All hats, coats, umbrellas, or other items which will not fit in a locker must be deposited in space provided by the reading room staff. Researchers may bring into the division's Reading Room only loose sheets of note paper, note cards, laptop computers, or cassette recorders. These items may be taken study tables only after they have been inspected by reading room staff. When researchers have finished their work, staff must again inspect the note paper or special equipment they used at the study tables. Materials are housed in closed stacks and may be used only in the division's reading room.
Readers complete call slips to request materials, then staff retrieve the requested materials.
Please handle all research materials very carefully. The use of pens is prohibited. Pencils may be obtained from the staff. Remove only one folder of manuscripts from a box at a time. Do not remove manuscript material from its position within the file folder.