Dallas Municipal Archives User Agreement
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The Dallas Municipal Archives, a repository within the City Secretary's Office, requires users to sign a binding agreement outlining conduct and handling standards for accessing historical government records. The agreement prohibits food and drink in research areas, restricts personal items to secure storage, and limits writing implements to pencils only while prohibiting ink pens and professional photographic equipment. Researchers must handle archival materials with specified care, including using one folder and one box at a time, maintaining existing order, turning pages slowly by the margins, wearing provided gloves for photographic materials, and notifying archivists of suspected errors rather than making independent corrections. Users retain one-time publication rights through photocopy fees or emailed scans, with additional uses requiring Archives approval, except for classroom use by students and educators.
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