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All audio, video, and printed and digital images obtained from the State Historical Society of North Dakota are for single use and not for distribution, unless otherwise specified. Public use of these items requires proper citation and specific fees in addition to reproduction fees. The identification number for each item must be included in the credit line (example: State Historical Society of North Dakota A5373-2). The one-time use form must also be filled out and returned to staff.

All orders can be rushed (five-item limit) for double all costs.

All nonprofit organizations who wish to be considered for reduced fees must provide a tax exempt code.

• Specific item searches from indexed materials (such as individual census record, marriage record, obituaries, and naturalization record searches): $5 per search. Up to five pages included in cost; additional pages will be charged at normal copying costs plus postage.
• If a single search comprises more than 25 pages of copies, staff time will be charged hourly at a rate of $25 per hour, with a one-hour minimum.
• Searches or requests for information beyond specific item searches will be charged at $25 per hour at the discretion of the staff, depending upon available staff time, or will receive a recommendation for referral to a non-staff researcher.

• Letter-size (8.5" x 11") and legal-size (8.5" x 14") office copier copies: 10 cents each.
• 11" x 17": 20 cents each.

• Low-resolution image: images available online at no charge.
• High-resolution image: $15 per image.
• Requests that include images that require photographing or scanning may be subject to additional fees: $25 per hour, with one-hour minimum.

• Audio file: $10 for mp3 format.
• Video file: $15 for mp4 format.
• Files that are not yet digitized may be subject to additional fees for digitization: $25 per hour, with a one-hour minimum.

• Silver duplicates of microfilm: $75 per roll.
• Foreign orders will be quoted individually.
• Purchased microfilm shipping: $6 (does not apply to Interlibrary Loan), up to four rolls. 50 cents per each additional roll.

• $4.00 per roll, 5 rolls per patron, per loan.
• Foreign orders will be quoted individually.

• Some orders may require additional fees to cover postage.

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