This form is a draft to be amended for an individual circumstance, depending upon the wishes of the member. One of three options may be considered:
  1. Where the member wishes to donate the materials listed to the Society immediately;
  2. Where the member wishes to licence the Society to make and use digital copies of the materials listed, but to retain ownership until his/her death whereupon they are to be donated to the Society;
  3. Where the member wishes to licence the Society to make and use digital copies of the materials listed, but to decide on future ownership in due course.
For options "2" and "3", the member is advised to make a specific bequest in his/her Will.

Donation or Licensing of Materials to the Railway & Canal Historical Society

EITHER
By signing this declaration, I hereby transfer to the Railway and Canal Historical Society from the date below / upon my death* ownership of the materials briefly described below, to use in whatever way the Society considers appropriate in accordance with its Constitution.
This transfer includes any copyright that I hold in these materials, but I do not warrant that I am the sole copyright owner of all of the materials concerned.
I reserve to myself (or other person as named on individual items) the inalienable right to be named as the author/photographer when the images are made available to the public.
(*delete as appropriate)

AND/OR
By signing this declaration, I hereby grant a license in perpetuity to the Railway and Canal Historical Society, to make and use digital copies of the materials briefly described below, in whatever way the Society considers appropriate in accordance with its Constitution.
I retain the ownership, and any copyright, that I hold in these materials, but do not warrant that I am the sole copyright owner of all of the materials concerned.
I assert my inalienable right to be named as the author/photographer (or other person as named on individual items) when the images are made available to the public.

Brief Description of the Materials (approximate numbers, sizes, etc):

Photographic Negatives: __________________________________________________________________

Photographic Prints: _______________________________________________________________

Photographic Transparencies: ________________________________________________________

Digital Images: ____________________________________________________________________

Picture Postcards: __________________________________________________________________

Maps and Plans: ___________________________________________________________________

Other: ___________________________________________________________________________



Signed:__________________________________________

Print Name:______________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________________________

Date: ___________________

The RCHS is a company (no. 922300) limited by guarantee and registered in England as a charity (no. 236047) Registered Office: 7 Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London, SW1W 0AF (not for general correspondence)