Access and Use
Copyright Status
Materials from the Cole Porter Collection are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
The Cole Porter Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Performing Arts Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Written permission is required from the Cole Porter Musical and Literary Property Trusts in order to copy most of the items in this collection. In some cases, permissions may be required from publishers or the estates of correspondents whose letters are included in this collection.
As part of its agreement in receiving this collection, the Library confirmed that the following legend would appear in a prominent place before any documents were made available to a researcher: “The material in [this collection] is protected by common-law or statutory copyright and no portion thereof may be copied or otherwise reproduced or performed in any medium without the express written consent of the copyright owner [the Cole Porter Musical and Literary Property Trusts]. The physical document[s] which [were] the property of the author [are] made available for use in scholarly research relating in whole or in part to Mr. Porter or his works. Under no circumstances may [these] document[s] be removed from the library. If permission is desired for the quotation or reproduction of any of [these] document[s] in connection with writings relating in whole or in part to Mr. Porter or his works, please consult the librarian, who can be of assistance in acquiring such permission.”