At a meeting of the President and Fellows of Harvard College in Boston, January 22, 1951: voted to establish the following revised regulations in regard to the use of manuscript theses and prize papers in the University Archives:
When a thesis is accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, or a manuscript is successful in a prize competition, it shall become the physical property of the University, and it may be lent, or its use restricted, in any way the Director of the University Library sees fit.
The literary rights, including those of publication, copying extracts, or closely paraphrasing from the manuscript, shall remain the property of the author, except that the University shall have the right to make available to the public and copyright any unpublished thesis or prize paper at any time after the expiration of five years from the time it was accepted. Every reader using one of these manuscripts shall be required to sign a printed acknowledgement of the fact that all literary rights are so reserved.
Special agreements concluded in the past between the Library and departments or divisions regarding the use of theses accepted previous to the adoption of this vote shall not be abrogated by it.
If an author wishes to lay more stringent restrictions upon the use of his thesis, he must obtain the endorsement of the head of the department under which the thesis was written and then make application to the Director of the Library. |
