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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:
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Series 1: Business Records and Personal Papers, 1936-1986],
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Series 2: Litigation Files, 1936-1973],
[Series 3: Barnard and Morris
Young Music Company Periodicals and Publications, 1928-1966],
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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],
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Series 7: E.M. Wickes papers, 1948-1951],
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All]
- Series 3: Barnard and Morris Young Music Company Periodicals and Publications, 1928-1966
- Consists of music periodicals, publications, and printing plates produced by companies either owned or operated by Barnard and Morris Young between 1928 and 1966. Unarranged. Printing plates have been placed at the end of this series.
- Box 49: Cavanaugh Entertainment Publication Materials, ca. 1953
- Folder 1: 3-D Entertainment World Booklets, glasses, photographs, and proofs, ca. 1953
- Box 50: Denton and Haskins, Gem Music, and Intercollegiate Music Pre-Press Materials, 1939-1961
- Folder 1: Denton and Haskins: "Archie's Music Man" Printing paste-ups, 1966
- Music by Gloria Parker
- Folder 2: Gem Music: "Sam the Vegetable Man" Instrumental scores (copyist), ca. 1939
- Folder 3: Gem Music: "Sam the Vegetable Man" Printing paste-ups and manuscript materials, lyric sheet, 1939
- Folder 4: Gem Music: "Three Foot Skipper Jones" Published sheet music and instrumental parts, orchestral manuscript, 1939
- By George Whiting and Ken Byron
- Folder 5: Gem Music: "Archie's Paradise" Printing paste-ups, 1961
- By Archibald Palmer and Gloria Parker
- Folder 6: Gem Music: "The Magic of Love" Music manuscripts and printing materials, Undated
- By Harry Blackstone and Thomas-Ken Byron
- Folder 7: Gem Music: "Sam the Vegetable Man" Artwork, Undated
- Folder 8: Intercollegiate Syndicate: "Yellow Rose of Texas Merengue" Printing paste-ups and instrumental parts, 1955
- Box 51: Song Fan Magazine Publication Materials, Other Young Publications
- Folder 1: Published Sheet Music, 1936-1947
- Folder 2: Valentino Song Contest Entries, 1952
- Folder 3: Valentino Song Contest Entries, 1953
- Folder 4: Valentino Song Contest Entries, January-May 1954
- Folder 5: Valentino Song Contest Entries, June-December 1954
- Folder 6: Valentino Song Contest Entries, 1957, undated
- Folder 7: Valentino Song Contest Entry- Oversized, Undated
- Folder 8: Valentino Song Contest Entry- Oversized, Undated
- Folder 9: Valentino Song Contest Entry- Oversized, Undated
- Folder 10: Valentino Song Contest Prizes, selections, rules, Undated
- Folder 11: Song & Words Magazine, September 1954
- Folder 12: Song Fan Magazine, March 1954
- Folder 13: Song Fan Magazine, July 1954
- Folder 14: Song Fan Magazine, July 1954
- Folder 15: Song of the Month, May 1954
- Folder 16: Song of the Month, July 1954
- Folder 17: Top Hits, 1941
- Folder 18: Top Hits, 1942
- Box 52: Music Printing Materials and Published Music, 1928-1958
- Folder 1: Denton and Haskins- Published Music, 1928, 1955
- Folder 2: Denton and Haskins and Gem Music Printing paste-ups, 1955
- Songs composed by Edgar Battle and Jean Preston, Titles N-Y
- Folder 3: Denton and Haskins and Gem Music Printing paste-ups, 1954-1955
- Songs Composed by Rita Rose; Titles A-I
- Folder 4: Denton and Haskins and Gem Music Printing paste-ups, 1954-1955
- Songs composed by Rita Rose; Titles L-R
- Folder 5: Denton and Haskins and Gem Music Printing paste-ups, 1954-1955
- Songs composed by Rita Rose; Titles S-Y
- Folder 6: Gem Music Corp. Published Sheet Music, 1954, 1955
- Folder 7: Gem Music "Up and Down Mambo" Printing paste-up, 1955
- Song composed by Edgar Battle and Rita Rose
- Folder 8: Gem Music Printing paste-ups, 1955
- Songs composed by Edgar Battle; Titles B-M
- Folder 9: Gem Music Printing paste-ups, 1957-1958
- Folder 10: Godell Music Printing paste-ups, 1952
- Songs composed by Gloria Parker and Barney Young; One title by Una Mae Carlisle
- Folder 11: Intercollegiate Music and Life Music Printing paste-ups, 1938-1956
- Folder 12: Life Music Printing paste-ups, 1953
- Give in to me- Gloria Parker; The Lord Heard My Prayer- Gloria Parker and Barney Young
- Folder 13: National Juke Box Music Printing paste-ups, 1932-1955
- My Love- Ross Columbo; A Stairway to the Moon- Ginger Gaye and Pat Raymond; "The Golden Eggs" and "Story of NJBM"
- Folder 14: National Juke Box Music and Life Music- Published Sheet Music, 1932, 1949, 1950
- Box 53: Printing Plates
- Item 1: Angel's Prayer- 2 plates
- Item 2: What God Made Mothers For- 1 plate
- Box 54: Printing Plates
- Item 1: Somebody Stole My Gal- 3 plates
- Box 55: Printing Plates
- Item 1: That Big Rock Candy Mountain- 2 plates
- Box 56: Printing Plates
- Item 1: Who Am I- 2 plates
- Box 57: Printing Plates
- Folder 1: Somebody Stole My Gal- 3
- Folder 2: Somebody Stole My Gal- 4
- Folder 3: Somebody Stole My Gal- 5
- Folder 4: Somebody Stole My Gal- 6
- Folder 5: Who Am I- 2
- Folder 6: Who Am I- 3
- Folder 7: Who Am I- 4
- Folder 8: Who Am I- 5
- Folder 9: That Big Rock Candy Mountain- 2
- Folder 10: That Big Rock Candy Mountain- 3
- Folder 11: That Big Rock Candy Mountain- 4
- Folder 12: That Big Rock Candy Mountain- 5
- Folder 13: Angel's Prayer- 1
- Folder 14: Angel's Prayer- 2
- Folder 15: Angel's Prayer- 3
- Folder 16: Angel's Prayer- 4
- Folder 17: Angel's Prayer- 5
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]