VICTOR & CORA ANDERSON ARCHIVES
POLICY STATEMENT

The Victor and Cora Anderson Archives (V&CAA) exists to:

• Collect, curate, and preserve materials and artifacts relating to the lives of Victor and Cora Anderson and to their work in establishing and teaching the Feri Tradition of American Witchcraft.
• Organize, arrange, and describe these materials according to general archival principles.
• Provide the general public access to the material.
• Provide for the proper storage, protection, and preservation of archival material.

Unless contracted otherwise, all material and artifacts acquired by the V&CAA shall become the permanent and sole property of the New Alexandrian Library (NAL). Copyright of acquisitions will be handled on an individual basis. It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain copyright clearance from the copyright holder to publish.

General V&CAA guidelines to upholding individual copyrights are:

• Any and all copyright of acquisitions will be preserved; they will remain with the copyright holder. 
• Donator must disclose any and all copyrights at the time of donation.
• Any and all donations that do not have a copyright will fall into the public domain.

It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain copyright clearance to publish.

All material and artifacts acquired by the V&CAA shall remain with the NAL until such time as it is deemed no longer relevant to the archives. In such a case, the material will be deaccessioned. The deaccession of material requires the full and written approval of the Archives Board. Deaccessioning procedure will be carefully recorded and will be retained in the archives’ records.

The archives will accept new acquisitions on an ongoing basis, after a full review. New acquisitions require the full and written approval of the Archives Board. New acquisitions may include, but are not limited to written records; photographs, sound recordings; oral history tapes; artifacts and digital records. The archives can only accept new material on a permanent basis, either as a gift, purchase or permanent loan.

All materials and artifacts from the archives must remain within the premises of the NAL. Established Pagan institutions and organizations that wish to borrow from the archives must undergo strict review. These institutions and organizations must provide proof of insurance. Such loans require the full and written approval of the Archives Board.

The Archives Board shall periodically review its policies and reserves the right to change procedure according to new information, technologies, and laws. 

 

 

Victor and Cora Anderson Archives
The New Alexandrian Library
Georgetown, DE  19947-0582
http://www.whitewand.com/community.html
anaar.niino@gmail.com