BIOGRAPHIES
Nora Guthrie
Nora Guthrie, Woody Guthrie's daughter, is the Director of the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives, and President of Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. In addition to managing the project to archive and preserve the personal materials and original creative works of her father, Ms. Guthrie develops and produces artistic projects which continue to introduce the public to Woody Guthrie's vast cultural legacy.
Ms. Guthrie was executive producer of the Billy Bragg/Wilco collaborative recordings Mermaid Avenue Vol. I and Mermaid Avenue Vol. II on Elektra Records, which set music to previously unknown Guthrie lyrics. Mermaid Avenue Vol. I and Vol. II both received a Grammy nominations in 1999 and 2001 respectively. Ms. Guthrie worked with folk artist Kathy Jakobsen on the children's book This Land Is Your Land (1998) for Little, Brown and Company which illustrates and highlights Guthrie's classic lyric. The book, now in its third printing, has won numerous awards and literary praise. In 1998, Ms. Guthrie curated the first major exhibition on her father in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). This Land Is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie opened in May of 1999 at the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles and toured nationally for three years at major museums throughout the country. It presented previously unseen material including instruments, writings, artwork and song lyrics from the Woody Guthrie Archives and provided a rare and intimate glimpse into the life and legacy of this unique American artist. Nora's most recent project has been working with The Klezmatics to create new CD's of Woody's previous unreleased lyrics. Happy Joyous Hanuka, released in 2004, is a collection of eight Hanukkah songs for eight nights of Hanukkah, plus 4 instrumental tracks. Wonder Wheel, released in 2006, celebrated Woody's experiences living in Coney Island during the early 1940's and subsequently won a Grammy for Best Comtemporary World Music Album!
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Jorge
Arevalo
Since
arriving to set up the archives at the Woody Guthrie Foundation
in 1996, Jorge continues to oversee the administration
and management of the Woody Guthrie Collection at the
Woody Guthrie Archives. Working closely with staff, he
is responsible for ensuring that the Foundation's mission,
to maintain, preserve, and share Woody Guthrie's legacy,
is thoughtfully and effectively carried out. Jorge focuses
on developing the collection through new acquisitions,
public outreach, and institutional development and fundraising.
Thriving on helping researchers realize their goals through
special projects, such as new recordings, documentaries,
publications and media, Jorge is highly committed to providing
an optimal research environment with access to the information
and available services that will enhance and enable you
to create and produce the best work possible. If
you have a project, donation, or idea you wish to propose
or discuss, please contact Jorge.
Anna
Canoni
Anna has been with Woody Guthrie Publications since 2003
and will work directly with you to create an event focusing
on the life, music, and the legacy of Woody Guthrie. Anna
can offer guidance and support materials that will enhance
a variety of events, including in-school and educational
programs, lectures, film screenings, exhibitions, as well
as theatrical and musical concerts. She can help tailor
events to the specific needs of your intended audience,
whether a cultural event, a play, or simply a night of
Woody's music at your local pub. Anna looks forward to
working with your college, community center, or local
cultural organization to bring her grandfather's legacy
to life.
Anna
is also available to work with radio and print media to
stimulate awareness of Woody's work. She will also be
glad to notify you of upcoming events and projects, through
a mass event-based e-mail. If you'd like to be notified
of upcoming events, please join our Mailing
List. Anna
would love to work with your community to create a celebratory
event. So, come one, come all, let's continue getting
Woody's story out there.
Tiffany Loiselle
Tiffany comes to the Woody Guthrie Archives as a recent graduate of Simmons College, where she obtained a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Sciences, with a concentration in Archival Management. A native of Montreal, Quebec, Tiffany has interned and worked in a variety of archival repositories, including the Institute Archives and Special Collections at MIT, the Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives, and the Simmons College Archives.
Overseeing the daily activities of the Woody Guthrie Archives, Tiffany handles researcher requests, image licensing, publication and production agreements, responds to general information inquiries, receives and accessions new materials and donations into the collection, and contributes to projects, such as digitization ventures and outreach events, undertaken by the archives. Tiffany brings to the Woody Guthrie Archives an eagerness to assist scholars with research, and a strong background in technological issues as they relate to the archival setting.
