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Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1887-2005 (bulk 1912-1954) (continued)
Correspondence, 1913-1953 (continued)
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
BOX-FOLDER 87/7 1927 July-August [15]
BOX-FOLDER 88/1 1928 October 29-December 9; 1929 July 1-October 6
BOX-FOLDER 88/2 [1930] February 14-August 30
Typescript
BOX 14, 88-89 Poems, School Assignments, and Stories, 1915-1929 and undated
Manuscript school essays, manuscript and typescript poems and short stories, and yearbooks
Arranged alphabetically by writing type
BOX-FOLDER 88/3 Poems, stories and such, 1915-1918 by Ruth Crawford Seeger, undated
Photocopy of booklet
Note: Compiled by Barbara Seeger Singleton
Note: Two copies
BOX-FOLDER 88/4 Poetry, 1927-1929
Typescript
Note: Annotated
BOX-FOLDER 88/5-6 School assignments, 1915 January 11-1916 May 7 and undated
Note: Arranged chronologically by assignment date; undated items arranged by essay title
BOX-FOLDER 88/7 Stories, undated
Holograph and typescript
BOX-FOLDER 88/8 Stories - Chirps of the Wren, undated
Handwritten and illustrated booklet
BOX-FOLDER 88/9-10 Stories - Drafts, 1922 and undated
Holograph
BOX-FOLDER 88/11 Fragments, undated
Holograph
BOX-FOLDER 14/2 Junaluska Scream, 1915 July; 1916 July-August
Stories - Manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER 88/12 "And Nadia finds him," undated
Note: As Ruth Graves Porter
BOX-FOLDER 88/13 Contributions to "Life in these United States," undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/14 "Image," undated
Note: As Ruth Graves
BOX-FOLDER 88/15 "Poor Mister Saint Peter," undated
Note: As Ruth Graves Porter
BOX-FOLDER 88/16 "Twenty-four hundred Pretty Street," undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/17 "Why don't they eat cake?", undated
Yearbook -The Oracle
BOX-FOLDER 14/1 Senior number, 1915
BOX-FOLDER 89/1-3 1916-1918
Note: Incomplete
Note: Issues include photographs of Ruth Crawford
BOX-FOLDER 89/4 1915-1918
Photocopies
Note: Includes list of Ruth Crawford yearbook writings
Note: Photocopies include items from missing issues of The Oracle
BOX 90, 14-16 Professional writing, 1940-1951 and undated
Articles, book drafts, music, and reviews
Arranged into two file units: Articles/Reviews and Books
Articles/Reviews
BOX-FOLDER 90/1 Miscellaneous, 1951
Includes:
  • John N. Work. American Negro songs for mixed voices
  • Why American folk music for our children?
  • Keep the song going!
BOX-FOLDER 90/2 Diary of a corporating woman, [1941]
Typescript
Note: Edited by Charles L. Seeger
Note: Formerly cataloged as ML95 .S42
BOX-FOLDER 90/3 It’s a grand day for the diapers[?], undated
Holograph sketches
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