Before material from the collections of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from both the owner of the physical property and the holder of the copyright.

Materials for personal use (no permission needed)
Other Uses of Hargrett Materials (permission necessary)
Overview of Copyright Law
Application to Publish Forms

You will not have to seek permission to publish if the purpose of your work falls under one of the following:
1. Non-profit educational purposes (such as a class paper, research, multiple copies for classroom use by a teacher).
2. For purposes such as criticism, comment, and news reporting.

If you wish to use any Hargrett Library Materials (whole or in part) for publication in electronic or any other form, including all of the uses below, you must obtain the specific written permission of both the owner of the physical property and the holder of the copyright.
Following is a list of uses for which you will need to seek permssion to publish:
1. Public display in any form of electronic or hard copy (excluding teachers wishing to use material inside their classroom).
2. Publication in any form of hard copy (book, periodical, partwork). This includes dissertations to be microfilmed and distributed by University Microfilms.
3. Publication in any electronic form, whether modified or not.
4. Use in television, video or film.
5. Duplication of an image in any networked or public site, or in a virtual library. (You may incorporate the URL for an image, not the image itself, without seeking permission to publish).

Works Originally Created on or after January 1, 1978:
A work that is created on or after this date is automatically protected from the moment of its creation and is given a term enduring for the author's life plus an additional 70 years after their death. If the work was created by two (2) or more people, the term lasts for 70 years past the last surviving author's death. For anonymous and psudonymous works (unless the author's identity is revealed in Copyright Office records) and for works made for hire, the copyright duration will be 120 years from date of creation or 95 years from date of publication, whichever is shorter.

Works originally create before January 1, 1978, and not published or registered by that date:
All of these works are now under federal copyright protection. The duration of copyright for these works will be the same as for works created on or after January 1, 1978. "In no case, will the term of copyright for works in this category expire before December 31, 2002, and for works published on or before December 31, 2002, the term of copyright will not expire before December 31, 2047."

Works Originally Created and Published or Registered before January 1, 1978:
"Under the law in effect before 1978, copyright was secured either on the date a work was published with a copyright notice or on the date of registration if the work was registered in an unpublished form. In either case, the copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured. During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. The Copyright Act of 1976 extended the renewal term from 28 to 47 years for copyrights that were subsisting on January 1, 1978, or for pre-1978 copyrights restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), making these works eligible for a total term of 75 years. Public Law 105-298, enacted on October 27, 1998, further extended the renewal term of copyrights still subsisting on that date by an additional 20 years, providing for a renewal term of 67 years and a total term of protection of 95 years."

Permission to quote from manuscripts and records owned by the University of Georgia is granted freely and non-exclusively. For materials on loan to Hargrett, the Department will supply the name and address of the owners who must be contacted for permission to quote should the address of an owner prove not to be current, the department will require a legal form be signed by the researcher who wishes to proceed with publication without the owner's permission.

Please open the appropriate form and complete it, being sure to sign and date the form. Mail the completed form to: Head, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA 30602. Forms must be filled out entirely in order to be granted permission.
Request Forms: (All forms require Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Note: Please type - Illegible/handwritten requests may be delayed.

Application to Reproduce or Publish Text PDF
Application to Reproduce or Publish Images PDF