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THE PEOPLE'S SONG LIBRARY COLLECTION

Papers, 1940-1970

30 Boxes

Accession Number 452 L.C. Number MS

The People's Song Library Collection was placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in February of 1971 by of Sing Out, Inc., and was opened for research in June of 1971. Additional papers were processed and opened for research in March of 1984.

Part one of The People's Song Library Collection is comprised of songs col- lected by the from 1941 to 1943; People's Songs, Inc., from 1946 to 1949; People's Artists, Inc., from 1950 to 1957; and Sing Out, Inc., from 1958 to 1970. Part two contains clippings, correspondence and other pub- lished materials from the years 1945 to 1964 relating to folk song topics.

The Almanacs was a loosely organized group of folksingers based in from 1941 to 1942. In 1942, a splinter group left to form the Detroit Alma- nacs, which continued to perform until February of 1943. The major collec- ting and singing interest of the Almanacs was labor songs.

People's Songs, Inc., was organized in December of 1945 to collect, publish, and promote folksongs, particularly labor and protest songs, though many traditional folksongs were also collected. In addition to publishing the Bulletin of People's Songs, the group also published broadsides and song- books and sponsored . Pete served as National Director until People's Songs was dissolved in 1949.

In 1950, People's Artists, Inc., (originally a booking agency for People's Songs), was formed to continue the work of People's Songs. People's Artists published Sing Out! magazine (1950 to the present), sponsored many hoote- nannies and concerts, and founded Records. served as Executive Director of People's Artists and Editor of Sing Out! from 1950 until the bankruptcy of People's Artists in 1956. People's Artists was also based in New York.

Sing Out was incorporated in 1957 to continue the publication of Sing Out! magazine, with Irwin Sibler continuing as editor. The song-collecting empha- sis shifted somewhat away from labor songs to civil rights songs. -2- The People's Song Library Collection

Important subjects are:

Almanac Singers IWW American Youth for Democracy Leftist Movement of 1940's Civil Rights Lumberjacks CIO Mining Communism New Deal Cuban Revolution Pacifist Movement Election Songs of 1940's Rosenberg Trial Farmers' Union Folksong - Topical Unemployment Folksong - Traditional Union Organizing Songs Hootenannies Wallace, Henry A. Integration World War II ILGWU

Among the songwriters and correspondents are:

Allan, Lewis Ledbetter, Huddie "Leadbelly" Badeaux, Ed Lomax, Alan Casetta, Mario "Boots" MacColl, Ewan Copland, Aaron Ochs, Phil Cunningham, Agnes "Sis" Ogan, Sarah Dunson, Josh Partlow, Vern Dusenbery, Emma Paxton, Tom Guthrie, Woody Reynolds, Malvina Hays, Lee Robinson, Earl Hill, Joe Seeger, Peggy Hille, Waldemar Seeger, Pete Horton, Zilphia Segal, Edith Jackson, "Aunt Molly" Silber, Irwin Justus, May Terry, Sonny Lampell, Millard White, Josh

Non-manuscript Material; Approximately 15 photographs and negatives, and 2 recordings relating to and folk artists have been placed in the Archives Audio-Visual Collection. -3- The People's Song Library Collection

Part 1

Folder Inventory

Series I - Scores, Topical and Labor Songs

Box 1 1-29 - Topical Songs - A-G

Box 2 1-20 - Topical Songs - H-N

Box 3 1-21 - Topical Songs - 0-S

Box 4 1-17 - Topical Songs - T-Z 18-19 - Topical Songs - Miscellaneous Songbooks 20-21 - Topical Songs - Miscellaneous Songsheets

Box 5 1-21 - Labor Songs - A-R

Box 6 1-14 - Labor Songs - S-Z 15-17 - Labor Songs - Miscellaneous Songsheets 18-20 - Labor Songs - Songbooks

Box 7 1-2 - American Student Union Songsheets 3 - American Youth Congress Songsheets 4-5 - American Youth for Democracy Songsheets 6 - Antigua Song 7 - Asian Songs 8-10 - Australian Songs 11 - Berkeley Free Speech Movement Songs 12 - British Songs 13 - British Labor Songbooks 14 - British Mining Songs 15-16 - British Theatre Songs 17 - British Youth Songs 18 - Canadian Songs 19 - Chicago Commons Songbook 20 - Civil War Songs 21 - Cuban Songs 22 - Election Songs (Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln) 23 - Election Songs, 1944 (Dewey, Thomas E.) 24 - Election Songs, 1946 25 - Election Songs, 1946 (American Labor Party)

