Copyright renewals for 1951

Copyright renewals made in 1951 are available from this page. Renewals in 1951 were classified by category.

Original copyrights date from 1923 and 1924. 1923 copyrights could also be renewed in 1950, and 1924 copyrights could also be renewed in 1952.

Philip Harper has now transcribed the renewal records for 1923 and 1924 copyrights, in the categories that we provide below, into textual form. You can find them at this site.

The following types of renewal records are available here:

• Books (56 pages)
• Submissions to periodicals (19 pages)
• Periodicals (10 pages)
• Drama (19 pages)
• Artwork and photographs (7 pages)

Copyright renewals also exist for music, film, commercial prints, and certain other categories. We have no immediate plans to digitize these, since we're mainly interested in book renewals at this point. If you want to digitize these, though, contact onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu.

A guide to abbreviations used in the records is now available, as are partial registration statistics by category. Other introductory information may be available soon.

Renewals for Books

A transcription of this section is available from Project Gutenberg. We recommend double-checking your search against the page images below if you want to be sure of the renewal status of a book.

• Part 1 (January - June):
  • Page 243 (A - Athearn, Walter Scott: Book)
  • Page 244 (Athearn, Walter Scott: Everyday - Bedier)
  • Page 245 (Beeson - Borland)
  • Page 246 (Bottome - Carpenter, Frank George: Australia)
  • Page 247 (Carpenter, Frank George: Canada - Cohen)
  • Page 248 (Colette - De Regnier)
  • Page 249 (Desmond - Emerson, Alice B.: Betty)
  • Page 250 (Emerson, Alice B.: Ruth - Foote)
  • Page 251 (Forbes - Ginther, Mary)
  • Page 252 (Ginther, Pemberton - Hall, Alta)
  • Page 253 (Hall, Granville - Hocking)
  • Page 254 (Hoffman - Jenkins)
  • Page 255 (Jespersen - La Rue)
  • Page 256 (Lasance - McFee, Inez N.: Lives)
  • Page 257 (McFee, Inez N.: Nature's - Masefield, John: Everlasting)
  • Page 258 (Masefield, John: King - Morgan, Thomas Hunt: Laboratory)
  • Page 259 (Morgan, Thomas Hunt: Mechanism - Norton)
  • Page 260 (Oakley - Philippe)
  • Page 261 (Pierson - Rand McNally and Company (start))
  • Page 262 (Rand McNally and Company (cont.) - Sampson)
  • Page 263 (Sanford - Singer Manufacturing Company: Singer Machines)
  • Page 264 (Singer Manufacturing Company: Singer Universal - Straton, John Roach: Battle)
  • Page 265 (Straton, John Roach: Evolution - Throckmorton)
  • Page 266 (Thwaites - Ward, Charles)
  • Page 267 (Ward, Felix - Wordsworth)
  • Page 268 (World - Zipprodt)
• Part 2 (July - December):

  A transcription of this section is available from Project Gutenberg. We recommend double-checking your search against the page images below if you want to be sure of the renewal status of a book.

  • Page 633 (A - Artsybashev)
  • Page 634 (Artzybasheff - Benjamine, Elbert (start))
  • Page 635 (Benjamine, Elbert (cont.) - Book Of Songs For Unison And Part Singing For)
  • Page 636 (Book of Songs For Unison and Part Singing With - Burnell, Mary Lamoreaux (start))
  • Page 637 (Burnell, Mary Lamoreaux (cont.) - Coatsworth)
  • Page 638 (Cobb - Cumberland)
  • Page 639 (Cummings - Drillien)
  • Page 640 (Drinkwater - Federal Statutes Annotated (start))
  • Page 641 (Federal Statutes Annotated (cont.) - Gambs)
  • Page 642 (Gardner - Goldsmith)
  • Page 643 (Goodell - Hamilton, Clarence)
  • Page 644 (Hamilton, Theodore - Hichens)
  • Page 645 (Hildebrand - Hutson)
  • Page 646 (Huxley - Kentucky)
  • Page 647 (Kessel - Lee)
  • Page 648 (Leech - McCrindle)
  • Page 649 (McCutcheon - Mason, John)
  • Page 650 (Mason, Kenneth - Morley, Christopher (start))
  • Page 651 (Morley, Christopher (cont.) - O'Higgins, Harvey Jerrold (start))
  • Page 652 (O'Higgins, Harvey Jerrold (cont.) - Phillips, Ernest D. (start))
  • Page 653 (Phillips, Ernest D. (cont.) - Reede)
  • Page 654 (Rees - Rukeyser)
  • Page 655 (Runkel - Sellers)
  • Page 656 (Seltzer - Singer Manufacturing Company (start))
  • Page 657 (Singer Manufacturing Company (cont.) - Stevenson, Robert Louis (start))
  • Page 658 (Stevenson, Robert Louis (cont.) - Texas And Southwestern Reporter Digest (start))
  • Page 659 (Texas And Southwestern Reporter Digest (cont.) - Vaillant)
  • Page 660 (Vale - West Publishing Company (start))
  • Page 661 (West Publishing Company (cont.) - Willsie)
  • Page 662 (Wilson - Zorilla)

