Baez, Joan, 1941-

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Joan Baez (b. Jan. 9, 1941) is a singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. She got her start during the 1959 Newport Folk Festival and is well known for her performance of "We Shall Overcome" at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities . 1982 - 1999. MARCH ON WASHINGTON, THE National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs. 1961 - 1974. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Entertainment: closeup view of vocalists Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Heisler, Friedy Baumann, 1900-1997. Further interviews on personal and professional life : oral history transcript / Friedy Baumann Heisler. Interviews conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1991-1992. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1998. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Kevles, Barbara L. Papers : 1971-1976. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Charlotte Painter Papers, 1955-1992 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Carter White House Photographs Collection. 1/20/1977 - 1/22/1981. Carter White House Photographs: Presidential. 1/20/1977 - 1/22/1981. Jimmy Carter - Meets with Joan Baez Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Biography clippings : "B" [surname] folder 1881-2008. Monterey Public Library
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection artist name files, 1940-2005 (artists A-C). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Weiss, Cora, 1934-. Cora Weiss papers, 1960- Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Charlotte Painter Papers, 1955-1992 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Institute for the Study of Nonviolence clippings 1965-1966 Monterey Public Library
referencedIn Don Sturkey Photographic Materials, 1951-2007, (bulk 1951-1989) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
contributorOf Baez, Joan: Christmas Evening Concert (n.d.) (O/A 4472) Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Council for United Civil Rights Leadership. We shall overcome [sound recording], 1963. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Bobbye S. Ortiz Papers, (bulk, 1919-1993 and undated, 1950-1990) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Photographs Collection, 1910-1995 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn FOLK SINGERS IN AMERICA JOAN BAEZ National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Carter White House Photographs Collection. 1/20/1977 - 1/22/1981. Carter White House Photographs: Presidential. 1/20/1977 - 1/22/1981. Jimmy Carter - SALT briefing for community leaders, Fr. 1-17; With Joan baez, Fr. 32-34 Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Festivals-folk music clippings 1963-1987 Monterey Public Library
referencedIn Portraits of University of California individuals and groups, ca. 1850-[ongoing] Bancroft Library
referencedIn Václav Havel address accepting the Jackson H. Ralston prize [videorecording], 1994 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Plaut, Frederick, 1907-1985. The Frederick and Rose Plaut papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Hammond, John, musician. [New England Folk Music Archives : early recordings from the Boston/Cambridge folk music scene, 1959-1966?]. Harvard University, Loeb Music Library
referencedIn Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. Papers: Series I-III, 1908-1985 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Finley, Art, 1926-. Art Finley fonds. University of British Columbia Library
referencedIn Joan Baez collection, [ca. 1960-ongoing]. Museum of Performance & Design
referencedIn Taylor Branch Papers, (bulk, ), 1865-2013, 1958-2009 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs. 1961 - 1974. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Entertainment: Vocalist Joan Baez. A sign hanging near the microphones reads quot;We Shall Overcome.quot; ] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
referencedIn Carter White House Photographs Collection. 1/20/1977 - 1/22/1981. Carter White House Photographs: Presidential. 1/20/1977 - 1/22/1981. Rosalynn Carter - With Joan Baez Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Broadside Collection, 1962-1991 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Esquire, Inc. Records, 1933-1977 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Institute for the Study of Non-Violence. Papers concerning the Institute for the Study of Non-Violence, 1965-1968. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary. 1976 - 1981. Presidential Files. 1977 - 1981. 10/30/79 [2] Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Elliot, Rona. Rona Elliot Papers, 1963-2008. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives
referencedIn Plaut, Frederick, 1907-1985. The Frederick and Rose Plaut papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn The Frederick and Rose Plaut Papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Casey Burns collection, 1997-2006. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Baez, Joan. Joan Baez : file of clippings and miscellanea. Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library
referencedIn Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Film and video archive, 1938-2001. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Papers, 1908-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Padwee, Michael. Papers, 1966-1969. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Andreĭ Sakharov papers, 1852-2002 (inclusive), 1960-1990 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Jimmy Carter - Robert Weinberger, Fr. 2-14; With Joan Baez, Fr. 14A-17 Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn United Farm Workers of America. Information and Research Dept. United Farm Workers Information and Research Department records, 1939-1978, (bulk 1970-1977). Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Music-folk clippings 1964-1992 Monterey Public Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary. 1976 - 1981. Presidential Files. 1977 - 1981. 10/30/79 [2] Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Branch, Taylor. Taylor Branch papers, 1865-2009 (bulk 1958-2009). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Records of, Sojourner, (inclusive), (bulk), 1920-2004, 1975-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
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associatedWith American Museum of Vaudeville corporateBody
parentOf Baez, Albert V. person
relativeOf Baez, John C., 1961- person
associatedWith BARBARA DEMING, 1917-1984 person
associatedWith Branch, Taylor. person
associatedWith Branch, Taylor. person
associatedWith Broadside. corporateBody
associatedWith Burns, Casey, 1975- person
associatedWith Communist Party of the United States of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Council for United Civil Rights Leadership. corporateBody
associatedWith Cullen, Frank, 1936- person
associatedWith Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. person
associatedWith Dylan, Bob, 1941-.... person
associatedWith Elliot, Rona. person
associatedWith Esquire, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Finley, Art, 1926- person
associatedWith Frederick and Rose Plaut person
associatedWith Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. person
associatedWith Havel, Václav. person
associatedWith Heisler, Friedy Baumann, 1900-1997. person
associatedWith Institute for the Study of Non-Violence. corporateBody
associatedWith Jackson, James E., 1914-2007 person
associatedWith Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011 person
associatedWith Kevles, Barbara L. person
participantIn March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith McNeilly, Donald, 1945- person
associatedWith Michigan State University. Library. American Radicalism Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
participantIn Newport Folk Festival corporateBody
correspondedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith Ortiz, Bobbye S. person
associatedWith Ortiz, Bobbye S. person
associatedWith Padwee, Michael. person
associatedWith Painter, Charlotte. person
associatedWith Painter, Charlotte. person
associatedWith Plaut, Frederick, 1907-1985. person
correspondedWith Sakharov, Andreĭ, 1921-1989 person
associatedWith Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 person
associatedWith Sojourner (Cambridge, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Sturkey, Don. person
correspondedWith United Farm Workers of America. Information and Research Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith Weiss, Cora, 1934- person
associatedWith Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). corporateBody
participantIn Woodstock Festival (1969 : Bethel, N.Y.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Staten Island NY US
Subject
Folk singers
Occupation
Folk musicians
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Birth 1941-01-09

Americans

English

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