Box 8 1 - Election Songs, 1948 (Wallace, Henry A., Inventory) 2-9 - Election Songs, 1948 (Wallace, A-Z, from Inventory) 10-15 - Election Songs, 1948 (Wallace, A-Z) 16 - Election Songs, 1948 (Wallace, Songbooks, Songsheets) 17 - Election Songs, 1949 (ALP) 18 - Election Songs, 1950 (O'Brien, Walter A.) 19 - Election Songs, 1952 (Hallinan and Bass) 20 - Election Songs, 1954, 1956 21 - Election Songs, 1964 ("Let's Get Back Johnson Folksong Book") 22 — Election Songs, Canadian 23 - Election Songs, Recent, Special -4- The People's Song Library Collection

Box 9 1 - Farmers' Alliance and Grange 2-3 - Farmers' Hard Times Songs 4 - Farmers' Labor Party 5 - Farmers' Union and Strike Songs 6 - Farmers' Union Songbooks 7 - Farmers' Union Songsheets 8 - FTA-CIO Songs 9 - Freedom 10 - French Topical Songs 11 - German Topical Songs 12 - Hard Times Songs 13 - Hollywood Strike Songs, 1946 14 - Integration 15 - ILGWU Songbooks 16 - ILGWU Songsheets 17 - IWW Songs, Correspondence 18 - Jewish Song 19 - Mining Hard Times and Striking Songs 20 - Minnesota Sings for Peace 21-22 - Mixed, Miscellaneous Songs 23 - Negro Songs 24 - Negro Songs of Protest (Larry Gellert Collection)

Box 10 1-2 - New Deal 3 - Office of Price Administration 4-5 - Pacifist Movement (Pre-World War II) 6 - Peekskill Riot, 1949 7 - Philippine Topical Songs 8 - Picketline Wordsheet (People's Song Broadsides) 9 - Platnum Strike Songs, 1938

10 - Puerto Rico Songs 11 - Restaurant Signs 12 - Rosenberg Songs 13 - Russia 14 - Russian Revolution Song 15-19 - Spanish Civil War 20 - Union Calls 21 - United Federal Workers of America Songsheets 22 - War, Soldiers 23 - 24-27 - World War II - A-D

Box 11 1-17 - World War II - E-Z 18 - World War II - Songbooks 19-20 - World War II - Songsheets 21 - Young Communist League 22 - Young Pioneer Songsheets 23 - Youth Festival Songs 24-25 - Youth Songs 26 - Youth Songsheets -5- The People's Song Library Collection

Series II - Scores, Traditional and Popular Songs

Box 12 1-28 - Traditional Songs - A-G

Box 13 1-27 - Traditional Songs - H-0

Box 14 1-26 - Traditional Songs - P-Z

Box 15 1 - Traditional Songs - Australia 2 - Traditional Songs - Boy Scouts Songs 3 - Traditional Songs - Campfire Songs 4 - Traditional Songs - Children's Songs 5 - Traditional Songs - Christmas Songs 6 - Traditional Songs - Christmas Songbooks 7 - TraditionalSongs - Early American Songs (Brown University Collection) 8 - Traditional Songs - English 9 - Traditional Songs - Hawaii and Pacific 10 - Traditional Songs - Irish Songbooks 11 - Traditional Songs - Mixed Songs 12 - Traditional Songs - Negro-Creole 13 - Traditional Songs - Religious Music

Box 16 1-10 - Popular Songs - A-Z

Series III - Scores, Songs of Songwriters and Collectors

Box 17 1-6 - Allan, Lewis 7 - Almanac Singers - Inventory of Songs 8-9 - Almanac Singers – Peace 10-12 - Almanac Singers - Union 13-16 - Almanac Singers – War 17-18 - Almanac Singers – Miscellaneous 19 - Almanac Singers – Songbooks 20 - Almanac Singers - Songsheets

