Stoke on Trent City Archives Reprographic Services
Our Service Standard
Our standard is to notify you of the completion and cost of your copies/microform prints within 6 working days of the receipt of your order.
Full details of all of our service standards can be found in The Archive Service and You.
Payments
Customers will be notified of the total cost of their order on completion of the work. Please do not make payment until requested to do so.
Methods of payment
Photocopying: how much does it cost?
(Please Note: The following documents are provided in PDF format. Acrobat Reader software is required in order to read them. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, it can be downloaded here.)
We can supply photocopies of documents for 50p per A4/A3 page plus postage and packing subject to the restrictions laid down in 
In Safe Keeping (42kb) (this document explains how our Preservation and Conservation Policy effects public use of archives).
Documents which cannot be copied include:
- case-bound volumes;
- multi-membrane parchment documents;
- maps and other documents exceeding 60cm by 90cm (24" by 36") in size;
- documents which have undergone extensive conservation work;.
- fragile documents
You must sign a copyright declaration form on our photocopy order before we will make the copies for you. Copies are supplied for your own personal study only and you must ask permission if you wish to publish them. Search fees will be charged if we have to find the documents or pages which you want to be photocopied.
Please click here for information and a Photocopy Order Form (84kb). If you would like to use this service please download and complete the form and return it to Stoke on Trent City Archives by post. Please do not return the form by Email as we require your signature to the Copyright Declaration.
Printouts from microfilm or microfiche
You may make printouts from both film and fiche sources on our token-operated reader-printers for 55p per A4 page (you will need to book the reader printer in order to do so). We are also happy to respond to postal requests for printouts which will be charged at 80p per page, but please note that search fees may be payable for the time we take to identify the frames which you require. Search fees will be charged at our standard rate (see above).
Please use the links below for information and an application form for printouts from the following collections
Census - application form for printouts (67kb)
Registers - application form for printouts (68kb)
Newspapers - application form for printouts (69kb)
Other fiche sources - application form for printouts (110kb)
Other microfilm sources - application form for printouts (60kb)
If you would like to use this service please download and complete the form and return it to Stoke on Trent City Archives by post. Please do not return the form by Email as we require your signature to the Copyright Declaration.
If you prefer, you may wish to use our Photography and Scanning Services (49kb).
Use of Own Camera
Researchers are permitted to use their own cameras in the reading rooms, subject to consultation with the duty archivist concerning the suitability of the documents concerned for photography.
The use of flash photography, photographic lighting and tripods is not permitted in our reading rooms. This is to avoid disruption to the work of other readers and to allow free movement for people using the reading rooms. If you wish to use such photographic equipment, separate arrangements must be made with the reading room staff.
Important notice : Readers are advised that from 1 September 2008, it will be necessary to obtain a photographic permit for the use of your own camera in the Archive Service reading rooms. The Archive Service made a charge for private photography until 2003. However the free use of cameras, in place for the last five years, has had a significant and increasing impact on the income which supports our budget. If this trend continues, there will ultimately be an impact on service provision. Therefore we will be charging a fee for photographic permits from 1 September 2008. This decision follows extensive consultation with the Archive Service's user groups.
For further information regarding this change please see Use of Cameras in Reading Rooms (Word document, 35.2kb)
Last Modified:
30/06/2008 15:49:49
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