Oral History Reproduction Request Form

Note: there is no fee for a digital file transfer. A $10 per file service charge applies for non-digitized transcript or audio files.

Patron Name *

First

Last

Organization (if applicable)

Email *

Phone

Please complete the fields below to specify the materials that you are requesting. Click the checkbox for “Add additional item” to submit requests for multiple oral histories.

Oral History Identifier (OH#)

Narrator Name/Item Description

Oral History Collection Name

Special Instructions

Additional Item

Add additional item

Format Requested

Transcript (PDF)
Recording (mp3)

Notice Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions *

By checking this box and submitting this form, I am indicating that I have read, understand, and agree to the copyright restrictions and concerns in the notice below. I understand that I am responsible for complying with the laws governing copyright and literary property rights.

The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

Copyright Concerns: MCHC does not hold the copyright for many of the items in its oral history collections. MCHC cannot, does not, and will not warrant or represent that it own all rights to sound recordings within its collections. Responsibility for determining if additional permissions are needed from rights holders for use of sound recordings and for securing permissions in regard to matters including but not limited to copyright and invasion of privacy is assumed by the patron requesting the materials.

Library staff will be in contact upon receiving your request. Staff will confirm that there are no donor or other restrictions limiting access to your requested materials and will provide an estimate of charges based on the number of files and/or digitization needs. Payment must be received before the request is fulfilled. Our goal is to make oral history materials within our collections as accessible as possible for research purposes while respecting the terms of existing deeds of gift and release forms from narrators.