Artist Contracts, circa 1938-1949

Contracts between performer and Musicraft as agreements to record songs. Includes some financial information (advances and royalties), title of song to be performed and recorded, and occasional correspondence with American Federation of Musicians. Some correspondence with agents and documentation of termination of contracts. Includes extensive documentation of negotiations for Duke Ellington contract in 1946 and proceedings concerning his alleged breach of contract in 1947, as well as a Carnegie Hall Concert program for January 4, 1946 performance. Also items regarding the Old Harp Singers of Nashville Tennessee with George Jackson.

Several contracts have been combined into one folder. Unfortunately some original artist folders were empty. In these cases an "m" in parentheses has been annotated next to the artist name to specify that a contract was "missing" at time of processing, or more specifically, was not in the folder. There are approximately 13 missing contracts.