H. Bollman and Sons No 1169 L, 1880 July 20

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of copyright registrations issued by the Library of Congress Copyright Office to various St. Louis composers and music publishing companies. The notices are arranged chronologically in two folders, one for H. Bollman and Sons and a second folder for various composers and companies. The documents date from 1878 to 1920 with gaps from 1895 to 1908, 1910 to 1913, and 1916 to 1919.

The registrations include the following information: registration number, date; name/location of applicant, a description of the work with title and composer name(s), and signature of official which was often the Librarian of Congress. After the description of the work, the form reads, “the rights whereof they claim as Proprietors in conformity with the laws of the United States respecting Copyrights.” Please note that the names of the applicant/publishing company often vary from the names of the composers. There are seven registration cards issued to Thiebes-Stierlin Music Company and to Thiebes Piano Company from 1909 to 1920, which also provide publication dates of the sheet music. Most of the notices were issued to Henry Bollman and H. Bollman and Sons (f.1). Composers listed on the registrations include, but are not limited to: Charles Humphrey, Al Mellinger, Gertie Hutcheson, William G. Merkel, Mrs. Edna McElhiney, Alfred G. Robyn, Mrs. Joseph Bogy, John J. Schallert, and Louis Galgano.