DAWSON, WILLIAM LEVI,
1899-1990.
William Levi Dawson papers
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Music publishing files
William Levi Dawson papers > Music publishing files
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Series 3
Music publishing files,
1925-1990
Boxes 23 - 28; OP 21
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of the records William Levi Dawson kept of his music publishing ventures from 1925 to 1990. It includes correspondence with publishing houses, contracts, royalty statements, receipts, ledger books, and court documents relating to copyright litigation. Although Dawson published the majority of his compositions with major publishing houses such as FitzSimons, Gamble Hinged Music, and Remick, many of the receipts record printing and shipping costs for compositions Dawson composed under his own imprint, Music Press, which were distributed by Kjos Music. Other correspondence, receipts, and ledger books in this series document the income Dawson received monthly from his compositions and record purchases of books and sheet music for his choir and personal library, mostly from 1960-1986.
A major portion of this series concerns Dawson's attempts to preserve copyright in his arrangements of African American folk music (spirituals). The series preserves the meticulous records he kept, including original registrations of copyright with the Library of Congress. Dawson exchanged a significant amount of correspondence with his personal lawyer, copyright expert William Krasilovsky. Additional correspondence with Susan Olive and the law firm of Bell, Seltzer, Park, and Gibson documents the only case that went to court, William L. Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music, filed in both the Louisiana and North Carolina courts in 1983. The series also contains copies of a number of court documents from that case, including the original complaint, depositions, court exhibits, and supporting material.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Box | Folder | Content |
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23 | 1 | Augsburg Publishing House, 1985-1986 |
23 | 2 | Bell, Seltzer, Park, and Gibson, correspondence, 1987 |
23 | 3 | Bell, Seltzer, Park, and Gibson, correspondence, January-July 1988 |
23 | 4 | Bell, Seltzer, Park, and Gibson, correspondence, August-December 1988 |
23 | 5 | Bell, Seltzer, Park, and Gibson, correspondence, 1989 |
23 | 6 | Copyright permission requests, 1986-1988 |
23 | 7 | Curtis Music Publishers, 1985-1986 |
23 | 8 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (Louisiana): affidavits, 1987 |
23 | 9 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (Louisiana): motion to dismiss, 1987 |
23 | 10 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): complaint, 1983 [?] |
23 | 11 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): deposition, Joel Carter, 1988 |
23 | 12 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): deposition, William Dawson [brief fragment] |
23 | 13 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): deposition, Wilton Mason, 1988 [1 of 2] |
23 | 14 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): deposition, Wilton Mason, 1988 [2 of 2] |
23 | 15 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): deposition, Alice Parker, 1988 [1 of 2] |
24 | 1 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): deposition, Alice Parker, 1988 [2 of 2] |
24 | 2 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): interrogatories to Plaintiff, 1987 |
24 | 3 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): letters of support, 1979-1984 |
24 | 4 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): motions, expert testimony, 1988 |
24 | 5 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): motions, summary judgment, 1987-1988 [1 of 2] |
24 | 6 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): motions, summary judgment, 1987-1988 [2 of 2] |
24 | 7 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): printed music |
24 | 8 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): request for documents, 1987 |
24 | 9 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): testimony, Herndon Spillman |
24 | 10 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): trial brief, defendant, 1988 |
24 | 11 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): trial brief, plaintiff, 1988 |
24 | 12 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): judgment, 1988 |
