[Woody Guthrie, half-length portrait, facing left, singing and playing guitar] About this image
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This collection presents letters between Woody Guthrie and staff of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) at the Library of Congress. The letters were written primarily in the early 1940s, shortly after Guthrie had moved to New York City and met the Archive's assistant in charge, Alan Lomax. His written and, occasionally, illustrated reflections on his past, his art, his life in New York City, and the looming Second World War provide unique insight into the artist best-known for his role as "Dust Bowl balladeer." The letters are selected from material in the Woody Guthrie Manuscript Collection and the American Folklife Center's correspondence files.
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General
- Span Dates
- 1940-1950
- Bulk Dates
- 1940-1950
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 53
- Contents
- 53 manuscripts
Access/Copyright
- Preferred Citation
- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Copyright Info
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wwghtml/wwgres.html
