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Business Records, 1846-2004, (bulk 1880-1975)
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BOX 1126-1143, 1404-1411, 1459-1461, 1578-1668, 1691, 1695-1707 |
Theodore Presser Company, 1883-2004, (bulk 1890-1975)
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This subseries contains records created to facilitate Theodore Presser Company
operations, including the advertising, publishing, and sale of printed music.
According to material type, files were organized into the following file
groups: Administrative Files; American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers (A.S.C.A.P); Catalogs and Price Lists; Composer Files;
Correspondence; Financial Records; Indices and Inventories; Legal Records;
Organization Files; Photographs and Prints; and Publications. |
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Materials are arranged in eleven file groups based on its type or subject
matter and alphabetically therein. |
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Administrative
Files |
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Materials documenting the everyday activities of the Theodore Presser
Company are organized under Administrative Files. This includes addresses
and mailing lists, awards, memos on new music releases, newsletters, office
equipment manuals, operations records, staff meeting minutes, and collected
information on the company's history. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1404/1 |
Addresses, 1975
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/1 |
Armenian translations,
1992
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Includes: Printed music |
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/2 |
Bessel rental materials,
1983 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/3 |
Boiler explosion, 1994
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/4 |
Chappell worksheets,
1978-1981
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/5 |
Clippings - Avant-Garde,
1964-1967
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/6 |
Communications, Internet,
1996
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BOX-FOLDER 1579/1 |
Copyright Office music
information kit, circa
1955
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BOX-FOLDER 1404/2 |
Don Malin award, 1988
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/7 |
Editorial materials,
1994-1998 and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/8 |
Equipment, 1991, 1995
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/9 |
Films, Film Music,
Records, T.V., 1959,
1970-1973
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/10 |
Foreign countries data,
1962 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/11 |
General societies and
associations, 1986, 1997,
and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/12-14 |
Historical [company
history], 1949-1996
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/15 |
Instrument abbreviations,
1994, 1999
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/16-17 |
Mailing lists, 1973-1987 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/18 |
Management meeting
minutes, 1977
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/19 |
Miscellaneous forms,
procedures, and standard replies, 1978-1987 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/20 |
Miscellaneous staff
lists, 1985 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/21 |
NCR 399 instructions and
manual, 1977-1978
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/22 |
Newsletter to Foreign
Agencies, 1975-1976
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/23 |
Operations, 1992-1998
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/24 |
Operations and
Administrative Committee reports, 1995
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/25 |
Orchestra directory and
personnel lists, 1977-1985
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BOX-FOLDER 1579/2 |
Paul Revere Award for
Graphic Excellence, 1976-1991
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/26 |
President's calendar,
1997-1999
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/27 |
Promotional materials,
1983-1998
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/28-29 |
Pulitzer Prizes, 1971, 1975-1976
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BOX-FOLDER 1579/3-23 |
Release memos, 1962-1978
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BOX-FOLDER 1580/1-10 |
Release memos, 1978-1982
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/30 |
Rental Library, 1969-1970
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/31 |
Rental miscellaneous,
1982-1998
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/32 |
Resources commissions,
1983, 1998
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/33 |
Resources lecture
materials, 1997
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/34 |
Retirement plan, 1991, 1995
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BOX-FOLDER 1404/3 |
Scrapbook, 1937-1938
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/35 |
Sales distribution
inquiries, 1989-1999
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BOX-FOLDER 1127/5 |
Sheet metal printed music
sample, 1957
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/36 |
Staff meeting minutes and
agendas, 1998-1999
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/37 |
Tariffs - Grand
Right/Small Right, 1970-1974
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BOX-FOLDER 1578/38 |
Website changes
completed, 1998-1999
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American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) |
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Several folders contain material that documents the relationship between the
Theodore Presser Company and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers (ASCAP). Arnold Broido, president of the Theodore Presser Company
from 1969 until 2007, served as a long-time ASCAP board member, and most of
the material in this group dates from his tenure. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/1 |
Articles of Association
and legal documents, 1941-1995
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/2 |
Austrian Society
composition lists, 1930-1931
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/3 |
Booz, Allen &
Hamilton, Inc., 1993-1994
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/4 |
Buffalo legal documents,
1993
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/5 |
Copyright fees, 1999
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/6 |
Financial statements,
1994-1995
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/7 |
