Yesterday, I mailed some slides of casta paintings to Nancy Miller that I had used in one of my annual reports.  These come from a book originally published in 1774 in a book by O'Crouley that was reprinted by John Howell Books of San Francisco in 1972.  John Howell Books went out of business in 1985, and since my annual reports are given away free, I didn't pursue the permission matter any further.  I sent Nancy Miller the address for a website describing what to do if a publisher goes out of business.  Hopefully, she will be able figure this out--she should receive the slides sometime this week.
 
Happy Mardi Gras!
 
George 
 
 
George Avery
School of Social Sciences
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA  71497
(318) 357-4341

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Judith Bense
Sent: Tue 2/28/2006 10:10 AM
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Subject: Casta Painting copyright permission



The University of West Florida is publishing a coffee table book for the
public on Pensacola's historical archaeology and I want to use some of
the Mexican "casta" paintings of the 18th century as illustrations. I am
having trouble identifying where to request copyright permission. Does
anyone know who to ask for copyright permission, preferably in the U.S.,
not Spain or Mexico.

Dr. Judy Bense
Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology
University of West Florida
11,000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514
voice: 850-474-2474
fax: 850-857-6278
http://uwf.edu/anthropology