Subject: RE: ListServ Museum - Question re copying donated printed material Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:14:54 -0600 Message-ID: <B46BC0C8F6373F43B0A84089442FE921014D9CE9@MEWMAD1P0129.enterprise.wistate.us> From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>
Since copyright law is complicated and we cannot provide legal advice,
WHS and the Field Services staff will usually suggest that seeking some
legal counsel is the best course of action.
These particular items are not official school records, but do keep in
mind that those types of records may have certain restrictions and you
should contact WHS staff if there is a question about public access to
official school records that may contain personal information.
Finally, it is always important to consider your historical society's
reputation and the public's opinion, especially in a small town! If your
board feels that it is an important step to try to make a good faith
effort to contact former students who might be involved, you can
certainly decide to do so, even if you were not legally required to do
so.
Thanks,
Janet
Janet Seymour
Field Services Representative - Northern Region
Wisconsin Historical Society
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From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu on behalf of Gillett
Historical
Sent: Wed 1/14/2009 9:36 PM
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Subject: ListServ Museum - Question re copying donated printed material
Our Historical Society has received a donation from a former school
teacher (now deceased) of about 12 pages of individual assignments, each
written by school children in 1935 about local area businesses.
An officer in the Historical Society would like to present at the next
meeting, the possibility of making copies of these papers and putting
them in a spiral bound books to offer for sale. The question is, would
this require a consent from the students/descendants?. The form
presented to the donor to sign did not indicate any stipulations .... As
far as I know ...
Thanks for any suggestions. ? ? ?? ?
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?Gillett Area Historical Museum
110 W Main St Hwy 22
Gillett Wisconsin 54124
A Non-Profit Organization
www.gilletthistorical.com <http://www.gilletthistorical.com/>
info@gilletthistorical.com <mailto:info@gilletthistorical.com>
Nancy R Smith ~ Member