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By Lindy Smith and Mark Puente
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Collection Overview
Title: Morris and Barnard Young Music Business Records, 1832-1988
ID: 12/9/108
Primary Creator: Young, Morris N. (1909)
Extent: 50.25 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in seven series.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1995
Subjects: Music business, Music Publishers
Formats/Genres: Broadsides, Financial Records, Sheet music
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Morris and Barnard Young Business Records consists of financial records, correspondence, royalty statements, songsters and broadsides, radio logs, legal documents, periodicals, music manuscripts, and memorabilia (fliers, brochures, playbills, etc.) that were compiled by Morris N. Young, as part owner of several music publishing, marketing, producing, and artist representation enterprises owned and operated by the brothers between ca. 1934 and 1972. The collection contains legal reports and supporting documentation from key litigation cases that were filed by Barney Young in the 1950s and 1960s against Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) et. al., and the Walt Disney Corporation. The collection also includes periodicals and publications both generated by companies owned by one or both of the Young brothers and those that they collected. The final three series are publications and manuscripts, both musical and prose, created by associates of the Youngs.
See also record series number 35/3/68.
Biographical Note
Morris N. Young -- opthalmologist, author, and collector of books and artifacts on magic, mnemonics, and old sheet music -- was born July 20, 1909 in Lawrence, Massachusetts and died November 13, 2002 in Norwich, Connecticut at the aged of ninety-three. In addition to his vocational and avocational involvements, Young served as president of or was heavily involved with many music publishing companies and performer organizations such as Bomart Music Company, Ferris Records, National Juke Box Records, Godell Music, International Songwriters Association, and the Denton & Haskins Music Corporation which he and his brother, Bernard Young, purchased.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Method:
The UIUC Music Library purchased a related collection, the Morris Young Music Library of Early American Popular Music, in 1986 from rare book broker, J. Lubrano in New York. The business records were acquired in a subsequent gift from the collector's estate ca. 1995.
Box 127 transferred from MPAL: 4/12/2017
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Business Records and Personal Papers, 1936-1986],
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Series 2: Litigation Files, 1936-1973],
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Series 3: Barnard and Morris Young Music Company Periodicals and Publications, 1928-1966],
[
Series 4: Non-Young Company Periodicals and Publications, 1832-1988],
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Series 5: Merle Kendrick Papers and Music, 1936-1956],
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Series 6: George Whiting Papers, 1934-1941],
[Series 7: E.M. Wickes papers, 1948-1951],
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All]
- Series 7: E.M. Wickes papers, 1948-1951
- Consists of manuscripts, papers, periodicals, and ephemera related to writings of E. M. Wickes, a music critic and historian. Also includes a subseries of music manuscripts by Lou Singer. Items are arranged alphabetically by title.
- Sub-Series 1: Manuscripts and Published Newspaper Columns
- Box 122: Manuscripts and Publications
- Folder 1: Ballad Hit of 1951
- Folder 2: Best Sellers Lists, March 25, 1946 to March 29, 1946
- Folder 3: Changes and Surprises
- Folder 4: An 8-bar View of Tin Pan Alley
- Folder 5: Hoosier Hot Shots- Story and Pictures
- Folder 6: Is Radio Advertising a Mirage?
- Folder 7: Made--Not Born
- Folder 8: Manuscripts
- Folder 9: Milking Melodies
- Folder 10: Millions in Melody
- Folder 11: New Songs and Revivals
- Folder 12: Out of Control
- Folder 13: Pale Moon
- Folder 14: Plugging Songs
- Folder 15: Pop Songs are Assembled
- Folder 16: Pop Songs Sprout Like Mushrooms
- Folder 17: Song Immortal
- Folder 18: Song Lines
- Folder 19: Song Pluggers
- Folder 20: Song Stuff
- Folder 21: Songs-- Not A La Hoyle
- Folder 22: Stein Song
- Folder 23: Story Behind "The Prisoner's Song"
- Folder 24: Story Behind the Song
- Folder 25: Tin Pan Alley's Coin and Curriculum
- Folder 26: Tin Pan Alley's Gold
- Folder 27: They Wrote Hit Songs and Then Drifted Apart
- Folder 28: Vagrant Tune
- Folder 29: Vaughn Norton: Ex-Coal Miner
- Folder 30: Where Are Canada's Hit Song Writers?
