Woody Guthrie letter to the Loring family [manuscript], 1948 July 9.

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Woody Guthrie letter to the Loring family [manuscript], 1948 July 9.

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Photocopy typescript letter from Woody Guthrie to the Loring family, 2 pp, 9 July 1948, regarding the lyrics to "Roll on Columbia, Roll On," family matters and life on the upper Columbia River.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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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...

Loring family

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