PCA Historical Center: Visiting the Historical Center

Visiting the Historical Center

As you have looked at the resources available here at the PCA Historical Center, you may be considering a visit to the Center in order to take a closer look at particular documents.. We welcome your visit. For the most effective use of your time, do please call ahead and let us know of your planned visit. This allows us to better understand your research needs, to have materials ready when you arrive, and to answer any questions that you may have about your visit to the Historical Center. You may also find it helpful to prepare for your visit by reading the brochure Researching the Archive: An Introduction to Its Resources.

Directions:
The PCA Historical Center is located in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, on the campus of Covenant
Theological Seminary. The campus is located adjacent to the point where Highways 40 and 270 intersect. Take the Ballas exit off of I-40 and proceed north on Ballas a short distance. Moving to the turn lane at the intersection of Ballas and Conway, make a left turn onto Conway and proceed west under the I-270 overpass. Traveling another 300 yards on Conway will bring you to the main entrance of the Seminary campus. From there, follow the campus signs to the Buswell Library, where the Historical Center is located. After parking your car, proceed to the lower level of the Library and you will find the Center just off of the lower lobby.

Accomodations:
You will find a number of hotels in the immediate area and we will be happy to provide specific information about these on request. In addition, there are a number of rooms available in Edwards Hall on the Seminary campus, at a very nominal rate.

Hours of Operation:
The Historical Center is open Monday through Friday, from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. (CST).
You are urged to allow plenty of time for your visit to the Center and it is best to arrive early in the day, if at all possible.

The Historical Center is closed on weekends and all major holidays. However, researchers may make special arrangements for Saturday or weekday evening visits by calling at least two weeks in advance of the requested appointment time.

Services and Facilities at the PCA Historical Center:
• • Wireless network capability. [use of laptop computers in the reading room is allowed]
• • Internet
• • Telnet access
• • Email access
• • Fax
• • Printer access
• • Scanner [staff operated]
• • Microfilm reader
• • Copier services [self-service rate is $0.10 per page; fragile documents may be copied by staff only]

Fees for other services:

6 Order information for copies of periodical articles 6
Category		Price
Photocopies		$0.30 per page, plus actual postage
Transcription [of fragile documents, etc.]		$25.00 per page
Digital scan of images or pages, for private use [jpg file @ 100 dpi]		$10.00 per scan
Photographic paper prints of images, for private use, 4" x 6" size prints:		$5.00 per print
Photographic paper prints of images, for private use, 8" x 10" size prints:		$10.00 per print
Electronic text preparation, for private use only [MS Word or pdf format]		$10.00 per page
Digital scan of images for commercial use [.jpg file @ 300 dpi]		$75.00 per each scan
Digital scan of images for commercial use [.tiff file @ 300 dpi or higher]		$100.00 per each scan
Electronic text preparation, for commerical reproduction		$50.00 per each page
[All prices above, except for photocopies, include postage and/or electronic file transfer.]
Payment should be made by check, made to the PCA Historical Center, 12330 Conway Road, St. Louis, MO 63141