Among the correspondents in this folder are: Lynn L. Sams (concerning more about the Chautauqua days, as well as circus bands), Paul E. Bierley, Thomas C. Bardwell (concerning R.B. Hall), William Marshall (several), Birley R. Gardner of the Navajo Tribal Band (concerning photographs of the band), Elden C. "Buster" Bailey, a member of the NY Philharmonic for 20 years (concerning Brass and concert bands, as well as Circus Bands and their evolution and history. Bridges' reply to this letter was dated November 3, 1969 with two pages of his reminiscences of his days with circus bands, minstrel shows. He also lists some circus memorabilia that he would be willing to sell for 30 dollars (Bailey replied on December 7 with his check enclosed), Arthur Lehman, Norman E. Hinkel, Allen Ostrander, Harold B. Bachman, (concerning information on VanderCook and making comments on Bridges' article on him) and Frank Falcone (concerning his father, Mario Falcone who played trombone in European opera houses, and in the US with Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera, the NY Philharmonic from 1909 to1943, premiering the bolero with Toscanini conducting in 1928 or 1929). There is also a Greyhound busbill showing where Bridges shipped a box of records to Thomas Pollard in Soquel, California, dated December 9, 1969