Special Collections & Archives

Our collections are non-circulating and must be used on site during regular hours.

Visiting researchers are required to register upon arrival.

All bags are to be left outside the reading room. Pencils, writing paper, laptops, phones, and cameras are all allowed within the reading room. Wireless internet access is available.

No food or drink is allowed in Special Collections & Archives.

To help preserve our materials, Special Collections is climate-controlled, which may result in a colder environment than typically comfortable. We recommend bringing a sweater!

Patrons accept full responsibility for complying with laws protecting copyright and privacy rights.

Any patron wishing to publish materials from SC&A agrees to obtain permission prior to publication from the department and all additional copyright holders for those items.

Selected manuscripts and pages from books may be copied for use in private research only if the items can stand the stress of copying. Special Collections reserves the right to limit the number of copies made for any patron.

Materials may be photographed without flash by researchers. All digital surrogates are solely for the convenience of the individual who requests them in order to facilitate research and may not be consulted by or transferred to any other person or institution without written permission from SC&A.

Reproduction Services for Off-Campus Research Requests

• All reproduction requests must be submitted to SC&A via [email protected] for review and are subject to staff availability, size limits, and material fragility.

• Photocopying

  • Price per page: 10-15 cents

  • Charge for postage: $2.50 minimum

  • Page limit: 20 pages

• Scanning

  • Price per image: $3-5

  • Delivery via e-mail or CD (postage charged if CD is mailed)

  • Limit on number of images: 10-20 images total