Ken Lindsay Collection of Woody Guthrie Correspondence February 1952 – September 1953

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Ken Lindsay Collection of Woody Guthrie Correspondence February 1952 – September 1953

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This collection contains unpublished correspondence between Woody Guthrie, two of his wives, and British recording distributor, Ken Lindsay.

34 leaves (29 items) in 2 boxes

eng,

Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6355963

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Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967

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Woody 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 Lib...

Guthrie, Marjorie

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Lindsay, Ken, collector, correspondent.

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Biographical History Ken Lindsay (1923-2001) was a founding partner in the Challenge Jazz Club, the first sizable jazz club in London after World War II. As a jazz and folk enthusiast, Lindsay was connected with the jazz revival and folk movement of the 1950s in the United Kingdom, and made a career of promoting such musicians and organizing performances. Lindsay also worked for the International Bookshop where he oversaw the department that ...

Van Kirk, Anneke

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