Kurt A. Sanftleben, LLC
Wally Degner
1959-1960 – Archive of material related to the University of Wisconsin Marching Band's trip to and participation in the 1960 Rose Bowl festivities
$750
Item Details
Various, Varous, 1959-1960, Various
Very good
This archive contains 16 items. All are in nice shape.
- 18 Dec 59 – Postcard sent to Wally Degner with information about reporting to the station for the train trip to California
- Undated –Unused, four-page “Rose Bowl Trip Expense Record” provided “Compliments of the Milwaukee Journal.” Includes a Rose Bowl seating chart on the last page
- 24 Dec 59 – Two-page form letter from the City of Pampa, Texas, welcoming them to the city, which was apparently a long stop on their train trip to the west.
- Undated – Two-page mimeographed “Information Sheet” from the band’s co-directors providing appearance guidance, physical condition, bed checks, drinking, dome-lounge car use, on-train practice, etc
- Undated – One-page mimeographed schedule of events from 26 Dec 59 through 3 Jan 60
- Undated – Two-page mimeographed sheet of “Train Seating and Sleeping Assignments.” There are only men’s names on this roster and the one that follows. At the time, women were not allowed to participate in the band. It wasn’t until Republican President Richard Nixon pushed the Title IX law through Congress in 1972 that university bands were forced to allow women to join.
- Undated – One-page mimeographed on-site “Room Roster”
- Undated – Two-page mimeographed schedule for the teams stay at Occidental College while they prepared for and performed at the Rose Bowl
- 29 Dec 59 – Short note from Wally Denger to his parents about the trip and his expected return
- Undated – One-page “About the Band. . ..] mimeographed fact sheet
- 12-14. Undated – Three different newspaper photo clippings showing the band exiting the train in Pasadena
- Undated – One newspaper photo clipping showing football player Jim Holmes, his wife, and new born daughter, who was born in Pasadena during the trip
- 2 Jan 60 – First page section from the Milwaukee Journal headlined, “Badgers Buried, 44-8”
- 3 Jan 60 – Santa Fe Dining Car menu for the Wisconsin Band Luncheon during their return trip
- 1999 – Wally Denger’s University of Wisconsin Alumni Association name tag used during its 1999 trip to the Rose Bowl festival
At the time of listing, nothing similar is for sale in the trade. The Rare Book Hub and Worthpoint show no nothing similar has appeared at auction. OCLC shows nothing similar is held by any institution.
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