Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge / by Charles M. Andrews and Frances G. Davenport.

  • Charles McLean Andrews
Date:
1908
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge / by Charles M. Andrews and Frances G. Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The rules laid down for the guidance of those who use the manuscripts are as follows: 1. Readers are particularly requested not to write for more than one Volume, Charter, or Roll on the same ticket, unless the numbers required form a series. 2. They are also requested to use the Manuscripts with care and especially to avoid placing the hand on the written page or miniature before them; and in no case to place a Manuscript or Book on an open Manuscript. 3. As a general rule Manuscripts, while in use, are to be placed upon book-rests or in glazed cases. 4. There is no restriction on copying Manuscripts. 5. Manuscripts of more than ordinary value can be used only in the Department of Manuscripts. 6. Permission to draw from the Illuminated Manuscripts can be granted only on the production of a special Letter of Recommendation for that purpose, addressed to the Keeper of the Manuscripts. 7. Tracing is not allowed, unless by permission of the Keeper of the Department; nor in any case from paintings in body-colors. 8. As a general rule only one Illuminated Manuscript will be supplied at a time; if others are required for purposes of comparison, the permission of the Keeper must first be obtained. Attention may be directed especially to rules 2 and 3. No limit is assigned to the number of volumes that may be taken out provided it be a reasonable one. If many volumes are called out a portion of them will be retained at the delivery desk until wanted, as space at the seats is limited. The officials in both the Reading Room and the Manuscript Students’ Room are ready to help visitors to find their way about the catalogues. The following are the regulations and list of fees to be observed in apply¬ ing for leave to photograph: 1. The object to be photographed is to be distinctly specified in the application. 2. Books, MSS., Prints, and Drawings are to be indicated by the press- mark or reference-number, as well as by the title. 3. The number of every page to be photographed from a book or MS. must be quoted. 4. Leave cannot be granted to photograph objects indiscriminately. 5. A distinct application should be submitted for each Department, if the objects are in more than one Department. 6. As there is no official photographer attached to the British Museum, the applicant should name the photographer whom he proposes to employ. [If the applicant does not know of a suitable photographer, the officers of the Department concerned can generally give the name of some photogra¬ pher who is accustomed to do work there.] 7. The work shall be done under the superintendence and control of the Keeper of the Department in which the object to be photographed is preserved. 8. If required, two copies of any photograph taken in the Museum shall be deposited with the Director.