Box 12 Folder 17	B
Box 27 Folder 5	Caesar, Frank, testimonial program, 1944
Box 12 Folder 18	Crandall, Clark
Box 12 Folder 19	C
Box 12 Folder 20	Le Grand David
Box 12 Folder 21-26	D-K
Box 12 Folder 27	Lee and Rita (Henneberry Family)
Box 12 Folder 28-30	L-O
Box 12 Folder 31	Dell O'Dell
Box 12 Folder 32-33	P-R
Box 12 Folder 34	Schreiber, Bill
Box 12 Folder 35	Mysterious Smith
Box 12 Folder 36	Sorcar, P.C.
Box 12 Folder 37-38	S-T
Box 12 Folder 39	Tarbell, Harold
Box 12 Folder 40	Thurston
Box 12 Folder 41-43	U-Z
Box 26 Folder 3	Contracts, Bergor
Box 3 Folder 7	Contracts, Clients
	Indexes
Box 35 Folder 1	Client availability, 1954-1957
	Performances
Box 35 Folder 2	1936-1946
Box 36	1947-1957
Box 37 Folder 1	1958-1972
	Performers
Box 38 Folder 1	White cards
Box 38 Folder 2	Pink cards
Box 39 Folder 1	Pink cards (continued)
Box 39 Folder 2	Leads
Box 40	Buff cards
Box 31 Folder 1	Journal, 1950-1961
	Ledgers
Box 31 Folder 2-3	1949-1960
Box 32 Folder 1-2	1961-1980
Box 3 Folder 8	Notes
Box 3 Folder 9	Routine for Griffith
Box 3 Folder 10a	Biographical miscellaneous papers
	Cards
Box 3 Folder 10b	Business cards
Box 3 Folder 11	Playing card ephemera
Box 34 Folder 3	Oversize card ephemera
Box 3 Folder 12	Cartoons
Box 3 Folder 13-35	Clippings, 1926-1987, undated
Box 3 Folder 36	Letterheads
Box 3 Folder 37-38	Letters of recommendation
Box 3 Folder 39	Magic equipment inventory
Box 3 Folder 40	Magic miscellaneous papers
	Magic routines
Box 3 Folder 41	General
Box 3 Folder 42	Lists
Box 3 Folder 43	Notes
Box 48 Folder 1	Miscellaneous items used in act
Box 3 Folder 44	Membership cards
	Programs
Box 3 Folder 45-47	Bergor performances
Box 3 Folder 48-50	Bergor agency shows
Box 4 Folder 1-2	Unidentified
Box 4 Folder 3	Tricks, escapes, and notes on others' tricks
Box 4 Folder 4	Ventriloquism act, 1964
Box 4 Folder 5	Bodlais, Edmund (comedy publications)
Box 4 Folder 6	Booking agents directories (American Federation of Musicians), 1941-1948
Box 4 Folder 7	Booking miscellaneous papers
Box 4 Folder 8	Border Quarter Century Club programs
Box 4 Folder 9	Borgwardt, Robert, Reverend, 1962-1980
Box 4 Folder 10	Bostock, Harry, Magic scrapbook
Box 4 Folder 11a	Brahmo magic show forms, 1934-1936
Box 4 Folder 11b	Business miscellaneous papers
Box 4 Folder 12	Cartooning miscellaneous papers
Box 4 Folder 13	Circus miscellaneous papers
Box 4 Folder 14	Chicagoland Magicians Directory, 1954, undated
Box 4 Folder 15	Chopp, Joe, “Magic racket forms,” 1934-1936
Box 4 Folder 16	Coffey Entertainment Bureau, 1941
Box 26 Folder 4	Communists
Box 4 Folder 17	Copyright
Box 4 Folder 18	Costumes (Al Wallace Company advertising)
Box 4 Folder 19	Creative Management Association brochures
Box 4 Folder 20	Culbertson system for contract bridge
Box 4 Folder 21	Current Comedy mailings
Box 4 Folder 22	Curtis Comedy Company handbills, undated
Box 4 Folder 23	Dale, Helen, 1954
Box 4 Folder 24	Dane County Coliseum dedication, Working file
Box 4 Folder 25	Dane County Veterans Committee, 1966-1968
Box 4 Folder 26	Dufort, Pinky (comedy publications)
Box 4 Folder 27	Eagles programs
	Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Box 4 Folder 28	Contracts for entertainers
Box 4 Folder 29	Correspondence, 1954-1966
Box 4 Folder 30	Programs
	Elks Club
	Veterans Service program
Box 4 Folder 31	Bergor's performances
Box 4 Folder 32-35	Correspondence, 1948-1964, undated
Box 4 Folder 36	Working file
Box 4 Folder 37	Elks newsletter with Bergor references
Box 5 Folder 1-4	Theatrical agent's reports, 1949-1964
	Tomah Tom-Tom
Box 26 Folder 5	1951-1970
Box 5 Folder 5	undated coverage
Box 5 Folder 6	Wisconsin
Box 5 Folder 7	Scrapbook
Box 5 Folder 8	Madison
Box 5 Folder 9a	Fair miscellaneous papers
Box 5 Folder 9b	Fiddlers' contest performances, 1928
Box 5 Folder 10	Glason, Billy (humor dealer)
Box 5 Folder 11	Goldenberger, Monona (Rossol)
Box 5 Folder 12	Goldenberger, Stella
Box 5 Folder 13	Goldenberger estate
Box 5 Folder 14	Golden's Magic Wand (dealer)
Box 5 Folder 15	Grant, U.F. (magic dealer)
Box 5 Folder 16	Hagan, Rusty (Milwaukee agent)
Box 5 Folder 17	Haines House of Cards
Box 5 Folder 18	Hank the Clown, Publicity
Box 5 Folder 19	Happy Acres
Box 5 Folder 20a	Health and exercise miscellaneous papers
Box 5 Folder 20b	Healy, Vince
Box 5 Folder 21	Holden, Max (magic dealer)
Box 5 Folder 22	Hope, Bob, booking information, 1966
Box 5 Folder 23	Houdini, Harry, Biographical clippings
	Houdini Club of Wisconsin Note: Microfilm copies of the Houdini Gram newletters can be found in the SHSW Library.
Box 5 Folder 24-27	Conventions
Box 5 Folder 28	Convention chairman's working file, 1955
Box 5 Folder 29	Miscellaneous papers
Box 5 Folder 30	Rosters
Box 5 Folder 31	Houdini Award
Box 51	Houdini Award album
Box 5 Folder 32	Humor dealers' miscellaneous papers
Box 5 Folder 33	Humor, miscellaneous examples, lists, notes
Box 5 Folder 34	Hurlbut, Jack
	IBM (International Brotherhood of Magicians)
Box 5 Folder 35	Constitutions and rituals, 1940-1969
	Convention programs Note: Programs for the years 1927-1928 can be found in the SHSW Library.
