4 Boxes, 22 LPs, Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney Cond, First Ed Records NM

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These were all from the same collection.  I am not positive of the original composition of the boxes - I would presume these boxes each contained the records that were in them when sold, but it may aIso be the case that the records changed boxes over time.  The boxes did not have specific numbers which would helped me find the specific box online.   All boxes are in good condition though with some wear - they were produced in the early 1960s (based on my research).  The top and bottom sections were attached, there were a few split corners, in one box the top edge of the top of the box is torn off and missing.  The boxes have served their purpose in keeping the records together in good shape.  All of the records are stored in clear plastic inner sleeves and look great, no scratches seen and I'll grade them all NM.  All were accompanied by a single sheet of paper describing what was on the record.  The previous owner left a mark or two on a few of these single sheets - mainly to write the record number (for example, Lou-57-1, because the printed sheet didn't have the number).  
Here is a blurb on the orchestra from the internet; below that is a listing all the records in each box:
"The Louisville Orchestra is a major American symphony orchestra, widely known for its unique commissions of new music and for its recordings on its own label. Despite its durable musical traditions, the Kentucky city had no permanent orchestra until November 2, 1937, when the Louisville Civic Arts Association formed the Louisville Civic Orchestra, an ensemble of 54 paid but part-time musicians. The first music director was the English-born American conductor Robert Whitney. The original venue was Memorial Auditorium. Whitney enlarged the orchestra and brought it to full-time (though partial-year) status and in 1947, renamed it the Louisville Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra was known for the top-name soloists it engaged, and, over the ten-year period, had accumulated a $40,000 deficit.
Whitney and Louisville mayor Charles P. Farnsley envisioned an innovative change of direction in the orchestra's policies designed to distinguish the orchestra and to eliminate the deficit. The expensive guest soloists would have to go. In their place, the orchestra's programs would include new works commissioned by the orchestra. The first such premiere was Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo's Quatro Madrigales Amatorios, played in the orchestra's home at the time, Columbia Auditorium. Some of the Louisville-commissioned recordings appeared on such major labels as Columbia and Mercury. In fact, the Louisville Orchestra's performance of William Schuman's ballet Judith was the first domestic orchestral recording made and released by Mercury. In technique and sound this rare recording shows a developmental stage of the label's famed "Living Presence" sound. In 1953 the commissioning series was given financial support by a major grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to record all the newly commissioned works and release them on the orchestra's own record label, known as First Edition Records. Over the years, the label has released hundreds of recordings of works by over 250 composers.
Whitney retired after 30 years in 1967. He was succeeded by Jorge Mester (1967-1979), Akira Endo (1980-1982), Lawrence Leighton Smith (1983-1994) and Max Bragado-Darman (1994-1997). The orchestra was nominated for several Grammy Awards, and under Smith played at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington."
BOX 1: Lou-633: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by Walter Piston; Symphony No. 2 in One Movement by Hall Overton Lou-545-10: Pampeana No. 3, A Pastoral Symphony by Alberto Ginastera; Les Trois Lys, Mouvement Symphonique by Henri  Sauguet; Euphony for Orchestra by Robert Ward; A Carol on Twelfth Night by William Bergsma Lou-545-2: Symphony No. 11 by Henry Cowell; Suite, Opus 87 by Alexander Tcherepnin; Concert Overture by Bernard Wagenaar  Lou-545-1: Dawn in a Tropical Forest by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Triskelion by Halsey Stevens; Inovaction and Dance, Op. 58 by Paul Creston Lou-545-5: Louisville Concerto by Jacques Ibert; Toccata Giocosa, Opus 94 by Garner Read; Rhapsodic Variations for Tape Recorder and Orchestra by Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky Lou-59-1: Orchestral Variations by Aaron Copland; “Aculeo”, Suite for Orchestra by Alfonso Letelier
BOX 2: Lou-57-1: Winter Symphony by Paul Nordoff; Concerto for Cello and Ochestra, Opus 55 by Paul Muller-Zurich Lou-57-5: Design for Orchestra by Ned Rorem;  Suite Symphonique by Bernard Reichel Lou-57-6: Improvisation for Violin & Orchestra, Opus 89 by Edmund Rubbra; Serious Song: A Lament for String Orchestra by Irving Fine; Passacaglia, Adagio and Finale by Harold Morris Lou-596: Estampes by Bohuslav Martinu;  Music for Orchestra, Opus 39 by Nikolai Lopatnikoff Lou-593: Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra by Herbert Elwell; Sinfonia Breve by Halsey Stevens Lou-624: Symphony No. 2, Opus 39 by Juan Orrego-Salas; Sinfonia Elegiaca by Andrzej Panufnik
BOX 3: Lou-626: Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 15 by Benjamin Britten; Pastorale Variee for Clarinet Solo, Harp and String Orchestra, Opus 31,6 by Paul Ben-Haim Lou-625: Symphony No. 2 by Ross Lee Finney; Scottish Dances, Opus 32 by Iain Hamilton Lou-623: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 28 by Harald Saeverud; Night Music by George Rochberg Lou-622: Thesis (Symphony No. 15) by Henry Cowell; Ballet Suite, “La Madrugada Del Panadero”  (The Early Awakening of the Baker) by Rodolfo Halffter Lou-621: Decoration Day by Charles Ives; Suite for Symphonic Strings by Lou Harrison
BOX 4: Lou-614: Magnificat for Four Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra, Opus 157 by Alan Hovhaness; All in the Spring Wind A Rondelet for Orchestra by Choi Wen-chung Lou-615: Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 22 (in one movement) by Alexander Tcherepnin; Suite Archaique by Arthur Honegger Lou-605: Sinfonietta in E by Paul Hindemith; Timon of Athens: A Symphonic Portrait after Shakespeare by David Diamond; John Gilbert: A Steamboat Overture by Claude Almand Lou-601: To The Chief Musician, Metamorphoses for Orchestra by Paul Ben-Haim; Variations for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 71 by Wallingford Riegger Lou-611: Symphony No. 1 by Elliot Carter; Divertimento by Alexei Haieff