Series 3: Home and family
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Note: This series contains a small number of items about Guthrie’s home and family life, including a memo by Marjorie Mazia with various “reminders” for Woody Guthrie (Box 2, Folder 1.2)Related material, including writings of Woody’s father, C.E. Guthrie, and excerpts of an Okemah, Oklahoma High School Yearbook, may be found in Series 6. |
1.1 |
Rent and utility receipts, 74 Charles Street, New York City |
1942-43 |
1.2 |
“Woody’s Little Memo” — Marjorie Mazia’s list of activities and reminders |
c. 1942 |
1.3 |
note from Marjorie Mazia to “Ruth” (Cathy Guthrie’s babysitter) |
c. 1943-47 |
1.4 |
Gwen Guthrie school assignment — “A Friendly Letter” |
1947 |
2 |
Arlo Guthrie’s nicknames |
1948 |
0 |
Jack Guthrie Memorial Folio |
1950 |
4.1 |
note re “grape juice”, Arlo (also, notes re books) |
1951 |
4.2 |
Building Permit, 1618-24 Sheepshead Bay Road, Brooklyn, New York |
1951 |
5 |
notes re animals [trip to zoo?] |
n.d. |
Series 4: Hospital and medical
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Note: This series primarily consists of documents from Guthrie’s hospitalization at The New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park (1956-1961).As noted in “Collection restrictions”, access to one document in Box 2, Folder 28 (“envelope, with markings by Woody Guthrie”) will not be granted until January 1, 2033. |
Brooklyn State Hospital |
6 |
newspaper and magazines articles, found with Brooklyn State Hospital ms., Aug.-Sept., 1952 (some to be moved to oversize box) |
1952 |
The New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park |
7 |
The New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park folder cover (photocopy; original located in oversize box) (photocopy; original located in oversize box) |
1956-61 |
8 |
Commitment proceedings, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Morris County, New Jersey |
1956 |
9 |
Medical Staff Record; Admission Notes; Case History |
1956-61 |
10 |
Photographic Record (photocopy;original moved to photographs) |
1956 |
11 |
Doctor’s Order Sheet; Clinical Record |
1956 |
12 |
Doctor’s Order Sheets; Clinical Record |
1956-60 |
13 |
X-Ray Requisition; Pathological Laboratory Reports |
1956-59 |
14 |
Change of Diagnosis |
1957 |
15 |
Medication Lists |
1957-61 |
16 |
Telephone and Telegram Messages |
1957-58 |
17 |
Occupational Therapy Progress Note |
1959 |
18 |
Accident Report |
1960 |
19 |
Discharge records |
1956-61 |
20 |
Correspondence |
1956 |
21 |
Correspondence |
1957 |
22 |
Correspondence |
1958 |
23 |
Correspondence |
1959 |
24 |
Correspondence |
1960 |
25 |
Correspondence |
1961 |
26 |
Correspondence |
1965-66 |
27 |
“Information for Patients and Their Families” |
n.d. |
28 |
envelope, with markings by Woody Guthrie |
1957 |
29 |
Greystone Park — receipts |
1959-60 |
Creedmoor State Hospital |
30 |
Notification of Admission |
1966 |
Other |
31 |
Marjorie Mazia’s notes re Woody Guthrie’s health |
n.d. |
Series 5: Works by others
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Note: This series consists of poems, songs, essays, stories and drawings by persons other than Woody Guthrie. Some of the documents contain Guthrie’s annotations or are transcriptions by him. A number of the documents in this series were created by Anneke Van Kirk, Guthrie’s third wife.The series is arranged alphabetically. |
32 |
Burns, Jessie — “Notes On Foolish Gold” |
c. 1948[?] |
33 |
Elkin, Ida — “America! Hear! And Heed!” (song) (inscribed), 1938 (published) |
1942 |
34.1 |
Haggerty, George — “Bourgeouis Bitch” (poem) |
n.d. |
34.2 |
Lehrman, Walter — “Square Dance Calling in the United States” (Marjorie Mazia’s copy[?]) |
n.d. |
35.1 |
Libby, Fred — French-Canadian tales (as told to Woody Guthrie) |
1952 |
35.2 |
Lowenfels, Walter — “Cathy Burns” (poem) |
n.d. |
36 |
Richman, Jordan — “Have we made any progress?…” |
1948 |
37 |
Van Kirk, Anneke — “Dream Thread” (photocopy) |
1953 |
38 |
Van Kirk, Anneke — “Buoy Bells & Me” (poem) |
1953 |
39 |
Van Kirk, Anneke — “A Treatise on My Opinion of John Jacob Niles” |
1953 |
40 |
Van Kirk, Anneke[?] — letter re Woody Guthrie |
n.d. |
41 |
Drawings (one with horse, possibly by Anneke Van Kirk; one drawing, apparently by a child) |
n.d. |
42 |
Quotations, mainly from Harlan Miner Speaks |
n.d. |
Series 6: Additional related material
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Note: The documents in this series appear to have been obtained by the Woody Guthrie Foundation from a variety of sources. They are included in the Personal Papers record group for the convenience of researchers.The series consists of writings of Woody’s father, C.E. Guthrie (primarily anti-socialist tracts); portions of the 1929 Okemah, Oklahoma High School Yearbook; the Bonneville Power Administration’s personnel file on Woody Guthrie; portions of the F.B.I.’s extensive files on Guthrie; and an annotated listing of hardcover political books owned by Guthrie. |
43 |
Guthrie, C.E. — Kumrids: A Discussion of Scientific Socialism (photocopy) |
1912 |
44 |
Guthrie, C.E. — Procrastination Is The Thief of Time (photocopy) |
1912 |
45 |
Guthrie, C.E. — “Salt Creek Obituary” |
n.d. |
46 |
Okemah, Oklahoma High School Yearbook (photocopy) |
1929 |
47 |
Bonneville Power Administration — personnel file (photocopy) [see also Harold Leventhal Subject File titled “Grand Coulee Dam/Bonneville” (unprocessed, except for correspondence located in Correspondence-3)] |
1941 |
48 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation file (photocopy) |
1941-71 |
49 |
Political Books Owned by Woody Guthrie (Hardcover) |
n.d. |
50 |
Court Records |
1949-1950 |
51 |
Cathy Guthrie’s Birth Certificate |
February 4, 1943 |