The archives contains thousands of items related to Guthrie, including original artwork, books, correspondence, lyrics, manuscripts, media, notebooks, periodicals, personal papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and other special collections.
In 1995, Nora Guthrie had invited alternative folk-rocker Billy Bragg to select some lyrics from the archives to be set to music and then to be recorded commercially.
Wilco and Bragg released 2 acclaimed "Mermaid Avenue" albums in 1998 and 2000, using Woody's lyrics set to their own musical compositions.
[7] was released documenting not only the making of the Mermaid Avenue albums but also Bragg's exploration of Woody Guthrie's origins in hometown Okemah, Oklahoma.
The Woody Guthrie Publications website[28] lists Jonatha Brooke's version of "You'd Oughta Be Satisfied Now" as a "derivative work".