Academic Publications, 1966-1969
Academic Publications consists of published, scholarly articles discussing Guthrie.

Greenway, John. “Folksong—A Protest.” Australian Literary Studies 2:3 (June 1966): 179-192.

Reuss, Richard. “Woody Guthrie and His Folk Tradition.” Journal of American Folklore, 1970.
Contains research notes including correspondence and interview with Marjorie Guthrie (1969).

Biographical Materials, 1929; 1963-1975; n/d.
Biographical Materials consists of articles, notes, and papers relating to the Guthrie family heritage or genealogy.

Biographical articles about Woody Guthrie
Contains eight biographical articles and clippings.

Genealogical notes created by Marjorie Guthrie.
Contains notes handwritten by Marjorie Guthrie regarding Guthrie family tree.

Reuss, Richard field notes on Woody Guthrie, Pampa, TX.
See also Folder 002.

Business Papers, c. 1950-1965
Business Papers consists of contracts and financial papers relating to Harold Leventhal’s clients Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston.
Note: Due to the sensitive nature of the personal information contained within these documents, some of the business papers may be restricted. Please consult the archivist for further information.

Contracts
Correspondence and agreements regarding Woody Guthrie music and publisher information.

Contracts, Harold Leventhal Personal Management (business certificate).

Leventhal, Harold to Woody Guthrie
Correspondence and agreements regarding Woody Guthrie music and publisher information.

Houston, Cisco: Contracts and promotional material.
Includes agreements, correspondence, fliers, liner notes from record albums, background information and memoires regarding Cisco Houston.

Houston, Cisco: Financial papers.

License cards—Woody Guthrie.

“Oklahoma Hills.”
Contains correspondence regarding authorship and copyright of “Oklahoma Hills.”

Clippings, 1940-1992.
Clippings consists of newspaper and magazine articles on Woody Guthrie and associated artists that Harold Leventhal saved and organized.
Note: The files of clippings contained within the Harold Leventhal Collection are retained in the order that they were originally organized by Mr. Leventhal. There is some overlap in dates and themes across the folders, but his original order has been maintained to reflect the original filing system.

Articles—Guthrie, Woody and folk music.
Of note:

• Joan Baez on the cover of Time, November 23, 1962.
• Rolling Stone article on Arlo Guthrie, March 10, 1977.

Articles—Guthrie, Woody.
Articles from publications around the United States just before and directly after Woody Guthrie’s death, including approximately twenty-five obituaries.

• Adams, Camilla. “Woody Guthrie: Man or Myth.” Broadside. 71 (June 1966).
“A Tribute to Woody Guthrie” in The Little Sandy Review with articles by Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds, 1960.
• Brooks, Michael. “Woody & Arlo.” Guitar Player. (August 1971).
• Guthrie, Woody. “Child Sitting.” Practical English. 44:8 (March 28, 1968).
• Hentoff, Nat. “The Rebel Who Started the Folk-Song Craze.” Pageant. (March 1964).
• Terkel, Studs. “His Land Is Our Land.” American Way. (October 1976).

Articles—Guthrie, Woody.
Various newspaper and magazine clippings.

Articles—Guthrie, Woody.
Various newspaper clippings. Also includes correspondence.
Of note:

• Articles regarding Woody Guthrie’s controversial image in Okemah, Oklahoma.
• Articles relating to Larry Long and his Woody Guthrie tribute concert and album.
• Correspondence from Larry Long to Harold Leventhal.

• Lomax, Alan and Benjamin A. Botkin. “Folklore, American.” Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 1947.
• Reviews for Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People.
• Clipping on burning accident of Woody Guthrie’s daughter.

Articles—Guthrie, Woody. International Press.
Clippings from international publications.

Articles—Guthrie, Woody.
Of note:

• Terkel, Studs. “Woody Guthrie: Last of the Great Balladeers.” Climax.
• The Woody Guthrie Newsletter, June 1966.
• Seeger, Pete, Phil Ochs, Gordon Friesen, and Josh Dunson. “Woody Guthrie: A Tribute by Pete Seeger.” Reprinted from Mainstream, August 1963.
• Woody Guthrie on the cover of Ramparts 7:8, November 30, 1968.

Correspondence, 1942-1987.
Correspondence consists of letters and notes, mainly to and from Harold Leventhal and/or Marjorie Guthrie.