Box 5 Folder 36	1927 Thayer souvenir and autographs
Box 5 Folder 37	1941-1965 (scattered coverage)
Box 5 Folder 38	Directories, 1926-1927, 1976, 1978
Box 5 Folder 39	Ring meeting suggestions, 1951, 1972
Box 5 Folder 40	Miscellaneous papers
Box 5 Folder 41	SAM joint materials
Box 5 Folder 42	IH (International Harvester) programs
Box 5 Folder 43	IJA (International Jugglers Association), Chairman's working file, 1959-1960
Box 6 Folder 1	Inventory of antiques (possibly owned by Bergor Family)
Box 6 Folder 2	Ireland, L.L. (magic dealer)
	Ketch, Fred
Box 6 Folder 3	Cartoons and correspondence
Box 26 Folder 6	Hollywood Comedy Club newsletters, 1968-1969
Box 6 Folder 4	Keyes, Stephen (humor publications)
Box 6 Folder 5	Kraemer Brothers, contracts
Box 6 Folder 6	Lane, Frank (magic dealer)
Box 6 Folder 7	Laugh Book magazine, 1960-1965
Box 6 Folder 8	Leads and ideas
Box 6 Folder 9	Lawton, Lines from (magic dealer)
Box 6 Folder 10	Leppien, W.E.
Box 6 Folder 11	Lists
	MC
Box 6 Folder 12	Notes
Box 6 Folder 13	Patter Dex mailings
Box 41 Folder 1	Patter Dex cards and wallet
Box 6 Folder 14	Madison Chamber of Commerce
Box 6 Folder 15	Madison miscellaneous papers
Box 6 Folder 16	Madison Parks Department activities suggestions, 1944
	Magic
Box 6 Folder 17	Class, Jim Sommers at University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1961
Box 6 Folder 18	Clippings
Box 6 Folder 19-20	Dealers' brochures
Box 6 Folder 21	Equipment
Box 6 Folder 22	Miscellaneous papers
Box 6 Folder 23-24	Tricks
Box 6 Folder 25	Magicians' business cards
Box 48 Folder 2	Magicians' posters
Box 6 Folder 26a	Menge, R.N. (magic dealer)
Box 6 Folder 26b	Middleton, Forest, 1913-1959
	Mind reading and mentalists
Box 6 Folder 27a	General
Box 6 Folder 27b	It Must be Mind Reading
Box 6 Folder 28	Mind reading tricks
Box 6 Folder 29	Minstrel shows
Box 6 Folder 30	Miscellaneous papers
Box 6 Folder 31a	Moessner Family
Box 6 Folder 31b	Moll, Wilbert, 1926-1930
	Moose, Loyal Order of
Box 6 Folder 32	General
Box 6 Folder 33	Rituals manual
Box 6 Folder 34	Literature
Box 6 Folder 35	Muir, Jimmie, Theatrical agency, 1963-1964
	Music
Audio 1543A/9	Family piano and opera performances, undated Note: Possibly with Olivia Monona.
Mss 1074 Box 6 Folder 36	Dealers
Box 6 Folder 37	Inventories
Box 6 Folder 38	Licenses
Box 6 Folder 39	Lyrics and fragments
Box 33 Folder 2-4	Melodies and fragments
Box 6 Folder 40	Miscellaneous papers
	Performances of Bergor's compositions
Box 6 Folder 41	Concert programs
Audio 1543A/1-2	“My Heart Went Boom” alternate recordings
Mss 1074	Song writing
	Songs with titles, lyrics, and scores
Box 29 Folder 1	“What Good is Alimony”
Box 29 Folder 2	“50th Anniversary song”
Box 29 Folder 3	“Anytime”
Box 29 Folder 4	“Behind a Smile”
Box 29 Folder 5	“Blue Moon”
Box 29 Folder 6	“Bring Back”
Box 29 Folder 7	“Bring Back My Baby's Smile”
Box 29 Folder 8	“Chant of the Auctioneer”
Box 29 Folder 9	“Chula Vista Moon”
Box 29 Folder 10	“Club Songs”
Box 29 Folder 11	“Don't Call Me Baby”
Box 29 Folder 12	“Don't Take My Man”
Box 29 Folder 13	“Great Day is Coming”
Box 29 Folder 14	“He May be a Bad Boy”
Box 29 Folder 15	“Heart of a Fool”
Box 29 Folder 16	“If Dreams Came True”
Box 29 Folder 17	“In My Dreams,” 1924
Box 29 Folder 18	“I've Got a Song in My Heart”
Box 29 Folder 19	“Just One More Little Song”
Box 29 Folder 20	“Last Night Colleen”
Box 29 Folder 21	“Liza Brown”
Box 29 Folder 22	“Marching on to Glory”
Box 29 Folder 23	“Midnight Rendezvous”
Box 29 Folder 24	“My Heart Went Boom”
Box 29 Folder 25	“My Mammy's Arms”
Box 29 Folder 26	“What Has He Got”
Box 29 Folder 27	“My Private Soldier Man”
Box 30 Folder 1	“Come on, Uncle Sammy, Let's Go!”
