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Finding aid to WOODY GUTHRIE PHOTOGRAPHS


1905-1992 (Bulk 1935-1971)
 551 images;  items


Scope and content: Images of Woody Guthrie, including publicity portraits, in performance or studios, informal shots including images  with family, friends and other musicians and celebrities; Woody Guthrie "on the road," in the merchant marine and Army, and in the hospital.   Other images include family and friends, events in honor of Woody Guthrie, and places and objects
associated with Woody Guthrie.

Arrangement note: The photographs are arranged first into Photo-1: photographs including Woody Guthrie, Photo-2: photographs that do not include Woody Guthrie.  Within these groups the photographs are divided into series on various subjects, such as "Performance" or "Family and friends" Within these series, the arrangement is roughly chronological.   Each photographic print has a box and item number written on it in pencil.

    Photo-1    Boxes 1-4         Subseries 1-11
    Photo-2    Boxes 5-8         Subseries 1-6

    Oversize    Box 9

Oversize materials include both Photo-1 and Photo-2 materials.  Within the oversize box there are two numeric arrangements: those images that duplicate images found elsewhere, and images only in oversize.  Images that duplicate other images are numbered and arranged using the box and item number from the regular size images.  Images that are only found in oversize are
numbered Box 9, and given a sequential item number.

Items in the flat file, which are matted and too large to be stored elsewhere, are arranged in the same fashion.

Negatives are arranged by the box and item numbers of the photographic print from which they are made.

Subsequent additions to the collections are to be made at the end of the box which contains the appropriate series, and receive the next sequential accession number. 

    Statistics

Photo-1: There are 201 images in the Photo-1 series, and of these, 90 have negatives.   There are 362 prints.

Photo-2: There are 396 images in the Photo-2 series, and of these, 41 have negatives.  There are 543 prints.  There are 25 slides, some of which duplicate materials, and some of which are unique.

Totals: 595 images, 882 prints, 125 negatives and 25 slides.
 

Container list
BOX 1
Photo-1, Series 1: Publicity (70 images)
01 Publicity photos, Woody Guthrie, 1920s-1930s
02 Publicity photos, Woody Guthrie, Early 1940s
03 Publicity photos, Woody Guthrie, ca. 1943, Time Life photos
04 Publicity photos, Woody Guthrie, 1940s
05 Publicity photos, Woody Guthrie, Robin Carson photos, 1943
06 Publicity photos, Woody Guthrie, Sid Grossman, Stechbardt Studios, others, late 1930s-1940s
BOX 2
Photo-1, Series 2: Informal shots (10 images)
01  
Photo-1, Series 3: Woody Guthrie in studios (7 images)
02 Woody Guthrie in studios, 1940s
Photo-1, series 4: Performance (20 images)
03 Woody Guthrie in performance, 1930s-1940s
04 The Martins and the Coys, 1944
05 FDR Bandwagon, 1944
Photo-1, series 5: Woody Guthrie with other musicians and celebrities (7 images)
06 Woody Guthrie with other musicians and celebrities, 1930s-1940s
Photo-1, series 6: Events
07 Woody Guthrie and others, Benefit tribute concerts, etc., 1950s (9 images)
Photo-1, series 7: Woody Guthrie with fans and friends (5 images)
08 Woody Guthrie at Lionel Kilburg's, 1959
BOX 3
Photo-1, series 8: On the Road (20 images)
01 California, 1939 
02 California, 1941; Seema Weatherwax photos 
03 Washington Square Park, 1950s
BOX 4
Photo-1, series 9: Family and Friends (20 images)
01 Woody Guthrie with family members and friends, ca. 1920- ca. 1935
02 Woody Guthrie, Mary Jennings Guthrie and children
03 Woody Guthrie, Marjorie Mazia Guthrie and children
Photo-1, series 10: Woody Guthrie in Army and Merchant Marine (7 images)
04 Woody Guthrie in Army.
Photo-1 series 11: Woody Guthrie in the Hospital (24 images)
05 Woody Guthrie in the hospital
BOX 5
Photo-2, series 1: Family and friends w/o WG (56 images)
01 Guthrie family, without Woody Guthrie
02 Marjorie Mazia Guthrie and children w/o Woody Guthrie
03 Friends and Associates, w/o Woody Guthrie
Photo-2, series 2: Events w/o WG (106 images)
04 Benefit Party, publication of Robt. Shelton's book on Woody Guthrie
05 Presentation of Interior Dept. Conservation Service Award, 1966
06 Party at Local 1199 when CBS issued Woody Guthrie Tribute album
07 Filming "Bound for Glory" 1975
08 "Bound for Glory" premier
09 Screening of "Bound for Glory" for Farm Workers Union, 1977
10 Summerstage O92, Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Carla Gahr photos
BOX 6
Photo-2, series 3: Events: Tribute Concert, Carnegie Hall, 1968 (93 images)
01 Performers on stage
02 Backstage
03 Audience and fans
BOX 7
Photo-2, series 4: Events: Tribute Concert, Hollywood Bowl, 1971 (86 images)
01 Indoor rehearsal
02 Outdoor rehearsal
03 Performance
BOX 7
Photo-2, series 5: Objects (17 images)
01 Drawings and Manuscripts by Woody Guthrie
02 Art depicting Woody Guthrie
Photo-2, series 6: Places (24 images)
03 Woody Guthrie Substation, Bonneville Power Administration
04 Okemah, Oklahoma; Pampa, Texas
Photo-2, series 7: Photos from correspondence (5 images)
05 Photo of man and painting sent by Gerald Gladstone
06 Photo of Ellen sent by Nora Guthrie
07 Photos sent by Barbie Appleman
Photo-2, series 8, Dust Bowl photos (9 images)
 

 

 

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