The Lawrence City Band began as a pioneer band in 1854. The band is still popular today, producing weekly summer concert series. This collection contains band rosters and directories, concert programs, schedules, correspondences, brochures, and newsprint.

This collection contains various papers and records associated with Robert E. Foster's work as the director of bands at the University of Kansas. It includes calendars, performance playbills of various music programs, miscellaneous correspondence, papers associated with the Sousa County Concert Program, news clippings highlighting the Marching Jayhawks, biographical information on Robert Foster, photographs, and audiovisual material of various performances.