New Glarus Historical Society: Collections and Website Policies

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Swiss Historical Village & Museum
612 7th Ave
New Glarus, WI
53574

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Collections: Access & Use Policy

New Glarus Historical Society

The New Glarus Historical Society (NGHS) maintains collections housed at the Swiss Historical Village and Museum that are a valuable resource for the study of local history. The NGHS is committed to granting the public reasonable access to these collections. The Society does, however, reserve the right to refuse or maintain limited access to any specific piece in our collection at the discretion of the NGHS Board of Directors.

A portion of these collections have been made available to the public online as part of the New Glarus and Green County Local History section of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections (UWDCC). The UWDCC was created to provide quality digital resources to UW faculty, staff and students, citizens of the state, and scholars at large.

This policy addresses both the in-house collection and the online UWDCC collection.

 See “Terms of Use of All Duplicated Materials” (below) for information on what purposes for which copies of materials may be made.

Research Onsite at the Swiss Historical Village

As the Society is charged with preserving and protecting the materials in our collections, we must regulate access to them. We request that the following rules be observed.

Obtaining Materials

  • Appointments are required for onsite research, with normally a two week notice. Daily research fee may be applied.

  • Appointments may be made during regular operating hours of the Swiss Historical Village & Museum, Memorial Day Weekend through mid-October, based on staff or volunteer availability. Requests for onsite research during times that the Museum is not open will be accommodated to the extent feasible.

  • Research materials may not be borrowed or removed from the Swiss Historical Village & Museum.

  • Materials must be kept in the area designated by staff.

  • The researcher is responsible for asking a staff person for the materials he or she wants to see and returning all materials to a staff person. Staff will refile the materials.

Handling Materials

  • If you have any questions on how to handle materials, please ask the staff person.

  • All materials should be handled as little as possible and with extreme care.

  • All materials should be kept as flat as possible.

  • All materials must be kept in the order and condition in which they are found.

  • No smoking, eating, drinking or gum chewing is allowed in the research area.

  • Use clean hands when handling materials. Staff may require you to wear cotton gloves when handling certain materials. Cotton gloves will be provided.

  • Only pencils may be used in the research area; no pens.

  • Archival materials must not be marked, damaged or altered in any way. This includes the use of self-adhesive post-it notes, paper clips, pens, highlighters, etc. 


Reproduction of Materials

Reproduction of Materials Maintained Onsite in the Museum Archives

Materials may be duplicated if duplication does not injure the materials and does not violate donor agreements or copyright restrictions. However, the NGHS does not currently have equipment to duplicate materials or objects at the Historical Village or Museum. Photography is allowed, but the use of a flash is not allowed for documents, photographs, or fabrics.

Requests by any person to bring scanning or photocopying equipment to the Museum to duplicate photographs or documents will be directed to the Board of Directors.

Reproductions from the UWDCC Website

These photos and documents are managed by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC). The UWDCC will provide a high-resolution TIFF digital file upon request. The UWDCC charges a retrieval fee, which can be found on the UWDCC website.

Use of photos and documents from the UWDCC website are subject to the rules under Use of Reproduced Materials on the UWDCC website, and the terms of use described below. 

Terms of Use of All Duplicated Materials

Copyright and “Fair Use”

Images, text, or other content from the NGHS collection downloaded from the UWDCC website or duplicated from onsite Museum archives may be freely used for non-profit educational and research purposes or private study, or any other use falling within the purview of “fair use”, as specified in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. “Fair use” of copyright-protected works does not require the permission of the copyright owner provided that the use meets the standard specified in the law.

While many documents may be in the public domain and no longer under copyright, some may be subject to copyright restrictions. The user is responsible for determining whether the material is copyrighted if intending to use the material beyond the “fair use” provision. It is also the user’s responsibility to obtain required permissions and pay required fees, prior to publication or distribution, for the use of copyrighted material beyond the “fair use” provision.

Website: Terms of Use Policy

New Glarus Historical Society

Terms and Conditions of Use

Please Review the Swiss Historical Village New Glarus Historical Society’s Terms of Use. All access and use of this website is governed by these terms. Entering and/or use of this website indicates that you have reviewed the terms and agree to be bound by these terms.

Information Accuracy

All information on this website is subject to change without notice. Due to the open nature of this website, and the potential for errors in the storage and transmission of digital information, the Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society does not warrant the accuracy of information obtained from this website.

Trademarks

All trademarks and service marks on this website are the property of their respective companies. All rights in the intellectual property contained in this website including copyright, trademarks, trade secret and patent rights are reserved. Access to this website does not constitute a right to copy or use any of the intellectual property contained therein. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as granting any license or right to use any trademark without the prior written permission of the website owner. Statutory notice contained herein represents trademark status in the United States.

Access and Use of Information

Access to this website is limited to viewing the information solely for legitimate business purposes. Any access or attempt to access other areas of the Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society computer system is strictly prohibited. You may not use any information contained on this website other than in connection with a legitimate business purpose.

External or Hypertext Links

This site may contain links to other sites that are not maintained by the Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society. The Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society are not responsible for the content of those sites. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society of the sites.

Submissions

All information communicated to the Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society site will forever be the property of Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society unless specifically agreed to in writing in advance of any submission. The Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society will not be required to treat the information as confidential. Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society shall have exclusive ownership of all present future existing rights in the information, without compensation or other obligation of any nature to the person sending the information.

Copyright

The Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society hereby authorizes you to make a single copy of the content herein for your use in learning about, evaluating, or acquiring Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society related information. You agree that any copy made must include the Swiss Historical Village New Glarus/ Historical Society’s copyright notice. No other permission is granted to you to print, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, upload, download, store, display in public, alter or modify the content contained in this site.

Warranties

The Swiss Historical Village/ New Glarus Historical Society makes no warranties, guarantees, representations, statements or the like (whether express or implied) regarding the website.

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