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March 15-16, 2007, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES

Anthony Seeger

• Biography
  - "Anthony Seeger," University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Ethnomusicology website.

• Recordings
  - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.html)

Charles Seeger

• Biography
  - Greer, Taylor Aitken. A Question of Balance: Charles Seeger's Philosophy of Music. University of California Press. 1998.
  - Pescatello, Ann. Charles Seeger: A Life in American Music. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1992.
  - Yung, Bell and Helen Rees. Understanding Charles Seeger, Pioneer in American Musicology. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1999.
• Archival Resources American Musicological Society. Records, 1934-1992. Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. PU-Sp Ms. Coll. 22. (Consult the collections guide here.)
  - Berkeley Folk Artist Archives, Special Collections Department, Northwestern University Library.
  - Charles Seeger musical compositions and published research articles, ARCHIVES SEEGER 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley. (Consult the collections guide here.) Charles Seeger Oral History. Online Archive of California. University of California at Los Angeles. (Consult the collections guide here.)
  - Oral History, American Music. Yale School of Music and Library (http://www.yale.edu/oham/ )
• Seeger Family Materials at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
• Seeger Family Materials in the Music Division, Library of Congress

Mike Seeger

• Biography
  - Gura, Philip F. "Roots & Branches: Forty Years of the New Lost City Ramblers," Old-Time Herald vol. 7, no. 2 (November 1999-January 2000):26-33 and vol. 7, no. 3 (February-April 2000):20-24.
  - Spottswood, Dick. "Mike Seeger," Bluegrass Unlimited 19, no. 11 (May 1985):59-64.
  - Williams, Toni. "Talking Feet-Mike Seeger," Bluegrass Unlimited 26, no. 8 (February 1992):41-45.
• Recordings
  - New Lost City Ramblers discography by Stefan Wirz (http://www.wirz.de/music/nlcrfrm.htm)
  - Official Website (http://mikeseeger.info/ )
• Archival Resources
  - Mike Seeger Collection (#20009) 1955-2002. Southern Folklife Collection. Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/htm/20009.html)
  - Seeger Family Materials at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Peggy Seeger

• Biography
  - Peggy Seeger's Web site.
  - Parsley, Sage and Politics. A nine-part radio series on the lives and art of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. Click here for ordering information.
• Recordings
  - A complete list of recordings and ordering information is available at Peggy Seeger's Web site.
  - Real People's Music Web site - Peggy Seeger's page.
• Archival Resources
  - Ewan MacColl-Peggy Seeger Archive at Ruskin College, Headington, Oxford, England
  - MacColl and Seeger Collection. Goldsmiths University of London Library
  - Seeger Family Materials at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  - Seeger Family Materials in the Music Division, Library of Congress

Pete Seeger

• Biography
  - Dunaway, David King. How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1981.
  - Seeger, Pete. The Incompleat Folksinger. Edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1972.
  - Seeger, Pete. Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Singer's Stories, Songs, Seeds, Robberies. Edited by Peter Blood. Bethlehem, PA: Sing Out Corporation. 1993.
• Recordings
  - Capaldi, Jim. "Pete Seeger Appreciation Page."
  - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Web site. Search for "Pete Seeger."
• Archival Resources
  - Miscellaneous speeches, lectures and labor music. 6041tr. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
  - Oral History of the American Left. Oral histories, 1976-1984. New York University Libraries (CStRLIN)NYUG85A99.
• Archival Resources
  - Seeger Family Materials at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  - Seeger Family Materials in the Music Division, Library of Congress

Ruth Crawford Seeger

• Biography
  - Allen, Ray and Ellie M. Hisama, eds.. Ruth Crawford Seeger's Worlds : Innovation and Tradition in Twentieth-century American Music. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. 2007.
  - Gaume, Matilda. Ruth Crawford Seeger: Memoirs, Memories, Music. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press. 1986.
  - Straus, Joseph N. The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1995.
  - Tick, Judith. Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
• Recordings
  - Discography and other information about Ruth Crawford Seeger is available via Peggy Seeger's Web site.
• Archival Resources
  - Seeger Family Materials at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  - Seeger Family Materials in the Music Division, Library of Congress
  

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