• Correspondence regarding The Columbia film
• Letters to Harold Leventhal from the U.S. Department of the Interior
• Letters between Pete Seeger and the Department of the Interior
• Typed copies of Woody Guthrie songs
• “Ballad of Jackhammer John”
• “Portland Town to Klamath Falls”
• “Lumber is King”
• “Guys on the Grand Coulee Dam”
• Correspondence with the Richmond Organization regarding publication of 50th anniversary Woody Guthrie songbook and LPs
• Photocopy of letter to Woody Guthrie from the Department of the Interior regarding his Bonneville songs (Jan. 19th, 1945)
• Photocopies of the Columbia songs

Fan mail and other correspondence.
Of note:

• Correspondence sent to Woody, Marjorie, and the Guthrie children in 1967, including letters from Harold Ambellan and Frank Fuchs
• Photograph of unknown Woody Guthrie exhibit
• Other correspondence sent to Marjorie (1974)
• Photocopied letter from Marjorie to President Ford (September 2, 1974)
• Letter from Marjorie to First Lady Betty Ford (December 10, 1976)

Carnegie hall concert mailers
Coupon mailers for Carnegie Hall concerts, which include The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Arlo Guthrie, Theodore Bikel, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Chad Mitchell Trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Miriam Makeba, Paris-Rive Gauche, Neil Young, and Neil Diamond.

Concert fliers, tickets, clippings.            
Fliers/posters include:

• Earl Robinson at Town Hall with Clarence Cooper, Ronnie Gilbert, Marvin Hayes, and Pete Seeger, February 2, 1963
• Martha Schlamme at Town Hall, April 19, 1952
• Leon Bibb at Town Hall
• Theodore Bikel at Carnegie Hall
• “Welcome Home Hootenanny,” People’s Songs, Inc.
• First Annual Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Oklahoma
• The Concert for Jobs, Peace & Freedom with Billy Bragg and Pete Seeger, April 1, 1991
• Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie at Atlanta Civic Center Auditorium, November 16, 1983

Mailers include:

• Bob Dylan at Carnegie Hall, October 26, 1963
• Peter, Paul and Mary at Carnegie Hall, September 28, 1963 / Bob Dylan at Carnegie Hall, October 26, 1963        

Newspaper advertisements for Bob Dylan, the Weavers, and others

• The Weavers holiday concert at Town Hall, December 23, 1950
• Peter, Paul and Mary at Carnegie Hall, September 28, 1963 / Bob Dylan at                                     Carnegie Hall, October 26, 1963
• The Music of Earl Robinson at Town Hall--the Master Institute Chorus directed by David Labovitz with guests Clarence Cooper, Marvin Hayes, Ronnie Gilbert, and Pete Seeger
• Mahalia Jackson at Philharmonic Hall, October 12, 1962 / The Weavers at Philharmonic Hall, November 23, 1962
• The Chad Mitchell Trio at Town Hall, March 16, 1963 / Odetta at Town Hall, April 5, 1963
• Jacques Brel at Carnegie Hall (no date)
• Theodore Bikel at Town Hall October 4, 1958
• Theodore Bikel at Town Hall, November 29, 1959
• Theodore Bikel at Town Hall (no date)
• Theodore Bikel at Town Hall, February 19, 1961
• Bob Dylan at Town Hall, April 12, 1963
• Joan Baez  at Westchester County Center, April 19, 1964
• Odetta at Town Hall, March 3, 1962 / Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem at Town Hall, March 24, 1962

Weavers fliers.
Poster for the Weavers at the Sheraton Park Hotel (no date), and at Carnegie Hall, May 17, 1956.

Weavers poster and photographs.
Poster from Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 1956. Photographs c. 1955-1960.

Manuscripts, 1939-1990.
Manuscripts consists of both original documents and photocopies by and/or relating to Woody Guthrie.

Doerflinger’s selections.

• Forty selections copied from Woody Guthrie manuscripts. Selected by William Doerflinger, editor at E. P. Dutton, possibly for inclusion in a book of Woody’s writings.
• Photocopy of letter from Woody Guthrie to editor Joy Doerfliner in response to editorial corrections. Also of note is Woody’s discussion of his writing schedule. April 29, 1943.

Guthrie, Woody. On a Slow Train through California, c. 1939.
Original mimeograph and one photocopy of Woody Guthrie songbook. This songbook was advertised on X. E. M. O. in Mexico. Donated by Virginia Rice in 1991 who lived in Chula Vista, CA at the time.

