Helen Keller, New England Historic Genealogical Society Announces discovery of Helen Keller photo

New England Historic Genealogical Society Announces discovery of Helen Keller photo. (Link to non Public Domain Image)

NEHGS recently acquired a large family collection from Mr. Thaxter Parks Spencer. Located within the collection is a truly remarkable photograph of 8-year old Helen Keller, while vacationing with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, in Brewster, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This one of a kind image gives new insights into the wonderful life of Helen Keller.

Copyright of the newly found image: All patrons should be aware of the revised Copyright Act of 1976 (which took effect on January 1,1978). It provides protection for all unpublished material (as is the case with this image) from the time of creation (in this case 1888) for the life of the author (in this case unknown) plus seventy years or to 2002 (whichever is greater). All patrons accept full legal responsibility for observing the copyright law, as well as legislation concerning libel, invasion of privacy, property rights and fair use.

Since the creator of this work is unknown (see press release PDF) the date that it became or will become public domain can only be estimated. Using the formula of current law, if the photographer was 25 at the time, 1888 and lived another 50 years to die at the age of 75 in 1938, the 70 year waiting period until the work would enter the public domain would start on December 31st of that year regardless of the actual date of death. Therefor the image would enter the public domain on January 1, 2009. if using the same example the person lived until 85 the date for entrance to the public domain would be January 1, 2019

The only reliable formula for estimating entrance to the public domain that can be trusted beyond any reasonable doubt would be as follows: The photographer was 0 years old at the time 1888 and lived for 122 years 164 days, this is the oldest documented and fully validated supercentenarian ever (see Jeanne Calment) and will die in 2011. On December 31st of that year the 70 year waiting period from the date of death of the artist (post mortem auctoris) would began and on January 1st 2082 this image would enter the public domain;

We see that many other usually reliable sources (see Wikipedia) are claiming this image to be in the public domain because of the pre 1923, 1888 year of creation. This only applies to PUBLISHED works and then only in the United States.

We offer below the closest in time, 1897 and subject image that is public domain please enjoy and feel free to comment (editor)

TITLE: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. CALL NUMBER: BIOG FILE - Keller, Helen and Anne Sullivan [item] [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-13123 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. Digital ID: cph 3a15420 Source: b&w film copy neg. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13123 (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (1,760 kilobytes)

SUMMARY: Portrait, full length, seated, in profile. MEDIUM: 1 photographic print. CREATED, PUBLISHED: 1897. NOTES: Photo by Notman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a15420 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a15420 CONTROL #: 2004672077

MARC Record Line 540 - No known restrictions on publication

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-13123]

March is Women's History Month

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Women's History Month From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Women's History Month is an annual declared month in the United States that highlights contributions of women to events in history. March is declared Women's History Month.

The annual event traces its beginnings to the first International Women's Day in 1911. In 1978, the school district of Sonoma, California participated in Women's History Week, an event designed around the week of March 8 (International Women's Day). In 1981, responding to the growing popularity of the event, Congress passed a resolution making Women's History Week a national holiday. This week was well received and soon after schools across the country began to have their own local celebrations.

The next year, leaders from the California group shared their project at a Women's History Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. Other participants not only became determined to begin their own local Women's History Week projects but also agreed to support an effort to have Congress declare a national Women's History Week. In 1981, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) cosponsored the first Joint Congressional Resolution proclaiming a "Women's History Week." Soon, other state departments of education began to encourage celebrations of National Women's History Week as a way to promote equality among the sexes in the classroom.

Maryland, Pennsylvania, Alaska, New York, Oregon and other states developed and distributed curriculum materials all of their public schools, which prompted such events such as essay contests. Within a few years, thousands of schools and communities got on the bandwagon that was National Women's History Week, with the support and encouragement from governors, city councils, school boards, and the U.S. Congress. Congress legally expanded the focus to a whole month in 1987. Since then, the National Women's History Month Resolution has been approved with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.

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Go Red for Women

These "Fashion Week 2005" dresses are displayed as part of the "2005 First Ladies Red Dress Collection" exhibit, scheduled to run through May 30 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.White House photo by Krisanne Johnson.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.

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Go Red For Women: A Program to Educate Women about Heart Dx:

To increase awareness among women about the importance of getting rapid and appropriate treatment when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack the KSC Occupational Health Program has joined with the Wuesthoff Medical Center & the AHA to participate a nationwide campaign called “Go Red For Women” to educate women about the #1 threat to women’s health.

For whatever reason, women tend to downplay symptoms or underestimate their severity. Surveys have indicated that, in general, women wait about a half hour longer than men to go to the emergency room when they first suffer heart attack symptoms. With more than 250,000 people a year dying within one hour of the onset of cardiac symptoms and
before they reach the hospital, women need to recognize their symptoms and take action. Go Red For Women IN PDF FORMAT

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Bessye J. Bearden

Creator: Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations. Branch. News Bureau. (06/13/1942 - 09/15/1945) ( Most Recent) Type of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials. Level of Description: Item from Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War Information, 1926 - 1951. Location: Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S),

National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-837-3530, FAX: 301-837-3621, EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov

Production Date: 1943. Part of: Series: Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston, ca. 1942 - ca. 1945. Scope & Content Note: Bessye J. Bearden - with biographical paragraphs.

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted. Use Restrictions: Unrestricted. Specific Records Type: cartoons (humorous images) Variant Control Number(s): NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-208-COM-85.

Copy 1 Copy Status: Preservation Storage Facility: National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD) Media Media Type: Artwork Index Terms Subjects Represented in the Archival Material. African Americans. Arts. World War, 1939-1945

Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977, Artist

Bessye J. Bearden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bessye J. Bearden was an American journalist and mother of artist Romare Bearden.

Bessye J. Bearden was born in North Carolina to George T. and Carrie O. Banks. She attended public schools in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

She married R. Howard Bearden and this union produced a son, Romare.

For several years she served as a New York correspondent for the Chicago Defender.

Bearden has the distinction of being one of the first black women to serve as a member of New York City's Board of Education. She was also the founder and president of the Colored Women's Democratic League.

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Women's History Month, We Can Do It

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ARC Identifier: 535413, We can do it! , ca. 1942 - ca. 1943, Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-837-3530, FAX: 301-837-3621, EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Creator: Office for Emergency Management. War Production Board. (01/1942 - 11/03/1945) ( Most Recent), Type of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials, Level of Description: Item from Record Group 179: Records of the War Production Board, 1918 - 1947.

Location: Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-837-3530, FAX: 301-837-3621, EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov Other Titles: "Rosie the Riveter" Coverage Dates: ca. 1942 - ca. 1943

Part of: Series: War Production Board, 1942 - 1943, Access Restrictions: Unrestricted. Use Restrictions: Unrestricted , Specific Records Type: posters. General Note: Use War and Conflict Number 798 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.Online Resource: Order a reproduction of this image from iPHOTOART Variant Control Number(s): NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-179-WP-1563Local Identifier: NWDNS-179-WP-1563Search Identifier: siArchivesPrints War Posters

Copy 1 Copy Status: Preservation Storage Facility: National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD) Media Media Type: Photomechanical Print.

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