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Nancy Sweezy collection, 1850-2009
33,037 items.. 97 containers.. 44.6 linear feet.. 16,200 manuscript materials.. 3,333 photographs : prints : b&w., col. ; various sizes.. 5,808 photographs : slides : col. ; 35 mm.. approximately 7,488 photographs : film negatives : b&w., col. ; 35 mm.. 23 photographs : glass negatives : b&w. ; various sizes.. 130 sound cassettes : analog.. 25 videocassettes : analog.. 16 optical discs : optical. 14 zip disks : digital. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Collection of papers, photographs, interviews, field recordings and other audiovisual materials comprising the professional archive of folklorist Nancy Sweezy created in the course of her career as a folk arts advocate, author, and administrator of non-profit folk craft and performance organizations. Includes research materials for her books Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition, Armenian Folk Arts, Culture, and Identity co-edited with Levon Abrahamian and Sam Sweezy and The Potter's Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery co-authored by Mark Hewitt.
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Seeger family collection, 1846-2023
approximately 43,000 items. 270 containers . 22 mapcase folders . 136.5 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels . 5,882 digital files (213 GB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Seeger Family Collection documents the lives and careers of pioneering musicologist Charles Louis Seeger; his second wife, modernist composer Ruth Crawford Seeger; their eldest daughter, folksinger and songwriter Peggy Seeger; and her husband, playwright, singer, and songwriter Ewan MacColl through their music manuscripts, personal and professional papers, and correspondence. The collection also includes papers relating to the Crawford family and materials associated with Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, other Seeger family members, and Seeger/MacColl family members.
Bess Lomax Hawes collection, 1894-2009
13,480 items. 45 containers. 394 folders in 31 boxes.. 38 sound tape reels : analog ; various sizes.. 68 sound cassettes : analog.. 11 sound discs (CD-R) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 189 sound files (WAV) : digital. circa 2,000 photographic prints : black and white, color ; various sizes.. circa 500 photographs : film negatives.. circa 200 drawings.. 8 videocassettes (VHS) : color, sound ; 1/2 in.. 2 video discs (DVD) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 38 video files (VOB, BUP, IFO) : digital. approximately 20 items ; various sizes.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Papers and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax Hawes.
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Rae Korson papers, 1937-1982
approximately 1787 items. 5 containers. 2.5 linear feet. approximately 1774 sheets. 13 photographic prints : black-and-white ; various sizes. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collection of correspondence, Library of Congress-related personnel documentation, and ephemera related to Rae Korson's tenure at the Archive of Folk Song. Correspondents include: Jan Brunvand, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Archie Green, Alta Fife, Austin Fife, Helen Hartness Flanders, Frank Gillis, Wayland Hand, Herbert Halpert, Joe Hickerson, Charles Hofmann, Charles Iler, Sandy Ives, Bruce Jackson, Maud Karpeles, George List, Judith McCulloh, Peter Nabokov, Bruno Nettl, Willard Rhodes, Ralph Rinzler, Ruth Rubin, Charles Seeger, Francis Lee Utley, Naomi Ware, Frank Warner, Dick Waterman, D.K. Wilgus, Henrietta Yurchenco, and others.