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03/13/2011 07:21:27 PM · #1 |
| I was looking through my old photos and came across some that I took when I was a student at George Washington University in 1971. They are pictures of the historic Vietnam war demonstrations, open concerts on the mall, and police arrests of civilians on the streets around GWU (they took people and held them at RFK stadium by the bus load). We are coming upon the 40th anniversary of these Historic demonstrations in April of 1971. I feel these pictures have a place in the archives of journalist photographic history, but I do not know what is the best way to make them available or who to contact. Can anyone make suggestions. Thank you for your help. |
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03/13/2011 07:34:20 PM · #2 |
I would start by scanning them and registering them with the US Copyright Office, at which point they will be archived at the Library of Congress.
I would then contact whomever you think would be the best custodian: the university, one of the Library of Congress projects, or perhaps some other organization you can think of (or that they might suggest); there is probably a project somewhere documenting the anti-war movement.
I'd be interested in seeing them myself -- I was present at some of the demonstrations on the other coast, but I don't think I have any pictures. |
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03/13/2011 07:51:29 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
I would start by scanning them and registering them with the US Copyright Office, at which point they will be archived at the Library of Congress. |
Do you have a reference for that? I have never heard of the LOC archiving everything that is registered by the copyright office.
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03/13/2011 08:14:36 PM · #4 |
| The Copyright Office requires a "deposit" (one or two copies) of everything which is registered, which is stored -- and theroretically accessible -- somewhere within the LOC system; the Copyright Office is a Division within the LOC. |
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03/13/2011 08:36:18 PM · #5 |
"In 1870 Congress passed a law that centralized the copyright system in the Library of Congress. No legislation was more important to the development of the Library than that law, which required all authors to deposit in the Library two copies of every book, pamphlet, map, print, and piece of music registered in the United States. That partnership, created nearly 140 years ago, has served the nation well. Supplying the information needs of the Congress, the Library of Congress has become the world̢۪s largest library and America̢۪s national library. This great repository of more than 142 million books, photographs, maps, films, documents, sound recordings, computer programs, and other items has been created largely through the operations of the copyright system, which brings deposits of every copyrighted work into the Library."
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03/13/2011 09:55:55 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Louis:
"... which brings deposits of every [REGISTERED] copyrighted work into the Library."
Source. |
Note that later versions of the law do not require that works be registered to be protected by the copyright law, but registering brings significant legal/financial advantages if there's infringement, and, of course, gets your work archived at the LOC. |
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03/13/2011 10:25:39 PM · #7 |
I'd be interested in seeing them myself -- I was present at some of the demonstrations on the other coast, but I don't think I have any pictures. [/quote]
It was an amazing time to be in Washington, D.C. A couple of my fraternity brothers were arrested for no apparent reason and thrown in with 7000 protesters kept detained at RFK stadium for 3 days. I was carrying around a camera on campus and down near the free concerts at the Washington Memorial taking pictures. The National guard was marching down G street in front of my fraternity house in full protective uniforms and helmets. There was tear gas not too far away. What an insane period in our history.
Thanks for the info. |
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