Woody Guthrie manuscript collection, 1935-1950

Collection Summary

Title	Woody Guthrie manuscript collection, 1935-1950
Collection Number	AFC 1940/004
Inclusive Dates	1935-1950
Location	American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Extent (original)	3 boxes
Creator	Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
Creator	Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)
Language	English
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af001001
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2002522665
Summary	The Woody Guthrie manuscript collection includes unpublished correspondence, most are letters from Guthrie to Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, dated 1940-1942; plus drawings; essays; song lyrics; and a songbook, "Songs of Woody Guthrie."
Online Content	Selections from this collection are available in an online presentation entitled: Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950, an online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000013.