Musical work
singer-songwriter and folk musician. Instruments recorded in the collection: guitar; harmonica; fiddle; banjo; mandolin. Genres: folk; protest; country; traditional.
Evidence and identity
LOC and Guthrie Foundation sources agree on Okemah birth; OHS article supplies Oklahoma childhood context
Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson
OHS describes Okemah birth, childhood, early singing, and instrument learning.
Woody Guthrie portrait
LOC record identifies the 1943 World Telegram staff portrait and provides a no-known-restrictions advisory for NYWT&S staff photographs.
Woody Guthrie Birthplace
LOC record identifies the Okemah birthplace documentation and states no known restrictions on U.S. government images, while warning that copied material may be restricted.
Oklahoma Guthrie Woody House: Withdrawn
NARA search result identifies an item in Okfuskee County with folk-music significance and a Woody Guthrie house title.
Woody Guthrie half-length portrait with guitar
LOC catalog record gives 1943 date and the advisory no known restrictions on publication for NYWT&S staff photographs; LOC also says it generally does not own rights.
Sources
Related source accounts
These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.