Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
Variant namesWoody Guthrie, American folk singer, born in Okemah, Oklahoma in 1912 and raised in Texas, moved to California during the Depression, where he met actor and activist Will Geer and toured migrant labor camps documenting conditions and injustices in the camps for The Light newspaper. He also performed on Los Angeles radio KFVD-LA, singing old-time ballads, some of which he updated with lyrics about contemporary issues. Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, first heard Woody Guthrie at a concert in New York City in March of 1940, shortly after Guthrie had relocated there.
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| referencedIn | Aliza Greenblatt, papers, undated, 1920, 1923, 1927-1973, 1976, 1978 | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) | University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Anne Romaine Papers, 1935-1995 (bulk 1960-1995) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Bobbye S. Ortiz Papers, (bulk, 1919-1993 and undated, 1950-1990) | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Broadside Collection, 1962-1991 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Correspondence, 1868-1892 | University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection | |
| referencedIn | Dylan, Bob, 1941-. Song to Woody / words & music by Bob Dylan. | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | Ed Kahn Collection, 1930-1999 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Green, Archie. Collection, ca. 1960s. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives |
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| referencedIn | A Celebration of the Life of Studs Terkel | Media Burn Independent Video Archive |
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| associatedWith | Almanac Singers. |
| associatedWith | American Folklife Center. |
| associatedWith | American Museum of Vaudeville |
| associatedWith | Archive of American Folk Song. |
| associatedWith | Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) |
| associatedWith | Archive of Folk Song (U.S.), collector. |
| correspondedWith | Broadside. |
| associatedWith | Cohen, Ronald D., 1940- |
| associatedWith | Cohen, Ronald D., 1940- |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. |
Person
Birth 1912-07-14
Death 1967-10-03
Americans
English
Variant Names
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Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
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