Upon application, Manuscripts and Archives grants permission to examine its holdings to qualified researchers, according to university policies on access and subject to whatever restrictions may have been placed by donors or depositors. For information on access to university records see Research Use of the Yale University Archives. We will not grant exclusive rights to examine holdings.

Reproduction
The department will consider requests for the reproduction of its holdings. All reproductions (of whatever nature) are provided for the reader's individual use. We reserve the right to request the return of copies and prohibit the making of duplicate copies from those we furnish.

Publication
By granting permission to examine holdings or by supplying a reproduction, we are not authorizing publication. The reader must obtain permission to publish texts and facsimiles from the owners of the copyright, typically the creator or the heirs to his or her estate. The library will be held blameless for the infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by others.

Manuscripts and Archives can only grant permission to publish texts or images for which Yale University is the copyright holder. We reserve the right to assess a use fee when granting permission to publish materials for which the university does hold copyright. In giving permission to publish, the Yale University Library does not surrender its own right thereafter to publish the material or to grant permission to others to publish it.

Researchers publishing texts or facsimiles from our holdings should cite Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library as the source. As soon as a work is published, the researcher should present Manuscripts and Archives with a copy of any publication (except a dissertation) that relies heavily on the department's holdings.