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Woody GuthrieLegacy
Kurt Andersen and Nora Guthrie, Executive Director of the Woody Guthrie Archives*, talk about nurturing an artist's legacy.

Martha Graham
The dance company bearing its pioneering founder's name struggles to keep her work alive. Produced by Jeff Lunden.
Go to the Martha Graham Center website
Go to the Martha Graham Dance Company website
Go to the Martha Graham Legacy NY Times feature
Go to Time Magazine profile of Martha Graham
Go to Dance Magazine

Franz Liszt
The flamboyant performer and composer left us his remarkable music, and also elevated musicians from servants to stars. Produced by Sara Fishko.
Go to a Franz Liszt website

Charlotte Salomon
The groundbreaking work of this remarkable artist is captivating viewers nearly 60 years after her death at Auschwitz at the age of 26. Produced by Donna Gallers.
Go to the Jewish Museum's website
Go to Jewish HIstorical Museum, Amsterdam's website
Go to Women Writing the Holocaust website

SPECIAL GUESTS
Arthur CarterNora Guthrie
Nora Guthrie is the daughter of folk music legend Woody Guthrie, and executive director of the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives*. She is also the curator of the current Smithsonian traveling exhibition, "This Land is Your Land", which looks at Woody's life, legacy, and his lasting influence American music and culture. She is the driving force behind "Mermaid Avenue" and "Mermaid Avenue II," the acclaimed collaborative albums by Billy Bragg and Wilco of her father's unrecorded lyrics. (Photo credit: Pamela Stanfield)
Go to the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives
Go to "This Land is Your Land" exhibit website

*The Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives is located at 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1218, New York, NY 10107. For more information about Woody Guthrie or to schedule a visit to the Woody Guthrie Archives please call 212-541-6230 or visit our web site at www.woodyguthrie.org




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Design for the Real World
Washing Machine. Prototype designs from the 1800's, which not only scrubbed clothes, but churned butter and made sausage too. Produced by Michael May.


Rub 'n' wash (1872)
Courtesy of the Texas Memorial Museum
Go to the Texas Memorial Museum website



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