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Rights to materials composed by Woody Guthrie are held by his family. Materials created by employees of the U.S. Government (including the correspondence by staff of the Archive of American Folk Song, Folklore Section, and Music Division at the Library of Congress included in this online collection) are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States.
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Woody Guthrie Manuscript Collection (AFC 1940/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
