Permissions

How do I request permission to cite an article?

The Oregon Historical Society (OHS) and Portland State University (PSU) own the content on The Oregon Encyclopedia (OE). All materials, including entries and images, may not be reproduced in print or electronically without written permission from The Oregon Encyclopedia.

Teachers and educational organizations may use the content on The OE for educational purposes only. They do not need to obtain permission to use site materials for classroom exercises or teacher workshops, but they must make proper attribution to both The Oregon Encyclopedia and the authors of the entries. Web site administrators may create a direct link to pages of The OE from their Web sites without obtaining permission from The OE. Teachers and educational organizations may not reproduce Encyclopedia content in publications of any kind—paper or electronic—or on Web sites without written permission from The OE.

All requests to use written material from The Oregon Encyclopedia should be sent to [email protected].

Can I alter an entry for use in my classroom or publication?

The encyclopedia entries on The OE are copyrighted by the Oregon Historical Society or Portland State University. Altered entries may not be published or attributed to the Oregon Encyclopedia, the entry authors, or the Oregon Historical Society. Short excerpts from entries are allowed if they appear as quoted material and the author and The OE are identified as the source.

Altering the text, especially using AI, can introduce errors of fact and in understanding. The OHS Education staff has created curriculum materials for students of all grade levels, with recommendations for using history resources, including OE entries, in the classroom.

How do I cite an article?

Bibliography:

Author. "Title of entry/page." The Oregon Encyclopedia. URL. Date accessed.

Ex.: Robbins, William. "Alsea River." The Oregon Encyclopedia. https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/alsea_river/#.YC2iE89uc-Q. Accessed October 21, 2018.

Footnote and endnote:

Author, "title of entry," The Oregon Encyclopedia, url, access date. 

Ex.: William Robbins, "Alsea River," The Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/alsea_river/#.YC2iE89uc-Q accessed October 21, 2018.

Notice and Takedown Policy

In order to make its content available to the widest audience possible, The OE has placed reproductions of photographs and items online. In each instance, we have tried to make sure that we have secured all necessary rights. If you believe that we have made a mistake, please contact us so that we can correct the oversight.

It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in an appropriate manner under such Act and other applicable intellectual property laws, including the removal or disabling of access to material claimed to be subject of infringing activity. Pursuant to title 17 United States Code 512(c)(2) (Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998), The Oregon Historical Society has designated an agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement appearing on the OHS Digital Collections site.

Direct any notices of infringement to:
The OE
The Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205
Email: [email protected].

To file a notice of infringement, you must fulfill the requirements specified in Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. All infringement claims must be in writing and must include the following information:

  • A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or the person authorized to act on its behalf;
  • description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  • description of the infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit OHS to locate the material;
  • Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email;
  • statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

The text of this statute can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web Site, http://www.copyright.gov.