Woody Guthrie Center
| Established | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Location |
Tulsa, Oklahoma  |
| Type | Biographical museum |
| Director | Deana McCloud [1] |
| Website | woodyguthriecenter.org |
The Woody Guthrie Center is a public museum and archive located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that is dedicated to the life and legacy of American folk musician and singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie.
The Woody Guthrie Center is located at 102 East Brady St. in Tulsa's Brady Arts District. It features an interactive museum where the public may view musical instruments used by Guthrie, samples of his original artwork, notebooks and lyrics in his own handwriting, and photographs and historical memorabilia that illustrate his life, music, and political activities. Visitors may also view a short biographical film and listen to samples of his music and that of other artists who were influenced and inspired by Guthrie. Various folk music events are sponsored by the Center.[2]
The Woody Guthrie Archives, which is the world's largest collection of material relating to Guthrie's life,[3] are housed on-site in a climate-controlled facility that is partially visible through windows from the public museum area. The archives contain manuscripts, lyrics, correspondence, artwork, scrapbooks, musical recordings, books, and photographs, and are open to researchers by appointment.[4]
The Woody Guthrie Center officially opened on April 27, 2013[5] after the archives were acquired by the Tulsa-based George Kaiser Foundation. Previously, the archives were owned by the Woody Guthrie Foundation, which was headed by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie.[6]
In September 2014, Meegan Lee Ochs announced that she was donating the archives of her father, singer-songwriter Phil Ochs, to the Center. Ochs was heavily influenced by Guthrie, and was a troubadour and social activist in his own right. The donation of notebooks, photographs, videotapes, and other memorabilia will be the first collection included in the center from an artist other than Guthrie.[7]
References
- ↑ "Staff Contact - Woody Guthrie Center".
- ↑ "Center - Woody Guthrie Center".
- ↑ 3rd Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship Program Opens, BMI News, September 21, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
- ↑ "Archives - Woody Guthrie Center".
- ↑ Tulsa World. . April 21, 2013. Retrieved on April 22, 2013.
- ↑ New York Times. . December 28, 2011. Retrieved on April 22, 2013.
- ↑ Kozinn, Allan (5 September 2014). "Phil Ochs Archives Go to Woody Guthrie Center". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 September 2014.