Miles of Girls: Musical Play

Item — Box: SC133-RENA-001

Identifier: SC133-RENA

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Content Description

This collection contains the text and musical score of two act musical play entitled, Miles of Girls written by Louis C. Renaud and James L. Sharp. Two of the compositions of the musical were written by Renaud as a teenager.

The play takes place in Lowell, Massachusetts in the nineteenth century as thousands of young women came to work in the cotton mills. It was adapted from their writings of the women and portrays some of the challenges that they faced.

Dates

Creation: 2002

Creator

Renaud, Louis C., 1919- (Person)
Sharp, James L. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical Note

Louis C. Renaud was born in Brockton, MA (4/12/1919), subsequently moving to Portland, Maine and later to New York City. He attended high school in Portland from which he won a full scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, earning a B.A. in sociology and creative writing. An honor graduate, he was given an award for his historical document on the Irish migration to Boston. His M.B.A. is from Santa Clara. He joined the Air Force on December 8, 1941 and retired in 1964. Following this service, he served as a bank Vice President and President of the Executive Service Corps. His contributions include several short stories and poems. Two of the compositions in Miles of Girls were written by him as a teenager.

James L. Sharp was born in Tulsa, OK (7/15/1928) and attended high school there. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in English. He served in the Air Force (1950-1954). His life-long interest in creative writing was subordinated to a business career in Electric Data Processing for 20 years, starting with IBM and concluding with the position of Data Processing Manager at University of California in Berkley. He was a certified Financial Planner for 10 years, retiring in 1984. He then returned to creative writing. He has published poems, short stories and articles and has collaborated on a movie script with Daniel Streipeke, "The Long Green."

James and Louis have been friends for many years. When Louis proposed they collaborate on a musical, Jim eagerly accepted. The result is Miles of Girls.