Music classes were originally part of the general education courses within the Teacher Education curriculum and Liberal Arts & Sciences when it was established in the 1963/1964 academic year. They were offered as an elective of Humanities within the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences sometime in the 1980s. Speech and Theatre Arts was a course offered in the 1972/1973 academic year and then became a major in the School of Arts & Sciences in the 1982/1983 academic year and then the College of Arts & Sciences where it remained. In the 1995/1997 Undergraduate Catalog, Speech and Theatre Arts is listed as a department with the College of Arts & Sciences. By 2005, the departments of Music and Theatre Arts were combined into one department within the College of Arts & Sciences. Materials in this collection primarily include correspondence, programs, music, and meeting minutes. James Weaver first introduced marching band halftime shows during football games in 1946. Box 2, Folder 14 contains a booklet that gives a more thorough history of Mr. Weaver’s contribution to the Marching Band.