Box 30 Folder 2	“Nothing on My Mind”
Box 30 Folder 3	Performance arrangements
Box 30 Folder 4	“Old 22”
Box 30 Folder 5	“My Susie Saves on Everything”
Box 30 Folder 6	“Old Banjo Man”
Box 30 Folder 7	“Old Piano Man”
Box 30 Folder 8	“Old Trombone Man,” 1970
Box 30 Folder 9	“Our Song”
Box 30 Folder 10	“Red Headed Sweetie”
Box 30 Folder 11	“Rosie's Going to be There”
Box 30 Folder 12	“So What's a Year”
Box 30 Folder 13	“Some Lonesome Day”
Box 30 Folder 14	“Someone You Can't Forget”
Box 30 Folder 15-17	Susie songs
Box 30 Folder 18	“They Heard a Song in My Heart”
Box 30 Folder 19	“Tune for Two”
Box 30 Folder 20	“Waupun”
Box 30 Folder 21	“Where the Heck”
Box 30 Folder 22	“Wilber”
Box 30 Folder 23	Wisconsin songs
	Compositions with correspondence
Box 33 Folder 1	Marian College song, 1980-1981
Box 6 Folder 42	“Procrastination,” 1969-1971
Box 6 Folder 43	Reference pamphlets
	Musical parodies
Box 6 Folder 44	Correspondence
Box 26 Folder 7-8	by Bergor
Box 26 Folder 9	by others
Box 6 Folder 45	Musical scores (untitled)
Box 26 Folder 10	Pianologue
Box 6 Folder 46	Mutually Owned Society of Songwriters, 1954-1955
Box 6 Folder 47	Nelson Enterprises (mind reading dealer)
Box 6 Folder 48	Newsreel appearance notice
Box 6 Folder 49	Noel Talent Management brochures
	Nolan, Robert
Box 7 Folder 1	Correspondence, 1955-1956, undated
Audio 1543A/4	Sam Spade skit, undated
Mss 1074 Box 7 Folder 2-3	Northwest Assemblies, 1934-1935
Box 7 Folder 4-5	Notebooks
Box 7 Folder 6	Notes, Loose but from an organized binder
Box 7 Folder 7	Notes and note cards, labeled “MC, 1952”
Box 7 Folder 8	Notes and note cards
Box 7 Folder 9-10	[Folder numbers not used]
Box 7 Folder 11	Olson, Howie, 1973-1979
Box 7 Folder 12	Orrin, Edmund (humor dealer)
Box 7 Folder 13	PECOC (Professional Entertainers Club of Chicago)
Box 7 Folder 14	Party stunts and songs reference material
Box 7 Folder 15	Penewell, Jack, Scrapbook pages
Box 7 Folder 16	Piano act reference material
Box 7 Folder 17	Piano courses
Box 7 Folder 18	Postcards, Humorous
	Posters
Box 49 Folder 3	Sample lithographs about hypnotism
Box 48 Folder 3	Wisconsin
Box 7 Folder 19	[Folder number not used]
Box 7 Folder 20	Printing reference material, 1930s
Box 7 Folder 21	Radio quiz questions
Box 7 Folder 22	Radiophun idea, undated
Box 7 Folder 23	Reilly, Mel, Vaudeville Company advertising
Box 7 Folder 24a	Rich, Viola, Thought Radio and Thought Transference, 1927
Box 7 Folder 24b	Richelieu, C.C. (banjo maker), 1975
	Ring 31 (IBM-Madison, Ben Bergor Ring)
Box 7 Folder 25	General materials
Box 7 Folder 26	Bostock letter regarding membership, 1946
Box 7 Folder 27	Membership lists
Box 7 Folder 28	Minutes and constitution, 1946-1979 (scattered)
Box 7 Folder 29	Newsletters, 1981-1982
Box 7 Folder 30	Risqué humor
	SAM (Society of American Magicians)
Box 7 Folder 31	General materials
Box 7 Folder 32a	Constitutions, 1928, 1940
Box 7 Folder 32b	Conventions, 1930, 1941, undated Note: The convention program for 1939 can be found in the SHSW Library.
Box 7 Folder 33	Rosters, 1929-1930, 1936, 1955, 1957
	Chicago
Box 7 Folder 34	General materials
Box 7 Folder 35	Anniversary, 1944
Box 7 Folder 36	Constitution, undated
Box 7 Folder 37	Doodlebug, Loose “tricks of the month” Note: Other copies of the Doodlebug newletter can be found in the SHSW Library.
Box 7 Folder 38	Members
Box 7 Folder 39	Milwaukee, 1965, 1971
	Safety Patrol Congresses
Box 7 Folder 40	Clippings
Box 7 Folder 41	Contracts
Box 7 Folder 42	Programs and publicity
Box 7 Folder 43	Tribute scrapbook, 1959
Box 7 Folder 44	Schultz, Howard, Theatrical agency, 1977-1982
	Scrapbooks
Box 7 Folder 45	“Achievements”
Box 7 Folder 46-49	Early scrapbooks, undated
Box 7 Folder 50	“Escapes” scrapbook
Box 7 Folder 51	Gags (by subject)
Box 7 Folder 52-53	“TM” (toastmaster?)
Box 28 Folder 1	“Theatres, night clubs, and fairs”
Box 28 Folder 3	Skea, Gordon (agent)
	Spook shows
Box 28 Folder 4	Advertising by Bergor
Box 48 Folder 4	Window cards
Box 28 Folder 5	Spook Speaks
	Sports shows
Box 28 Folder 6	Acts not used, 1947-1948
Box 28 Folder 7	Advertising, 1958
Box 28 Folder 8	Bergor's own contracts
Box 28 Folder 9	Bergor's script, 1940
Box 28 Folder 10	Clippings, 1953, undated
Box 28 Folder 11-14	Correspondence, 1952-1958
Box 28 Folder 15-20	Exhibitors' contracts, 1948-1959
Box 28 Folder 21	Miscellaneous papers
Box 28 Folder 22	Musical selections, undated
Box 28 Folder 23	Press release drafts, All-Wisconsin show, 1948
	Programs
Box 28 Folder 24	Wisconsin
Box 34 Folder 4	Madison newspapers
Box 28 Folder 25-26	Non-Wisconsin
Box 28 Folder 27-28	Scrapbooks, 1940-1947, 1941
Box 28 Folder 29-32	Working files, 1947-1948, 1959, undated
Box 28 Folder 33	Stuck-in-the-Snow Bank Club, 1936
Box 28 Folder 34	Talent Agency (Milwaukee), undated mailings
Box 28 Folder 35	Tannen's Top Hat Topics
Box 28 Folder 36	Territorial Centennial handouts, 1936
Box 34 Folder 4	Thayer's Studio of Magic, brochures and blueprints
Box 28 Folder 37	Theatrical makeup and script miscellaneous papers
Box 28 Folder 38	Town House (magic dealer)
Box 28 Folder 39	UAW newsletter references to Bergor shows
Box 28 Folder 40	University of Wisconsin Extension, 1943-1944
Box 28 Folder 41	VFW newsletter mentions of Bergor shows
Box 28 Folder 2	Variety Attractions brochures
Box 28 Folder 42	Vaudeville programs and handbills
Box 28 Folder 43	Ventriloquism miscellaneous papers
Box 28 Folder 44	Wildey, Russ (music and entertainment agent), 1942-1945
Box 28 Folder 45	Willett, Herb
	Window cards
Box 28 Folder 46	Dealers
Box 48 Folder 5	Stock card samples
Box 28 Folder 47	Windsor, Tommy (magic dealer)
	Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives
Box 28 Folder 48	Miscellaneous material
Box 28 Folder 49	Contracts
