LC control no. | 2002522665 |
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Type of material | Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection) |
Main title | Woody Guthrie manuscript collection, 1935-1950. |
Related names | Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967, correspondent. Archive of Folk Song (U.S.), collector. American Folklife Center. Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program. |
Related titles | Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: correspondence, 1940-1950 Songs of Woody Guthrie. |
Description | manuscripts: 3 boxes. |
Summary | The Woody Guthrie manuscript collection includes unpublished correspondence; most are letters from Guthrie to Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, dated 1940-1942; plus drawings; essays; song lyrics; and a songbook, "Songs of Woody Guthrie." |
Cite as | Woody Guthrie Manuscript Collection (AFC 1940/004), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. |
Additional formats | Selections from this collection are available in an online version entitled: "Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950," an American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. |
Subjects | Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967--Correspondence. Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967--Written works. Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002--Correspondence. Folk singers--United States--Correspondence. Songs, English--Texts. Protest songs--United States--Texts. Political ballads and songs--United States--Texts. Songbooks--United States. |
Form/Genre | Correspondence. Drawings. Essays. |
Local shelving no. | AFC 1940/004 |
Geographic area code | n-us--- |
Repository | DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 |
Links | Online presentation: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000013> Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af001001> |