Questions worth asking about notable quote index
Features
How to correct a misattributed quotation: four ways to repair it, what an erratum must state, updating graphics and social posts, and publishing unresolved checks.
Guides
Six Chicago archives hold the papers and tapes that settle disputed quotes, and most verification checks start with a written request to archivists.
Guides
Literary archives in Boston, New York and Washington hold the letters, drafts, proofs and transcripts that settle who really said a famous line.
Features
Misattributed business quotes spread through media, talks and startup lore; here is how to check them against SEC, FTC, BLS and SBA sources.
Guides
Philadelphia holds the drafts, letters and newspapers behind the Declaration and Constitution, which is what lets you test a Founding-era quotation.
Rules
Public domain quotes US rules turn on term dates, so here are the U.S. milestones, statutes and Copyright Office records that show when a quote became free.
Rules
US fair use quotes need a record for each notable quote index entry: track the source, use, excerpt, factor notes, publication format, and decision.
Features
How to correct a misattributed quotation: four ways to repair it, what an erratum must state, updating graphics and social posts, and publishing unresolved checks.
Costs
How to write up a misquotes and fact checks source check that finds nothing: the note's fields, a worked example and wording that holds.
Guides
Why quote context and sources about life go missing in letters, diaries, commonplace books and sermons, and how to trace the surviving evidence.
Maintenance
Short quotes decay differently by era, and documented cases show how each century's wording drifts, so check the primary source before you reuse one.
