Archie Green, 91, union activist, folklorist, and editor of “The Big Red Songbook dies.
Submitted on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 1:02pm
From the March 28, 2009; New York Times story.
In 2007, Mr. Green completed a project nearly 50 years in the making, The Big Red Songbook, which he helped to edit. It included the lyrics to more than 250 songs in the various editions of the Little Red Songbooks published from 1909 to 1973 by the Industrial Workers of the World, best known as the Wobblies. They were gathered by John Neuhaus, an I.W.W. machinist, who left his collection to Mr. Green when he died in 1958.
Thanks to LaborStart for the heads-up.