Box 18 1 - Anderson, Eric 2 - Bexar, Frank 3 - Blair Collection 4-5 - Blitzstein, Marc 6 - Burns, Robert 7 - Casetta, Mario "Boots" 8 - Comeau, Bill 9 - Copland, Aaron 10 - Cunningham, Agnes "Sis" 11-12 - Drochetz, Joe 13-15 - Dusenbery, Emma 16 - Garland, Jim 17 - , Jackie 18 - Grossfahrt, Lieder Der, "Sweibe Straben" 19 -24 - Guthrie, Woody 25 - Guthrie, Woody - "FDH Songs" 26 - Guthrie, Woody - "Peekskill Songs" -6- The People's Song Library Collection

Box 19 1 - Handcox, John 2 - Harvard Collection of Topical Songs 3-9 - Hays, Lee 10 - Highlander Folk School Songbook 11-12 - Hill, Joe 13-21 - Hille, Waldemar 22 - Huseein, Rashed

Box 20 1 - Jackson, "Aunt Molly" 2 - Jefferson School of Social Science Songsheets 3 - Ledbetter, Huddie "Leadbelly" 4 - Lowenfels, Walter 5 - MacColl, Ewan and 6 - Marrs, Ernie 7 - Ogan, Sarah 8 - Partlow, Vern 9 - Patrick, Bobbie 10 - Paxton, Tom 11-15 - Relin, Lou 16 - Reynolds, Malvina 17-22 - Robinson, Earl 23-26 - Rome, Harold 27 - Seeger, Pete 28 - Tchaivkovsky for the 29 - Tucson Folksingers Songbook 30 - Unidentified Collection 31 - Whitcomb, Ian 32 - Wood, Martin

Series IV - Concerts, Festivals, Folksong Clubs

Box 21 1 - National Folk Festival (1937) 2 - Concert (December 23, 1938) 3 - Hootenanny Songbook (1947) 4 - Miscellaneous Hootenannies (1945-1948) 5 - Midsummer Hootenanny (August 26, 1949) 6 - Peace on Earth Hootenanny (December 24, 1949) 7 - Miscellaneous Hootenannies (1949) 8 - Walk Along Together Hootenanny (February 24, 1950) 9 - Spring Fever Hootenanny (April 21, 1950) 10 - One World Hootenanny (June 17, 1950) 11 - Miscellaneous Hootenannies (1950) 12 - Freedom Festival (September 1951) 13 - Union Hootenanny (October 6, 1951) 14 - Thanksgiving Hootenanny (November 1951) 15 - Miscellaneous Hootenannies (1951) 16 - North Star Hootenanny (February 1952) 17 - Spring Fever Hootenanny (May 4, 1952) 18 - Children's and Sing Out Hootenannies (May 24, 1952) 19 - Gus Hall Birthday Celebration (October 1952) 20 - Thanksgiving Hootenanny (1952) 21 - Christmas Hootenanny (December 24, 1952) 22 - Miscellaneous Hootenannies (1952) -7- The People's Song Library Collection

Box 21 23 - Get on Board Hootenanny (February 7, 1953) (cont.) 24 - All Fools Hootenanny (April 4, 1953) 25 - Bill of Rights Hootenanny (June 6, 1953) 26 - Songbook Hootenanny (September 26, 1953) 27 - Christmas Eve Hootenanny (December 24, 1953) 28 - Bronx Sobell Concert (February 6, 1954) 29 - Labor Youth League Convention Show (February 19, 1954) 30 - Recording Hootenanny (April 3, 1954) 31 - Flip-Side Hootenanny (April 24, 1954) 32 - Summer Is A-Comin' In Hootenanny (June 19, 1954) 33 - Hootenanny (September 25, 1954) 34 - Bartok Concert (1954) 35 - Les Pine Farewell (October 30, 1954) 36 - Wyandot Sing-Festival (December 5, 1954) 37 - Christmas Eve Hootenanny (December 24, 1954) 38 - American-Roumanian Concert (January 23, 1955) 39 - All Fools Hootenanny (April 2, 1955) 40 - American-Roumanian Concert (April 23, 1955)

