Cowboy songs, ballads, and cattle calls from Texas, English folk song
Part unaccompanied and part with guitar or fiddle accompaniment. "From the Archive of American Folk Song." Field recordings made at various places in Texas and studio recordings in Washington, D. C. from 1941-... More
Statement of Permission from Woody Guthrie to Library of Congress, Mar...
Statement of Permission authorizing the Library of Congress to release his recording of "Gypsy Davy;" includes the handwritten note "Beat the Axis." External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, September 17, 1940
Account of doings and odds and ends. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, December 2, 1941
Requests name of the individual in the Department of Interior who made the records of Guthrie's Bonneville Dam songs, in order to get permission to copy them for the Library of Congress. External display permit... More
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. April 1941
Says he has been singing for various groups; tells Lomax to look up Sarah Ogan [Gunning]; encloses two songs: "Farther Along" (Guthrie parody--earliest version of "I've Got to Know"--dated 3-41) and "The Final ... More
Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, July 26, 1940
All Guthrie's letters are being filed for posterity; regrets "Pretty Boy Floyd" omitted from Guthrie's Victor album. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Library of Congress, ca. 1942
Acknowledges the typed songbook ["Songs of Woody Guthrie"] sent to him. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, January 22, 1941
Account of trip from New York to California; miscellaneous personal news. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Cowboy songs, ballads, and cattle calls from Texas, English folk song
Part unaccompanied and part with guitar or fiddle accompaniment. "From the Archive of American Folk Song." Field recordings made at various places in Texas and studio recordings in Washington, D. C. from 1941-... More
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. April 1941
Says he has been singing for various groups; tells Lomax to look up Sarah Ogan [Gunning]; encloses two songs: "Farther Along" (Guthrie parody--earliest version of "I've Got to Know"--dated 3-41) and "The Final ... More
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, June 7, 1942
Offers the Library of Congress a recently found manuscript collection of 200 of his songs, sung on the air in Los Angeles, in return for typed copies. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Duncan Emrich to Woody Guthrie, April 12, 1946
Asks for estimate on how many songs Guthrie wants to record, so that supplies may be ordered. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, January 22, 1941
Account of trip from New York to California; miscellaneous personal news. External display permitted by Guthrie family