Oury to Regents, Ledwith
Title
Oury to Regents, Ledwith
Description
Col. Oury writes a letter to the Board of Regents seeking payment for Charles Ledwith's work for the band as an assistant. The letter describes the type of work he was doing as well as the freshman band manual.
Creator
Col. Oury
Source
RG#05/11/03 Office of the Chancellor E. A. Burnett B5 Folder "Military"
Date
1937, July 23
Text
153 Sanders Road
Buffalo, New York
July 23, 1937
The Board of Regents
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Re: Lieut. Charles Ledwith
Gentlemen:
A few days ago Mr. ledwith informed me that he is having difficulty in obtaining any compensation for the work he has done for bands of the University during the past three semesters and he expressed his opinion that a letter from me might cause this claim to be honered.
Throughout the period during which Mr. Ledwith rendered his services to the bands he told me of the steps he had taken to secure proper authorization for the work. I am sure he reasonably believed that the work was properly authorized, and that any failure to fulfill technical requirements was due to no fault of his own. He told me of the conversations he had had with Mr Gunderson and with Dean Thompson, and he told me of the several occasions when he inquired if it would be necessary to confer with the Chancellor and was told that it would not be. I had frequent reports on his work from Mr. Quick, who always reported very favorably. Mr. Quick also told me of having seen Mr. Gunderson in regard to this matter.
Most of the work that was done by Mr. Ledwith had never been attempted before by anyone at the University. His first move in the spring of 1936 was to write and produce from mimeographed stencils, which he cut, a 17 page manual for the band. This has been adopted as the text for both bands. He also drilled the band commencing in the spring of 1936. During the summer of that year he designed formations which were executed by the band at the football games. Each man in the band was furnished with mimeographed instructions for each formation, individually marked so that he would know what to do in the formation. This material stimulated the band in its work more than anything else ever had. Ledwith was in sole
Buffalo, New York
July 23, 1937
The Board of Regents
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Re: Lieut. Charles Ledwith
Gentlemen:
A few days ago Mr. ledwith informed me that he is having difficulty in obtaining any compensation for the work he has done for bands of the University during the past three semesters and he expressed his opinion that a letter from me might cause this claim to be honered.
Throughout the period during which Mr. Ledwith rendered his services to the bands he told me of the steps he had taken to secure proper authorization for the work. I am sure he reasonably believed that the work was properly authorized, and that any failure to fulfill technical requirements was due to no fault of his own. He told me of the conversations he had had with Mr Gunderson and with Dean Thompson, and he told me of the several occasions when he inquired if it would be necessary to confer with the Chancellor and was told that it would not be. I had frequent reports on his work from Mr. Quick, who always reported very favorably. Mr. Quick also told me of having seen Mr. Gunderson in regard to this matter.
Most of the work that was done by Mr. Ledwith had never been attempted before by anyone at the University. His first move in the spring of 1936 was to write and produce from mimeographed stencils, which he cut, a 17 page manual for the band. This has been adopted as the text for both bands. He also drilled the band commencing in the spring of 1936. During the summer of that year he designed formations which were executed by the band at the football games. Each man in the band was furnished with mimeographed instructions for each formation, individually marked so that he would know what to do in the formation. This material stimulated the band in its work more than anything else ever had. Ledwith was in sole
