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amelia3
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Hello,
I am working on a paper I'm seeking to publish in a history journal. I live in Illinois. For my research I used the papers of a group from the 1950s that still exists under a different name. Their collection of papers is closed to researchers, but some of their papers exist in the open collections of other organizations, for which I had permission to copy and use. I'm wondering about any legal trouble in publishing a paper on a group from which I do not have direct permission? (Although I'm guessing many of the people involved are dead.) If I got permission from the archivist for the papers I did look at, is that enough? Should I have written permission?
Thank you!
I am working on a paper I'm seeking to publish in a history journal. I live in Illinois. For my research I used the papers of a group from the 1950s that still exists under a different name. Their collection of papers is closed to researchers, but some of their papers exist in the open collections of other organizations, for which I had permission to copy and use. I'm wondering about any legal trouble in publishing a paper on a group from which I do not have direct permission? (Although I'm guessing many of the people involved are dead.) If I got permission from the archivist for the papers I did look at, is that enough? Should I have written permission?
Thank you!