Manuscript/Mixed Material Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. December 1941

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. December 1941

Names

  • Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 (Author)
  • Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Addressee)

Created / Published

  • ca. December 1941

Headings

  • -  Almanac Singers
  • -  Correspondence--1940-1950
  • -  Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
  • -  Lomax, Alan, 1915-
  • -  Musicians--Correspondence, reminiscences, etc
  • -  United States. Bonneville Power Administration
  • -  Correspondence
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Correspondence
  • Manuscripts
  • Manuscripts
  • Correspondence

Notes

  • -  Supplies names of Bonneville Power Administration contacts, and requests blank aluminum discs.
  • -  External display permitted by Guthrie family

Medium

  • 1 p. : Manuscripts 8.5 x 11 in or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1940/004: Woody Guthrie Manuscript Collection: Box 1, Folder A, Correspondence, 1940-50; A-23A

Source Collection

  • Woody Guthrie Manuscript Collection (AFC 1940/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Guthrie, Woody, and Alan Lomax. Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. December. ca. December, 1941. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/afcwwgbib000011/.

APA citation style:

Guthrie, W. & Lomax, A. (1941) Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. December. ca. December. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afcwwgbib000011/.

MLA citation style:

Guthrie, Woody, and Alan Lomax. Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. December. ca. December, 1941. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afcwwgbib000011/>.