Guthrie, Woody on folk music and Moe Asch.
Original typed manuscript dated April 9, 1947.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts.
Photocopies of Guthrie manuscripts under consideration for publication in Pastures of Plenty.

Pastures of Plenty—preliminary notes.
Four note cards with Harold Leventhal’s or Dave Marsh’s preliminary ideas for Guthrie book.

Public relations release: Woody Guthrie and the Unions.

Public relations release: Woody Guthrie—Spirit of the ‘70s.

Tribute songs for Woody Guthrie.
“Bound to Win” (1967) by Malvina Reynolds and Pete Seeger’s revised version of Guthrie’s “Why Do You Stand There in the Rain” (1975).

Woody Guthrie Interview with Alan Lomax and Elizabeth Lomax, March 1940.
Transcript of interview for Library of Congress album.

Woody Guthrie Songbook copies of Guthrie material.
Typed excerpts and photocopies from “Old Book A” and “Library of Congress Book” for inclusion in Woody Guthrie Songbook.

“Woody Sez” excerpts.
Photocopies of artwork and typed transcripts of “Woody Sez” articles, May-July, 1939.

Yurchenco, Henrietta. A Mighty Hard Road (1970)--reviews and interview manuscripts.
Includes Yurchenco’s interviews of Marjorie Guthrie and Dick Reuss

Memoirs, 1955-1976.
Memoirs consists of writings by people who knew Woody Guthrie.

Houston, Cisco. Woody.
Excerpted from taped reminiscences of Cisco Houston before his death in 1961.

Seeger, Pete. History of a Song—This Land Is Your Land.

• Photocopy of Pete Seeger’s typed version
• Letter on Richmond Organization letterhead addressed to Toshi with transcribed “This Land is Your Land” verses found on an old Woody Guthrie lyric sheet.

Seeger, Pete. Various articles on Woody Guthrie.
Articles by or about Pete Seeger. Most are on Woody Guthrie.
Of note:

• Autumn 1955 issue of Sing Out!, which includes an article by Pete Seeger and an article regarding Woody Guthrie.
• Copies of articles from various issues of Sing Out!
• Letter from Pete Seeger to Harold Leventhal and Marjorie Guthrie with an idea for a book called The Letters of Woody Guthrie.
• Angry letter from Pete Seeger regarding the attempt to sell original Guthrie manuscripts.
• Pete Seeger articles on Woody Guthrie in the Village Voice, Life, and Ramparts

Writings by Woody Guthrie’s friends and associates.
Of note:

• Millard Lampell piece on Woody
• Undated Stetson Kennedy article from unknown publication.
• Studs Terkel articles, Chicago Daily News:
• “Woody Guthrie: The unequaled master of song” (Nov. 2, 1976)
• “Woody Guthrie’s early life a trial by bluster and fire” (Nov. 3, 1976)
• “Traveling hard with a rootless Woody Guthrie” (Nov. 4, 1976)
• Studs Terkel undated magazine article: “His land is our land”

Photographs, 1949-1982.
Photographs consists of photographs of Harold Leventhal’s folk music clients, excluding Woody Guthrie.

Dylan, Bob. Print and photocopies.
Original print of Bob Dylan with the Band, c. 1969. Photographer: David Gahr.
Photocopies of early 1960s Bob Dylan promotional photographs.

Leventhal, Harold. Scrapbook photographs.
Of note:           

• Photograph of Harold Leventhal with Harry Belafonte.
• Photograph of Harold Leventhal with Earl Robinson and Peter Fonda.

Promotional photographs.
Promotional photographs including Joan Baez, the Weavers, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie, and Bob Dylan. Also included is a photo postcard dated 1982 of Arlo Guthrie with a message from photographer Bob Freitag granting permission for the use of his images.

Promotional photographs.
Promotional photographs of the Weavers, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Pete Seeger with Arlo Guthrie.

Seeger, Pete.

• Negative of Pete Seeger on stage in the 1960s.
• Snapshot of Toshi Seeger on decorated golf cart, possibly at Clearwater Festival.
• Photograph of bearded Pete Seeger on stage at Great Valley High School, Malvern, Pennsylvania shortly after his seventieth birthday. Photographer: Jim La Drew.
• Photograph of musicians on stage at 1968 Woody Guthrie tribute concert. Photographer: David Gahr.

Research Papers, 1971-1989.
Research Papers consists mainly of unpublished papers on Woody Guthrie written by graduate students.

