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Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1887-2005 (bulk 1912-1954) (continued) | |||||||||||||
Writings by Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1912-1950 (continued) | |||||||||||||
Writings by Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1912-1950 (continued) | |||||||||||||
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:
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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 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 90/4 | Mother writes her editor, 1940 August 4 | ||||||||||||
Typescript | |||||||||||||
Note: Includes version entitled "Dear Miss Prink" | |||||||||||||
Note: Formerly cataloged as ML95 .S42 | |||||||||||||
Books | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 14/3 REEL 2 | American Folksongs for Children, undated | ||||||||||||
Transcriptions and arrangements | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 2, item 42 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 14/4 REEL 2 | American Folksongs for Children, undated | ||||||||||||
Transcriptions and arrangements | |||||||||||||
Includes: Includes Birds and Fish; Small Things | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 2, item 43 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 14/5 | Birds and Fish, undated | ||||||||||||
Transcriptions and lyrics | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 15/1 | Birds, etc., undated | ||||||||||||
Transcriptions and lyrics | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 15/2 | Bought Me a Cat - layout #1, undated | ||||||||||||
Construction paper and pencil mock-up | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 15/3 | Bought Me a Cat - layout #2, undated | ||||||||||||
Cardboard and paper; hand lettered | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 90/5 | Christmas Old and New, undated | ||||||||||||
Drafts | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 REEL 4 | Everybody Has a Song - layout #1, undated | ||||||||||||
Handlettered cardboard and construction paper mock-up with Ozalid score attached by gummed reinforcements | |||||||||||||
Transcriptions and lyrics | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 4, item 44 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 15/5 REEL 4 | Everybody Has a Song - layout #2, undated | ||||||||||||
Construction paper mock-up with detached hand lettered page headers | |||||||||||||
Note: Includes transcriptions and lyrics | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 4, item 44a | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 16/1 REEL 5 | Mary Had Her Red Dress on All Day Long - layout, undated | ||||||||||||
Hand lettered cardboard and construction paper mock-up with manuscript music glued to pages and pencil illustrations | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 5, item 45 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 90/6-8 REEL 5 | Our Singing Country, undated | ||||||||||||
Note: Introduction, appendix, and melographs | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 5, item 47 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 90/9-10 REEL 5 |
Our Singing Country -
preface, undated
see also Our Singing Country, Preface, 1995, 1997 |
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Note: Draft identified as the "Beta version" in Seeger, Ruth Crawford and Larry Polansky. The Music of American Folk Song and Other Writings on American Music | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 5, item 47 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 90/11-13 REEL 5 |
Our Singing Country -
preface, undated
see also Our Singing Country, Preface, 1995, 1997 |
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Note: Draft identified as the "Alpha version" in Seeger, Ruth Crawford and Larry Polansky. The Music of American Folk Song and Other Writings on American Music | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 5, item 47 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 16/2 | Small Things, undated | ||||||||||||
Annotated holograph and manuscript transcriptions and lyrics | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 90/14 REEL 6 | Thunder - draft, undated | ||||||||||||
Note: Includes music | |||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 6, item 49 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 90/15 REEL 6 | Lists of material transcribed for children's books, 1950 and undated | ||||||||||||
Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 6, item 50 | |||||||||||||
BOX 16-17, 91-92 | Writings About Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1948-2005 | ||||||||||||
Articles and theses arranged alphabetically by author; Book reviews arranged alphabetically by book title. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 92/1 | Alarick, Scott. "Ruth Crawford Seeger: Dual roots of a musical legacy," Boston Sunday Globe, 1967 October 10 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 92/2 | Cardullo, Karen Mandeville. "Ruth Crawford Seeger: Preserver of American folk music," 1980 February 18 | ||||||||||||
Thesis | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 92/3 | Epstein, Mary Allmon. "Composer as educator through piano accompaniments composed by Ruth Crawford Seeger for American Folk Songs for Children," Kodály Envoy, 2003 Spring | ||||||||||||
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