The Fort McKavett Post Library and Research Center is located in the Col. Richard R McTaggart wing of the Hospital building of Fort McKavett State Historic Site. The library houses a large assortment of books on West Texas Military History and computer based National Archives documents pertaining to Fort McKavett and other West Texas military installations. The computer based documents are in Adobe's PDF format. Materials found in the library have been provided in part by the Friends of Fort McKavett.
The library is open by appointment only to researchers and students after the submittal of a Request for Collections Access form.
All materials and records contained in the Fort McKavett Post Library and
Research Center shall be made available for legitimate study, research, inquiry,
and examination by responsible parties. Those parties who request access
to any artifact within the collection must complete the following steps:
1. Requesting party must complete the Request for
Collections Access form.
2. Request for access to museum collections shall
be approved by the Curator.
3. Examination of collections shall be restricted
to areas designated for this purpose; access to storage areas by the public or
unauthorized staff will not be allowed unless specifically approved by the Site
Manager within established security policy and procedures governing authorized
access.
Parties who are granted access to the collection are restricted by the following
policies:
1. Commercial promotional use of artifact
collections, and information or images resulting from their examination shall
not be allowed, unless approval in writing is granted by the THC.
2. Accessibility of collections and records may be
limited by staff availability, conservation considerations, fragility of
collections, and exhibit requirements.
3. Certain types of information, such as donor
stipulated closed files, documents provided by donors that request anonymity, or
information governed by statutes that restrict public access to certain types of
information, may be restricted or denied for security reasons. In such
cases the person requesting access shall be informed of the reason for the
restriction or denial of access.
4. In the event that a visitor is unable to come
to the museum to perform his/her own research, the patron may request that
museum staff complete the research for them. Fort staff will carry out
research requests under the condition that the research falls inside the mission
or purpose of the Fort. The first half hour of research is free. If
the research has not been fully completed in the first half hour, the museum
staff member conducting the research will inform the requester and determine if
they would like further research completed. The museum will charge an
hourly rate of $20 for research requests. Due to staff and time
constraints, the staff will spend no more than four hours working on any
research request.
Photographic images in the Fort's permanent collection are the property of the
THC. Copies of historic photographs are available for reproduction to the
general public. Photo reproductions are limited by the following
conditions:
1. A proposal of intended use must be submitted in
writing, signed by the user and approved by the Site Manager before photo
reproductions will be released to the user.
2. Photographs must be credited to Fort McKavett
State Historic Site/THC in any public or private showing. The credit line
must read, “Courtesy of Fort McKavett State Historic Site".
3. Photographs cannot be mass produced without
prior written approval. If an image of an artifact from the collections of
the Fort McKavett is to be used for commercial purposes by another
organization the final product must be approved by the staff at the Fort prior
to production.
4. The Fort reserves the right to limit the number
of photographic copies made, make special fee quotations for unusual copy work
requests, and assess a higher fee for copies of graphic objects intended for
single mass production or commercial display.
5. Clearance of copyright is always the
responsibility of the person wishing to publish or display materials.
Patrons are responsible for securing permission to reproduce materials either
from the Fort or from other copyright holders and for complying with copyright
laws.
6. The Fort is able to produce high resolution
scans of historic photographs for requesters. These can either be printed
in sizes no larger than 8” x 10” or burned onto a CD. Photo
duplication decisions are made on a case by case basis by the Fort's Curator.
Some photos cannot be scanned or reproduced due to the condition or other
restrictions. Patrons must pay the required fees in advance for all photo
reproduction orders.
Fee Schedule:
Reproduction Fees
1.
Digital images: high resolution scans are available. The fee is $20
per scan and $3.00 for the CD. We do
not email scanned images.
2.
Prints: The Fort is able to print high quality
photographs up to size 8x10”. The cost is $25.00 per printed image.