Academic papers.

• Villone, Allison. “Wordsworthian Okie: Romantic Echoes in Woody Guthrie’s Life and Work.” Iona College.
• Wolfenstein, E. V. Department of Political Science, University of California-Los Angeles. “Some with a Fountain Pen.” Paper prepared for the tenth annual conference of the Western Historical Association, October, 1970.
• Wolfenstein, E. V. “ ‘Take It Easy, But Take It’: Woody Guthrie and American Social Change.”
• Correspondence from Wolfenstein to Marjorie Guthrie, August 3, 1971.

Cohen, Ronald D. and Dave Samuelson. “Protest Music and the American Left, 1926-1953: The Recorded Legacy.”

Goodnature, Paul. Woody Guthrie: Folk Music Transcendentalist. March 1975.
M. S. thesis for Mankato State College.

Menig, Harry. Oklahoma State University English Department Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program. “Woody Guthrie: The Columbia (1949) and The B.P.A. Documentary: Hydro (1939).”
Dissertation chapter excerpts to be published in magazine Film and History.

Menig, Harry. Woody Guthrie: The Oklahoma Years, 1912-1929.
Article to be published in summer 1975 issue of The Chronicles of Oklahoma.

Taylor, Lori. The Politicized American Legend of the Singing Hero: Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. 1989.
M.A. thesis for George Washington University.

Scripts—Television, radio, and theatrical, 1962-1982.
Scripts consists of scripts and transcripts for media tributes to Woody Guthrie.

“Bound for Glory.” BBC Radio transcript.
Also includes correspondence.

Emanuel, Ed. Hard Travelin’.1977. Performed at California State University at Fresno.
Includes correspondence from Harold Leventhal prohibiting the use of the script.

Moglen, Sig. California to the New York Island. Television script, CBS-TV. November 30, 1965.           
Script for 1965 television production of California to the New York Island. Guests include Jack Elliott, Ed McCurdy, Bernice Reagon, and Pete Seeger. Includes letter to Harold Leventhal from WCBS.

Guthrie, Woody tributes.           
Of note:

• Clary, Rev. Bruce M. “The Religion of Woody Guthrie: The Fourth in a Series of Sermons on Four Oklahomans,” First Unitarian Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. February 1, 1970.
• Detailed timeline of Woody Guthrie’s life.
• Dedication of Woody Guthrie College at SUNY Stonybrook.
• Additional copy of Phillip Rayher’s Woody Sez theatrical script.

This Train Is Bound for Glory. Television program script.
Script for Chicago television production. Narrated by Stus Terkel. With Will Geer and Robert Ryan. Performances by Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Richie Havens, Tom Paxton, and Bob Dylan.

Truby, Tim. Pastures of Plenty. Theatrical script.
Theatrical script and correspondence between Truby and Leventhal.

Whisenant, Rod. The Magic Room: Woody Guthrie’s America. Theatrical script, February 1, 1962.

Subject Files, 1968-1985.
Subject Files consists of topically arranged folders of various materials relating to Woody Guthrie and folk music.

Bound for Glory (film) correspondence.
Correspondence regarding the film Bound for Glory, including letters between David Carradine and Marjorie Guthrie, Harold Leventhal and Howard Richmond, and Harold Leventhal and United Artists.

Bound for Glory (film) music notes.
Includes music credits, permissions, cue sheets, and notes.

Dylan, Bob clippings.
Bob Dylan clippings from 1968-1976, most of which reference Woody Guthrie.

Folk music encyclopedia entry.
Encyclopedia entry on “Folk music, American,” which includes a photograph and discussion of Woody Guthrie.

Geer, Will clippings, correspondence, and ephemera.
Includes Will Geer’s memoir on Woody entitled “Early Woody,” letter of August 1, 1973 from Will Geer to Marjorie Guthrie, letter from Will Geer to Marjorie Guthrie, copies of “Will Geer for Congress” fliers, Will Geer birthday party backstage pass, and clippings.

