Public Domain

family farm newspaper ad "Secondhand Stores"

Writing my debut novel, Reckoned by the Light of Stars, required untold hours of research, of getting into bed with the past, if you will. Rather than seeing history through the eyes of those who have filtered research through their own lens to hand down an interpretation, then filtering that information even further myself, technology has allowed that I, as much as possible, could step into the past with the people who lived it.

It has proven such a worthwhile endeavor, to discover for myself, through maps and children’s books, house plans and garden manuals, magazine and newspaper articles of the 1920s, to learn for myself what daily life was like in that era, it seems imperative I share with others what I have found.

Items preserved in the public domain belong to all the people, without restriction. This throws wide the gates that once was accessible only through formal education or privilege.

Blog posts will offer information, photos, and links to various repositories of online information, especially those items in the public domain. My hope is to inform and inspire readers to access this wealth of knowledge, to advocate for expansion, and to explore that which belongs to all, without restriction.

Copyright Term and the Public Domain – Cornell University

https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain