Copyright renewals for 1952

Copyright renewals made in 1952 are available from this page. Renewals in 1952 were classified by category.

Original copyrights date from 1924 and 1925. 1924 copyrights could also be renewed in 1951, and 1925 copyrights could also be renewed in 1953.

Philip Harper has now transcribed some of the renewal records for 1924 copyrights into textual form. You can find them at this site.

The following types of renewal records are available here:

• Books (74 pages)
• Submissions to periodicals (24 pages)
• Periodicals (11 pages)
• Drama and Works Prepared for Oral Delivery (24 pages)
• Artwork and photographs (5 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. 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 265 (A - American Law Reports Annotated (start))
  • Page 266 (American Law Reports Annotated (cont.) - Bailey, Liberty)
  • Page 267 (Bailey, Temple - Benson, Edward Frederic (start))
  • Page 268 (Benson, Edward Frederic (cont.) - Blasco-Ibanez Blasco de Llorca, Libertad (start))
  • Page 269 (Blasco-Ibanez Blasco de Llorca, Libertad (cont.) - Britt)
  • Page 270 (Broadhurst - Carnegie)
  • Page 271 (Carpenter - Clifton)
  • Page 272 (Close - Crawford, Nelson Anthim: Great)
  • Page 273 (Crawford, Nelson Anthim: Poems - Defoe, Daniel: Fortunate)
  • Page 274 (Defoe, Daniel: Robinson - Driggs)
  • Page 275 (Duet - Farr)
  • Page 276 (Faulkner - Fletcher)
  • Page 277 (Florsheim - Geirs)
  • Page 278 (George - Guitteau)
  • Page 279 (Gunn - Haldeman-Julius Company: Sarah Bernhardt)
  • Page 280 (Haldeman-Julius Company: Sarah Bernhardt's - Hepburn)
  • Page 281 (Herald - Hume, Cyril)
  • Page 282 (Hume, Robert Ernest - Kelly, Edna)
  • Page 283 (Kelly, George - Lagatta)
  • Page 284 (Lalou - Livingstone)
  • Page 285 (Llorca - Machen, Arthur: London)
  • Page 286 (Machen, Arthur: Ornaments - Martin, Everett Dean (start))
  • Page 287 (Martin, Everett Dean (cont.) - Mokrejs)
  • Page 288 (Molnar - New York (State))
  • Page 289 (New York Digest - Overton)
  • Page 290 (Owen - Piper, Charles)
  • Page 291 (Piper, Watty - Radiguet)
  • Page 292 (Raine - Rochester)
  • Page 293 (Rodeheaver - Scott-Moncrieff)
  • Page 294 (Scripture - Singer Manufacturing Company (start))
  • Page 295 (Singer Manufacturing Company (cont.) - Smith, Lloyd Edwin: Rome)
  • Page 296 (Smith, Lloyd Edwin: War - Standard)
  • Page 297 (Standish - Thomsen)
  • Page 298 (Thoresen - Vildrac)
  • Page 299 (Villon - West Publishing Company (start))
  • Page 300 (West Publishing Company (cont.) - Williams, Joseph)
  • Page 301 (Williams, Linsly - Wood)
  • Page 302 (Woodman - Zirbes)
• 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 691 (A - Armandy)
  • Page 692 (Armstrong - Beck)
  • Page 693 (Becque - Blackwood)
  • Page 694 (Blasco-Ibanez - Buck, Myra A.: Out)
  • Page 695 (Buck, Myra A.: Spring - Chamson)
  • Page 696 (Chapin - Conrad, Jessie)
  • Page 697 (Conrad, Joseph - Cremieux)
  • Page 698 (Crockett - Deutsch)
  • Page 699 (Dickson - Elson, William Harris (start))
  • Page 700 (Elson, William Harris (cont.) - Ford)
  • Page 701 (Forster - Golden)
  • Page 702 (Goldsmith - Hall)
  • Page 703 (Hamilton - Hinkle)
  • Page 704 (Hoag - Johnston)
  • Page 705 (Join - Knowles)
  • Page 706 (Kolmer - Littlefield)
  • Page 707 (Livingstone - McHale, Carlos)
  • Page 708 (McHale, Charles - Marshall)
  • Page 709 (Martell - Mills)
  • Page 710 (Miln - National Geographic)
  • Page 711 (National Self - O'Brien)
  • Page 712 (O'Casey - Peixotto)
  • Page 713 (Peker - Pirandello, Luigi: Fuga)
  • Page 714 (Pirandello, Luigi: Gatto - Pirandello, Luigi: Signore)
  • Page 715 (Pirandello, Luigi: Sopra - Progressive Music Series (start))
  • Page 716 (Progressive Music Series (cont.) - Roe)
  • Page 717 (Rogers - Schumann)
  • Page 718 (Schuyler - Singer Manufacturing Company (start))
  • Page 719 (Singer Manufacturing Company (start) - Smith, Lloyd Edwin: Grammar)
  • Page 720 (Smith, Lloyd Edwin: Handbook - Spyri, Johanna: Dora)
  • Page 721 (Spyri, Johanna: Heidi - Szebenyei)
  • Page 722 (Taggart - True)
  • Page 723 (Truth's - Washburne)
  • Page 724 (Waters - White)
  • Page 725 (Whitlock - Winslow, Rosalind)
  • Page 726 (Winslow, Rose - Zorzi)

Renewals for Periodical Submissions

• Part 1 (January - June):
  • Page 551 (A - Banning, Margaret: Silk)
  • Page 552 (Banning, Margaret: That's - Butler)
  • Page 553 (Butterflies - Connie)
  • Page 554 (Conquering - Ferber, Edna: Food)
  • Page 555 (Ferber, Edna: Holiday - Grey, Zane: Gulf)
  • Page 556 (Grey, Zane: Heights - King)
  • Page 557 (Kyne - McFee)
  • Page 558 (McGibney - Money)
  • Page 559 (Monroe - Out)
  • Page 560 (Outlaws - Pierrot)
  • Page 561 (Pioneer - Sabatini, Rafael (start.))
  • Page 562 (Sabatini, Rafael (cont.) - Tarkington, Booth: Mrs.)
  • Page 563 (Tarkington, Booth: Old - Weiman, Rita)
  • Page 564 (Weiman, Ruth - Yeats, William Butler: Bounty)
  • Page 565 (Yeats, William Butler: Cat - Zone)
• Part 2 (July - December):
  • Page 1139 (A - Benet)
  • Page 1140 (Bercovici - Death)
  • Page 1141 (Dirty - Goats)
  • Page 1142 (Gold - Knees)
  • Page 1143 (Ladies - Montgomery, Lucy Maud: Night)
  • Page 1144 (Montgomery, Lucy Maud: Too - Religion)
  • Page 1145 (Return - They)
  • Page 1146 (Third - Willoughby)
  • Page 1147 (Willson - Zanuck)

Renewals for Periodicals

• Page 281 (A - Argosy-All Story Weekly (start))
• Page 282 (Argosy-All Story Weekly (cont.) - Curtis)
• Page 283 (Detective - Hearst's International (start))
• Page 284 (Hearst's International (cont.) - Liberty Magazine (start))
• Page 285 (Liberty Magazine (cont.) - New York Herald (start))
• Page 286 (New York Herald (cont.) - New York Times Book Review (start))
• Page 287 (New York Times Book Review (cont.) - New Yorker (start))
• Page 288 (New Yorker (cont.) - Ranch Romances (start))
• Page 289 (Ranch Romances (cont.) - Southern Reporter (start))
• Page 290 (Southern Reporter (cont.) - Vogue (start))
• Page 291 (Vogue (cont.) - Western)

Renewals for Drama and Works Prepared for Oral Delivery

• Part 1 (January - June):
  • Page 83 (A - Bastia)
  • Page 84 (Bataille - Campbell, Kane (start))
  • Page 85 (Campbell, Kane (cont.) - Davis, Owen (start))
  • Page 86 (Davis, Owen (cont.) - Fernandez Ardavin, Luis (start))
  • Page 87 (Fernandez Ardavin, Luis (cont.) - Gosse)
  • Page 88 (Gow - Injured)
  • Page 89 (Inside - Luca)
  • Page 90 (Luna - Moretti, Raoul (start))
  • Page 91 (Moretti, Raoul (cont.) - Poulenc, Francis)
  • Page 92 (El Primo - Savoir)
  • Page 93 (Scampolo - Swan, Mark Elbert (start))
  • Page 94 (Swan, Mark Elbert (cont.) - Widow)
  • Page 95 (Wilbur, Crane - Zorzi)
• Part 2 (July - December):
  • Page 179 (Abie's - Bartholomae, Philip (start))
  • Page 180 (Bartholomae, Philip (cont.) - Chanson)
  • Page 181 (Charbonnel - Dovere)
  • Page 182 (Dowling - Gordon, Grace)
  • Page 183 (Gordon, Homer - Katydid)
  • Page 184 (Kaufman - Malipiero, Gian Francesco (start))
  • Page 185 (Malipiero, Gian Francesco (cont.) - Osgood)
  • Page 186 (Ould - Prodigal)
  • Page 187 (Prunieres - Sheridan)
  • Page 188 (Shipman - Under)
  • Page 189 (Universal - Zorzi)

Renewals for Artwork

• Part 1 (January - June):
  • Page 135 (A - Copping, Harold: Noah)
  • Page 136 (Copping, Harold: Rebekah - Young)
• Part 2 (July - December):
  • Page 263 (A - Gutmann and Gutmann, Inc: Love)
  • Page 264 (Gutmann and Gutmann, Inc: Magic - Sunset)
  • Page 265 (Sweet - Wyeth)

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