| LC control no. | n 83008119 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hickerson, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles), 1935- |
| Variant(s) | Hickerson, Joseph Charles, 1935- Hickerson, Joe, 1935- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Portland (Or.) |
| Birth date | 1935-10-25 |
| Place of birth | Highland Park (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Folk songs Folk music |
| Affiliation | Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) |
| Profession or occupation | Librarians Archivists Folk singers Folklorists Lecturers Authors Ethnomusicologists |
| Found in | Folk songs and ballads. [Phonodisc] 1971. Wikipedia, December 4, 2018 (Joe Hickerson; born October 25, 1935, Highland Park, Illinois; noted folk singer and songleader; a graduate of Oberlin College, for 35 years (1963-1998) he was Librarian and Director of the Archive of Folk Song at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress; known for bringing together the original Russian text and his own verses to create the basis for "Where have all the flowers gone?" in collaboration with Pete Seeger; currently active as a lecturer, researcher, and performer, especially in New York State, Michigan, and the Chicago area; as of 2013, he is living in Portland, Oregon) OCLC database, December 4, 2018 (usage: Joseph C. Hickerson [predominant form, particularly for scholarly work]; Joe Hickerson [used principally for folk music sound recordings]; Joseph Charles Hickerson) Kennedy Center WWW site, December 4, 2018 (Joe Hickerson; folksinger; in 1960 he wrote the fourth and fifth verses of "Where have all the flowers gone"; has recordings on the Folk Legacy and Folkways labels, ranging from 1957 to 2002; also has a career as folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, and librarian; for 35 years (1963-1998) he was Librarian and Director of the Archive of Folk Song/Culture at the Library of Congress; he lectures and writes on a variety of folk music topics) <http://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/B10358> |
| Associated language | eng |
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