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Collection Overview
Title: Elizabeth "Lisa" Kliger Personal Papers and Music, 1970-2005
ID: 26/20/358
Primary Creator: Kliger, Elizabeth "Lisa"
Extent: 5.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: Unarranged and unprocessed
Date Acquired: 05/02/2025
Subjects: American folk music, Music
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of research papers, field notes and logs, sound recordings, pamphlets, photographs, correspondence, theatre scripts, poetry, and music document Kliger's career as a student and musician at the University of Illinois as well as her teaching in the Peace Corps, research in Puerto Rico, and working as a free-lance editor.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
Lisa Kliger
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Student, 1970-1987],
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Series 2: Teaching and Literary, 1978-2024],
[Series 3: Musician, 1971-2005],
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- Series 3: Musician, 1971-2005
- This includes all Red Herring, banjo lesson notes, Noodlehead!, Dancing Trout Band, etc.
- Box 000
- Folder 1: Banjo Teaching Songs and Techniques Transcribed by Lisa
- Folder 2: Red Herring Daze, learning and performing, 1970s
- Folder 3: Resume and Portfolio
- Folder 4: Correspondence (add things to me!)
- Folder 5: Classical Banjo Book, copyright 1887
- Folder 6: Orchestration class notes and music with Dr. Mickel, Central Washington University, 1996
- Contains handwritten sheet music, printed music, assignments, and other class notes.
- Folder 7: Central Washington University music courses: compositions and notes containing songs from Noodlehead!, 1990s
- Folder 8: Central Washington University music courses: compositions and notes containing songs from Noodlehead!, 1990s
- Folder 9: Noodlehead! correspondence and drafts, 1984-2005
- Consists of drafts Kliger's original poem "Petya Noodlehead and the Pony of Light" from 1984 and correspondence and ephemera relating to her theatrical adaptation Noodlehead!
- Folder 10: WHY series drafts, FEP International 1/2, 1981-1984
- Folder 11: WHY series drafts, FEP International 2/2, 1981-1984
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Student, 1970-1987],
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Series 2: Teaching and Literary, 1978-2024],
[Series 3: Musician, 1971-2005],
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