I have posted it at the site, and also mailed it to a number of other folks
who have approached me off-list.

Erica S. Maniez
Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
425/392-3500
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www.issaquahhistory.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Brad Holderman
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 5:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: photographic releases
>
>
> Erica,
>
> I for one would appreciate having access to this
> document.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --- Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Erica/Mike/et al:
> >
> > This is another example of a document that would be
> > welcome on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseDocs
> >
> > Erica, if you upload the file there, the 76 members
> > already existing may well benefit from having it.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Issaquah Historical Society Info
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > If you post your e-mail address, I would be happy
> > to
> > > send you our photo
> > > policies, as well as our Deed of Gift form. The
> > deed
> > > specifies that the
> > > Society has rights to the photo as part of the
> > > property tranfer, and we also
> > > use this form when we make copies of the photos.
> > >
> > > You are right to be concerned about this. Most of
> > > our photos were collected
> > > in the early 1970s in this manner. Some are copies
> > > and some are originals
> > > that people gave to a founder of the society when
> > > she was writing a book.
> > > The founder then donated the photos and the copies
> > > to us, and she signed the
> > > deed. But original owners didn't sign anything.
> > Now
> > > we are limited in the
> > > ways we can use these photos, because we are not
> > > certain we have rights to
> > > the images.
> > >
> > > Erica
> > >
> > >
> > > Erica S. Maniez
> > > Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> > > 425/392-3500
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > www.issaquahhistory.org
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Museum discussion list
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> > > > Behalf Of Michael Cahall
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:18 AM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: photographic releases
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear List:
> > > >
> > > >         I am currently involved in a new
> > > historical society in
> > > > our community.  One
> > > > of the most active groups within the society is
> > > our photographic committee
> > > > which is taking picture of the community and is
> > > copying old photographs in
> > > > private collections.  We are accumulating quite
> > a
> > > lot of images, but some
> > > > of us on the board have expressed concerns that
> > we
> > > do not have releases
> > > > from those who own these pictures and the
> > > reproduction rights are
> > > > up in the
> > > > air.
> > > >
> > > >         My request is two fold.  First, would
> > any
> > > of you who have written
> > > > photographic policies be willing to share them
> > > with us?  Second, if you
> > > > have a release form, either for photographs you
> > > copy or for
> > > > people who want
> > > > to use your photographs, would you share that
> > > also?
> > > >
> > > >         Thanks in advance for your help.  Any
> > > suggestions or
> > > > examples you are
> > > > willing to share will be most gratefully
> > accepted.
> > >  Please reply off list.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >                                 Thanks,
> > > >
> > > >                                 Mike Cahall
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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