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Lewis Derby Culp R.O.T.C. Band Uniform and Clarinet

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 37-7-4114

Scope and content

Grey wool band uniform jacket and pants. Pants have a black stripe, five button fly, lace up cuffs and are in the style of jodhpurs. Jacket has epaulette straps and the U.S. R.O.T.C. logo on the breast pocket. Both the pants and the jacket have tags from Rothchild's Ithaca, New York. The clarinet is a seven ring Boehm system model made by G. Pruefer, Providence, Rhode Island. It is serial #4654 and comes with a case.

Dates

ca. 1935

Creator

Culp, Lewis Derby (Person)

Language of Material

English.

Biographical / Historical

Lewis Derby Culp graduated Cornell in 1937 with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a member of the R.O.T.C. band, Clef Club, and recipient of the McMullen Scholarship. He was from Kingston Pennsylvania.