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State Archives Fee Schedule:  Effective July 1, 2006 

**Prepayment for the services named below is required from all patrons.**

Foreign patrons must send their fees in United States dollars (international money order preferred).  We accept Mastercard, Visa, and Discover.  State and local sales tax (6%) is included on all items other than "Photocopies" and "Photographic Use Fees." 

MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT: South Dakota State Historical Society members receive a 10% discount on State Archives fees, except for interlibrary loans, and survey notes and plats.

 

RESEARCH SERVICES                                      Contact Reference Staff

        How much should I send?

$10.60-Search of a single record group

          (One individual in one newspaper, book, state census, naturalization, etc.)

$21.20 per hour-Search of multiple records and photographic research

        Services not listed in this section are $20.00 per hour plus costs

        Research fees include a maximum of 10 photocopies or 2 microfilm copies

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PHOTOCOPIES: (Non-tax item)

$.25 cents per exposure for letter or legal

$.50 cents per "11x"17 exposure

$3.00 larger than 11"x 17"

Survey notes, $.50 per page and Survey plats, $3 per plat

        Photocopy fees are for patrons who visit the State Archives

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MICROFILM SERVICES 

Paper reproduction from a reader/printer, $1.06 per exposure

Microfilm reproduction, $33.92 per roll

Jacketed fiche reproduced from a reel, $0.15 a jacket

Microfilm production, 16mm - $74.20; 35mm - $95.90

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INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES - ILL 

Interlibrary loan of microfilm, $8.48 per reel

     (Search the newspaper database online at http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/newspaper/default.asp)

Replacement cost for lost microfilm actual cost, with a minimum charge of $42.40 a reel.

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AUDIOTAPE REPRODUCTION

$10.60 per tape

$23.32 per videotape

$25.44 per DVD

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ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY

Text delivery by fax, $2 per page

Text delivery by email, $2 per page

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SCAN FEES

Image delivery by email, $5.30 per image,

Image delivery by disk; $10.60 per image, plus $2 per disk

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CERTIFICATION

        

        $5.00 per record certified.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES 

5”x7”,  b&w $15.90; color $21.20

8”x10”, b&w $21.20; color $26.50

35mm slide, $7.42

negative, $7.42

custom processing, cost plus 20 per cent

Photographic shipping and handling, $2 per order

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PHOTOGRAPHIC USE FEES (single edition, single language): Non-tax item

          (Applies only to photographs owned by the South Dakota State Historical Society) 

For Profit Corporations, partnerships, private businesses, and individuals. 

      In-state: $20.00;  Out-of-state: $100    

Not-For-Profit Corporations and Government Agencies. 

      In-state: $10.00; Out-of-state $50.00 

South Dakota State, Local, and Tribal Government Agencies, no fees.      

Use fees for 10 or more items:  20% discount 

 

**Photo Use Agreement Form**   (Word) (Adobe)

 

Conditions of Use

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RUSH PROCESSING CHARGES

Regular delivery (3-4 weeks), actual cost

Rush delivery (1-2 weeks), cost plus 50 per cent

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SD State Archives,  605-773-3804, fax 605-773-6041; email archref@state.sd.us


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