History of the Louisiana Music Education Association (copy)
History of the L.M.E.A. (original) in manila folder – covering the years from 1934-1940
State Department of Education of Louisiana, September 1937, Bulletin 351, Louisiana Program for the Improvement of Instruction
History of Louisiana Music Education Association (copy) February 1945
Letter from L.M.E.A., dated November 8, 1974
Letter from L.M.E.A, dated September 8, 1983, concerning 1983 Hall of Fame
Negatives of five (5) photos taken at churches on February 18, 1968
Interclub Safety Committee pamphlet, “As a Pedestrian on the Sidewalk I am Courteous, as a Driver on the Street am I Courteous?” (15 copies)
Mid-west National Band Clinic letter, dated November 7, 1967
Hand-written note as follows: Ivans, Harry Leroy – “A History of the Instrumental Music Programs of the White Secondary Public Schools in East Baton Rouge Parish from 1935 – 1962. Unpublished master’s thesis, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, 1963
Letter to Property Owners Association, dated June 12, 1984
In camp with Harry Truman (Harry Truman and I)
Letter to Dr. Lloyd V. Funchess, Superintendent, dated November 5, 1971
Ralph R. Pottle’s LSU report card for the 1929 summer session (copy).
Folder #2
Ralph R. Pottle’s Columbia University report card for summer session 1939-41
Letter to Governor Edwards
The Course of Events
Transcript request from Columbia, September 13, 1941
Transcript request from Columbia, August 29, 1941
George Peabody College admission transcript – 2 Pages
Letter from George Peabody College, dated January 12, 1941
Letter from George Peabody College, dated January 10, 1942
Columbia University transcript for summer 1941
SLU transcript for January 25 and May 27 1941 and
Columbia 1943 transcript showing hours accepted and Columbia 1943 Master of Arts Transcript.
Columbia summer 1939 grades, Columbia summer 1940 grades, Columbia summer 1940 August grades, Columbia summer 1941 July grades, Columbia summer 1941 August grades together in a Columbia University Envelope.
History of the L.M.E.A (copy) in brown folder, 52 pages.
Letter to Dr. Francis Bulber, Editor August 10, 1979
L.M.E.A. March 1938 meeting photo
Letter to Dr. Samuel T. Burns, dated September 23, 1969
Folder #3
Letter to Dr. Samuel T. Burns , dated June 22, 1969
Preface letterhead of Dr. Burns
Chronology of Presidents of L.M.E.A.
Notes titled, “Organized 1935-1936.”
Letter to Dr. Pottle from Lloyd Funchess November 22, 1938.
Program for State Band Festival in 1939
Photo of S. T. Burns at 2305 Arboretum Drive, in Madison, Wisconsin
Photos of:Marius J. Wygaard, R. J. Vial, Jr., Howard B. Smith, Howard Voorhies, Ralph R. Pottle, S. T. Burns J. D. Fendlason, George Stort and Charles A. Wagner (2 copies)
Louisiana Teachers Association Program, 46th Annual Convention, Nov. 17-19, 1938
L.M.E.A. program of Louisiana History School Board Festival, 1938
Title page of L.M.E.A. History
Werlein’s Louisiana School News, April 1937
Letter to Dr. J. Jones Stewart, October 24, 1968
Letter to Dr. S. T. Burns, January 22, 1969
Note to Dr. Pottle from S.T. Burns, October 17, 1968
Folder #5
Letter to Dr. Stewart from T. H. Harris, September 25, 1934 (2 copies)
Article by Dr. Stewart 1934
Louisiana School Music Association article, dated September 1934
Letter to Parish Superintendents and Presidents of Parish School Boards from T. H. Harris, dated September 10, 1934
L.S.M.A. report to T. H. Harris 1935
Letter from S. T. Burns to L.S.M.A. April 16, 1938
Memorandum from S. T. Burns Reminder of Deadline
Music teachers by parish from 1934-1937
Memo dated March 4, 1937.
Letter to Lloyd Funchess from S. T. Burns, dated July 15, 1938
Letter from Dr. Pottle to Dr. Burns, dated June 3, 1968
Letter from Dr. Pottle to Dr. Burns, dated December 12, 1968
Letter from Dr. Burns to Dr. Pottle, dated May 19, 1968
Letter from Dr. Pottle to Dr. Burns, dated March 10, 1969
L.M.E.A. Information Sheet
Folder #6
Letter from Dr. Pottle to Dr. Sam Burns, dated April 3, 1969
Memorandum from Dr. Burns to Dr. Pottle, dated May 3, 1968
Letter from Dr. Burns to Dr. Pottle, dated March 23, 1969
Negatives of Illinois 1935 trip
Letter from Dr. Burns to Dr. Pottle, dated January 18, 1969
Letter from Dr. Burns to Dr. Pottle, dated March 24, 1969
Louisiana School Band Contest, 1934
History of the Louisiana Music Teachers Association by Dr. Stopher
Music Camp in the Pines, 1941
Note titled, “From Folder B.”
Vocal Music Program for Elementary Grades by S. T. Burns written in the Louisiana Colored Teachers’ Journal.
Envelope from Dr. Burns to Dr. Pottle, dated May 22, 1968
Letter from Dr. Burns to Dr. Pottle, dated May 21, 1969
Letter from Dr. Burns to Dr. Pottle, dated November 3, 1969
State Department of Education of Louisiana, Bulletin No. 293, Organizational Plans for Music Instruction in the Schools of Louisiana by S. T. Burns, dated April 1935
State Department of Education of Louisiana, Bulletin No. 289, February 1935, A Program of Song for the Elementary Schools of Louisiana, by S. T. Burns
Envelope from S. T. Burns to Ralph Pottle, 18 October 1968
Manila envelope from S. T. Burns to Ralph Pottle
“History of School Music in Louisiana” by Dr. H. W. Stopher (2 pages)
Envelope from The Louisiana Musician to Ralph Pottle, 1 August 1979
L.M.E.A. Program of Louisiana High-School Band Competition Festival, 1938
Program of the Third Annual Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Clinic, 1942
L.M.E.A. Competition-Festival 1940 Official Bulletin
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Folder #7
1937 April Edition of The Louisiana Musician
November 1938 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
January 1939 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
March 1939 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
May 1939 Ed. Of The Louisiana Musician
October 1939 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
December 1939 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
Page from February 1940 The Louisiana Musician
May 1941 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
December 1941 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
December 1942 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
February 1946 pg. 1 from The Louisiana Musician
February 1945 Ed. of The Louisiana Musician
Box #2
3-D Objects
A book of tributes to Dr. Pottle upon his retirement, dated 1964
A gray sweatshirt with a sketching of Dr. Pottle imprinted on front