The Houghton Library is open without fee to all adult researchers regardless of academic affiliation.
Registration follows the calendar year.
All new and returning readers to the Houghton Reading Room or the Harvard Theatre Collection Reading Room register anew after 1 January by presenting two forms of identification which should include a photograph and a current address. Orders may be placed only through a staff member and after a cost estimate has been provided. Requests for photoreproductions of materials held by the library should be addressed to the Public Services Department . Requests for permission to publish and information about appropriate credit lines and publication fees should be addressed to the appropriate curatorial department or, if you are not sure which department oversees the material, to the Librarian's Office.