prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built. I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. Personal life Guthrie was married three times and fathered eight children: Mary Esta Jennings (married 1933; divorced 1943), three children: Gwendolyn Gail (1935–1976), inherited Huntington's from her father and died at age 41. Sue (1937–1978), also inherited Huntington's from her father and died at age 41. Bill (1939–1962), died in a train accident at age 23. Marjorie Greenblatt Mazia (married 1945; divorced 1953), four children: Cathy Ann (1943–1947), died in an electrical fire around the time of her fourth birthday. Arlo Davy Guthrie (1947–) Joady Ben (1948–) Nora Guthrie Rotante (1950–) Anneke van Kirk (married 1953; divorced 1954), one child: Lorina Lynn (1954–1973), estranged from her parents, having been put up for adoption by them. She died as a teenager in a car crash in 1973. He is the grandfather of musician Sarah Lee Guthrie, the youngest daughter of Arlo. Political views and relation to the Communist Party Guthrie never publicly declared himself a Communist, though he was closely associated with the Party. Will Kauffman says, The matter of Guthrie's membership, however, remains controversial. Scholar Ronald Radosh has written: Similarly writer and historian Aaron J. Leonard, in an article detailing Guthrie's Party membership for the History News Network quoted Pete Seeger: Leonard, in his book The Folk Singers and the Bureau also documents how the FBI treated Guthrie as if he were a member, adding him to various iterations of their Security Index – and keeping him on it till well into the early 1960s. After the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Guthrie took an anti-war U-turn and wrote one song describing the Soviet invasion of Poland as a favor to Polish farmers and another attacking President Roosevelt's loans to Finland to help it defend against the Soviet Union's invasion in the 1939 Winter War. His attitude switched again in 1941 after the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union. Musical legacy Woody Guthrie Foundation The Woody Guthrie Foundation is a non-profit organization that serves as administrator and caretaker of the Woody Guthrie Archives. The archives house the largest collection of Guthrie material in the world. In 2013, the archives were