Regulations for Collection Use Manuscript, Special Collections and other Resources

Hours

Monday through Friday 10:00-1:00 pm and by special appointment. For more information call 601-979-2460, or the main office at 601-979-2055.

Registration and Security Regulations

· Initial registration requires a driver’s license or other photographic identification along with your social security number.

· Only items necessary for research are allowed in the research room. Check with staff about what is permitted. Storage space is provided for all other items, including carrying cases, backpacks, purses, coats, and books.

· Researchers must complete work 15 minutes before closing time, in order that materials may be checked and reshelved.

Use of Materials

· Staff will do all copying. Payment is required before copying is completed.

· Copies are twenty cents a page. Services can be paid by cash, check or money order and are required before services are rendered.

· Photographic reproductions of materials in manuscript collections are for personal research only and are not to be further reproduced or placed in another repository without prior written permission from the Center’s Director or staff personnel. Further, some manuscript collections cannot be copied due to preservation, privacy, and copyright reasons. The Archivist will determine if an item may or may not be copied.