THE CATALOG OF COPYRIGHT ENTRIES
Historic registration records
This page contains links to copyright registration records
in the Catalogue of Copyright Entries from mid-1906 to 1928,
and its predecessor, the Catalogue of Title Entries, which ran from
mid-1891 to mid-1906.
In addition, we link to cumulative volumes of dramatic compositions
registrations covering the years 1870-1916.
All of the copyrights from these years have now expired in the US.
However, the records can still be useful for historical and
bibliographic research,
and for verifying that a copyright is old enough to have expired due to age.
More recent copyright registrations are also
available via this site.
In some cases, more than one scan of a volume exists.
Let me know if you want me to search for or link additional copies.
(since not all the volumes below scanned perfectly).
Note that the catalog sometimes lags behind registrations; for instance,
a copyright registered late in 1907 might not appear in the catalog until
a 1908 volume.
- 1789-1870: GWU Guide to Pre-1870 Copyright Records (not at the Library of Congress)
- 1870-1916 (Dramatic Compositions Copyighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916):
- Volume I (A-N)
- Volume II (O-Z, supplement for 1915-1916, and index)
- We do not at this time know of online registration records from 1870-1890 for works that are not dramas. Records for all types of work from 1891 and later begin below.
- 1891 (Catalogue of Title-Entries of Books and Other Articles, July-December):
- 1892:
- 1893:
- 1894:
- 1895:
- 1896:
- 1897:
- 1898:
- 1899:
- 1900:
- 1901:
- 1902:
- 1903:
- 1904:
- 1905:
- 1906 (Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles; January-June):
- 1906 (Catalogue of Copyright Entries; July-December):
- 1907:
- 1908:
- 1909:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps and Charts
- Part 2: Periodicals
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-25)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 26-52)
- Part 4: Engravings, Cuts, and Prints; Chromos and Lithographs; Photographs; Fine Arts
- 1910:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 1-26)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 27-56)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 1-26)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 27-52)
- Part 2: Periodicals
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-26)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 27-52)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1911)
- 1911:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 1-70)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 71-134)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 1-6)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 7-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-14, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1910)
- 1912:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 1-95)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 96-163)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 1-6)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 7-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1913)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations; Motion Pictures (bound with 1913)
- 1913:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (Nos. 1-97)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (Nos. 98-156)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 1-6)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 7-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations; Motion Pictures (bound with 1912)
- 1914:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 1-84)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 85-148)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 8-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1915)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations; Motion Pictures (bound with 1915)
- 1915:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 1-94)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 95-147)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps (Nos. 8-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations; Motion Pictures
- 1916:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 1-96)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 97-149)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 1-8)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 9-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1917)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1917)
- 1917:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 1-92)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 93-146)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 8-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-9)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 10-13)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations
- 1918:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 1-70)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (nos. 71-148)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 8-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1919)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1919)
- 1919:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (Nos. 1-92)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (Nos. 93-131)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 1-8)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 9-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1918)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1918)
- 1920:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 8-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1921)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1921)
- 1921:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures
- Part 2: Periodicals
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations
- 1922:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures
- Part 2: Periodicals
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 1-7)
- Part 3: Musical Compositions (Nos. 8-13, and annual index)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations
- 1923:
- 1924:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books
- Part
1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or
Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic
Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 1-6)
- Part
1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or
Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic
Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 7-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1925)
- Part 3: Musical compositions
- Part
4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical
Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1925)
- 1925:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (may be mislabeled "Gr 1")
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures: Index Volume
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1924)
- Part 3: Musical compositions (Nos. 1-6)
- Part 3: Musical compositions (Nos. 7-12)
- Part 4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1924)
- 1926:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books
- Part
1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or
Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic
Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 1-8)
- Part
1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or
Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic
Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures (Nos. 9-12)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1927)
- Part 3: Musical compositions (Nos. 1-6)
- Part 3: Musical compositions (Nos. 7-12)
- Part
4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical
Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1927)
- 1927:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books
- Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or
Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Dramatic
Compositions, Maps, Motion Pictures
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1926)
- Part 3: Musical compositions (Nos. 1-6)
- Part 3: Musical compositions (Nos. 7-12)
- Part
4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical
Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1926)
- 1928:
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (Nos. 1-96) (erroneously dated by Google as from 1920)
- Part 1, Group 1: Books (Nos. 97-152)
- Part
1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or
Periodicals, Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps
- Part 1, Group 3: Dramatic Compositions; Motion Pictures (bound with 1929)
- Part 2: Periodicals (bound with 1929)
- Part 3: Musical compositions (Nos. 1-6)
- Part 3: Musical compositions (Nos. 7-12)
- Part
4: Works of Art; Reproductions of Works of Art; Scientific and Technical
Drawings and Plastic Works; Photographs; Prints and Illustrations (bound with 1929)
Copyright registrations after 1928 may still be in force in the US.
See this page for online sources for
later registrations.
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