- Folder 31: Writing the Popular Song Manuscript (partial), 1916
- Folder 32: American Magazine, October 1916
- Folder 33: Literary Digest, October 7, 1916
- Folder 34: People's Favorite Magazine, May 1920
- Folder 35: The Songwriter's Guide (pamphlet)
- Folder 36: True Stories of Famous Songs, Vol. 1, Undated
- Folder 37: Newspaper Articles and Ephemera
- Folder 38: BMI- Licensed Record Titles by Artists
- Folder 39: Michaels, Edward- In the Bag (incomplete)
- Folder 40: Song Hits Magazine, 1941
- Folder 41: If I Should Lose You- Robin, Leo and Ralph Rainger
- Box 123: Newspaper Columns
- Photocopies- not originals
- Folder 1: Boston Traveler, July 22, 1938
- Folder 2: The Morning Telegraph, January 10, 1926
- Folder 3: The Morning Telegraph, August 12, 1928
- Folder 4: NY Enquirer: Miscellaneous Clippings, Undated
- Folder 5: NY Enquirer, August 15, 1931
- Folder 6: NY Enquirer: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1937-1942
- Folder 7: NY Enquirer, January 2, 1938
- Folder 8: NY Enquirer, July 10, 1939
- Folder 9: NY Enquirer, May 27, 1940
- Folder 10: NY Enquirer, October 7, 1940
- Folder 11: NY Enquirer, January 12, 1942
- Folder 12: NY Enquirer, February 16, 1942
- Folder 13: NY Enquirer, March 9, 1942
- Folder 14: NY Enquirer, March 16, 1942
- Folder 15: NY Enquirer: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1943
- Folder 16: NY Enquirer, November 15, 1943
- Folder 17: NY Enquirer: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1944
- Folder 18: NY Enquirer: News-Reviews of Song World, 1944-1946
- Folder 19: NY Enquirer, May 14, 1945
- Folder 20: NY Enquirer, May 21, 1945
- Folder 21: NY Enquirer, May 28, 1945
- Folder 22: NY Enquirer, July 2, 1945
- Folder 23: NY Enquirer, July 23, 1945
- Folder 24: NY Enquirer: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1946-1948
- Folder 25: NY Enquirer, June 10, 1946
- Folder 26: NY Enquirer, December 23, 1946
- Folder 27: NY Enquirer, December 30, 1946
- Folder 28: NY Enquirer: News-Reviews of Song World and Did You Know Them When?, 1947 and undated
- Folder 29: NY Enquirer, April 14, 1947
- Folder 30: NY Enquirer, May 12, 1947
- Folder 31: NY Enquirer, June 30, 1947
- Folder 32: NY Enquirer, October 13, 1947
- Folder 33: NY Enquirer, October 20, 1947
- Folder 34: NY Enquirer, October 27, 1947
- Folder 35: NY Enquirer, November 10, 1947
- Folder 36: NY Enquirer, November 28, 1947
- Folder 37: NY Enquirer, December 1, 1947
- Folder 38: NY Enquirer, December 8, 1947
- Folder 39: NY Enquirer, December 29, 1947
- Box 124: Newspaper Columns
- Photocopies- not originals
- Folder 1: NY Enquirer: News-Reviews of Song World, 1948-1949
- Folder 2: NY Enquirer, August 16, 1948
- Folder 3: NY Enquirer, January 3, 1949
- Folder 4: NY Enquirer, March 21, 1949
- Folder 5: NY Enquirer, April 4, 1949
- Folder 6: NY Enquirer, May 2, 1949
- Folder 7: NY Enquirer, June 20, 1949
- Folder 8: NY Enquirer, June 27, 1949
- Folder 9: NY Enquirer, Junly 25, 1949
- Folder 10: NY Enquirer, October 3, 1949
- Folder 11: NY Enquirer, October 24, 1949
- Folder 12: NY Enquirer, October 31, 1949
- Folder 13: NY Enquirer, December 5, 1949
- Folder 14: NY Enquirer: News-Reviews of Music-Radio, 1950-1952
- Folder 15: NY Enquirer, January 23, 1950
- Folder 16: NY Enquirer, February 13, 1950
- Folder 17: NY Enquirer, April 10, 1950
- Folder 18: NY Enquirer, May 22, 1950
- Folder 19: NY Enquirer, August 14, 1950
- Folder 20: NY Enquirer, January 15, 1951
- Folder 21: NY Enquirer, April 16, 1951
- Folder 22: NY Enquirer, May 14, 1951
- Folder 23: NY Enquirer, July 9, 1951
- Folder 24: NY Enquirer, July 16, 1951
- Folder 25: NY Enquirer, July 23, 1951
- Folder 26: Unidentified Newspaper Fragment, Undated
- Box 126: Ephemera
- Item 11: The Billboard Date Book, 1927-1928
- Sub-Series 2: Lou Singer, Undated
- Musical scores
- Box 125: Lou Singer Scores
- Folder 1: A Bath is a Wonderful Thing
- Folder 2: Jenny Was Only Jaywalking
- Folder 3: Oh the Flies Keep A-Buzzin'
- Folder 4: Oom-Dida-Boom-Boom; Keep Your Eyes on the Road
- Folder 5: Oh Please Be Careful; There Was a Man Who Drove a Car; The Coffee Boils Over; Careless Kate
- Folder 6: Up a Ladder; Can't You See the Children; Jim Was a Reckless Driver
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Business Records and Personal Papers, 1936-1986],
[
Series 2: Litigation Files, 1936-1973],
[
Series 3: Barnard and Morris Young Music Company Periodicals and Publications, 1928-1966],
[
Series 4: Non-Young Company Periodicals and Publications, 1832-1988],
[
Series 5: Merle Kendrick Papers and Music, 1936-1956],
[
Series 6: George Whiting Papers, 1934-1941],
[Series 7: E.M. Wickes papers, 1948-1951],
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All]