Grand Coulee Dam.
Articles (1963-1984) and published materials related to Woody’s work for the Bonneville Power Administration and the naming of the Woody Guthrie Substation.
Of note:

• “Woody Guthrie’s Northwest.” The Weekly: Seattle’s Newsmagazine. June 27, 1984.
• Features interviews with Pete Seeger, Ivar Haglund, Ramblin’ Jack             Elliott.
• Guthrie, Woody. “Introduction to Ten of His Songs,” “Faces and Places and People,” “Seven Songs,” and “State Line to Skid Row.” Northwest Review 17: 2-3 (1979).
• Johnson, Dave. “He sang of public power.” Public Power (July 1970): 18-21.
•  Menig, Harry.“Woody Guthrie: The Columbia and the B.P.A. Documentary: Hydro.” Film & History 5:2 (May 1975): 1-10.
• “Grand Coulee Dam: The Eighth Wonder of the World” brochure.

Houton, Cisco photographs and clippings.
Includes press release of death, two photographs, and one contact sheet.

Library of Congress Woody Guthrie holdings.
List of published material on Woody Guthrie held by the Library of Congress.

Ochs, Phil tribute concert program.
Program for May 28, 1976 concert.

Okemah, Oklahoma boyhood home of Woody Guthrie.
Articles and correspondence from April-May 1980 relating to Woody’s boyhood home in Okemah. Miscellaneous articles on Woody from 1984-1985.

Okemah, Oklahoma boyhood home of Woody Guthrie.

• Copy of state proclamation declaring “Woody Guthrie Week.”
• Articles on the controversy over Woody’s image in Okemah, most of which focus on his boyhood home (1971-1980).
• Posters for concerts in Okemah, including Arlo Guthrie.
• Contact sheet of photographs of Woody’s boyhood home.
• Photocopies of photographs of Jackie, Arlo, and Marjorie Guthrie in front of Woody’s boyhood home.

Tributes, 1956-1988.
Tributes consists of scripts, correspondence, and ephemera from exhibitions, concerts, and other events honoring Woody Guthrie.

The Committee to Combat Huntington’s Disease, A Musical Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Hollywood Bowl, September 12, 1970.
Script and letterhead for concert featuring Joan Baez, Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie, Ritchie Havens, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Earl Robinson, Pete Seeger, Will Geer, and Peter Fonda.

The Committee to Combat Huntington’s Disease, A Musical Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Hollywood Bowl, September 12, 1970.
Undated correspondence from Fred Underhill to Marjorie Guthrie, schedule, press release, review, program.

Department of the Interior Award, 1966.
Correspondence, clippings, and press releases. Includes award letter from Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall to Woody Guthrie (April 6, 1966), undated letter from Udall to Marjorie Guthrie, letter from Moses Asch to Stewart Udall (April 8, 1966), copy of letter from Harold Leventhal to Senator Robert Kennedy (May 3, 1966), and correspondence between Udall and Harold Leventhal (April 1966).

Guthrie Tribute Concert at Carnegie Hall, January 20, 1968.
Correspondence, contract, and script for Woody Guthrie tribute concert.

Guthrie Tributes, 1956-1978,
Woody Guthrie musical and theatrical performances by various theater companies and schools.
Of note:

• Robert Glenn production of John Steinbeck’s The Long Valley with songs by Woody Guthrie at the Library of Congress.
• Three fliers for Will Geer concerts, including “Woody Guthrie Day: Topanga Canyon” and “The Songs of Woody Guthrie.”

Long, Larry Okemah school performances, 1987-1988.
Correspondence and reviews of Larry Long’s school performances of Woody Guthrie material.

McGraw, Deloss. Rambling Shoe exhibition catalog.
Letter and catalog regarding Okemah-native Deloss McGraw’s artwork on Woody Guthrie.

Robbin, Ed. An Evening with Woody Guthrie.
Includes cassette tape, correspondence, press release, and photograph of Art Peterson, Ed Robbin, Lenny Anderson, and Bruce Greene.

Suffet, Stephen postcard gifts.
Rare postcards and correspondence from Stephen Suffet to Harold Leventhal.

Suffet, Stephen stamp exhibit.
Photocopy of Stephen Suffet’s stamp exhibit.

Tribute concert ephemera, 1956-1973.
Of note:                       

• Woody Guthrie Tribute Fund invitations, January 18, 1972.
• Original tickets to Bound for Glory musical tribute at the Pythian, New York, New York, March 17, 1956.

White House celebration in honor of Woody Guthrie, December 6, 1976.
News clippings, invitations, and transcripts relating to the Woody Guthrie celebration at the White House with Jimmy Carter.

“Woody Guthrie Day.” U.S. Senate Resolution of May 10, 1971
News clippings, press releases, radio scripts, congressional papers, and correspondence relating to Senator Fred Harris and his proposal for “Woody Guthrie Day.”