Box 28 Folder 50	Programs
	Wisconsin Road Builders Association
Box 28 Folder 51	Contracts
Box 28 Folder 50	Programs
Box 8 Folder 1	Wisconsin Telephone Association programs
	World War I
Box 8 Folder 2	Letters from Ben to Stella, 1918-1919
Box 8 Folder 3-4	Veterans
	Writings
	Record keeping
Box 8 Folder 5	General
Box 8 Folder 6	Monolog lists
Box 8 Folder 7	Story lists
Box 8 Folder 8	“All right,” 1936
	“Apathy,” anti-communism speech
Box 8 Folder 9	Multiple drafts
Audio 1543A/8	Recording, 1962
Mss 1074 Box 8 Folder 10	Articles and stories
Box 8 Folder 11	“Assorted trivia” collection
Box 8 Folder 12	Astrology, 1942, undated
Box 8 Folder 13	Balloon magic project, 1950
	“Ben Bergor Says”
Box 8 Folder 14	General
Box 8 Folder 15	Capital Times scrapbook
Box 8 Folder 16	Hinrichs column
Box 41 Folder 2	Record cards
Box 8 Folder 17	“Central talk”
Box 8 Folder 18	Crestwood Publications submissions
Box 8 Folder 19	Dell submissions, 1964-1968
	Detective fiction
Box 8 Folder 20	Manuscripts, undated
Box 8 Folder 21	“Proverbs and a Cash Box,” in Mystery Magazine, 1924
Box 8 Folder 22	Highlight Magic, 1941
Box 8 Folder 23	Humor miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 24	“If It's Laughter You're After”
Box 8 Folder 25	“It's Fun to be Funny”
Box 8 Folder 26	Kadooys, 1935-1936
Box 8 Folder 27	Lecture Notes, undated
Box 8 Folder 28	Letters to the editor, 1974-1980
Box 8 Folder 29	Linking Ring submissions
Box 8 Folder 30	Magazine miscellaneous writings
Box 8 Folder 31-33	Magic business lecture
Box 8 Folder 34-35	Monologues
Box 8 Folder 36	“Monologues book”
Box 8 Folder 37	“One-liners”
Box 8 Folder 38	One-liners for American Legion, 1965-1972
Box 8 Folder 39	One page items
Box 8 Folder 40	Patter scripts and notes for magic act
Box 8 Folder 41	Patter scripts notebook
Box 8 Folder 42	Patter fragments
	Pitchman skit
Box 8 Folder 43	Script, 1960, undated
Audio 1543A/3	Recordings, undated
Mss 1074 Box 8 Folder 44	Poetry
Box 8 Folder 45	Prayers and benedictions
Box 8 Folder 46	Public speaking notes and miscellaneous writings
Box 9 Folder 1	Public speaking notes in plastic pockets
Box 9 Folder 2	Quip book draft
Box 9 Folder 3	Quote magazine submissions
	Radio satires
Box 9 Folder 4	1950, undated
Audio 1543A/11	Rennebohm satire recording
Mss 1074 Box 9 Folder 5	Radio scripts, 1937-1938
Box 9 Folder 6	Readers' Digest submissions
Box 9 Folder 7	Roast script
Box 9 Folder 8	Roundy's column
Box 9 Folder 9	Satires
Box 9 Folder 10	South, 1965
Box 9 Folder 11-12	Speeches
Box 9 Folder 13	Stories and gags
Box 9 Folder 14	VFW publications, 1968-1970
Box 9 Folder 15	Earl Wilson column publications
Box 9 Folder 16	World War I talks
Box 9 Folder 17	You Can Patter
Box 9 Folder 18-19	Fragments
Box 9 Folder 20	Zoss, Tom, Finding the Money in Magic, 1975
	Reference library
Box 26 Folder 11	Humor magazine inventory
Box 37 Folder 2	Humor library index
	Periodicals
Box 12 Folder 44-45	Army Fun
Box 12 Folder 46	Army Laughs
Box 13 Folder 1	Army Laughs (continued)
Box 13 Folder 2	Bachelor, 1957
Box 13 Folder 3	Ballyhoo, 1931-1937
Box 13 Folder 4	Barrel of Fun, 1963
Box 13 Folder 5	Best Cartoons from 'Male' and 'Stag'
Box 34 Folder 5	Brevities, 1932
Box 13 Folder 6-8	Broadway Laughs, 1951-1970
Box 13 Folder 9	Buddies, 1950
Box 13 Folder 10	Bunk of a Nation, 1932
Box 13 Folder 11	Campus Jokes and Cartoons
Box 13 Folder 12	Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, 1924, 1936
Box 13 Folder 13-14	Cartoon Capers
Box 13 Folder 15-16	Cartoon Humor, 1941-1950
Box 13 Folder 17-19	Cartoon Laughs, 1963-1970
Box 13 Folder 20-24	Cartoons and Gags
Box 14 Folder 1-2	Cartoons and Gags (continued)
Box 14 Folder 3-6	Cartoons from Man's Magazine
Box 14 Folder 7	Chatter, by Straus Printing of Madison, 1933-1935
Box 14 Folder 8	College Fun, 1950
Box 14 Folder 9-12	College Humor, 1936-1940
Box 14 Folder 13	College Laughs
Box 14 Folder 14	College Life
Box 14 Folder 15	Detective Fiction Weekly, 1941
Box 14 Folder 16	Emcee, 1948-1949
Box 14 Folder 17	Enarco National News
Box 14 Folder 18	Entertaining, 1909
Box 14 Folder 19-23	For Laughing Out Loud, 1957-1968
Box 14 Folder 24	French Cartoon Cuties
Box 15 Folder 1-8	Fun Master Comedian Monthly, 1950-1957
	Gags
Box 15 Folder 9	1937, 1951
Box 34 Folder 6	1941-1948
Box 15 Folder 10	Gay Book Magazine, 1957
Box 15 Folder 11	Gay Parisienne, 1934 April
Box 15 Folder 12	Good Humor, 1949, 1950
Box 15 Folder 13	Good Old Days, 1974
Box 15 Folder 14	Great Gags Galore
Box 15 Folder 15	Ha, 1963
Box 15 Folder 16	Ha, Ha, 1941
Box 15 Folder 17	Halt, 1944
Box 15 Folder 18	Hit Parader, 1958
Box 15 Folder 19	Hollywood Jokes
Box 15 Folder 20	Hooey, 1936
Box 15 Folder 21	Humor Digest, 1939
Box 15 Folder 22	It's a Joke, 1954
Box 15 Folder 23	Jest, 1957, 1982, undated
Box 15 Folder 24	Jest Jokes, 1954
Box 15 Folder 25	Joker, 1954, 1955
Box 15 Folder 26	Jokes and More, 1953
Box 15 Folder 27	Jokes by Cracky, 1969, 1972
Box 15 Folder 28-30	Judge, 1926-1953
Box 34 Folder 7	Laff: the Humorous Picture Magazine, 1944 January
Box 15 Folder 31	Laff Junior, 1953
Box 15 Folder 32-33	Laff Time, 1961-1971
	Laugh Book (Charley Jones' Laugh Book)
Box 16 Folder 1-29	1946-1962
Box 17 Folder 1-8	1963-1973
Box 17 Folder 9	Laugh-in, 1969
Box 17 Folder 10	Laughing Glass
Box 17 Folder 11	Laughing World
Box 17 Folder 12	Legion
Box 17 Folder 13	Let's Laugh
Box 17 Folder 14	Life, 1931-1932
Box 17 Folder 15	Linebook
Box 17 Folder 16	LuLu
Box 17 Folder 17	Mad, 1957-1960
Box 17 Folder 18	Mystery, 1941
Box 17 Folder 19	Mystery League, 1933
Box 17 Folder 20	Mystic, 1930
Box 17 Folder 21-29	National Reference Library, 1961-1975, undated
Box 18 Folder 1	New Cartoons, Jokes and Gags, 1956
Box 18 Folder 2	New Jokes, undated
Box 18 Folder 3	Nifty Stories, 1930?
