Reproduction and Permission Policies

If you are interested in copies of our images, books or collections for your on-going research, we can provide photocopies and scans.

Photocopying 

$0.25/page + postage.

Scans

$3.00 service fee / minimum charge for up to 10 pages
$3.00 + $0.25/page for all requests over 10 pages

Rush orders (at staff discretion): $10 additional processing fee

Scans can be sent by email free of charge. If you prefer to have them transferred onto a CD and mailed, we ask that you pay for postage as you would with photocopies.

Requests that require more than an hour of staff time or for materials that are fragile may be declined at the library staff’s discretion.

Permission to Publish

1. Send requests to publish to the archivist or librarian of the Congregational Library.

2. Credit line: Courtesy of the Congregational Library, Boston, Massachusetts (collection name, record group/mss. number and/or item identification, if available).

   1. For photographs, if the photographer is identified, the credit line should read: Photograph by Jane Doe. Courtesy of the Congregational Library, Boston, Massachusetts (collection name, record group/mss. number and/or item identification, if available).This credit line must be included for each photograph reproduced.

3. Permission is granted for one-time use only. Pictorial material may not be reused without the written permission of the Congregational Library.

4. Collections for which the Library does not  hold copyright, permission must also be obtained from the holder(s) of this right.

5. If any negatives are produced in the process of publishing, they must be given to the Library.

Fees for publishing

All Billing for Researchers and Publishers

Please send check or money order payable to: Congregational Library, 14 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02108.

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