Rights and Permissions

The Grayzel Digital Platform is committed to sharing and preserving materials that illuminate Jewish history, culture, and thought. We invite researchers, educators, and the public to explore these collections responsibly. Please review the rights information below to understand how materials are used on Grayzel. Our mission is to make available as many archival documents as possible as permitted by the donor or institution holding the copyright.  

General Rights Statement

The Grayzel Digital Platform brings together digitized collections from Gratz College and partner institutions. Although many items can be freely used with proper citation, rights and permissions will vary by item and may include copyright, privacy, or publicity rights, donor or contractual restrictions, and other limitations. Uses beyond research, teaching, or private study may require permission unless your use qualifies as fair use under 17 U.S.C. § 107 (e.g., criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research).

Please review any rights statements provided on item pages and contact the Digital Scholarship Team with questions. 

Collection-Specific Rights

Elie Wiesel Digital Archive

All materials in the Elie Wiesel Digital Archive are incorporated into the Grayzel Platform with the permission of the Wiesel Family. For questions regarding rights and permissions, contact [email protected].

Rebecca Gratz Correspondence

All items in this collection are digitized copies from six partner institutions. Original letters included in this collection can be found at American Jewish Historical Society, American Philosophical Society, The Rosenbach, University of North Carolina, Transylvania University, and the William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan. Please credit the donor institutions when citing the digital surrogates of the original letters. For any other inquiries contact the institution credited under "Provenance."  

Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

The oral histories in the Holocaust Oral History Archive were recorded at Gratz College from 1980 to 2006, under the auspices of Nora Levin and Josey Fisher. This collection has been placed in the permanent care, custody, and control of the Holocaust Oral History Archive at Gratz College. Transcriptions of the recordings are still being created by volunteers at Gratz College.  Please credit  Holocaust Oral History Archive and Gratz College when reproducing or citing items from this collection. 

Lena Allen-Shore Papers

This collection was donated by the Shore Family. Copyright of the Lena Allen-Shore Collection is held by Gratz College. Please credit Gratz College as the source when reproducing or citing items from this collection. 

Eric Mandell German Jewish Music Collection

Gratz College donated the physical collection of the Eric Mandell German Jewish Music Collection to the University of Pennsylvania's Kislak Special Collection in 2023. Many items in this collection are in the Public Domain, however, some copyright restrictions may exist, please contact the Kislak Center for Special Collections with any inquiries. 

For More Information

Publication of the work in these collections beyond Fair Use may require permission, for inquiries contact the Digital Scholarship Team. Additionally, if you believe that you own the copyright to an item published on Grayzel, please contact us at: [email protected].