Renewals for Periodical Submissions

• Part 1 (January - June):
  • Page 339 (A - Bedtime)
  • Page 340 (Begin - Butt, Archibald Willingham (start))
  • Page 341 (Butt, Archibald Willingham (cont.) - Duganne, Phyllis (start))
  • Page 342 (Duganne, Phyllis (cont.) - Goldwater, Clara)
  • Page 343 (Goldwater, Sigismund - Incomplete)
  • Page 344 (Inferiority - McFee)
  • Page 345 (McNeile - Mother)
  • Page 346 (Mothers - Peterson, Lillian Claire (start))
  • Page 347 (Peterson, Lillian Claire (cont.) - Son Of A Sloganeer)
  • Page 348 (Son Of A Thousand - Widow's)
  • Page 349 (Wilde - You)
• Part 2 (July - December):
  • Page 667 (A - Brackett)
  • Page 668 (Brand - Evelyn)
  • Page 669 (Exercise - Hurst)
  • Page 670 (Huxley - Madonna)
  • Page 671 (Main - Pendexter)
  • Page 672 (Peterson - Rutledge)
  • Page 673 (Samson - Train, Arthur Cheney (start))
  • Page 674 (Train, Arthur Cheney (cont.) - Young)

Renewals for Periodicals

• Part 1 (January - June):
  • Page 155 (A - Detective Story Magazine (start))
  • Page 156 (Detective Story Magazine (cont.) - National)
  • Page 157 (New York Herald - New York Tribune (start))
  • Page 158 (New York Tribune (cont.) - Southeastern)
  • Page 159 (Southern - Western)
• Part 2 (July - December):
  • Page 303 (A - Complete Story Magazine (start))
  • Page 304 (Complete Story Magazine (cont.) - Journal)
  • Page 305 (Ladies' - New York Times Book Review (start))
  • Page 306 (New York Times Book Review (cont.) - Rockefeller)
  • Page 307 (Saint - Western)

Renewals for Drama

• Part 1 (January - June):
  • Page 77 (A - Barker)
  • Page 78 (Barratt - Cohan)
  • Page 79 (Cold - Farjeon)
  • Page 80 (Father - Hafer, Eugene George (start))
  • Page 81 (Hafer, Eugene George (cont.) - Just Leave)
  • Page 82 (Just Like - Manheimer)
  • Page 83 (Manners - On The Hiring)
  • Page 84 (On The Stairs - Rosé, Grace)
  • Page 85 (Rose, Jack - Sponge)
  • Page 86 (Squaring - Willner)
  • Page 87 (Wilson - Young)
• Part 2 (July - December):
  • Page 163 (A - Blatt, William Mosher (start))
  • Page 164 (Blatt, William Mosher (cont.) - Dodge, May Hewes (start))
  • Page 165 (Dodge, May Hewes (cont.) - Hoffman, Aaron (start))
  • Page 166 (Hoffman, Aaron (cont.) - McLaughlin)
  • Page 167 (McMullen - Pierce, Carl Webster (start))
  • Page 168 (Pierce, Carl Webster (cont.) - Smith, Paul Gerard (start))
  • Page 169 (Smith, Paul Gerard (cont.) - Wilde)
  • Page 170 (Will - Zorzi)

Renewals for Artwork

• Part 1 (January - June):
  • Page 119 (A - Christian)
  • Page 120 (Colt - Gutmann, Bessie P.: On)
  • Page 121 (Gutmann, Bessie P.: Sunbeam - National)
  • Page 122 (Nattini - Wonder)
• Part 2 (July - December):
  • Page 231 (A - Chase Brass And Copper Company: Soft)
  • Page 232 (Chase Brass And Copper Company: Standing - Neubecker, William: Finishing Eave)
  • Page 233 (Neubecker, William: Finishing Standing - Zimmerman)

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