24 | 13 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): motion for amendment of judgment, 1989 |
24 | 14 | Dawson vs. Hinshaw Music (North Carolina): appeal, 1989 |
25 | 1 | Educational Music Bureau, 1934 |
25 | 2 | FitzSimons, correspondence, 1958-1988 |
25 | 3 | FitzSimons, publishing contracts, 1925-1926 |
25 | 4 | FitzSimons, royalty statements, 1976-1988 |
25 | 5 | Gamble Hinged Music, correspondence, 1934-1948 |
139 | 1 | Gamble Hinged Music, publishing contract, 1930 |
25 | 6 | Gamble Hinged Music, royalty statement, 1934 |
25 | 7 | Gordon V. Thompson, 1966 |
25 | 8 | H.A. Stuckmann, 1960-1961 |
25 | 9 | Hinshaw Music, correspondence, 1981-1987 |
25 | 10 | Independent Music Publishers, 1967 |
25 | 11 | Jenson Publications, correspondence, 1984 |
25 | 12 | Kayser Music Binding, 1933 |
25 | 13 | Kees, Maxwell G., correspondence, 1985-1987 |
25 | 14 | Kjos Music, correspondence, 1970-1990 |
25 | 15 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1968 |
25 | 16 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1969 |
25 | 17 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1970 |
25 | 18 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1971 |
25 | 19 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1972 |
25 | 20 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1973 |
25 | 21 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1974 |
25 | 22 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1975 |
25 | 23 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1977 |
25 | 24 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1978 |
25 | 25 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1979 |
25 | 26 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1980 |
25 | 27 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1981 |
25 | 28 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1982 |
25 | 29 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1983 |
25 | 30 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1985 |
25 | 31 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1986 |
25 | 32 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1987 |
25 | 33 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1988 |
25 | 34 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, 1989 |
25 | 35 | Kjos Music, royalty statements, undated |
26 | 1 | Krasilovsky, William, correspondence, 1968-1979 [See also Printed Material-General] |
26 | 2 | Krasilovsky, William, correspondence, 1980-1981 |
26 | 3 | Krasilovsky, William, correspondence, 1982 |
26 | 4 | Krasilovsky, William, correspondence, 1983 |
26 | 5 | Krasilovsky, William, correspondence, 1984-1986 |
26 | 6 | Krasilovsky, William, correspondence, 1988-1989 |
26 | 7 | Ledger book, 1942-1953 |
26 | 8 | Ledger, 1951-1989 |
26 | 9 | Ledger, 1970-1981 |
26 | 10 | Ledger, 1972-1989 |
26 | 11 | Ledger pages, 1979-1989 |
26 | 12 | Ledger, 1980-1984 |
26 | 13 | Ledger, 1983-1989 |
27 | 1 | Library of Congress copyright office, 1942-1985 |
27 | 2 | Lorenz Publishing, 1978-1979 |
27 | 3 | McGraw-Hill, 1982 |
27 | 4 | Macmillan Publishing, 1988 |
27 | 5 | Matson, Ethel, 1964 |
27 | 6 | Music Press, correspondence, 1978-1985 |
27 | 7 | Olive, Susan, correspondence, 1982-1983 |
27 | 8 | Olive, Susan, correspondence, 1984-1987 |
27 | 9 | Phoenix Lithographing, 1965 |
27 | 10 | Prentice Hall, correspondence, 1985 |
27 | 11 | Prentice Hall, correspondence, 1986-1987 |
27 | 12 | Rayner, Dalheim, and Company, 1934 |
27 | 13 | Receipts, 1959 |
27 | 14 | Receipts, 1960 |
27 | 15 | Receipts, 1961 |
27 | 16 | Receipts, 1962 |
27 | 17 | Receipts, 1963 |
27 | 18 | Receipts, 1964 |
27 | 19 | Receipts, 1965 |
27 | 20 | Receipts, 1966 |
27 | 21 | Receipts, 1967 |
27 | 22 | Receipts, 1968 |
27 | 23 | Receipts, 1969 |
27 | 24 | Receipts, 1970 |
28 | 1 | Receipts, 1971 |
28 | 2 | Receipts, 1973 |
28 | 3 | Receipts, 1975 |
28 | 4 | Receipts, 1976 |
28 | 5 | Receipts, 1977 |
28 | 6 | Receipts, 1978 |
28 | 7 | Receipts, 1979 |
28 | 8 | Receipts, 1980 |
28 | 9 | Receipts, 1981 |
28 | 10 | Receipts, 1982 |
28 | 11 | Receipts, 1983 |
28 | 12 | Receipts, 1984 |
28 | 13 | Receipts, 1985 |
28 | 14 | Receipts, 1986 |
- | - | Remick [See Warner Brothers] |
28 | 15 | SESAC, correspondence, 1961-1990 |
28 | 16 | SESAC, royalty payments, 1983-1990 |
28 | 17 | Shawnee Press, correspondence, 1965-1985 |
28 | 18 | Shawnee Press, royalty payments, 1968-1977 |
28 | 19 | Singtime Publishing, 1959 |
28 | 20 | Warner Brothers (Remick), 1962-1986 |
28 | 21 | Rudolf Zimmer Publishing, 1962 |