Rights and Permissions

Permission to Publish

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is the caretaker of Helen Keller's archival collection and legacy. AFB charges fees to maintain its collection and for the time that it takes to undertake research and to supply images to scholars, publishers, and the general public.

AFB does not claim copyright to all of the images in its collection; as a result, our contract grants permission (and not copyright) to use images from our archive. The researcher is responsible for obtaining copyright permission to images that do not belong to the American Foundation for the Blind.

Organizations and businesses wishing to publish an image will be required to sign a contract acknowledging the following:

a) The responsibility for ascertaining whether any additional rights exist, and for obtaining all necessary permissions, remains with the researcher.

b) Images will not be reproduced for any other purpose without the permission of AFB.

c) AFB's licensing agreement cannot be changed in any way.

d) Rights to all materials in our AFB archival collections are nonexclusive and nontransferable.

e) All photographic archival usage will be clearly credited as follows: "Courtesy of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller Archives."

Allowable Uses

We permit educational use of our photographs. Images that are downloaded from our website for educational use (non-commercial) do not require special permission from the Archives. However, we request that all photographic archival usage is clearly credited as follows: "Courtesy of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller Archives."

Images in the collection may be used as reference and source material for original artwork depicting Helen Keller without additional charge. However, we request that the Helen Keller Archives at the American Foundation for the Blind is credited with providing the source material as follows: "Courtesy of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller Archives."

Procedures

1) Complete a contract provided by the American Foundation for the Blind. Information requested may include:

a. Client's name
b. Organization name, address and contact information
c. Publication/product title
d. Estimated retail price of product
e. Format(s)
f. Print run (where applicable)
g. Publication date
h. Languages

2) Client pays by check or credit card for a digital scan of an image(s). All payments must be in U.S. dollars.

3) Digital images are released to the client via e-mail at 300 dpi or higher (please specify). If a large quantity of images is requested, these will be sent on a CD or DVD at no extra charge.

Fee Schedule

The following fee schedule is for images that are featured on our website.

For-Profit Fees for Images on Our Website

Print media:

$250 per image for full-size images on an inside page of a publication
$200 per image for less than full-size images on an inside page of a publication
$550 per image for the front cover of a publication
$350 per image for the back cover of a publication
$350 per image for a poster or calendar

Digital media (CD/DVD/film):

$300 per image for use in audio-visual media

Non-Profit Fees for Images on Our Website

Print media:

$75 per image for full-size images on an inside page of a publication
$50 per image for less than full-size images on an inside page of a publication
$125 per image for the front cover of a publication
$100 per image for the back cover of a publication
$150 per image for a poster or calendar

Digital media (CD/DVD/film):

$100 per image for use in audio-visual media

We permit the purchase of prints and/or scans of images for display in a personal setting (i.e., one's home) at a fee of $50 per image.

There are fees for display of Helen Keller images from our collection in a commercial setting; these are determined on a case-by-case basis. Please contact AFB at hselsdon@afb.net.

In the instance where additional research is required for a photograph that is not displayed on our website, the fees are as follows: