QUICK LINKS:
- Series 1: I Want to Be Right
- Series 2: Boom Chasers & Bound For Glory
- Series 3: Silver Mine
- Series 4: House of Earth
- Series 5: Seeds of Man (and its earlier versions Study Butte and Foolish Gold)
- Series 5: Brooklyn State Hospital Manuscripts
- Series 6: Plays / Scripts
- Series 8: Ship Story
- Series 9: Miscellaneous (Merchant Marine, WWII, Family, & other writings)
Collection Processed by:
Jorge Arévalo Mateus, PhDCollection Guide Prepared by:
Original finding aid was prepared by Jorge’ Arevalo Mateus, PhD; updated by Kate L. Blalack, May 2014.Date Range:
1935-1958 (1940-1958, bulk)
Extent:
4.6 linear feet (11 boxes)
Provenance:
Marjorie Guthrie & offices of Harold Leventhal (bulk)
Will Geer (Box 8 Folders 17-30)
Scope and Content:
Collection includes unpublished writing and original manuscripts by Woody Guthrie: books, articles, poems, plays, essays, notes, and aphorisms (including items from Brooklyn State Hospital). The manuscripts include autobiographical material; political writings; musings on love, sex, relationships and family; material on Guthrie’s Merchant Marine service during World War II; and writings about music.
Note:
Published versions of manuscripts are not included.
Language:
Material entirely in English.
Access restrictions:
There are no access restrictions for this collection.
Use restrictions:
All materials is copyrighted to Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.
Arrangement:
Manuscripts are arranged according to provenance. Miscellaneous items are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically.
Guthrie’s completed and unfinished books constitute the major exceptions to strict chronological arrangement. Segments of each book have been grouped together, even if written over a lengthy period of time. These books include:
I Want To Be Right, Bound For Glory
(and its earlier version Boomchasers),Silver Mine
(originally part of Bound For Glory and precursor to Seeds of Man),House of Earth
,Seeds of Man
(and its earlier versions, Study Butte and Foolish Gold), andShip Story
.List of Series:
Series 1:
I Want to Be Right
Series 2:
Bound For Glory (and its earlier version, Boomchasers)
Series 3:
Silver Mine
Series 4:
House of Earth
Series 5:
Seeds of Man (and its earlier versions, Study Butte and Foolish Gold)
Series 6:
Brooklyn State Hospital Manuscripts
Series 7:
Plays / Scripts
Series 8:
Ship Story
Series 9:
Miscellaneous (Merchant Marine, WWII, Family, & other writings)
Container Lists:
SERIES 1: I WANT TO BE RIGHT
| Box 1 – Folder 4 | I Want to Be Right, chapters 1-2; Unnumbered chapter | March 11, 1941 |
| Box 1 – Folder 5 | I Want to Be Right, pp.16-70 | c.1941-43 |
| Box 1 – Folder 6 | I Want to Be Right, pp. 71-121 | c.1941-43 |
| Box 1 – Folder 7 | I Want to Be Right, pp.122-170 | c.1941-43 |
| Box 1 – Folder 8 | I Want to Be Right, Sarah Butcher Sec. (Version 1) | c.1941-43 |
| Box 1 – Folder 9 | I Want to Be Right, Sarah Butcher Sec. (Version 2) | c.1941-43 |
SERIES 2: BOOM CHASERS & BOUND FOR GLORY
Note: Woody Guthrie Artwork Series 15, #16 includes a listing of Bound for Glory| Box 1 – Folder 15 | Boom Chasers- A Synopsis of the Book | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 16 | Boom Chasers – Portions of Chapter 1 and 2 | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 17 | Boom Chasers – Chapter 1 (pages 1-18) | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 18 | Boom Chasers – Chapter One | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 19 | Extry Selects [sic] | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 20 | The London House | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 21 | The Boom Chasers Chapter 1- Soldiers in the Dust | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 22 | The Boom Chasers, Notes and Assorted Pages | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 23 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Chapter One | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 24 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Chapter Two | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 25 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Chapter Three | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 26 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Cyclone and London House | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 27 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Oil Comes to Okemah | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 28 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Big Jim | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 29 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Gang House War | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 30 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Oklahoma City | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 31 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Return to Okemah | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 32 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Sick in the Gang House | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 33 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Pampa | c. 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 34 | Bound For Glory (Carbon 1)- Trouble Busting | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 1 | Off to California | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 2 | Dam Job | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 3 | Skid Row | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 4 | Stormy Night | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 5 | Soldiers In The Dust | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 6 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Chapter 1 | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 7 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Chapter 2, pp. 1-6 | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 8 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); remainder of Chapter 2 | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 9 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Chapter 2, various pages | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 10 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Chapter 3 | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 11 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Cyclone and London House | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 12 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Oil Comes to Okemah | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 13 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Big Jim | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 14 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Ganghouse War | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 15 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Oklahoma City | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 16 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Return to Okemah | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 17 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Sick in the Ganghouse | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 18 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Pampa | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 19 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Trouble Busting | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 20 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Off to California | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 21 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Dam Job | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 22 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Skid Row | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 23 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Stormy Night | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 24 | Bound for Glory (carbon 2); Soldiers In The Dust | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 25 | Bound for Glory – It’s A Long Ways Back To The U.S.A. | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 26 | Bound for Glory – Assorted pages | c. 1942 |
| Box 2 – Folder 27 | Bound for Glory – notes and assorted pages | c. 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 1 | Bound for Glory – Assorted pages April 17, 1942 ; | c. 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 2 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Title page, contents | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 3 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter I – Soldiers in the Dust | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 4 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter II – Empty Snuff Cans | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 5 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter V – Mr. Cyclone | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 6 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter VI – Boomchasers | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 7 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter VII – Cain’t No Gang Whip Us Now | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 8 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter VIII – Fire Extinguishers | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 9 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter IX – A Fast-Running Train Whistles Down | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 10 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter X – The Junking Sack | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 11 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter XI – Boy in Search of Something | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 12 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter XII – Trouble Busting | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 13 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapters XIII, XIV – Off to California ; The House on the Hill | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 14 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter XV – The Telegram That Never Came | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 15 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter XVI – Stormy Night | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 16 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter XVII – Extry Selects | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 17 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter XVIII – Crossroads | Nov. 30, 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 18 | Bound for Glory – “Copy for the Press,” Chapter XIX – Train Bound for Glory | Nov. 30, 1942 |
SERIES 3: SILVER MINE
Note: Originally part of Bound For Glory and precursor to Seeds of Man| Box 3 – Folder 19 | Silver Mine, pp. 1-15c. | c. 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 20 | Silver Mine, pp. 1-80 | c. 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 21 | Silver Mine, pp. 81-160 | c. 1942 |
SERIES 4: HOUSE OF EARTH
Note: Original Manuscript is held by the University of Tulsa’s McFarlin Library’s Special Collections and University Archives| Box 3 – Folder 39 | House of Earth (copy), scene from novel | October 3, 1946 |
| Box 3 – Folder 40 | House of Earth (copy), Chapter One – Termites | January 10, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 41 | House of Earth (copy), original folder containing Chapter One – Termites | January 10, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 42 | House of Earth – final[?] version (item received from the Irving Lerner Estate) | c. 1947 |
SERIES 5: SEEDS OF MAN (AND ITS EARLIER VERSIONS STUDY BUTTE AND FOOLISH GOLD)
Note: The following items in Box 3 of Woody Guthrie’s outgoing correspondence (Correspondence-1) are written on the backs of pages from Study Butte: Box 3 – Folder 3 (Mazia, May 6, 1952, Rocky Run, pp. 224-247; Box 3 – Folder 4 (Mazia, 1952, Last Supper, pp. 209-211); Box 3- Folder 24 (Seegers, c. 1952-53, Squawling Fiddle, p. 120).| Box 5 – Folder 1 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Drip Gas, pp. 1-64 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 2 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Squawling Fiddle, pp. 47-131 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 3 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Last Supper, pp. 132-211 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 4 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Rocky Run, pp. 212-308 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 5 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Windy Road, pp. 309-323 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 6 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Ranch Of The Sun, pp. 324-412 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 7 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Old Man Rio , pp. 450-457 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 8 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Wine Bucket Girl, pp. 458-473 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 9 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), The Study Butte , pp. 474-485 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 10 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Mud & Sticks, pp. 486-493 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 11 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Wine Bucket Girl, pp. 458-473 (carbon copy) | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 12 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), The Study Butte , pp. 474-485 (carbon copy) | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 13 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Mud & Sticks, pp. 486-500 (carbon copy) | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 14 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Leather Books, pp. 501-516 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 15 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), High Rocks, pp, 517-536 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 16 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Moon Walking, pp. 537-556 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 17 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Salty Peter, pp. 557-594 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 18 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Big New Boss, pp. 595-637 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 19 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Foolish Gold, pp. 638-675 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 20 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Tight Blanket, pp. 676-699 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 21 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Long Haul, pp. 700-726 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 22 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Big Visit, pp. 727-748 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 23 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Thorny Days, pp. 749-770 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 24 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Thirsty Nights, pp. 771-801 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 25 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Solid Meat, pp. 802-825 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 26 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings), Laffing Nuggets, pp. 826-843 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 5 – Folder 27 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings) [photocopy], Chapter 1 – Drip Gas, p. 1; pp. 1-64 | 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 1 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings) [photocopy], Chapter 2 – Detour (1 of 2), pp. 65 – 134 | 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 2 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man: typescript (with editor’s markings) [photocopy], Chapter 2 – Detour (2 of 2), pp. 134A-182 | 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 3 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Drip Gas, pp. 1-43 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 4 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Squawling Fiddle, pp. 43-131 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 5 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Last Supper, pp. 133-208 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 6 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Rocky Run, pp. 212-308 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 7 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Windy Road, pp. 309-324 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 8 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Ranch Of The Sun, pp. 325-448 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 9 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Old Man Rio , pp. 449-456 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Note: | (see Box 5 – Folders 11-13 for pp. 458-493) | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 10 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Mud & Sticks, pp. 494-500 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 11 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Leather Books, pp. 501-516 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 12 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] High Rocks, pp, 517-536 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 13 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Moon Walking, pp. 537-556 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 14 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Salt Peter, pp. 557-594 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 15 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Big New Boss, pp. 595-637 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 16 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Foolish Gold, pp. 638-675 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 17 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Tight Blanket, pp. 676-699 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 18 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Long Haul, pp. 700-726 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 19 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Big Visit, pp. 727-748 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 20 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Thorny Days, pp. 749-770 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 21 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Thirsty Nights, pp. 771-801 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 22 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Solid Meat, pp. 802-825 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 23 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Laffing Nuggets, pp. 826-843 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
| Box 6 – Folder 24 | Study Butte/Seeds of Man [carbon copy] Study Butte , pp. 1-3 c. 1947-48, 1953 | c. 1947-48, 1953 |
SERIES 5: BROOKLYN STATE HOSPITAL MANUSCRIPTS
Note: See also Series 6: Plays/Scripts| Box 7 – Folder 40 | Brooklyn State Hospital manuscripts | July – August 1952 |
| Box 7 – Folder 41 | Brooklyn State Hospital manuscripts | August 1952 |
| Box 7 – Folder 42 | Brooklyn State Hospital manuscripts | August 1952 |
| Box 8 – Folder 1 -3 | Brooklyn State Hospital manuscripts | August – September 1952 |
| Box 8 – Folder 4 | “Dear Woody, Dear Marjorie: Dear Tony:” (pp. 1-124) | September 1952 |
| Box 8 – Folder 5 | Dear Woody, Dear Marjorie: Dear Tony:” (pp. 125-248) | September 1952 |
| Box 8 – Folder 6 | “Earth spins below us …” | 1952 |
| Box 8 – Folder 7 | Tweedle Atcheson & Tweedle Eden | November 1952 |
| Box 8 – Folder 9 | Florida manuscripts (thirteen items) | March – June 1953 |
| Box 8 – Folder 10 | Topanga Canyon manuscripts (five items) | August – October 1953 |
| Box 8 – Folder 11 | Arlo’s Whale; Documentary: French Canadian | 1953 |
| Box 9 – Folder 1 | Brooklyn State Hospital (Greystone) | 1955 |
| Box 9 – Folder 2 | Brooklyn State Hospital (Greystone) | 1953-1955 |
| Box 9 – Folder 3 | The Forsaken Bible | 1956 |
| Box 9 – Folder 4 | Brooklyn State Hospital (Greystone) | 1956-1957 |
| Box 9 – Folder 5 | Brooklyn State Hospital (Greystone) pt.1 | 1958 |
| Box 9 – Folder 6 | Brooklyn State Hospital (Greystone) pt.2 | 1958 |
SERIES 6: PLAYS / SCRIPTS
| Box 8 – Folder 12 | Buffalo Skinners | January 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 13 | Ranger’s Command | January 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 14 | Harriet Tubman | mid-March 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 15 | Furguson Brothers Killing | March 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 16 | Skybally | 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 17 | Bottom Doller | January 23, 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 18 | Big Super | January 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 19 | Billy The Kid | January 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 20 | Gypsy Davy | January 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 21 | My Whore | February 12, 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 22 | Tom Joad | February 14, 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 23 | Mathew Kimes | February 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 24 | Whaley Tail | February 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 25 | 1913 Massacre | c. April 10, 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 26 | Ludlow Massacre | mid-April 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 27 | Axeploited | April 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 28 | Pretty Boy Floyd | 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 29 | Public Debt | 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 30 | Worst Gun Battle | 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 31 | Songs of Struggle and Protest, pp. 1-117 | September 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 32 | Songs of Struggle and Protest, pp. 118-229, 261-267 (see also Manuscripts-2, Box 1 , Folder 28) | September 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 33 | “I think I listen my hardest and listen my loudest …” | October 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 34 | No Help Known | December 11, 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 35 | Seeds of Man | December 11, 1954 |
| Box 8 – Folder 36 | My Bible | December 31, 1954 |
SERIES 8: SHIP STORY
| Box 10 – Folder 1 | Ship Story Cover Envelope | |
| Box 10 – Folder 2 | Outline | |
| Box 10 – Folder 3 | The Story I will Tell (pp. 1-12) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 4 | Chapter II: Flashback (pp. 44- 122) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 5 | Inserts..Hoboken: The Will Bee | |
| Box 10 – Folder 6 | Baltimore (pp. 1-40) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 7 | Baltimore (pp. 1-13) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 8 | New Deal (pp. 1-51) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 9 | Baltimore (pp. 1-13) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 10 | Old Man (pp. 1-9) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 11 | Cactus Apples (pp. 1-30) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 12 | insert…Beauty’s Self | |
| Box 10 – Folder 13 | Ship Story [carbon copy] | |
| Box 10 – Folder 14 | insert…Hoboken | |
| Box 10 – Folder 15 | You Talk Soap (pp. 1-7) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 16 | Table of Contents | |
| Box 10 – Folder 17 | The Story I Will Tell (pp. 1-12) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 18 | Shelter Struck (pp. 1-43) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 19 | Flash Back (pp. 44- 122) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 20 | Seamans Papers (pp. 123-154) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 21 | The Will Bee (pp.155-207m) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 22 | Inserts…Hoboken: The Willy Bee | |
