Collection contains memorabilia from Professor Jonathan Elkus during his tenure (1957-1973) at Lehigh University in the Music Department as professor and director of the University’s Marching 97 Band. The collection contains correspondence, concert programs, music scores, newspaper clippings of critical reviews and photographs.

Contains typescript of material in published booklet (Diane Windham Shaw, comp. Guide to the papers of Lawrence Henry Gipson. Bethlehem, Pa. : Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute, 1984), plus Shaw's notes on each section of the collection. Includes the series IV list which is not in the printed pamphlet.