How do I get permission to reprint something from Mead or Bateson s work?
As of December 2009, the rights in the unpublished papers, correspondence, and field notes of Margaret Mead and many of her colleagues, now archived in the Library of Congress, including the pre-war notes and photographs of Gregory Bateson, are now in the public domain (or, as the Library puts it, donated to the people of the United States of America). With the dissolution of IIS at the end of 2009, the rights in publications of Margaret Mead are being donated to the American Anthropological Association which has a Publications Department managing and giving permissions for its various journals and monograph series, to manage for the benefit of the profession and to provide income for their continuing work. For works under contract and in print, existing contractual rights continue, and journal articles are often copy righted by the publishing journals. For permissions, contact the AAA by mail at 2200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 600, Arlington VA 22201, Attention: Permissions, or by e-mail at p
