A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org . For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp .Hello! I'm new to the listserv and the museum field. I am not quite as familiar with copyright as I would like to be and I was hoping somebody would be able to answer my question. Part of my responsibilities is to organize the museum's archival and photograph collection. Just today I was contacted by a volunteer who would like to use some photographs in our collection for publication. The photos are part of a collection donated to us by a law firm who inherited the photos from an oil company here in Virginia. The company has long been disbanded and the lawyers have passed away. Am I right to assume the copyright for the photographs lies with the museum? Thanks!
Jessica Waite
Curator of Collections and Education
Reedville Fishermen's Museum
P.O. Box 306
Reedville, VA 22539
(804) 453-6529
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