Biographies of the Registers of Copyright
Marybeth Peters, 1994-Present
Barbara Ringer, Acting Register 1993-1994
Ralph Oman, 1985—1993
Donald Curran, Acting Register 1985
David Ladd, Register 1980-1985
Barbara Ringer, 1973-1980
Abe A. Goldman, Acting Register 1973
George D. Cary, Register 1971-1973
Abraham L. Kaminstein, 1960—1971
Arthur Fisher, Register 1951-1960
Sam Bass
Warner, 1945—1951
Richard Crosby De Wolf,
(acting) 1944—1945
Clement Lincoln Bouvé, 1936—1943
William Lincoln Brown, 1934—1936
Thorvald Solberg, 1897—1930
Copyright Law
Copyright Act of 1790
Copyright
Act of 1909
Copyright Act of 1909 (Revised
to January 1,1973)
Annual Reports
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Annoucements (MLs)
Various Copyright Office Announcements |