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Lot #5127
Woody Guthrie Archive

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Tony Glover's archive of Woody Guthrie material, including five 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audio tapes of Woody Guthrie's famed March 1940 sessions recorded for Alan Lomax and catalogued in the United States Library of Congress. Includes a 1961 letter to Glover from the Library of Congress, instructing him to request permission for duplication of Guthrie recordings from the Guthrie Children's Trust Fund; a letter from the Trust Fund states that they are not in position to grant permission for duplication. Additional items are the Asch Woody Guthrie Album (complete with three records), some Guthrie newsletters from the 1960s, Broadside #2 from 1962, sheet music for "Three Songs for Centralia" published by People's Songs, Inc., an issue of Mainstream from August 1963, and five books. Modern items include the Woody Guthrie: American Radical Patriot CD/record box set, the My Dusty Road CD box set, fifteen other CDs, Glover's leather briefcase containing some Guthrie-related materials, and some drafts of Glover's writings on Guthrie. In overall very good to fine condition. From the Tony Glover Collection.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Marvels of Modern Music
  • Dates: #596 - Ended November 19, 2020