| Box 10 – Folder 23 | The Stuka (pp.1-4) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 24 | The Bomb (pp. 2- 15) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 25 | Newspaper (1, 3-4, 6) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 26 | Pantry Pranks (pp.1-6); Pranks in the Pantry (pp. 1-11) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 27 | Torpedoes (pp. 8-14) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 28 | Rock of Gib (pp. 1-14) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 29 | Eighteen Days (pp.1-10; 37-43); Eighteen Days (pp. 1-15); Eighteen Days (unnumbered) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 30 | “It Was a Rough Night” | |
| Box 10 – Folder 31 | You Talk Soap (pp. 1-4) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 32 | “Pat Walked Out of the Bunk Room…” | |
| Box 10 – Folder 33 | Conflicts | |
| Box 10 – Folder 34 | A Day on the Mediterranean (pp. 2-4) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 35 | “Around this ship…”; A Boy With A Tattooed Heart” | |
| Box 10 – Folder 36 | “Around This Ship” | |
| Box 10 – Folder 37 | The Story I Will Tell (pp. 11-13) ; sex scene/insert | |
| Box 10 – Folder 38 | The Order of the Chapters | |
| Box 10 – Folder 39 | Tin Cans and Tin Spoons (pp.50-52) | |
| Box 10 – Folder 40 | Sunset (pp. 1-2) |
SERIES 9: MISCELLANEOUS (MERCHANT MARINE, WWII, FAMILY, & OTHER WRITINGS)
| Box 1 – Folder 2 | eight items | 1940; 1940[?] |
| Box 1 – Folder 3.1 | The Railroad Cricket; The Singing Cricket; Dialogue — Sue and Teeny | January 30, 1941 |
| Box 1 – Folder 03.2 | “Every single human being…”; “Today is lonesome and sad…” | 1941[?] |
| Box 1- Folder 11 | Hard Hitting Songs By Hard Hit People | c. 1941 |
| Box 1 – Folder 12 | Union Show Troup | c. 1941 |
| Box 1 – Folder 13 | Woody Says….The Almanac Singers…. | c. 1941 |
| Box 1 – Folder 14.1 | Anybody;The Wide Awakes | March 13, 1942March 16, 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 14.2 | Motor Idling about Women (photocopy) | April 17, 1942 |
| Box 1 – Folder 14.3 | Railroad Cannon Ball Gazette;My Letter to The Dancers About A Letter to the World | July, 1942c. 1942 |
| Box 4 – Folder 61 | Foolish Gold | c. 1947-48 |
| Box 3 – Folder 43 | The Reckless Observer; loveless […..] | January 1, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 44 | The Bowery and Me | January 14, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 46 | Singing High Balladree | January 23, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 47 | Passports And Me | January 25, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 48 | Rozzy The Sea Girl | January 26, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 49 | My Best Songs | February 6, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 50 | seven items | Feb. 8- March 3, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 51 | Midnite Special | March 4, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 52 | eight items | March 5-14, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 53 | More Than Places; All of You | March 31, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 54 | Seaman’s Fone Call | March 21, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 55 | thirty items | May – June 23, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 56.1 | Three Ballads by Abraham Lincoln | June 24, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 56.2 | re: Cathy Guthrie, Phelps-Dodge strike | June 29, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 56.3 | Mike Quin Here’s A Tale A Feller Told Me (see also August 31, 1947 Manuscripts 2, Box 1 , Folder 14, Item 1) | August 17, 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 57 | ||
| Box 3 – Folder 58 | And More Talk | 1947 |
| Box 3 – Folder 59 | Cathy Ann Guthrie | |
| Box 3 – Folder 60 | 1947 | |
| Box 3 – Folder 22 | War Songs And Work Songs | c. 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 23 | World Hope | c. 1942 |
| Box 3 – Folder 24 | “Your words of wisdom” | June 10, 1943 |
| Box 4 – Folder 1 | “Seaman’s Union Radio”; “Hello Readers and Everybody on the Daily Worker Staff”; Dark Lit Wintery Night”; “It Has Always Been”; “People Are Words” [18 pages] | Nov. 3-29, 1943 |
| Box 4 – Folder 2 | Life¹s Other Side – Chapter 2 | 1943[?] |
| Box 4 – Folder 3 | “Easy To See”; “Odd Ones”; “For Your Own Good”; “MV John Erickson”; “Washing Dishes”; “What Is The Sea” [seven pages] | c. 1943-1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 4 | Words on these Waters; After the Fashion of Walt Whitman: I Go Singing Of Bellies; Gunners Card Game | March 11, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 05 | re “Songs by Leadbelly”; re Merchant Marine, D-Day; re Merchant Marine living, working conditions; Barn Loft; re folk music, WWII, politics | April 16, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 6 | Postage Stamp | July 19, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder07 | Folk Music | July 25, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 08 | Songs For Victory: music for political action | August 8, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 09 | Singing Troopship | August 30, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 10 | Train Smoke | September 26, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 11 | I’ve Got to Write A Wild Axe Handle Blues | October 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 12 | I Went By Myself; Pictures | October 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 13 | Cathy and Dinny | November 27, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 14 | WNEW – 1st Program | December 3, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 15 | Write It Right | December 14, 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 16 | eight items | 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 17 | Asch Recordings – liner notes[?] | 1944[?] |
| Box 4 – Folder 18 | Britain ‘s Hardwall | c. 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 19 | Folksay Album #1 | c. 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 20 | Folksay: Asch Album Number 432 | c. 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 21 | re the sea | c. 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 22.1 | three items | c. 1944 |
| Box 4 – Folder 22.2 | Ten Songs | c. 1944-45 |
| Box 4 – Folder 23.1 | six items | 1945; c. 1945 |
| Box 4 – Folder 23.2 | Cavalcade of American Song; WWII | |
| Box 4 – Folder | “The main thing is fun.” | |
