Abstract Concert programs, season records, administration records, student application forms, newspaper articles, and photographs document the administration and events of the Great River Festival of the Arts with many materials related to the Great River Symphony and its predecessor the Coulee Region Symphony spanning from 1961 to 1987. The Great River Festival of Arts, held in La Crosse, Wisconsin, began in 1960 under the leadership of Francesco "Frank" Italiano. What began as a youth symphony and...