Box 18 Folder 4	Oh, Doctor
Box 18 Folder 5-18	1000 Jokes, 1941-1969
Box 18 Folder 19	Original Cartoons, 1969
Box 34 Folder 8	Peek Annual, undated
Box 18 Folder 20	Pep, 1933 March
Box 18 Folder 21	Popular Jokes
Box 18 Folder 22	Prize Cartoons
Box 18 Folder 23	Program
Box 18 Folder 24	Precision Laugh Book, 1950
Box 19 Folder 1-30	Quote, 1951-1983
Box 20 Folder 1	Real Detective Tales, 1930 December
Box 20 Folder 2	Real Screen Fun, 1936 July
Box 20 Folder 3	Red Star Mystery, 1940 December
Box 20 Folder 4	Scrapbook, 1959 Note: Distributed by Ruebel Funeral Home, Little Rock, 1959.
Box 20 Folder 5	Shadow, “Murder by Magic” issue, 1948
Box 20 Folder 6	Sick, 1953, 1966
Box 20 Folder 7	Sideshow, 1949
Box 20 Folder 8	Smiles, 1954
Box 20 Folder 9	Smiles: the Little Magazine of Wit and Humor, undated
Box 20 Folder 10	Sunshine, 1965
Box 34 Folder 9	TNT, 1941 November
Box 20 Folder 11	Ten Detective Aces, 1928
Box 20 Folder 12	Threads (Geometric Tool Company), 1934
Box 20 Folder 13	Wild
	Books
	Adams, Joey
Box 21 Folder 1	Joke Book and Strictly for Laughs
Box 21 Folder 2	Encyclopedia of Humor
Box 21 Folder 3	Addams, Charles, Drawn and Quartered, 1946
Box 21 Folder 4	Adler, Bill, Wit and Humor of Richard Nixon
Box 21 Folder 5-7	Allen, Fred, Fred Allen's Letters, Much Ado about Me and Treadmill to Oblivion
Box 21 Folder 8	Amateur Carnival Stunts, 1929
Box 21 Folder 9	Amsterdam, Morey, Keep Laughing
Box 21 Folder 10	Anecdota Americana, 1934
Box 21 Folder 11	Arrow Book of Jokes and Riddles
Box 21 Folder 12	Arquette, Cliff, Charley Weaver's Letters from Mamma, 1959
Box 21 Folder 13	Austin, Jerry, Sock It to Me!
Box 21 Folder 14	Barrows, R.M., Bedside Book and Traveler's Fun Book
Box 21 Folder 15	Bawdy Ballads and Lusty Lyrics
Box 21 Folder 16	Berg, Dave, Roger Kaputnik and God
Box 21 Folder 17	Best of Sick Jokes
Box 21 Folder 18	Blanchard, Red, How to Insult Your Relatives
Box 21 Folder 19	Boliska, Al, World's Worst Jokes and Mahareeshi Says
	Braude, Jacob M.
Box 21 Folder 20	Treasury of Wit and Humor
Box 22 Folder 1	Handbook of Stories for Toastmasters and Speakers
	Brings, Lawrence
Box 22 Folder 2	Humorous Introductions for Emcees
Box 22 Folder 3	Clever Introductions for Chairmen
Box 22 Folder 4	Bunco Book, 1927
Box 22 Folder 5	Burnett, Whit, This is My Funniest
Box 22 Folder 6	Carnival Capers for Schools, 1932
Box 22 Folder 7	Catholic Treasury of Wit and Humor, 1960
	Cerf, Bennett
Box 22 Folder 8	Anything for a Laugh Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 22 Folder 9	Best Jokes Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 22 Folder 10	Best Laughs
Box 22 Folder 11	Book of Jokes
Box 22 Folder 12	Good for a Laugh
Box 22 Folder 13	Jokes of the Year
Box 22 Folder 14	Laugh Day
Box 22 Folder 15	Laughs and New Laughs
Box 22 Folder 16	Laughs on Me
Box 22 Folder 17	Laughter Incorporated Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 22 Folder 18	Life of the Party Physical Description: 2 copies
Box 22 Folder 19	Out on a Limerick
Box 22 Folder 20	Shake Well
Box 23 Folder 1	Sound of Laughter
Box 34 Folder 10	Try and Stop Me, 1944
Box 23 Folder 2	Clark, Frank, Country Parson, volumes 4, 9, 12
Box 23 Folder 3	Coghlan, James J., Jester #3, 1925
Box 23 Folder 4	College Humor, 1956
Box 23 Folder 5	Dell Book of Jokes, 1945
Box 23 Folder 6	Diller, Phyllis, Marriage Manual, 1967
Box 23 Folder 7	Douglas, Jack, My Brother Was an Only Child
Box 23 Folder 8	Droke, Maxwell, Speaker's Handbook of Humor and Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes
Box 23 Folder 9	Elmo, H.T., Hollywood Humor and Mad. Ave
Box 23 Folder 10	Ford, Hershfield, and Laurie, Can You Top This? and Cream of the Crop
Box 23 Folder 11	Fredericks, Vic, Crackers in Bed
Box 23 Folder 12	Godfrey, Arthur, Stories I Like to Tell, 1952
Box 23 Folder 13	Golden, Francis Leo, For Doctors Only, Just What the Doctor Ordered and Laughter Is Legal
Box 23 Folder 14	Gordon, Jack, How to Publish Your Own Music Successfully, 1919
Box 23 Folder 15	Guild, Leo, Bachelor's Joke Book
Box 23 Folder 16	Hoff, Syd, From Bed to Nurse, 1963
Box 23 Folder 17	House, Brant, Cartoon Annual #3 and Squelches
Box 23 Folder 18	Jackson, Thomas W., Getting Off the Good Ones, 1918
Box 23 Folder 19	Jaffee, Al, Witty Jokes and Wild Riddles and Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Box 23 Folder 20	Jokes for the John series
Box 23 Folder 21	Jokes, Gags, and Wisecracks (no cover)
Box 23 Folder 22	King, Alan, Help! I'm a Prisoner in a Chinese Bakery
Box 23 Folder 23	Laughsville U.S.A., Scholastic Books, 1965
Box 23 Folder 24	Levenson, Sam, You Can Say That Again, Sam! and You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What
Box 23 Folder 25	Levinson, Leonard Louis, Left Handed Dictionary and Webster's Unafraid Dictionary
Box 24 Folder 1	Liberty Laughs, 1943
Box 24 Folder 2	Lieberman, Jerry, Off the Cuff, Best Jokes for All Occasions, and Laff Parade
