Note: Photographs are indicated by italics.

A

albums, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

Army Corps of Engineers

Asch, Moe, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1

B

Back Where I Come From, 1.1, 4.1, 4.2

“Ballad of Jackhammer John,” 8.1, bm.1

Ballads from the Dust Bowl, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1

Banks, Frank A., 3.1

Bennett, Ralph, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1

“Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done,” prf.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, bm.1

Bonneville Dam, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1

Bonneville Power

Administration, 6.1

anti-public-power backlash, 8.1, 9.1

creation of, 1.1, 3.1, 5.1

hiring of Guthrie, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 6.1

promotion of public power, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

war effort, 1.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1

See also Columbia River songs; Kahn, Stephen

Bound for Glory (Guthrie), 1.1, 2.1

Buehler, Elmer, prf.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1

Burke, J. Frank, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

C

Cahill, Holger, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Celilo Falls, 6.1, 6.2

Clapp, Billy

Cold War, 4.1, 8.1, 9.1

Columbia: America’s Greatest Power Stream, The, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

Columbia River Collection, The, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

Columbia River songs, fm4.1, prf.1, 9.1, 9.2

on The Columbia soundtrack, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1

discography

Guthrie’s writing of

popularization of

recordings of, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1

research on, by Murlin, prf.1, 8.1

“Columbia Talkin’ Blues,” 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, bm.1

“Columbia Waters,” 8.1, bm.1

Communist Party, 2.1, 5.1, 9.1

copyrights

Corn Cob Trio

Crissman, Maxine “Lefty Lou,” 1.1, 2.1, 2.2

D

Dalles Dam, The, 6.1, 6.2

“Do Re Mi,”

Dunn, Donald

Dust Bowl

See also migrant farmers

Dust Bowl Ballads, 4.1, 4.2

Dylan, Bob

E

“Eleckatricity and All,” 6.1, 9.1, bm.1

electricity. See hydroelectricity

Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

“End of My Line,” 6.1, 7.1, bm.1

F

farmers, migrant. See migrant farmers

Farm-in-a-Day demonstration project

Farm Security Administration (FSA), 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2

Federal Art Project, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Federal One (Federal Project No. 1), 5.1, 5.2

Federal Theatre Project, 5.1, 5.2

folk art, 1.1, 5.1

folk music, 4.1, 8.1

Forrest Theatre concert, 4.1, 4.2

G

Geer, Will, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2

“God Bless America,”

“Good Morning, Mr. Captain.” See “Columbia Waters”

Grand Coulee Dam, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1

construction of, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1

Guthrie’s support for, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

See also Bonneville Power Administration; hydroelectricity; irrigation project

“Grand Coulee Dam” (song), 2.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, bm.1

“Grand Coulee Powder Monkey,” 8.1, bm.1

Grange, the, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1

Grapes of Wrath, The (Steinbeck), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1

Great Depression, 1.1, 5.1, 5.2

Guthrie, Charley (father), 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

Guthrie, Clara (sister), 2.1, 2.2

Guthrie, Jack (cousin)

Guthrie, Mary (wife), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2

Guthrie, Nora (mother), 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Guthrie, Woody

birth and early life in Okemah, Oklahoma, 2.1, 2.2

in Columbia, California

in Dust Bowl

hired for BPA film project, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 6.1

illness and death, 8.1, 8.2

leftist politics, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 9.1

legend, growth of

in Los Angeles, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

in New York City, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2

in Pampas, Texas, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

radio programs, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.1

support for Columbia River projects, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

World War II, 2.1, 6.1, 7.1

See also Columbia River songs; migrant farmers

“Guys on the Grand Coulee Dam,” 6.1, 8.1, bm.1

H

Hanford Site

“Hard Travelin’,” 1.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, bm.1

Here Comes Woody and Lefty Lou, 2.1, 2.2

Houston, Cisco

Hydro, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1

hydroelectricity, 1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1

“hysterical maps,” 5.1, 5.2

I

irrigation project, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

“It Takes a Married Man to Sing a Worried Song,” 6.1, 8.1, bm.1

J

“Jackhammer Blues,” 3.1, 6.1, 8.1, bm.1

K

Kahn, Stephen, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 9.1

KFVD radio station, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1

L

“Liberty ships,” 1.1, 1.2, 7.1

Light

Lomax, Alan, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1

Lomax, John A., 4.1, 4.2

Lorentz, Pare

Loring, Michael, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 9.1

Lost Lake, 6.1, 6.2

“Lumber Is King,” 8.1, bm.1

M

Macnab, Gordon

Meacham, Merle

migrant farmers, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1

Model Tobacco Company, 1.1, 4.1

Murlin, Bill, prf.1, 8.1, 8.2

N

Native Americans, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 9.1

New Deal, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5

“New Found Land,” 7.1, 8.1, bm.1

O

“Oklahoma Hills,”

“Oregon Trail,” 7.1, 7.2, bm.1

“Out Past the End of the Line,”

P

“Pastures of Plenty,” 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, bm.1

patriotism, prf.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2

Pipe Smoking Time, 1.1, 4.1

“planned promised land,” 5.1, 5.2

Pledge of Allegiance, 2.1, 2.2

politics, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 9.1

Popular Front

Portland, Oregon, 1.1, 1.2, 6.1, 6.2

“Portland Town.” See “Ramblin’ Blues”

“Portland Town to Klamath Falls,” 8.1, bm.1

Power, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2

“Pretty Boy Floyd,”

Prohibition

public power. See hydroelectricity

public utility districts (PUDs), 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1, 9.1

R

radio programs, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.1

“Ramblin’ Blues,” 8.1, bm.1

“Ramblin’ Round,” 7.1, bm.1

Raver, Paul

recordings, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1

See also albums

religion

Reuss, Richard, 8.1, 8.2

Robbin, Ed

Rogers, Will

“Roll, Columbia, Roll,” 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, bm.1

“Roll On, Columbia,” fm4.1, prf.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, bm.1

Roll On, Columbia: The Columbia River Songs, 8.1, 8.2

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Ross, J. D., 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1

S

salmon, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1

“scatteration technique,” 6.1, 7.1

Seeger, Charles, 4.1, 4.2

Seeger, Pete, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

Socialist Party

“So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh,” 1.1, 2.1

songbooks, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2

“Song of the Grand Coulee Dam,” 8.1, bm.1

Spokane, Washington, 7.1, 7.2

Steinbeck, John, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2

Sullivan’s Gulch, 1.1, 3.1

T

“Talkin’ Blues,”

See also “Columbia Talkin’ Blues”

Tennessee Valley Authority, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2

“This Land is Your Land,” 1.1, 4.1, 6.1

“Tom Joad,” 1.1, 4.1, 6.1

V

Vanport Flood, 7.1, 7.2

Von Fritsch, Gunther, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 7.1

W

Wallace, Henry, 7.1, 7.2

Washington State Grange, 3.1, 5.1

“Washington Talkin’ Blues,” 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, bm.1

“Way Up in that Northwest.” See “Song of the Grand Coulee Dam”

“White Ghost Train,” 8.1, bm.1

Woods, Rufus

“Woody Sez” column, 2.1, 2.2

Works Progress Administration (WPA), 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

World War I

World War II, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1