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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Zane Grey copyright assignments, approximately 1932

 Sub-Series — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233647665], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 8316 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains assignments of copyrights, which transferred the copyrights to all of Zane Grey's published works to Zane Grey, Inc., dating from approximately 1932. It also includes a list of published works with dates of publication and copyright registration numbers. The documents were prepared with Lina Elise Grey as attorney-in-fact for Zane Grey in 1932. These documents gave the rights to change, translate, and publish in any form available or that would be later devised.

Dates: approximately 1932

Zane Grey legal correspondence, 1924-1930

 Sub-Series — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233647665], Folder: 6-8
Identifier: MSS 8316 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents This subseries contains legal correspondence regarding royalties, creditor settlements, accusations of plagerism, relations with film companies, and other legal matters relating to Zane and Lina Elise Grey, dating from 1924 to 1930. The correspondence is from the offices of Taylor & Forgy, Stern & Reubens, James, Pace, Smith & Younkin, Frank James and Everett H. Mills, and others. It aslso includes a letter from the Royal Norwegian Consulate regarding compensation owed to a...
Dates: 1924-1930

Zane Grey legal records, 1924-1937

 Series — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233647665], Folder: 6-10
Identifier: MSS 8316 Series 2
Scope and Contents This series contains legal records, copyright assignments and property records for Zane and Lina Elise Grey dating from 1924 to 1937. It includes legal correspondence regarding royalties, creditor settlements, accusations of plagerism, relations with film companies, and other legal matters relating to Zane and Lina Elise Grey. It also includes assignments of copyrights, a list of published works with dates of publication and copyright registration numbers, correspondence regarding land...
Dates: 1924-1937

Zane Grey property records, 1926-1937

 Sub-Series — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233647665], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 8316 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

The subseries contains a letter between Lina Elise Grey and George G. Schutt regarding Grey land on Long Key, a letter between Lina Elise Grey and Bernice Campbell Cleary confirming an agreement for money owed to Cleary, and a trust deed granting a property known as the Grogan Tract to Lina Elise Grey from Betty Zane Grey, dating from 1926 to 1937.

Dates: 1926-1937