Related Records

1. 1955/01/08 - Correspondence

   8 pgs, Letters between Foundation president Willliam Hales, Brotherhood president Bill Sadler, Jr., Marian Rowley and Foundation attorneys re: permission to use the word Urantia and the concentric circles.

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2. 1955/03/25 - Memorandum

   1 pg, Bill Sadler, Vice-President of the U Foundation recommends using the concentric circle design on the front cover and the title page and in blue if costs allow.

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3. 1955/08/25 - Letter

   1 pg, Letter from William C Hales, President of the U Foundation to attorney, Edward H Baker, Jr of McBride and Baker about the request of the Urantia Brotherhood for use of the name "Urantia" and the "Service Mark."

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4. 1955/08/25 - Memorandum

   2 pgs, To Foundation presidnet William Hales from Brotherhood president Bill Sadler Jr. Bill suggests the possible uses for the service trademarks that the Urantia Brotherhood, societies, Urantia Brotherhood Corp, and other Urantia Brotherhood Corporations might have going forward. William Hales encloses letter to attorney, Edward H Baker, Jr, to draw up a formal agreement.

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5. 1955/10/14 - Letter

   1 pg, To Canadian law firm, copied to Christy and Foundation president William Hales, from Brotherhood president Bill Sadler, Jr., thanking him for expediting the publication of the Urantia Book to Canada.

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6. 1955/10/14 - Letter

   1 pg, To Canadian law firm, copied to Christy and Foundation president William Hales, from Brotherhood president Bill Sadler, Jr., thanking him for expediting the publication of the Urantia Book to Canada. Duplicate of FIC1602, except it does not have a "Confidential" stamp and a reference number written on it. PDF: UC19551014_SadlerB_01a

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7. 1957/02/04 - Letter

   3 pgs, To Meredith Sprunger from Doc Sadler, talking about the pitfalls of publishing a condensed version of The Urantia Book and the problems of copyright. Suggests that maybe the Foundation would be amenable in the future to condensed story for youth in which the story would be told in "your own language" based on the Urantia revelation.

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8. 1957/02/06 - Correspondence

   2 pgs, 1) Letter to people who received Meredith Sprunger's intro to the UB and informing them that it presents copyright violation issues and therefore cannot be distributed. 2) To Doc Sadler from Meredith Sprunger, agreeing to comply with the request not to distribute UB Intro he created and giving his justifications for the primer and saying that he believes that the Foundation is making a mistake by not doing it themselves.

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9. 1957/02/08 - Letter

   1 pg, To Meredith Sprunger from William Harrah, saying he is disappointed to hear that the UB intro written by Meredith cannot be distributed because of copyright laws. He states that the "laws" nowadays are constantly causing embarrassment and annoyance but it is unclear if he is speaking generally or specifically about UB copyright laws. He tells Meredith that he has more knowledge of the UB than anyone save the Sadlers. He states that they rea...

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10. 1957/02/08 - Letter

    1 pg, To Meredith Sprunger from Doc Sadler, saying his son, Bill, also once had the idea to do a condensed version of the UB but gave up on the effort. Suggested he write one using his own words. He will approach the trustees on how best to handle an introduction to the book.

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11. 1957/02/11 - Correspondence

    2 pgs, To Doc Sadler from Meredith Sprunger, suggesting a meeting and arguing that writing in his own words would not capture the style, spirit and terminology of the original words. Also suggesting it could be copyrighted.

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12. 1957/02/13 - Correspondence

    2 pg, To Meredith Sprunger from Doc Sadler, arranging a meeting date. He suggests that Meredith come for lunch and spend the day with Lena and him. Enclosed is a letter from Judge Louis M Hammerschmidt, South Bend, IN, regarding Sprunger's "Condensation of the Urantia Book" asking for additional copies.

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13. 1957/02/23 - Letter

    1 pg, To Meredith Sprunger from Doc Sadler, re: referencing quotes and getting a copyright for his outreach piece.

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14. 1957/02/25 - Letter

    1 pg, To Meredith Sprunger from Doc Sadler, advising that he should note on his primer the page numbers of the book to comply with copyright law.

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15. 1957/02/27 - Correspondence

    2 pgs, 1) 1957/02/27 To Doc Sadler from Meredith Sprunger about producing study aid and outreach materials without direct quotes. Agrees to add the page numbers when he does quote. 2) To Meredith from Doc, discussing copyright for study aids and saying he got a copyright for his Doctrine study aids.

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16. 1957/02/28 - Letter

    1 pg, To Meredith Sprunger from Doc Sadler, telling him that he can paraphrase paragraphs and the Foundation might ask him to copyright work when it is finished as they required Sadler to do with his Doctrinal studies.

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17. 1957/03/06 - Letter

    1 pg, To Doc Sadler from Meredith Sprunger, re: progress on his introductory study aid. Thanks Doc for "Harmony of the Gospels and the Urantia Book" which Doc sent him.

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18. 1957/03/25 - Letter

    1 pg, To Meredith Sprunger, from Doc Sadler, suggesting title other than Primer; i.e. Summary of Urantia Book. If okay will submit to Foundation for approval of use of quoted material.

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19. 1957/04/17 - Letter

    1 pg, To Meredith Sprunger from Doc Sadler, regarding the reason for the delay in response by the trustees.

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20. 1957/05/04 - Correspondence

    2 pgs, 1) To Doc Sadler from Meredith Sprunger, arranging a meeting with Doc Sadler, May 19 in Chicago and indicates he was there over Easter weekend. Mentions developments with Arnold Zackow. 2) To Meredith from Doc Sadler, indicating he would meet with him and discuss quotation problems at that time.

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