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Business Records, 1846-2004, (bulk 1880-1975) (continued)
BOX 1144, 1667-1669 Presser Foundation, 1924-1965
The Presser Foundation was established to carry on the philanthropic efforts of Theodore Presser. Though officially incorporated in 1939, the Foundation has its origins in 1906 when Presser founded a retirement home for music teachers. This subseries consists primarily of financial records such as investment reports and income and expense statements, but it also contains the Foundation's original charter and by-laws.
Arranged alphabetically.
BOX-FOLDER 1667/9-12 Account statements, 1954-1965
BOX-FOLDER 1668/11 By-laws, charter, and deed of trust, 1939, 1943, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 1667/13-14 Cora Pease Annuity Fund, 1932-1962
BOX-FOLDER 1144/1-3 Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company principal and income reports, 1944-1956
BOX-FOLDER 1667/15-20 Financial statements, 1940, 1951-1962
BOX-FOLDER 1669/3 Income and expense statements, 1940-1953
BOX-FOLDER 1667/21 Legal records, 1926
BOX-FOLDER 1144/4-5 Reconciliation ledgers, 1944-1947
BOX-FOLDER 1144/6 Reconciliation of bank statements, 1955-1956
BOX-FOLDER 1669/1-2 Report of income, 1944-1954
BOX-FOLDER 1668/12-14 Security records, 1932-1956
BOX-FOLDER 1669/4 Transaction statements, 1956-1958
BOX-FOLDER 1669/5-13 Treasurer's reports, 1924-1945
BOX 1148-1152, 1413-1421, 1433-1436, 1463-1466, 1675-1690, 1708 Oliver Ditson Company, 1855-1951, 1997
This subseries contains catalogs, contracts, copyright documents, financial records, and publication information created by the Oliver Ditson Company prior to and after its acquisition by the Theodore Presser Company in 1931. There is a significant amount of material documenting the copyright of nineteenth-century works. Royalty agreements and sale-of-manuscript records provide insight into how much the Ditson Company paid for the composition or arrangement of a specific piece of music.
Arranged alphabetically by material type and chronologically or alphabetically therein.
BOX-FOLDER 1675/17 Association of Army and Navy Stories, Inc., 1920-1925
Card catalog
BOX 1676 Book covers, undated
BOX 1676 Compositions After New Catalog, undated
BOX 1676 Miscellaneous sets, undated
BOX 1676 New Books, undated
BOX 1676 Octavo (Active), undated
BOX 1676-1677 Octavo (Inactive), undated
BOX 1677 Title cards, [set 1] A - LE, undated
BOX 1678 Title cards, [set 1] LI - THO, undated
BOX 1679 Title cards, [set 1] THR - Z, undated
BOX 1679 Title cards, [set 2] A - H, undated
BOX 1680 Title cards, [set 2] I - Z, undated
Catalogs
BOX-FOLDER 1681/1 to 1682/3 Miscellaneous, circa 1875-1932 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 1682/4-10 Piano music, 1915, 1935, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 1682/11-13 Vocal music, 1900
BOX-FOLDER 1683/1-11 Vocal music, 1928-1935 and undated
Contracts
BOX-FOLDER 1675/18 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, 1904-1937
BOX-FOLDER 1675/19 Edison Electric Illuminating Company, 1888-1904
BOX-FOLDER 1675/20 Miscellaneous, 1879
Copyright
Certificates
BOX-FOLDER 1684/1-22 British and Canadian, 1892-1913
BOX-FOLDER 1685/1-5 British and Canadian, 1914-1918
BOX-FOLDER 1150/1, 1685/6-7 1855-1865, 1870
BOX-FOLDER 1683/12-21 1871-1880
BOX-FOLDER 1687/1-14 1880-1886
BOX-FOLDER 1688/1-20 1887-1895
BOX-FOLDER 1689/1-2 1896
BOX-FOLDER 1413/1-3 Holdings lists, 1910-1933
BOX-FOLDER 1689/3 Mailing receipts, 1899
Receipts
BOX 1148 1888-1893
BOX-FOLDER 1689/4-7 1899-1901, 1918-1922
BOX 1149 1922-1927
BOX 1708 Register, 1893-1907
BOX-FOLDER 1150/2-11, 1151/1-4, 1685/8 to 1686/3 Renewals by composer, 1932-1937
Includes: Printed music
BOX-FOLDER 1686/4-7 Renewals by year, 1932-1937, 1946-1947
BOX-FOLDER 1686/8-12 "The Ditson Novelty List", 1918-1930
BOX-FOLDER 1463/2 International copyright ledger, 1892-1902
BOX-FOLDER 1686/13 Inventory ledger, 1865-1889
BOX-FOLDER 1686/14-15 Inventory of works, 1880-1907
BOX-FOLDER 1152/1-4 Mechanical sheets, 1937-1939
BOX-FOLDER 1686/16 Miscellaneous copyright documents and correspondence, 1872-1918, 1997
BOX-FOLDER 1686/17 Permissions, 1985
BOX 1433 Plate book 65000-74727, 1904-1923
BOX 1434 Plate book 74728-84727, 1923-1950
BOX 1435 Publication ledger, 1908-1929
BOX 1436 Publication terms, book 5, 1904-1932
Royalty agreements
BOX 1414 1893-1894
BOX 1415 1894-1895
BOX 1416 1895-1896
BOX-FOLDER 1417/1-2 1896-1897
BOX 1418 1897-1901
BOX 1419 1901-1903
BOX 1420 1904-1906
BOX 1421 1909-1912
BOX-FOLDER 1690/1-5 1940-1951
BOX-FOLDER 1690/6 Royalty statements and correspondence, 1950-1951
BOX-FOLDER 1690/7 Royalty statements, foreign, 1935-1950
Sale-of-manuscript records
BOX-FOLDER 1464/1-3 1895-1913
BOX-FOLDER 1465/1-2 1900-1903
BOX-FOLDER 1466/1-3 1901-1913
BOX-FOLDER 1690/8 Sales investigation reports, 1911, 1913
BOX 1145-1147, 1412, 1462-1463, 1668-1676 John Church Company, 1853-1937
The Theodore Presser Company acquired all remaining shares of the John Church Company in 1930. This subseries holds the early records of the John Church Company, including catalogs, copyright documents, legal records, publication histories, and stockholder information.
Arranged alphabetically by material type and chronologically therein.
BOX 1676 Card catalog. Church Books Reprinted, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1668/15 Catalogs, 1930 and undated
Copyright certificates
BOX-FOLDER 1669/14-27 1853-1879
BOX-FOLDER 1670/1-14 1880-1890
BOX-FOLDER 1671/1-19 1891-1898
BOX-FOLDER 1672/1-15 1899-1901
BOX-FOLDER 1673/1-15 1902-1904
BOX-FOLDER 1675/1-9 1905-1908
BOX-FOLDER 1668/16-24 Copyright receipts and certificates of publication, 1909-1912
Includes: British Museum and Canadian documentation
BOX-FOLDER 1674/1-17 Copyright receipts and certificates of publication, 1913-1919
Includes: British Museum and Canadian documentation
BOX-FOLDER 1674/18-29 Copyright documents, 1920-1930
BOX-FOLDER 1412/1 Copyright holdings lists, 1903-1933
BOX-FOLDER 1145/1, 1675/10-11 Legal records, 1879-1886, 1897, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 1675/12 Manuscript record ledger, 1889-1893
BOX-FOLDER 1675/13-16 Miscellaneous correspondence and copyright documents, 1859, 1876-1910
BOX 1146-1147 Record of Band Publications, 1880-1937
BOX-FOLDER 1462/1-4 Sheet music publishing record books, 1881-1926
BOX-FOLDER 1463/1 Sheet music publishing record books, 1926-1929
BOX-FOLDER 1412/2 Stockholder registrar, 1895-1930
BOX 1413, 1689-1690 Other Publishers, 1846-1985
This subseries contains some of the earliest business records in the collection, including material from several nineteenth-century publishers who were subsequently acquired by the John Church Company, Oliver Ditson Company, or Theodore Presser Company. Materials primarily consist of copyright documents or other legal records. This subseries also holds catalogs from several twentieth-century publishing companies that were likely collected by Presser Company staff. It is noted at the folder level when the file consists only of a catalog or catalogs.
Organized alphabetically by publisher name.
BOX-FOLDER 1689/8 American String Teachers Association, 1965, 1968
Catalogs
BOX-FOLDER 1689/9 Associated Music Publishers, undated
Catalog
BOX-FOLDER 1689/10 Belwin-Mills Publishing, 1982 and undated
Catalog
BOX-FOLDER 1689/11 Boccaccini & Spada, 1981
Catalog
BOX-FOLDER 1689/12 Boosey & Hawkes, undated
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