Five year plan, 1987-1993
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/8 |
Four Fund, 1994-1995
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/9 |
General agreement file,
1993-1994
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/10 |
General membership
issues, 1993
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/11 |
Gold, Dan, 1994
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/12 |
Internet licensing, 1995
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/13 |
Joint Special
Classification Committee, 1991-1994
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Includes: Printed music |
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/14-16 |
Mid-year budget, 1990, 1993
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/17 |
Miscellaneous
correspondence, 1981-1985,
1998-1999
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/18 |
Miscellaneous meeting
minutes, notes, and reports, 1951-1997
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/19 |
National Information
Infrastructure, 1994
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/20-21 |
Performance reports,
1984-1986
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/22 |
Performing Right Society,
Ltd., 1982, 1993
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Publisher performance records |
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/23 |
Beekman, 1970-1972
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/24 |
Church, 1960-1972
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/25 |
Ditson, 1960-1972
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/26 |
Elkan-Vogel, 1969-1972
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/27 |
Miscellaneous, 1976, 1982-1984
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/28 |
Presser, 1961-1972
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/29 |
Society for the
Publication of American Music, 1962-1968
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/30 |
Repertory performance
report, 1966-1972
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/31 |
Special distribution of
local television fees, 1985
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BOX-FOLDER 1582/32 |
Symphony and Concerts
Committee, 1988-1995
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Catalogs and Price
Lists |
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Catalogs and Price Lists identify the costs of the Theodore Presser
Company's printed music from the 1930s through the 1980s. Early Theodore
Presser company catalogs are part of the Music Division's general collection
and are discoverable through the Library's online catalog. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1580/11 |
Catalog assignments,
1937, 1943, and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1580/12-18 |
Catalogs, circa 1930-1940
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BOX-FOLDER 1581/1-10 |
Catalogs, circa 1965-1986 and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1128/1 |
Catalogs, 1976-1980
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BOX-FOLDER 1581/11-16 |
Price lists, 1975-1978, 1983-1988
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Composer Files |
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The Theodore Presser Company created or collected information on the various
composers that the company published. These Composer Files can contain a
wide range of materials including catalogs, clippings, correspondence, press
releases, and other ephemera related to the work of specific composers.
There is significant material on Donald Erb, Vincent Persichetti, and John
Philip Sousa, but many of the folders hold one or two items. Images of
composers are organized under Photographs and Prints. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/1 |
Artman, Ruth, 1981
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/2 |
Berkowitz, Sol, 1974, 1976
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/3 |
Bliss, Arthur, 1976
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/4 |
Bolcom, William, 1967-1971
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/5 |
Bowles, Paul, 1988, 1995-1998
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/6 |
Brisman, Heskel, 1974
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/7 |
Calabro, Louis, 1975-1976
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/8 |
Creston, Paul, 1983-1984
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/9 |
Debussy, Claude, 1974-2004
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Includes: Printed music |
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/10 |
DeWell, Robert, 1985
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/11 |
Drew, James, 1974, 1976
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/12 |
Druckman, Jacob, 1981
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/13 |
Duruflé, Maurice,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/14 |
Dutilleux, Henri, 1964
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/15 |
Ellis, David Graham,
1976
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/16 |
Emerson, Keith, 1982
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/17 |
Erb, Donald, 1968-1982
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/18 |
Fortner, Jack, 1975
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/19 |
Gershwin, George, 1977-1983
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Note: Materials related to Porgy and Bess
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/20 |
Glass, Philip, 1983-1986
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/21 |
Hagemann, Philip,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/22 |
Hamilton, Iain, 1976-1996
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/23 |
Harris, Donald,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/24 |
Hess, Robert, 1968
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/25 |
Hiller, Lejaren, 1974
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/26 |
Hodkinson, Sydney, 1974-1983
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/27 |
Ives, Charles, 1997
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/28 |
Josephs, Wilfred, 1967-1978
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/29 |
Langlais, Jean,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/30 |
Lazarof, Henri, 1976-1986
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/31 |
Lehár, Franz, 1982
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/32 |
Lewis, Robert Hall, 1971-1982
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BOX-FOLDER 1583/33 |
Lloyd Webber, Andrew,
1984-1986
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