The researcher must submit a completed Application for access to the archival collections form, describing the research project and indicating the collections to be consulted. The researcher will fill out a separate registration form for each research project. The researcher agrees to indemnify and hold harmless The Art Institute of Chicago, its officers and employees, from and against all claims and actions arising out of the researcher's use of the documents. Permission to examine manuscript material does not automatically include the right to photocopy. All photocopy requests must be approved by library or archives staff and a copyright disclosure statement signed.
Prepayment is required for all photocopy orders.
The archival material must be consulted in the assigned locations in the Library reading room or the Archives office, depending on the collection, and may at no time be removed. No smoking, eating or drinking is allowed in these areas. Only pencils can be used for note taking. No pens, ink, erasable ink or self-stick removable notes may be used. Tracing from or writing on archival materials is not permitted.