Access Access to material is either by means of the Libraries' online catalog, Griffin, or the special catalogs, guides, indexes, and registers maintained within MASC itself. The staff of MASC will be pleased to provide assistance in interpreting both the resources and the use of these access tools and collections. All qualified researchers may use MASC's collections. The use of the resources is confined to the Donald W. Bushaw Reference and Research room in the MASC suite, off the rotunda on the ground floor of Holland Library. Patrons must register with the attendant, take extreme care in handling the materials, maintain the order and arrangement of collections, and confine note taking to pencil rather than pen.
Facilities are also available for lap-top computers.
Photocopy requests for reasonable amounts of material will be accepted provided the photocopying neither damages the material, nor infringes upon copyright or other restrictions placed on it. Facilities for the duplication of photographs are also available within Holland Library. The space allocated for this new unit was on the first floor of the then recently built Holland Library. The Manuscripts-Archives collection originally consisted of approximately 150,000 bound and unbound pieces, including manuscripts, account books, various university records, and historical maps and photographs in addition to hundreds of thousands of items that were accessioned in bulk. This material was acquired from private sources, college, federal and state agencies, from gifts, and by purchase through the Friends of the Library and appropriations from the State College of Washington.