Copyright registrations from 1952 are available from this page. Registrations were classified by category, with renewals included in the same volume as original registration in most cases.
The following types of records are available here:
1952 original copyrights were due to be renewed in 1979 and 1980 (see the Copyright Office database for registrations for these years.) Original copyrights for 1952 renewals date from 1924 and 1925. All 1924 and 1925 copyrights have expired, even if they were renewed. 1924 copyrights could also be renewed in 1951, and 1925 copyrights could also be renewed in 1953.
To see if a book can go online, you may have to check not only the "Books" category, but also the "periodicals" category, if parts of the book first appeared in a periodical, and the "artwork" category if you want to scan any of the illustrations. If the book is a play, or a set of lectures or addresses, check the "Drama and Works Prepared for Oral Delivery" category too.
| Copyright Registrations for Books, January-June 1952 | |
|---|---|
| Books published in the United States | 5,830 |
| Books in foreign languages published abroad | 1,959 |
| Books in the English language first published abroad | 629 |
| Total | 8,418 |
| Renewals: Class A except for contributions to periodicals | 1,329 |
| Copyright Registrations for Books, July-December 1952 | |
| Books published in the United States | 5,683 |
| Books in foreign languages published abroad | 1,878 |
| Books in the English language first published abroad | 810 |
| Total | 8,371 |
| Renewals: Class A except for contributions to periodicals | 1,291 |
| Copyright Registrations for Pamphlets, Serials, and Contributions to Periodicals, January-June 1952 | |
| Pamphlets and serials | 15,465 |
| Contributions to periodicals | 1,668 |
| Total | 17,133 |
| Renewals: Contributions to Periodicals | 716 |
| Copyright Registrations for Pamphlets, Serials, and Contributions to Periodicals, July-December 1952 | |
| Pamphlets and serials | 14,769 |
| Contributions to periodicals | 1,498 |
| Total | 16,267 |
| Renewals: Contributions to Periodicals | 408 |
| Copyright Registrations of Periodicals, January-December 1952 | |
| Periodicals | 59,649 |
| Renewals | 2,236 |
| Copyright Registrations of Dramas and Works Prepared for Oral Delivery, January-June 1952 | |
| Class C: Lectures and other works prepared for oral delivery | 487 |
| Class D: Published dramatic and dramatico-musical works | 315 |
| Class D: Unpublished dramatic and dramatico-musical works | 1,623 |
| Total | 2,425 |
| Renewals, Class C | 0 |
| Renewals, Class D | 338 |
| Copyright Registrations of Dramas and Works Prepared for Oral Delivery, July-December 1952 | |
| Class C: Lectures and other works prepared for oral delivery | 433 |
| Class D: Published dramatic and dramatico-musical works | 342 |
| Class D: Unpublished dramatic and dramatico-musical works | 1,634 |
| Total | 2,409 |
| Renewals, Class C | 0 |
| Renewals, Class D | 299 |
| Copyright Registrations for Music, January-June 1952 | |
| Musical compositions published in the United States | 4.094 |
| Musical compositions published abroad | 3,768 |
| Total published music registrations | 7,862 |
| Unpublished music | 20,106 |
| Renewal registrations | 4,912 |
| Copyright Registrations for Music, July-December 1952 | |
| Musical compositions published in the United States | 4,425 |
| Musical compositions published abroad | 3,167 |
| Total published music registrations | 7,592 |
| Unpublished music | 18,745 |
| Renewal registrations | 4,253 |
| Copyright Registrations for Maps, January-June 1952 | |
| Class F: Maps published in the United States | 1,489 |
| Class F: Maps published outside the United States | 2 |
| Total | 1,491 |
| Renewals | 466 |
| Copyright Registrations for Maps, July-December 1952 | |
| Class F: Maps published in the United States | 432 |
| Class F: Maps published outside the United States | 3 |
| Total | 1,435 |
| Renewals | 8 |
| Copyright Registrations for Artwork, January-June 1952 | |
| Class G: Published works of art and designs for works of art | 827 |
| Class G: Unpublished works of art and designs for works of art | 897 |
| Class H: Reproductions of works of art | 246 |
| Class I: Published drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character | 320 |
| Class I: Unpublished drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character | 185 |
| Class J: Published photographs | 327 |
| Class J: Unpublished photographs | 212 |
| Class K: Prints and pictorial illustrations | 1,402 |
| Total | 4,416 |
| Renewals, Class G | 23 |
| Renewals, Class H | 6 |
| Renewals, Class I | 5 |
| Renewals, Class J | 1 |
| Renewals, Class K | 21 |
| Total renewals | 56 |
| Copyright Registrations for Artwork, July-December 1952 | |
| Class G: Published works of art and designs for works of art | 661 |
| Class G: Unpublished works of art and designs for works of art | 692 |
| Class H: Reproductions of works of art | 201 |
| Class I: Published drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character | 217 |
| Class I: Unpublished drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character | 176 |
| Class J: Published photographs | 387 |
| Class J: Unpublished photographs | 198 |
| Class K: Prints and pictorial illustrations | 1,260 |
| Total | 3,792 |
| Renewals, Class G | 18 |
| Renewals, Class I | 4 |
| Renewals, Class J | 25 |
| Renewals, Class K | 26 |
| Total renewals | 73 |
| Copyright Registrations for Commercial Prints and Labels, January-June 1952 | |
| Commercial prints and labels | 6,200 |
| Renewals | 54 |
| Copyright Registrations for Commercial Prints and Labels, July-December 1952 | |
| Commercial prints and labels | 5,757 |
| Renewals | 20 |
| Copyright Registrations for Motion Pictures, January-June 1952 | |
| Class L: Published motion picture photoplays | 417 |
| Class L: Unpublished motion picture photoplays | 1 |
| Class M: Published motion pictures other than photoplays | 584 |
| Class M: Unpublished motion pictures other than photoplays | 100 |
| Total | 1,102 |
| Renewals: Classes L and M | 232 |
| Copyright Registrations for Motion Pictures, July-December 1952 | |
| Class L: Published motion picture photoplays | 390 |
| Class L: Unpublished motion picture photoplays | 4 |
| Class M: Published motion pictures other than photoplays | 605 |
| Class M: Unpublished motion pictures other than photoplays | 25 |
| Total | 1,024 |
| Renewals: Classes L and M | 147 |
The above figures show original and renewal registrations for the categories shown above for the time periods shown, but do not necessarily represent the exact number of entries in these issues of the Catalog.
The images above were scanned by the Copyright Office, by Google, and by Dianne Bean, John Mark Ockerbloom, and Mary Mark Ockerbloom, from photocopies of bound volumes by the University Library Project, and from microfilms provided by the Free Library of Philadelphia. If you would like to contribute better copies, email onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu. (Please don't send any files by email unless I ask for them!)