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Interview with Peggy Seeger

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Contributor

Seeger, Peggy, 1935- ; McKiernan, Stephen

Description

Peggy Seeger is an American folk singer. She founded the Critics Group and also sang and wrote about women's rights and other controversial topics with her husband. Seeger has published a collection of 150 of her songs from before 1998. She lived in the UK until 1994, then returned to the US and continued to sing about women's issues, teach, and produce music videos. Seeger went back to the UK and published her memoir, First Time Ever: A Memoir.

Date

ND

Rights

In copyright

Date Modified

2018-03-29

Is Part Of

McKiernan Interviews

Extent

105:58

Date of Interview

ND

Interviewer

Stephen McKiernan

Interviewee

Peggy Seeger, 1935-

Biographical Text

Peggy Seeger is an American folk singer. She founded the Critics Group and also sang and wrote about women's rights and other controversial topics with her husband. Seeger has published a collection of 150 of her songs from before 1998. She lived in the UK until 1994, then returned to the US and continued to sing about women's issues, teach, and produce music videos. Seeger went back to the UK and published her memoir, First Time Ever: A Memoir.

Duration

105:58

Language

English

Digital Publisher

Binghamton University Libraries

Digital Format

audio/mp4

Original Format

2 Microcassettes

Material Type

Sound

Interview Format

Audio

Subject LCSH

Folk singers; Women's rights; Seeger, Peggy, 1935--Interviews

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Keywords

Vietnam War; Hiroshima; Feminism; Activism; University; Black Death; Newt Gingrich; Thalidomide; England; Pete Seeger; WWII.

Accessibility

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Files

mckiernanphotos - Seeger - Peggy.jpg

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About this Collection

Collection Description

Stephen McKiernan's collection of interviews includes more than two hundred interviews with prominent figures of the 1960s, which were collected between the mid-1990s and 2010s. The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and… More

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Citation

“Interview with Peggy Seeger,” Digital Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1243.