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Approximately 15,000 images are available online. However, our collection contains more than 450,000 images from the Civil War to the present.

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Photos are available for download and come in a variety of sizes, from 8 x 10 up to 20 x 24.

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Contact the Photo Archivist at the Naval Institute. Please provide book title, author, page number and description of photograph.

You must contact the Photo Archivist for commercial usage pricing and permission.

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For Proceedings articles from 1997-present visit our online archive. For articles before 1997, send us a request that includes author/title, issue, and page numbers. If you do not know the author/title, issue or page numbers, please give us the subject of the article and the time period during which you think the article was published. There is a research fee for this service.

Although we are not a lending library, we are open to the public & invite individuals to visit and conduct research on-site.  Library visits can be scheduled by calling (410) 295-1022.

Additionally, our library staff is available to assist with research requests from individuals who are not able to visit us in Beach Hall.  Simple requests are normally handled within 24-48 hours.  Detailed requests may take longer as required.

Research requests can be addressed to NavalInstituteArchives@usni.org. 

We are open to the public & invite individuals to visit and conduct research on-site.  Library visits can be scheduled by calling (410) 295-1022.

Additionally, our library staff is available to assist with research requests from individuals who are not able to visit us in Beach Hall.  Simple requests are normally handled within 24-48 hours.  Detailed requests may take longer as required.

Research requests can be addressed to NavalInstituteArchives@usni.org.