Box 22 1 - Spring Fever Hootenanny (May 14, 1955) 2 - Lift Every Voice (May 25, 1955) 3 - National Folk Festival (1955) 4 - Hootenanny (September 24, 1955) 5 - Memorial Concert (November 19, 1955) 6 - New Year's Eve Hootenanny (December 31, 1955) 7 - Freedom Hootenanny (February 18, 1956) 8 - News Hootenanny (April 14, 1956) 9 - Hootenanny (June 16, 1956) 10 - Hootenanny (September 29, 1956) 11 - Hungarian Concert (1956) 12 - Holiday Hootenanny (December 22, 1956) 13 - Hootenanny with , etc. (April 19, 1957) 14 - School's Out Hootenanny (June 21, 1957) 15 - Hootenanny (September 13, 1957) 16 - Carnegie Hall Hootenanny (October 11, 1957) 17 - Thanksgiving Hootenanny (November 30, 1957) 18 - Midnight Special Hootenanny (February 22, 1958) 19 - A Folk Song Hootenanny (September 19, 1958) 20 - Gateway Singers Concert (December 24, 1958) 21 - National Folk Festival (1959) 22 - Carnegie Hall Hootenanny (September 19, 1959) 23 - Humming Bird Carnival (1959) 24 - Humming Bird Carnival (1960) 25 - National Folk Festival (June 1960) 26 - Carnegie Hall Hootenanny (October 14, 1960) 27 - Carnegie Hall Hootenanny (September 16, 1961) 28 - Folk Festival (May 1961) 29 - Carnegie Hall Hootenanny (September 22, 1962) 30 - National Folk Festival (May 1963) 31 - Pete Seeger Tour (1963) 32 - Songwriters Workshop (1964) 33 - Folksong Clubs 34 - Coffee Houses 35 - "On the Town" Program 36 - Kohler Local 833 Chorus -8- The People's Song Library Collection

Series V - Books and Articles on Folksong, Other

Box 23 1 - American Labor 2 - Carawan, Guy 3 - 4 - Debs, Eugene V. - "The Social Revolution" 5 - Denisoff, R. Serge - "Folk Music and 'UnAmericanism'" 6 - Felsenstein, Lee - "Folk Music and the Free Speech Movement" 7 - "Folk Lore" (December 1965) 8 - Folk Music - General 9 - Folk Process 10 - Folksong 11 - Gospel 12 - Green, Archie - "Stevedore Songs" 13-28 - Guthrie, Woody, and Pete Seeger - "Hard- Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People"

Box 24 1 - Keating, Sen. Kenneth B. - "Mine Enemy, the Folksinger" 2 - Marrs, Ernie - "The Art of Artless Rhyme" 3 - Miscellaneous Articles 4-5 - National Folk Festival 6 - "On Folksongs" 7 - Racism 8 - Schlecker, James - "South of the Ballot" 9 - Seeger, Pete - "Reports from the Marianas" 10 - Subversives, etc. 11 - Theatre, Left 12 - Walker, Rev. Wyatt Tee - "The Negro Spiritual and the Freedom Movement in the South" 13 - Washington Square

Series VI - People's Songs, People's Artists, Sing Out!

Box 25 1 - People's Songs, Inc. 2 - People's Songs Broadsides (Inventory) 3 - People's Songs Broadsides (Unnumbered) 4-5 - People's Songs Broadsides (Nos. 1-50) 6 - People's Artists Publications 7 - People's Artists Tape Recording Project 8 - People's Artists Hootenanny Records (Business, Financial) 9 - People's Artists Hootenanny Records (Released Announcements) 10-12 - People's Artists Hootenanny Records Royalty Statements 13 - Sing Out! Inc. 14 - Sing Out! Magazine - General 15 - Sing Out! Magazine - Editorial Board 16 - Sing Out! Magazine - Photography 17 - Sing Out! Magazine - Subscription Exchange 18-21 - Sing Out! Magazine - Breakdown Column (June-December, 1965) 22 - Sing Out! Magazine - What's Happening Column 23 - Sing Out! Magazine - Contributor Correspondence (1964-1967) 24 - Sing Out! Magazine - Correspondence, 15th Anniversary Issue, 1966 25 - Sing Out! Magazine - Correspondence (1961-1966, undated) -9- The People's Song Library Collection

Box 25 26 - Sing Out! Magazine - Reader Correspondence, re: (cont.) 27 - Sing Out! Magazine - Correspondence, re: Sarah Gunning

Box 26 Partial Index to Songs and Songwriters The People's Song Library Collection

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Part 2

Series VII Folk Music Publications 1945-1964 Boxes 27-30

Clippings, broadsides, correspondence, and other materials concerning folk music and related topics mainly covering the years 1961 to 1964. There is information about folk artists, songs, performances, records, books, and the development of folk music from varied sources including the periodicals Sing Out, Notes, and New York Folklore Quarterly. Files are arranged alphabetically.

