Useful Links

North Carolina Collections

• Duke University Library, Special Collections
• Forsyth County Public Library, Photograph Collection
• North Carolina ECHO: Exploring Cultural Heritage Online
• North Carolina Office of Archives and History
• North Carolina State Archives
• North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections
• Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County, Photographic Image Collection
• University of North Carolina at Ashville, Ramsey Library Special Collections, Photographs

National Collections

• Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Portrait Gallery

Conservation

• National Archives web page on preservation, including photographs
• American Institute of Conservation, Photographic Materials Group
• Conservation OnLine
• Northeast Document Conservation Center (not-for-profit conservation lab), Andover, MA
• Etherington Conservation Center (commercial conservation lab), Greensboro, NC

Copyright

• United States Copyright Office
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions maintains an extensive inventory of on-line resources relating to copyright and intellectual property.
• Laura N. Gasaway, Director of the UNC Law Library and Professor of Law, maintains a web site listing several articles on copyright and a web page entitled, "When U.S. Works Pass into the Public Domain" that is useful for determining when copyright expires.