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Note: Use of CC licenses is historically unreliable. It is possible that we don’t own this image, in which case you can point them toward that CC license, as you suggested, but then we might also want to talk about possibly pulling it down. 

*Use No Known Copyright as opposed to “Copyright undetermined” for works for which we cannot determine copyright status. 

Thank you for your interest in the Science History Institute. The image you have found on Wikipedia was made available on Wikimedia Commons for re-use with attribution under a Creative Commons license.  Accordingly, you are free to the photo if it is attributed back to the Science History Institute (for example, a footnote with the line “Courtesy of the Science History Institute”). Since the Institute has applied a Creative Commons license to the photo, no additional license from us is required for its use. For more information, please refer to the rights information provided in the Wikimedia Commons record for this image: [insert link to image] 

SECTION 3: RECURRING CASE RESPONSES 

Percy Julian 

Thank you for your interest in the Science History Institute. Unfortunately, we don’t have many original photos of Percy Julian in our archival collections beyond the two you can find in our Digital Collections. Rather, most of the photos of Julian that appear on our website and online resources are attributed to other sources, specifically Julian’s alma mater, DePauw University. For materials related to Percy Julian, I would advise you to contact the DePauw Archives and Special Collections:  http://www.depauw.edu/libraries/about/librarylocations/archives/  

Additionally, the New York Public Library has a small portrait collection of Julian. More information about that collection is available here. 

Best wishes and please let me know if I can be of further assistance.  

Marie Maynard Daly 

Thank you for contacting the Science History Institute. The photo of Marie Maynard Daly on our website is credited to Daly’s alma mater, Queens College. Accordingly, you will need to contact Queens College for permission to use the photo. Here is the link to their Library page: https://library.qc.cuny.edu/index.html. Per the caption on our website, the photo is from the 1942 yearbook. 

Best wishes for your project and please let me know if I can be of further assistance. 

William Henry Perkin 

Thank you for your interest in the Science History Institute. The photo on our website of the young William Henry Perkin, while credited to us, is part of our legacy research image files, a collection of images acquired from a variety of sources for use in our publications, website, and the like. As such, these images were never formally gifted to the Science History Institute or accessioned into our archival collections, and unfortunately, the source of the original photo wasn’t always documented. Accordingly, we do not assert any copyright to the photo and cannot grant you permission to use it. Ultimately, we are happy to provide you with a digital copy of the photo, but it is up to you to determine if any permission is needed for your intended use. Additional information about our policy is available on our website.

Given the age of the photo in question, it seems unlikely that it’s still covered by copyright, but again, a definitive determination can’t be made without additional information. In instances such as these, it also would be useful for you to consider whether your intended use of the photo may be considered “fair use” that negates the need to seek permission from a copyright holder, should one exist. To make such an assessment, the following resource may be helpful: https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html  

I hope this information is helpful. If you would like to obtain a copy of the photo from us or have any additional questions, please let me know. 

Gordon Moore 

Thank you for your interest in the Science History Institute. Unfortunately, we do not have any photos of Gordon Moore in our archival collections. Alternatively, you may wish to contact the Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford University, which is home to the Gordon Moore papers. 

Additionally, there are a handful of photos of Gordon More, including some event photos from the Science History Institute (then Chemical Heritage Foundation) available via Wikimedia Commons. Please refer to the individual photos for citation and licensing information. 

Best wishes for your project and please let me know if I can be of further assistance. 

Stephanie Kwolek 

Thank you for your interest in the Science History Institute. Unfortunately, we do not have much material related to Stephanie Kwolek in our collections. However, the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware holds both Stephanie Kwolek’s papers, as well as a couple of collections of photos and videotapes. For more information on these materials, please click on the embedded links. 

Regarding the photo you found on Wikimedia Commons, this photo is from our Institutional Archives and was made available on Wikimedia Commons for re-use with attribution under a Creative Commons license.  Accordingly, you are free to use the photo as long as it is attributed back to the Science History Institute. For more information, please refer to the rights information provided in the Wikimedia Commons record for the image. 

Best of luck with your project and please let me know if I can be of further assistance.  

And here’s the link to the image on Wikimedia Commons referenced below, which is basically all we have besides her oral history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Kwolek#/media/File:Stephanie_Kwolek_at_Spinning_Elements_by_Harry_Kalish.TIF