Box 27

1. African Music, 1959-62 2. The Almanac Singers, Jun 1962 3. American Indian Music, Dance and Lore, 1950-64 4. Anderson, Casey, 19 Apr 1963 5. Ashley, Clarence, "Tom", 4 May 1962 6. Badeaux, Ed, 1961-63 7. Baez, Joan C., 1962-64 8. Baldwin, James, Author, Spring 1964 9. Barker, Horton, 1963 10. Beers, "Fiddler" and Evelyne, 1961 11. Blackwell, Francis, "Scrapper", 11 Oct 1962 12. Blitzstein, Marc, 1964 13. , General, 1961-64 14. The , 1961-64 15. The Blue Sky Boys, 30 Apr. 1964 16. Book Reviews, General, 1958-64 17. Boggs, Dock, 1964 18-20. Botkin, Ben, Author, 1944-63 21. Brecht, Bertolt, 1963 22. Broadside , 1963 23. Burns, Robert, Author, 1958 24. Cage, Joe, Author, 1961-62 25. Calypso, 1959 26. Carawan, Guy, Author, 1964 27. Carter Family, 1961-64 28. Charles, Ray, Jan 1964 29. Charters, Sam, Author, 1960-64 30. Child, Francis James and the Child Ballads, 1958-64 31. Chinese Music, 1961-64 32. and , 1961-63 33. Coffin, Tristram, Author, 1958-63 34. Cohen, John, Author, 1960-64 35. Collins, Judy, 1964 36. Commercialism and Folk Music 37. Country and Western, General, 1961-63 38. Courlander, Harry, Author, 1950-64 39. Crofut, Bill, Author, 1962-64 40. Cunningham, Sis, Author, 1963 41. Dane, Barbara, 1964 42. Delp, Joanne, 1963 43. Dobson, Bonnie, 1962-63 44. Driftwood, Jimmie, 1963 The People's Song Library Collection

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Box 27 cont'd.

45. Eisler, Hans, 1962 46. Dylan, Bob, 1961-64 47. Edmundson, Bud and Travis, 1963-64 48. Edwards, George

Box 28

1. Elliott, Jack, "Ramblin", 1962 2. , British, 1958-63 3. Estes, John, "Sleepy", 1962-64 4. Films, 1963-64, 1953 5. Finkelstein, Sydney, 1952, 1960 6. Flatt and Scruggs, 1962-64 7. Folk Dance, 1950-64 8. Folk Festivals, 1945-64 9. Folk Instruments, 1959-64 10. Folk Music, General, 1957-63 11. Folk Toys, 1960 12. Folkway Records, Correspondence, 1956-61 13. , Songs and Activities, 1961-64 14. French Folk Songs, 1955-64 15. Fuller, Blind Boy, 30 Nov 1962 16. Fuller, Jessee, "Lonecat", 1962-63 17. German Music, 1958 18. Glazer, Joe, 1962 19. Gill, Geula, 1963 20. The Golden Gate Quartet 21. The Greenbriar Boys 22. Greenhill, Manny, Theatrical Manager, Dec 1963 23. Guthrie, Woody, 1961-63 24. Hall, Vera, Jul 1964 25. Hammond, John Jr. 26. Hatt, Nathan, Mar 1963 27. Hawes, Bess Lomax, Teacher, Writer, 1961 28. , Legend of, 11 Apr 1964 29. Henske, Judy, 1964 30. Hillstrom, Joseph, "Joe Hill", Jun 1964 31. "Hootenanny", ABC, 1963 32. Hootenannies, Real and Otherwise, 1957-63 33. Hopkins, Sam, "Lightnin", 1960-63 34. Houston, Cisco, 1961 35. Hurt, Mississippi John, 1963-64 36. Hymns and Religious Music, 1960-63 37. The Ice House, Pasadena 38. Industrial and Mining Songs 39. Irish Songs, Heroes and Lore, 1959-64 40. Ives, Burl, 1950

