Morris and Barnard Young Music Business Records, 1832-1988 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Description: 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.