Citations to copies of which the originals are in other repositories should include the location of the originals. A repository should, to the best of its ability, inform the researcher about known retention of literary rights. A repository should not grant privileged or exclusive use of materials to any person or persons, or conceal the existence of any body of material from any researcher unless required to do so by law, donor, or purchase stipulations. A repository should, whenever possible, inform a researcher of parallel research by other individuals using the same papers. It may supply names upon request.
Repositories are committed to preserving manuscript and archival mate.
At the same time, it is recognized that every public agency has certain obligations to guard against invasion of privacy and to protect confidentiality in its records in accordance with law and that every private donor has the right to impose reasonable restrictions upon his papers to protect confidentiality for a reasonable period of time. The archivist should discourage donors from imposing unreasonable restrictions. The archivist should. The repository should periodically reevaluate restricted records and work toward providing access to material no longer harmful to individuals or to national interest.