The staff of the Oberlin College Archives will handle all reference inquiries in the order in which they are received. Potential users of our holdings should appreciate that the College Archives is a small but busy archival program. In most cases, staff cannot conduct research for users. However, staff can direct researchers to the archival sources appropriate to their research project or study.

The College Archives has photocopying facilities and it services photographic requests. The following price lists are provided for the convenience of our users. Prepayment by users is expected on most reprographic orders. A modest postage and handling fee accompanies each order. Please note there is an extra charge for rush orders.

The reproduction price list contains xerographic, reader printer, microform, cd, dvd, scanned image, digital photography, photo print, photo slide, and color transparency reproductive costs as well as postage & handling information.

For users interested in using photographic materials from the Oberlin College Archives for publication, exhibition, or placement on a website, the Application for Photographic Publication or Placement on Website and associated use fees are available.

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyright material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that use may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of the copyright law.