Box 24 Folder 3	Liebers, Arthur, Wit's End
Box 24 Folder 4	Lyons, Jimmy, The Mirth of a Nation, 1953
Box 24 Folder 5	McMahon, Ed, Barside Companion, 1969
Box 24 Folder 6	Magic Pianist, 1927
Box 24 Folder 7	Makow, Henry, Ask Henry
Box 24 Folder 8	Medical Economics Magazine, It Only Hurts When I Laugh
Box 24 Folder 9	Miscellaneous pamphlets about humor
Box 24 Folder 10	Miscellaneous pamphlets for public speakers
Box 24 Folder 11	Miscellaneous pamphlets by Dale Carnegie
Box 24 Folder 12	Newton, Harry L., Side Tracked, 1904
Box 24 Folder 13	Oliver, Larry, 2000 One-liners, 1970
Box 24 Folder 14	Orben, Robert, Joke Teller's Handbook
Box 24 Folder 15	Owen, Jim, Hillbilly Humor
Box 24 Folder 16	Packer, Eleanor, A Day with Charlie McCarthy, 1938
Box 24 Folder 17	Party Jokes for Swingers Only, 1967
Box 24 Folder 18-19	Playboy humor publications
Box 24 Folder 20	Pocket Book of Boners (illustrated by Dr. Seuss), 1936
Box 24 Folder 21	Prochnow, Herbert Note: Public Speaker's Treasure Chest, Toastmaster's Handbook, 1000 Tips and Quips for Speakers and Toastmasters, Toastmaster's and Speaker's Handbook, and Dictionary of Wit, Wisdom, and Satire
Box 24 Folder 22	Reader's Digest, Humor in Uniform: Funny True Stories about Life in the Military
Box 25 Folder 1	Reader's Digest, Fun Fare: A Treasury of Reader's Digest Wit and Humor, 1949
Box 25 Folder 2	Richter, Mischa, Man on the Couch and Other Cartoons
Box 25 Folder 3	Roberts, Artie, Dirty Jokes for Clean People, 1969
Box 25 Folder 4	Safian, Louis A., 2000 Insults for All Occasions and 2000 More Insults
Box 25 Folder 5	Saturday Evening Post, The Perfect Squelch
Box 25 Folder 6	Scully, Frank, Fun in Bed: Convalescent's Handbook
Box 25 Folder 7	Sir Jokes for Private Parties #1 and #2
Box 25 Folder 8	Smoking Room Joke Book
Box 25 Folder 9	Song Writer's Manual and Guide
Box 25 Folder 10	Spook Crooks (fragments)
Box 25 Folder 11	Sports Laughs, 1956
Box 25 Folder 12	Stackman, Howard, Complete Bedside Joke Book, 1955
Box 25 Folder 13	Stevenson, Adlai, Wit and Humor
Box 25 Folder 14	Steiner, Paul, Bedside Bachelor, 1957
Box 25 Folder 15	Stewart Samuel D., Campus Humor, 1963
Box 25 Folder 16	Stag, Adam, Humor #4, 1969
Box 25 Folder 17	Summers, Mark, Student Cartoonists' View of Great Figures in American History, 1972
Box 25 Folder 18	Toasts and After-dinner Stories, 1907
Box 25 Folder 19	True Magazine Cartoon Laffs
Box 25 Folder 20	Whiting, Percy, How to Speak and Write with Humor, 1959
Box 25 Folder 21	Wickes, E.M., Song Writer's Guide, 1931
Box 25 Folder 22-23	Wilde, Larry Note: Official Democrat Joke Book, Official Smart Kids/Dumb Parents Joke Book, and Official Cat/Dog Lovers Joke Book, Official Polish/Italian Joke Book, and Official Golfers Joke Book
Box 25 Folder 24	Wortsman, Gene, New Frontier Joke Book
Box 25 Folder 25	Yates, Bill, Nervous in the Service
Box 25 Folder 26	Youngman, Henny, Greatest One-liners and 400 Traveling Salesmen's Jokes
	Series: Olivia Monona Papers	⇧
Box 9 Folder 28	Biographical clippings
	Correspondence
	Outgoing
Box 9 Folder 29-35	Letters, 1912, 1914-1970s, undated
Box 42 Folder 1	Postcards, 1907-1912, undated
	Incoming
	Letters
	General
Box 9 Folder 36-39	1915-1950s
Box 10 Folder 1-3	1960s, undated
Box 10 Folder 4	Bergor, Ben (regarding Goldenberger estate), 1944-1945, 1963
Box 10 Folder 5	Burbank, Luther, 1922, 1924
Box 10 Folder 6a	Cordati-Coburn, Leota, 1946, 1958, undated
Box 10 Folder 6b	Custer, Frank, 1964-1970
Box 10 Folder 7a	Goldenberger, Stella and Benedict
Box 10 Folder 7b	Gray, Alfred, 1970-1974
Box 10 Folder 8a	Hanke, Oscar
Box 10 Folder 8b	Heyda, Robert, 1973-1976
Box 10 Folder 8c	Rathburn, J. Charles, 1936-1941
Box 42 Folder 2	Postcards, 1905-1960s, undated
	Diaries
Box 44	1901, 1904-1905, 1907-1921
Box 45	1922-1935
Box 46	1936-1950
	Subject files
Box 10 Folder 9	Address book
Box 10 Folder 10	American Guild of Musical Artists, Constitutions and miscellaneous papers
Box 10 Folder 11	Boston Grand Opera
Box 10 Folder 12	Caracas trip, Opera programs
Box 43	Celebrity postcards
	Chicago Grand Opera
Box 10 Folder 13	Bernabini's chorus notebook
Box 10 Folder 14	Bulletins, 1928-1929
Box 27 Folder 1	Chorus member lists
	Clippings
Box 10 Folder 15	General
Box 10 Folder 16	Stars
Box 27 Folder 2	Contracts of Olivia Monona
Box 10 Folder 17	Miscellaneous papers
Box 10 Folder 18	Notebook, 1913
Box 10 Folder 19-20	Programs and fragments
Box 10 Folder 21	Prospectus, 1916-1931
Box 10 Folder 22	Ravinia programs
Box 27 Folder 3	Seattle program, 1924
Box 10 Folder 23	Stars in piano ad, 1914
Box 10 Folder 24	Travel
Box 10 Folder 25	Travel notebook, and opera repertoire list
Box 10 Folder 26a	Cincinnati Opera
Box 10 Folder 26b	Dieter Family clippings
Box 10 Folder 27	Grand Choral Alliance, constitutions, 1921 and undated
Box 10 Folder 28	Greece travel notes
Box 27 Folder 4	Health
Box 10 Folder 29	India
Box 26 Folder 13	Legal documents
Box 10 Folder 30	Lists
