Seeger family collection, 1846-2023 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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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]
BOX 87-88				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
BOX-FOLDER 87/3					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
BOX-FOLDER 88/2					Typescript
BOX 14, 88-89			Poems, School Assignments, and Stories, 1915-1929 and undated
BOX 14, 88-89				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
BOX-FOLDER 88/3					Photocopy of booklet
					Note: Compiled by Barbara Seeger Singleton
					Note: Two copies
BOX-FOLDER 88/4				Poetry, 1927-1929
BOX-FOLDER 88/4					Typescript
					Note: Annotated
BOX-FOLDER 88/5-6				School assignments, 1915 January 11-1916 May 7 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/5-6					Note: Arranged chronologically by assignment date; undated items arranged by essay title
BOX-FOLDER 88/7				Stories, undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/7					Holograph and typescript
BOX-FOLDER 88/8				Stories - Chirps of the Wren, undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/8					Handwritten and illustrated booklet
BOX-FOLDER 88/9-10				Stories - Drafts, 1922 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/9-10					Holograph
BOX-FOLDER 88/11				Fragments, undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/11					Holograph
BOX-FOLDER 14/2				Junaluska Scream, 1915 July; 1916 July-August
				Stories - Manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER 88/12					"And Nadia finds him," undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/12						Note: As Ruth Graves Porter
BOX-FOLDER 88/13					Contributions to "Life in these United States," undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/14					"Image," undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/14						Note: As Ruth Graves
BOX-FOLDER 88/15					"Poor Mister Saint Peter," undated
BOX-FOLDER 88/15						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
BOX-FOLDER 89/1-3						Note: Incomplete
						Note: Issues include photographs of Ruth Crawford
BOX-FOLDER 89/4					1915-1918
BOX-FOLDER 89/4						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
BOX 90, 14-16				Articles, book drafts, music, and reviews
				Arranged into two file units: Articles/Reviews and Books
				Articles/Reviews
BOX-FOLDER 90/1					Miscellaneous, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 90/1						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]
BOX-FOLDER 90/2						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
BOX-FOLDER 90/3						Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 90/4					Mother writes her editor, 1940 August 4
BOX-FOLDER 90/4						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
BOX-FOLDER 14/3 REEL 2						Transcriptions and arrangements
						Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 2, item 42
BOX-FOLDER 14/4 REEL 2					American Folksongs for Children, undated
BOX-FOLDER 14/4 REEL 2						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
BOX-FOLDER 14/5						Transcriptions and lyrics
BOX-FOLDER 15/1					Birds, etc., undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/1						Transcriptions and lyrics
BOX-FOLDER 15/2					Bought Me a Cat - layout #1, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/2						Construction paper and pencil mock-up
BOX-FOLDER 15/3					Bought Me a Cat - layout #2, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/3						Cardboard and paper; hand lettered
BOX-FOLDER 90/5					Christmas Old and New, undated
BOX-FOLDER 90/5						Drafts
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 REEL 4					Everybody Has a Song - layout #1, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 REEL 4						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
BOX-FOLDER 15/5 REEL 4						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
BOX-FOLDER 16/1 REEL 5						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
BOX-FOLDER 90/6-8 REEL 5						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
BOX-FOLDER 90/9-10 REEL 5						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
BOX-FOLDER 90/11-13 REEL 5						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
BOX-FOLDER 16/2						Annotated holograph and manuscript transcriptions and lyrics
BOX-FOLDER 90/14 REEL 6					Thunder - draft, undated
BOX-FOLDER 90/14 REEL 6						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
BOX-FOLDER 90/15 REEL 6						Available on microfilm, box 84/20216, reel 6, item 50
BOX 16-17, 91-92		Writings About Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1948-2005
BOX 16-17, 91-92			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
BOX-FOLDER 92/2				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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