Western Carolina University

The images in these collections can be downloaded for private use without cost or permission. Use of any images for publication - articles, exhibitions, etc - requires notification and permission. To request permission or for higher resolution images, please contact the Special and Digital Collections office at specialcollections@wcu.edu 

The copyright status of photographs and audiovisual material is often difficult to determine, because it is affected by such things as the employment status of the photographer, the date material was created, the date material was first published, and what information accompanied the first publication. Hunter Library has not determined copyright status for many of the photographs and audiovisual materials in our collection. In many instances, the Hunter Library is acting only as an owner of the physical original.

University of North Carolina Asheville

Copyright is retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Property rights are held by the University of North Carolina Asheville. Please contact Special Collections for permission to publish or to reproduce material: speccoll@unca.edu  With certain exceptions nearly all images in our collections can be downloaded for private, noncommercial use. 

The user understands that permission to examine a manuscript or photograph does not include permission to publish the contents of the manuscript, photograph, or any excerpt therefrom, at any time. Permission to publish, exhibit, or otherwise publicly display materials must be requested from Special Collections staff of Ramsey Library. Any display, publication, or public use must credit Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville.