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Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1887-2005 (bulk 1912-1954) (continued)
Music, 1922-1998 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 13/8 REEL 4 Sonata op. 2, no. 2, Beethoven: for string orchestra, undated
Manuscript score in the hand of Ruth Crawford Seeger
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 4, item 41
BOX-FOLDER 13/9 REEL 6 Revue russe, undated
Manuscript score
Note: Includes translation on back of score
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 6, item 48
BOX-FOLDER 13/10 Barney Graham, undated
Manuscript score
Note: Possibly transcribed by Charles Seeger
Posthumously Printed Music
BOX-FOLDER 13/11 The adventures of Tom Thumb, undated
Printed score
Published by Frog Peak Music, ed. by Amy Beal, Jenny Lin, Larry Polansky, Bruno Ruviaro, and Peggy Seeger
Note: With additional lyrics by Peggy Seeger
BOX-FOLDER 13/12 Chant 1930, 1971
Printed scores (3)
Published by Alexander Broude, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 13/13 Diaphonic suite no. 2, 1972
Printed score
Published by Continuo Music Press
BOX-FOLDER 13/14 Diaphonic suite no. 3, 1972
Printed score
Published by Continuo Music Press
BOX-FOLDER 13/15 Diaphonic suite no. 4, 1972
Printed score
Published by Continuo Music Press
BOX-FOLDER 13/16 Kaleidoscopic changes on an original theme, ending with a fugue, 1998
Printed score
Published by Arsis Press
BOX-FOLDER 13/17 Preludes for piano, 1-5, 1993
Printed score
Published by Casia, ed. by Rosemary Platt
BOX-FOLDER 13/18 Sacco, Vanzetti; Chinaman! Laundryman!, 1973
Printed score
Published in Soundings no. 7-8
BOX-FOLDER 13/19 Suite for wind quintet, 1969
Parts (2)
Published by Alexander Broude, Inc.
BOX 85-86 MAPCASE FOLDER 21 REEL 4-5 Correspondence, 1913-1953
Incoming and some outgoing correspondence, clippings, programs, and a manuscript text.
Select materials from box 86 are also available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reels 4-5.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
BOX-FOLDER 85/1 "A" miscellaneous, 1913, 1938, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 85/2 Alice, 1929 October 17-1930 Jamuary
BOX-FOLDER 85/3 Aladdin Books, 1951-1953
BOX-FOLDER 85/4 American Folk Songs for Children, 1948-1949
Note: Letters of appreciation
BOX-FOLDER 85/5 American Music Center, 1949
BOX-FOLDER 85/6 Asch, Moe, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 85/7 Barab, Seymour, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 85/8 Bauer, Marion, 1936
BOX-FOLDER 85/9 Block, Voltairine, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 85/10 Botkin, Benjamin, 1945-1953
Photocopies
BOX-FOLDER 85/11 "C" miscellaneous, 1942, 1950-1953, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 85/12 Clarke, Henry Leland, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 85/13-14 Curtis Brown, 1947-1954
BOX-FOLDER 85/15 Doubleday, 1942-1948, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 85/16 Duell, Sloane and Pearce, 1946-1953
Note: Includes drawing by Penny Seeger
Note: Includes correspondence with Alan Lomax and John Lomax
BOX-FOLDER 85/17 "E-F" miscellaneous, 1951-1952
BOX-FOLDER 85/18 Emrich, Duncan, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 85/19 Frankenstein, Alfred, undated
Contents incomplete
BOX-FOLDER 85/20 "G" miscellaneous, 1948, 1951
Note: Includes manuscript of "Preschool children and American folk song"
BOX-FOLDER 85/21 Gessel, Arnold, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 85/22 Greissle, Felix, 1952-1953
MAPCASE FOLDER 21 Guthrie, Woody, 1948 April 16
Original dust jacket with typewritten letter on verso and holograph note in ink
Note: To promote preservation of the original, researchers are required to consult the photocopy in Box 85 Folder 23
BOX-FOLDER 85/23 Guthrie, Woody, 1948 April 16
Photocopy
BOX-FOLDER 85/24 Hoskins, T. G. , 1950
BOX-FOLDER 85/25 Halpert, Herbert, 1948-1951 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 85/26 Hollowell, Emily, 1952 September 7
BOX-FOLDER 85/27 "I-K" Miscellaneous, 1942, 1951-1953
Note: Includes a review of a 1952 performance in Saõ Paulo of Ruth Crawford Seeger's Suite for solo flute
BOX-FOLDER 85/28 International Society for Contemporary Music, 1933
BOX-FOLDER 85/29 Jacobi, Frederick, undated
BOX-FOLDER 85/30 "L-O" miscellaneous, 1931-1939, 1950-1953, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 85/31 Lomax, Alan, 1938-1950
BOX-FOLDER 85/32 Lomax, John, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 85/33 Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 1948-1950
BOX-FOLDER 85/34 New School for Social Research, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 85/35 "P-R" miscellaneous, 1939, 1948-1953, and undated
Note: Includes Leighton Robinson-Duncan Emrich correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 85/36 Pazmor, Radiana, 1938
BOX-FOLDER 85/37 to 86/1 Permissions file, 1948-1950, 1952
Note: Correspondence with Herbert Halpert in Box 86, Folder 1
BOX-FOLDER 86/2 Persichetti, Vincent, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 86/3 Riegger, Wallingford, 1945
Note: Includes Walden School graduation program
BOX-FOLDER 86/4 Ritchie, Jean, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 86/5 "S-V" miscellaneous, 1938, 1951-1953
BOX-FOLDER 86/6 REEL 5 Sandburg, Carl, 1929-1942
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 5, item 35p
BOX-FOLDER 86/7 Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 86/8 Stowkowski, Leopold, 1921
Photocopy
BOX-FOLDER 86/9 Talley, Sonoma, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 86/10 Ussachevsky, Vladimir, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 86/11 REEL 4 Varèse, Edgard, 1948
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 4, item 8m
BOX-FOLDER 86/12 Wall, P., undated
BOX-FOLDER 86/13 Walton, Blanche, 1930-1931 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 86/14 Watkins, Sylvestre C., 1946-1949
BOX-FOLDER 86/15 Work, John Wesley, Jr., 1952
BOX 14-15, 87-92 REEL 2, 4-6 Writings by Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1912-1950
Diaries, manuscript and typescript stories, school assignments, book drafts, and children's book mock-ups.
Select materials from boxes 14-15 and 90 are also available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reels 2 and 4-6. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Arranged into three sub-subseries: Diaries; Poems, School Assignments, and Stories; and Professional Work.
BOX 87-88 Diaries, 1912-[1930]
Bound volumes and typescript sheets
Arranged chronologically by initial entry date
BOX-FOLDER 87/1 1912 March 5-8; 1914 March 29-July 21
BOX-FOLDER 87/2 1915 January 2-March 15
BOX-FOLDER 87/3 1915 January; 1917 July-December
Note: Entries dated January 1-10 written by Carl Crawford in 1915; Ruth Crawford entries begin with July 3
Note: Recorded in 1915 book; Ruth Crawford entries dated to 1917 by context
BOX-FOLDER 87/4 1917 July 3-1918 March 4
BOX-FOLDER 87/5 1918
BOX-FOLDER 87/6 1919 January 1-May 1
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