Update-Littlefield
David (Dave) Littlefield
4 kids: David, Christopher, Melissa, Laurie
2 granddaughters
We've lived in Washington DC since 1963.
Education:
Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) 1958-1962. AB History
Graduate:
Princeton 1962-1963. Middle Eastern studies, Arabic language
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies 1963-1964
American University 1965-1972 (part-time) Middle Eastern studies, Arabic
MA 1962
Employment: Library of Congress, 1965-1997 Cataloger of Arabic language books
and books in various languages on the Middle East and Islam.
Professional:
Published a bibliography of books on the Islamic era of the Middle East 1977.
Published book reviews in various library periodicals 1969-1979
Personal:
I started playing music in bands in 1976, started my own dixieland band, the Sheiks of Dixie, in 1977. In 1979 I started a dance band, the Sultans of Swing. I've been playing banjo, piano, guitar and washboard in my own and other bands since then.
In 1995 I began work on a series of music compilations that I publish myself.
Between performing and selling/servicing my books, I keep out of trouble.
My only travel is going to banjo conventions as far from home as I can drive in one day, and the annual International Washboard Festival in Logan OH.
--Dave (Sheik) Littlefield