Rights & Reproductions
Requests for Reproduction
All requests for reproduction must be submitted on the appropriate form in hardcopy with an original signature. Please note that there are separate request forms for Manuscript, Non-Manuscript (e.g., printed materials) and Digital Reproduction. These forms have been posted in PDF format on the Hay Library website: http://library.brown.edu/about/hay/forms/.
Please use the Request for Digital Imaging form when requesting digital images, regardless of the format of the original material being reproduced.
Requesting Permission to Publish
All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in hardcopy on the form provided by the Hay Library and showing an original signature. The Application for Permission to Publish Special Collections Material form has been posted in PDF format on the Hay Library website: http://library.brown.edu/about/hay/forms/.
Completed application forms for reproduction requests and for permission to publish should be mailed to:
Curator, McLellan Lincoln Collection
Box A, John Hay Library
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island 02912
Please allow one month for processing time.
Please note that we do not accept requests for reproduction or permission to publish via fax or email.