Box 29

1. Japanese Music, 1957-63 2. Jewish Songs and Lore, 1950-58 3. Jones, Grandpa, 1963-64 4. Jug Bands, 1963-64 5. Kennedy, John, Victory Song The People's Song Library Collection

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Box 29 cont'd

6. 7. Kolinski, Mieczyslaw, Author, May 1957 8. LaFarge, Peter, Aug 1963 9. Leach, Dr. MacEdward, 5 Apr 1962 10. Ledbetter, Huddie, "Leadbelly", 1963 11. 12. Lipscomb, Mance, Jan 1964 13. Lloyd, A. L., Author, 1961-64 14. Lomax, Alan, 1951-64 15. Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 1962-65 16. "Lyrics and Legends," WILL-TV, 9 Oct 1963 17. McColl, Ewan and Peggy Seeger, 1961 18. Macon, Uncle Dave, 1963 19. McGhee, Brownie and , Nov 1961 20. Mills, Alan, 1960-61 21. The Chad Mitchell Trio, 1963-64 22. Monroe, Bill, 1963-64 23. Morton, Jelly Roll, Jun 1959, 13 Feb 1964 24. Murphy, Owen, 18 Dec 1965 25. Music Reviews, 1958-62 26. Negro Music - Gospel and , 1957-64 27. Nelson, Paul, Colunmist 28. Nettl, Bruno, Author, 1957-64 29. , 1962 30. Niles, John Jacob, 1962 31. Ochs, Phil, Apr 1963 32. , 1963 33. Old Harp Singers, 24 May 1963 34. People's Songs, Index to Bulletin 35. Performances, Announcements, 1962-64 36. Peter Paul and Mary, 1962-64 37. Proffitt, Frank, 1963 38. Rameau, Jean-Philippe, Composer, Dec 1960, Jun 1962 39. Ramsey, Frederic, Author, 1960-61 40. Record Reviews, 1957-64 41. Redpath, Jean, 1962 42. Reynolds, Malvina, 1961-63 43. Riddle, Almeda, 30 Apr 1964 44. Ring Dances, Josey Songs 45. Ritchie, Jean, 1963-64 46. Robertson, Eck, 1963-64

Box 30

1. Robinson, Earl, Author, Composer, 1952-64 2. Roderick, Judy, Oct-Dec 1963 3. Rubin, Ruth, Author, 1954-63 4. Rush, Tom, 1963 5. Russian Music, 1961-64 6. Sachs, Curt, Musicologist, May 1951, Jan 1961 7. Sanders, Betty, Jun 1953 8. Schlamme, Martha, 1963 9. Sea Shanties, 1961-62 10. Seeger, Mike, 1960-64 11. Seeger, Pete, 1953-64 The People's Song Library Collection

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Box 30 cont'd

12. Segovia, Andres, 1963 13. Sharp, Cecil, 1959-61 14. Silber, Irwin, Author, 1960-63 15. Silverman, Jerry, Author, 1960 16. Slim, Memphis, 1961 17. Smith, Hobart at University of I11., 7 Oct 1963 18. Smith, Jay, Columnist 19. , Negro and White, 1960-62 20. Spoelstra, Mark, 1963 21. The Stoneman Family, 24 May 1963 22. Strauss, Richard, 1959-63 23. Studer, Norman, Author, 1956-61 24. Thompson, Harold, New York Folklore Quarterly, Autumn 1958 25. Topical Songs, General, 1952-64 26. Topical Songs of the 60's, 1963-64 27. Tyrrell, William G., Colunmist, Autumn 1958 28. VanRonk, Dave, 1963-64 29. Warsaw Ghetto, Songs of the, 1963 30. Washington, Jackie, 1963-64 31. Waters, Muddy, Jul 1964 32. Watson, Arthel, "Doc", 1963-64 33. , 1952-63 34. West, Hedy, 1962-64 35. White, Josh, 1964 36. Williams, Big Joe, 1962-64 37. Williams, Ralph Vaughan, 1958-63 38. Williamson, Sonny Boy, Jul 1964 39. Yevtushenko, Yergeny, Folk Poet, 1963 40. Young, Israel G., Columnist, 1960-64 41. Yurchenco, Henrietta, Author, 1962-1964