Administrative Information
Provenance
The American Folklife Center acquired the collection on June 7, 2005, from Wendy Lindsay, daughter of Ken Lindsay, and her siblings.
Processing History
The Ken Lindsay Collection of Woody Guthrie Correspondence was processed by Sarah Bradley Leighton in June 2005. This finding aid was encoded by Amarantha Dyuaaxchs in August 2006 and updated by Nora Yeh in March 2010.
Related Material
Alan Lomax Collection of Woody Guthrie Recordings, AFS 3407-3423
Alan Lomax CBS Radio Series Collection, AFC 1939/002
Almanac Singers Audition for Wm. Morris & Co., AFS 6100-6105 (Recorded in January 1942)
Songs by Woody Guthrie, AFS 4491 (Recorded on January 4, 1941)
Woody Guthrie Manuscript Collection, AFC 1940/004
Woody Guthrie Concert and Conversation, AFC 1991/003 (Recorded on April 14, 1951)
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Ken Lindsay Collection of Woody Guthrie Correspondence (AFC 2005/006), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.