Series MS-2853 - Jack Bowdery papers

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Jack Bowdery papers

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  • sound recording

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MS-2853

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  • 1930-1993 (Creation)

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Originals, 35 cm, microfiche, 1930-1934, 82 fiche [Af0481]

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These records relate to both Jack Bowdery and Alicia Ammon. The records include: scripts, short stories, reminiscences, publicity material, scrapbooks, interviews and an audiotape of a performance by Jack Bowdery. A significant section of the records is the "Millie and Lizzie" scripts, written by Jack and Alicia Ammon. "Millie and Lizzie" was a radio situation comedy that was broadcast over Vancouver radio stations from 1930 to 1934 and in 1936. The main characters, two charladies living in England then moving to British Columbia, were acted by Alicia and Jack Ammon. The series was the first radio sitcom in Canada. Another large part of the records are publicity material that include newspaper clippings, magazine articles, playbills, photographic presentations, resumes and videotape promotions. They were compiled both for personal reasons and for career promotion. These records were frequently used in the preparation of resumes and other presentations. Also included is an audiotape, recorded in 1993, in which Jack Bowdery performs a simulation of two "Millie and Lizzie" episodes, call number T-4402:1.

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Jack Bowdery donated the records to the B.C. Archives and Records Service in three installments during 1992.

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The original order of the publicity records was lost. Material had been removed from scrapbooks and placed in promotion files, and then never returned. Material from various files was also interchanged. Some records were simply put together for delivery to the Archives. The current arrangement of the records reflects both this disordered state and an imposed grouping on the records for easier access. Where no order existed, files were grouped by type and placed in chronological order. Wherever possible records were returned to original files or scrapbooks.

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The original scripts, which had deteriorated badly, were not retained and are available on microfiche. Please use the micofiche copy for box 2, file 19, the "Millie and Lizzie" scrapbook.

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Related records held by the BC Archives include: an audiotape "Reminiscences of Alicia Ammon", 197-, see also the auditioning notes filed in the tape documentation file, call numbers, T4401:1-2; and a videotape "Nellie, Daniel, Emma and Ben", a television sitcom based upon the lives of four seniors, 1977-1979, five episodes, call numbers V1989:22/1-3.

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Copyright of these records was not transferred to the BC Archives. Jack Bowdery retains copyright of all material that he authored. Audiotape T-4402:1 is copyright Jack Bowdery and Rosy Frier-Dryden.

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Photographs transferred to Visual Records, accession number 917206-0003.

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Accession number(s): 91-7206

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Sound recording originals may be in cool or cold storage. Contact staff for specific details.

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