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- Title
The Library of Congress in 1892: Ainsworth Spofford, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, and Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Authors
Winship, Michael
- Abstract
This article presents information about a copyright controversy concerning Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Stowe had copyrighted her work in 1851 and had renewed it for another 14 years in 1879. One year prior to the copyright expiration in 1893, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, then holder of the copyright, sent an agent to speak to the Librarian of Congress, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, about possible legal problems with the copyright. Spofford indicated that the courts would have to settle any questions. The incident is described to relate Spofford's importance in establishing the copyright activities of the Library of Congress. Included is a copy of a letter from the agent to Houghton, Mifflin and Company explaining the situation.
- Subjects
COPYRIGHT; INTELLECTUAL property; UNCLE Tom's Cabin (Book : Stowe); STOWE, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; HOUGHTON Mifflin Co.; LIBRARY of Congress; SPOFFORD, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908
- Publication
Libraries & the Cultural Record, 2010, Vol 45, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1932-4855
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/lac.0.0114