Scope and Contents The main correspondents during this year were A. W. Lehman, Jerry Cimera, Gene La Barre, and Frank McGrann. There is a letter from J. Howard MacDougall who was selling Ernest Fox house after his death, and telling Bridges that Fox's record collection had been sold to a dealer from New York. He also talked about what an awful life Fox had and what a job it was to get the house cleaned out for sale. There are also many requests for audio tapes from Bridge's collection. There is an honorary...

Scope and Contents The main correspondents during this period were Ray Wise, A. W. Lehman, Gene La Barr and his widow Flora, and Jerry Cimera. There is a letter from Louise Sparks of RCA concerning their Auxetophone, "an early electrical amplifier which was used approximately from 1910 to 1912". There is also a membership card for Mr. and Mrs. Bridges for the Musical Box Society, dated November 7, 1955 and a gold card commemorating ridges 30 years as a member of the Detroit Federation of Musicians, Local...

Scope and Contents This folder contains orders for music tapes, research into his book and general correspondence. Major correspondents include Harold Bachman, Paul E. Bierley, C.H. "Clem" Wallace, Joseph Forstner, Paul Jackson, Garry W. Pechin (with biographical information on his father, Ernest Frank Pechin, and Arthur W. Lehman. There are also several letters of Bridges. Bridges' Gold Card from the Chrysler Corporation, presented to him on February 28, 1961 "in appreciation for many years of loyal service,"...

Scope and Contents Much of this material deals with research on Bridges' book Pioneers of Brass, as well as his business activities of selling the books and making recordings on demand of early brass and band music from his large collection of such music. These activities continued throughout the rest of his life and are reflected in his correspondence. There are many instances where a request to purchase one of his books or a recording would prompt someone to mention that a relative had played in a band and...

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This folder contains mainly research-related material as well as some orders for music duplication. Among the correspondents are: Glen H. Dando (concerning Herbert "Bert" F. Brown), Rose F. Burke (concerning her father, Milo Burke), Ray H. Wise, Harold B. Bachman, and John McGrann (concerning his father, Frank McGrann).

Scope and Contents This folder contains research-related material as well as some pre-orders for his book, Pioneers in Brass. There is some correspondence related to birth and death certificates of people to be included in the book. The actual certificates are in the folder titled "Death Certificates". Among the correspondents are: James Varney (concerning R.B. Hall and a memorial to him dedicated in 1936); Paul W. Giles; Jim Walsh, Harold B. Bachman, Mrs. L. H. "Mary C." Smith (concerning Walter Rogers), Paul...