| Box 4 – Folder 24 | seven items | March 13-17, 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 25 | Peoples Songs and Its People | March 19, 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 26 | On Ballad Singers | March 20, 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 27 | six items | March 25-31, 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 28 | fifteen items | April – May, 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 29 | Cathy Puts Sandman To Sleep | June 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 30 | Stackabones | June 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder | (with related correspondence) July-August 1946 | |
| Box 4 – Folder 31 | Songs, People, Papers … | September 1, 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 32 | five items | Sept – Nov., 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 33 | Child Sitting | Dec. 14, 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 34 | Me and Ingrid | Dec, 30, 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 35 | Big Papers Dig Own Graves | 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 36 | Hoodis | 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 37 | I Married A Dancer | 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 38.1 | My People | 1946 |
| Box 4 – Folder 38.2 | love story re dancer | c. 1946 |
| Box 7 – Folder 1 | “If all of the good things Cathy done…” | January 15, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 1 | Busting Bubbles | January 17, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 2 | Comics That Ain’t Funny | January 17, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 3 | It’s Not Because | January 19, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 3 | Ranian’s Finbow: A Letter to Pearly Lang. | January 25, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 3 | Baldness | January 24, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 3 | Nite of Love | January 26, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 3 | Pot of Life | January 29, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 3 | [oversize box The Seed of Man] | January 28,1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 3.1 | Love Letters | February 25, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 4 | High Balladry | February 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 5 | About Marjorie Mazia (Guthrie) (2 versions) | c. February 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 6 | How To Make Up A Balladsong And Get Away With It | March 8, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 7 | twenty-one items | March 15-26, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 8 | forty-two items | Mar. 30 – May 31, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 9 | three items | June 1-7, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 10 | Us Kids | June 8, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 10 | (with related correspondence) | (July 13, 1948) |
| Box 7 – Folder 11 | fifteen items | June 9-17, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 12 | eleven items | July 7-24, 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 13 | Songs To Grow On | July, August 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 14 | Ditzy Greenblatt pieces (four pieces by “Ditzy Greenblatt”) | July, August 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 15 | eighteen items | August-October 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 16 | six items | 1948 |
| Box 7 – Folder 17 | My Ideas About the Use of Peoples Songs in the Progressive Party Movement to Elect Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor | January 9, 11, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 18 | My Ideas About the Use of Peoples Songs in the Progressive Party: Movement to Elect Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor (ms. submitted to Peoples Songs, with editors’ note) [item sent by Pete Seeger to Harold Leventhal, 1990] | January 9, 11, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 19 | fourteen items | Jan. 11 – May 9, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 20 | Presidents For Peaceful Peace | May 11, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 21 | Dirty Dishes | May 16, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 22 | The Maddox Brothers & Rose | May 20, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 23.1 | twenty-seven items | May 24 – June 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 23.2 | Ethnic Folkway Library — record reviews | May – June 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 24 | The People Of The United States vs. Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie in regard to: Obscene Letters mailed to: Mary Ruth Crissman, Orland, California – A Statement Of The Facts | July 6, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 25 | re “old hurried notes” | July 19, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 26 | To Emma Lazarus [oversize box My Man; Out of Work July 31, 1949] | July 22, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 27 | Lock Jaw | July 31, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 27 | New London Lady | August 12, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 28 | Cowboy Ranch (with cover letter) (November 24, 1949) | September 19, 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 29 | Little Thoughts About Atoms | September 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 30 | Day Lost | 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 30 | “These are all things I don’t know…” | 1949 |
| Box 7 – Folder 31 | four items | 1950 |
| Box 7 – Folder 32 | three items | 1951 |
| Box 7 – Folder 33 | five items | February – March 1952 |
| Box 7 – Folder 34 | Funny Money | c. April 14, 1952 |
| Box 7 – Folder 35 | Damp Eyes | April 17, 1952 |
| Box 7 – Folder 36 | Seeds of Man | April 17, 1952 |
| Box 7 – Folder 37 | Some More Alcohol | April 26, 1952 |
| Box 7 – Folder 38 | Alcohol And Me And All of You Around Okemah | April 1952 |
| Box 7 – Folder 39 | Kings County Hospital writings | July 1952 |