Box 10 Folder 31a	MacDonald, Jeannette, tour program
Box 10 Folder 31b	Memorabilia
	Metropolitan Opera
Box 10 Folder 34	Chicago season programs
Box 34 Folder 11	Chorus lists, 1933-1945, miscellaneous papers
Box 10 Folder 35	Clippings
Box 10 Folder 36	St. Denis season programs
Box 10 Folder 37	Miscellaneous papers
Box 10 Folder 32	Moessner, Flora, Estate inventory, 1967
Box 10 Folder 33	Opera miscellaneous materials
Box 10 Folder 38	Pan American Medical Women's Alliance trip, 1956
Box 10 Folder 39	Performance programs and posters
Box 48 Folder 6	University of Wisconsin performance
Box 10 Folder 40	San Francisco Opera
Box 10 Folder 41-42	Scrapbook
Box 10 Folder 43a	Scrapbook of needlework and paper
Box 10 Folder 43	Slocum, Blanche
Box 10 Folder 44	Travel, 1937
Box 10 Folder 45a	Travel, Middle East, 1965
Box 10 Folder 45b	University of Wisconsin, Class of 1909
Box 10 Folder 46	Writings
	Series: Benedict Goldenberger Papers	⇧
Box 26 Folder 12	Correspondence and loose letter book pages, 1880-1908
Box 9 Folder 21-26	Diaries and loose pages, 1871-1886, 1893-1912
Box 9 Folder 27	Oratorical and literary ephemera
Box 5 Folder 5	University Press, 1875-1878, bound volume with marked Goldenberger writings
	Series: Genealogical Papers	⇧
Box 50 Folder 1	Holzhueter correspondence regarding Goldenberger, Moessner, Madden, Topel families, 1984-1994
Box 50 Folder 2	Letter from Katherina Kerz geb. Breckner, 1854 January 1? Note: In German. On stationery with gold embossed decoration and “Glück und Freude” in watercolor. Letter possibly sent to Olivia Monona for translation, accompanied by envelope addressed to Olivia in New York, with postmark from Madison, 1947? Also included with list (in English) of family, birth and death records of the Goldenberger family.
Box 50 Folder 3	Goldenberger, Benedict, Sr., passport, 1848
Box 50 Folder 3	Cooperage daybook, 1886-1887
Box 50 Folder 4	Clippings regarding miscellaneous family members
PH 6658	Series: Visual Materials	⇧
	Photographs
	Ben Bergor
	Portraits
Box 1 Folder 1	Formal
Box 1 Folder 2-3	Candid
Box 1 Folder 4	Graphic
Oversize Folder	Oversize
Box 1 Folder 5	Publicity stills
Box 1 Folder 10	With people of prominence
Oversize Folder	At IBM convention, 1927
	Bergor
Box 1 Folder 6	Family
Box 1 Folder 7	Ben and Olivia
Box 1 Folder 8	Monona and Ellie
Box 1 Folder 9	Alvira Topel
Box 1 Folder 11	American Legion activities
Box 1 Folder 12	Antiques
Box 1 Folder 13	Aquatennial
Box 1 Folder 14	Awards
Box 1 Folder 15	Crandall, Clarke, album
Box 1 Folder 16	Escape performances
Box 1 Folder 17	Evans, Adella Moessner and Family
	Goldenberger
Box 1 Folder 18	Family picnics
Box 1 Folder 19	Benedict and Family
Box 2 Folder 1	Benedict Jr., and Family
Box 2 Folder 2	Emma and Family
Box 2 Folder 3	Estelle Moessner
Box 2 Folder 4	Groups
Box 2 Folder 5	Handcuff collection
Box 2 Folder 6	Houdini Award
Box 2 Folder 7	Madden Family
Box 2 Folder 8	Magicians' activities and groups
Box 2 Folder 9	Miscellaneous
	Moessner
Box 2 Folder 10	Family
Box 2 Folder 11	Flora
Box 2 Folder 12	Lillie Elda
Box 2 Folder 13	F. Richard with Evans and Bergor on a fishing trip
Box 2 Folder 14	Rathburn Family
Box 2 Folder 15	Safety Patrol tribute scrapbook
Box 2 Folder 16	Sports shows
Box 2 Folder 17	Unidentified photographs from scrapbook
Box 3 Folder 1	Topel homestead
Box 3 Folder 2	University of Wisconsin circus parade
Box 3 Folder 3	Vaudeville signs
Box 3 Folder 4	Veterans groups
Box 3 Folder 5	Wisconsin groups
Box 3 Folder 6	World War I
	Entertainment agency photographs
	Identified performers
Box 3 Folder 7-8	A
Box 3 Folder 9	Professor Backwards
Box 3 Folder 10	Bauers
Box 3 Folder 11	Blanchard, Red
Box 3 Folder 12	Bonelli Family
Box 3 Folder 13	Brown, Randy
Box 3 Folder 14	Bumpy Family
Box 3 Folder 15	Butter Beans and Dixie
Box 3 Folder 16-17	B
Box 3 Folder 18	Carlell and Rose
Box 3 Folder 19	Carlton, Dick
Box 3 Folder 20	Ceplers
Box 3 Folder 21	Clark's Bears
Box 3 Folder 22	Cole, Harry “King”
Box 3 Folder 23	Cooper, Virginia
Box 3 Folder 24-25	C
Box 4 Folder 1	Dizzy Sizzlers
Box 4 Folder 2	Dorben Dancers
Box 4 Folder 3	D
Box 4 Folder 4	Engfords
Box 4 Folder 5	E
Box 4 Folder 6	Farrell Sisters
Box 4 Folder 7	Phil Ford and Mimi Hines
Box 4 Folder 8	F
Box 4 Folder 9	Gold Dust Twins
Box 4 Folder 10	Goodrich, Delores
Box 4 Folder 11	Gordons
Box 4 Folder 12	Gorham, Betty
Box 4 Folder 13	Greene, Morton
Box 4 Folder 14	G
Box 4 Folder 15	Hank the Mule
Box 4 Folder 16	Harmonicats
Box 4 Folder 17	Haviland, Hal
Box 4 Folder 18	Holing, Mark and Sharkey
Box 4 Folder 19-20	H-I
Box 4 Folder 21	Jackson, “Jump”
Box 4 Folder 22	James, Jimmy
Box 4 Folder 23	Jeffreys
Box 4 Folder 24	Johnson Brothers
Box 4 Folder 25	Julindas
Box 4 Folder 26	J
Box 5 Folder 1	Kellys
Box 5 Folder 2	Ketch, Fred
Box 5 Folder 3	Cycling Kirks
Box 5 Folder 4	K
Box 5 Folder 5	Laddie, Johnny
Box 5 Folder 6	Lamberti
Box 5 Folder 7	Lopez, Carmen
Box 5 Folder 8	Lynch, Jim J.
Box 5 Folder 9	L
Box 5 Folder 10	McCormick, Trixie
Box 5 Folder 11	Marcelli and Janis
Box 5 Folder 12	Marion and Wallick
Box 5 Folder 13	M
Box 5 Folder 14	Necker's Dalmations
Box 5 Folder 15	Noel Dancers
Box 5 Folder 16	Nolan, Bob
Box 5 Folder 17	N
Box 5 Folder 18	Olson, Howie
Box 5 Folder 19	O
Box 5 Folder 20	Penewell, Jack
Box 5 Folder 21	P
Box 6 Folder 1	Q
Box 6 Folder 2	Rich, Gibson and Rich
Box 6 Folder 3	R
Box 6 Folder 4	Shanghai Twins
Box 6 Folder 5	Sieman, Hank
Box 6 Folder 6	Siglers
Box 6 Folder 7	Ray Sommers' Dogs
Box 6 Folder 8	Strongs
Box 6 Folder 9	Suttons
Box 6 Folder 10	Texas Tommy
Box 6 Folder 11	Tops, Louis
Box 6 Folder 12	T
Box 6 Folder 13	Varju Brothers
Box 6 Folder 14-17	V-W
Oversize Folder	Walldorf and the Dancing Bear
	Unidentified performers
Box 7 Folder 1	Acrobats
Box 7 Folder 2	Animal acts
Box 7 Folder 3	Burlesque performers
Box 7 Folder 4	Clowns
Box 7 Folder 5	Comedians
Box 7 Folder 6	Cyclists
Box 7 Folder 7	Dancers
Box 7 Folder 8	Marionettes
Box 7 Folder 9	Musicians
Box 7 Folder 10	Sports acts
Box 7 Folder 11	Western acts
Box 7 Folder 12	Miscellaneous
	Magicians
Box 7 Folder 13	A
Box 7 Folder 14	Billy Bishop and Ann
Box 7 Folder 15	Bauer, Jack
Box 7 Folder 16	B
Box 7 Folder 17	Coleman, Dave, and Pauline
Box 7 Folder 18	C
Box 7 Folder 19	D'leta, Jerry
Box 7 Folder 20-23	D-G
Box 7 Folder 24	Houdini
Box 7 Folder 26	H-K
Box 7 Folder 27	Lee and Rita (the Hanneberrys)
Box 7 Folder 28	L
Box 8 Folder 29	Marlow
Box 8 Folder 30	M
Box 8 Folder 31-33	N-R
Box 9 Folder 7	R (continued)
Box 8 Folder 34	Shirley, John
Box 8 Folder 35	Sommers, Jim
Box 8 Folder 36	Sundmans
Box 8 Folder 37	Sweet, Don
Box 8 Folder 38-42	S-W, Unidentified
	Olivia Monona
Box 8 Folder 43	Portraits
Box 8 Folder 44	In theatrical costumes
Oversize Folder	Oversize
Box 8 Folder 45	Wardrobe, 1960s
	Snapshots
Box 8 Folder 46	Identified
Box 8 Folder 47	Unidentified
Box 9 Folder 1	Clarence Johnson (first husband)
Oversize Folder	Oversize
Box 9 Folder 2	Oscar Hanke (second husband)
Box 9 Folder 3	Opera groups
Box 9 Folder 4	Opera groups and Hanke
Box 9 Folder 5	Olivia and other groups
Oversize Folder	Oversize
Box 9 Folder 6	Portraits of named individuals
	Negatives
	Ben Bergor
	Portraits
Box 10 Folder 1-12	Candid
	Bergor
Box 10 Folder 13	Ben and Olivia
Box 10 Folder 14	Monona and Ellie
	Escape performances
Box 10 Folder 15-16	La Crosse
Box 10 Folder 17-21	Houdini Club
Box 10 Folder 72-73	Goldenberger Family Picnics
Box 10 Folder 22	Houdini Award
Box 10 Folder 23	Moessner, Flora
Box 10 Folder 24-25	Sports shows
Box 10 Folder 26-46	Topel homestead
Box 10 Folder 47-52	Vaudeville signs
	Veterans groups
Box 10 Folder 53-68	Veterans Hospital, circa 1960
	Olivia Monona
Box 10 Folder 74-75	Portraits
Box 10 Folder 69	In theatrical costumes
Box 10 Folder 70-71	Wardrobe, 1967-1968
	Moving Images
	Ben Bergor
AD 565	Magic trick Physical Description: 16 mm film
M2018-008	Part 2 (M2018-008): Additions, 1910-1954 Physical Description: 0.6 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 flat box) Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1910-1954, consisting of correspondence, music scores, travel itineraries, sheet music, untitled compositions by Bergor and others, and other music with titles and lyrics.	⇧
Box 1 Folder 1	Letter to Bergor from Nolan regarding future book, 1954
Box 1 Folder 2-3	Music scores, 1930-1931
Box 1 Folder 4	Portland travel, sports show itinerary, lazy bones sheet music
Box 2 Folder 1	Lyrics, 1924, undated
Box 2 Folder 2	Compositions, sketches, undated
Box 2 Folder 3	Compositions by others, 1910-1948
Box 2 Folder 4	Music with titles or lyrics, 1914-1923