INTRODUCTION

Arrangement and Content of Lists
This booklet has been prepared as an introduction to the historical resources of the Dwight D. Eisenhower
Library.  The first few pages offer information regarding Library facilities and services, research procedures,
and the use of historical materials.  The main body of the booklet consists of separate alphabetical listings
of manuscripts, microfilm, audiovisual, and oral history holdings as of July 1996.

Where manuscripts or microfilm consist of personal papers, they are listed under the name of the individual,
otherwise, they are found under the name of the entity that created the papers.  The alphabetical list of
manuscripts also provides inclusive dates; volume; and a brief identification of the individual and his
relationship to Dwight D. Eisenhower, if applicable.  Volume is expressed in linear feet; about two thousand
pages comprises one foot. Microfilm contains the same information found under manuscripts, except that
size is indicated in number of rolls, and the name of the depository that holds the original materials is given. 
Each 100-foot roll of microfilm contains approximately one thousand images or pages.

The Oral History Project at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library was initially divided into two programs.  The
first program began in 1960 in cooperation with the Columbia University Oral History Project, and the
Eisenhower Library's own interviewing project began in 1963.  The cooperative program between Columbia
and the Library was concluded in 1973, but the Library oral history project is continuing.  The Library also
holds a number of oral history transcripts donated by individuals or by the oral history projects of other
institutions.

The Eisenhower Library's audiovisual collection, consisting of over 300,000 still photographs, 600,000 feet
of motion picture film and videotape, and 2,300 hours of audio recordings, has been amassed through the
contributions of private individuals, organizations, and government agencies.  In this booklet's audiovisual
section, the Library's more significant still photo collections are arranged by the name of the individual or
organization that originated or collected the materials.  General narrative descriptions are provided for the
Library's motion picture and sound recording collections.  Specific information about individual films or
sound recordings can be obtained by writing to the Library.

This booklet is only one of many sources of information about the Library's holdings.  The Library reports
many of its collections to the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.  Additional information
concerning the Library's holdings may be found in a variety of sources.  News of recent accessions,
collection openings, and recently-declassified materials is regularly published in Prologue: The Journal of
the National Archives.  Finally, several articles have been published which discuss in detail individual
Library collections.  These articles are footnoted in the list of manuscripts following the Introduction.


Application to Use Materials
Persons who wish to use materials in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library are required to complete an
application form stating the scope and purpose of their research.  Advance application facilitates the
processing of the request and allows staff archivists time to determine if sufficient material exists to warrant
a trip to the Library.


Finding Aids
Finding aids are available for most of the materials listed.  While such aids are of general assistance and
enable the researcher to make his way through hundreds of thousands of documents, they may require
explanation and interpretation by staff archivists.  The finding aids are of several types.  The fullest
description of historical materials is given in the preliminary inventory, modeled on the registers created by
the Library of Congress.  A somewhat less detailed finding aid is the shelf list, which shows the box-by-box
and folder-by-folder organization of materials.  The finding aids are valuable guides, and they should be read
carefully by the researcher.

Valuable as the finding aids are, they are not a substitute for the intimate, detailed knowledge of materials
that the Library's archivists possess.  Although researchers are free to consult with the Library staff, staff
members cannot do research.  Researchers must determine for themselves what materials are of value for
a particular study.  But the archivists can be of assistance in explaining the organization of collections and
in locating documents that might otherwise be overlooked.


Access-Restrictions
Materials in the Library are available on an equal basis to all researchers.  However, researchers will find
portions of some processed manuscript collections closed either in accordance with restrictions imposed by
the donors or by government regulations.  Furthermore, some manuscript collections described in the list of
holdings have not yet been processed and opened to research, while other collections have been only partially
processed and opened.  Restrictions on individual manuscript collections have not been given in the list
because they vary widely and because unprocessed as well as closed material is continually being reviewed
and opened for research.  General categories of material closed at present include papers containing
information the disclosure of which would endanger the nation's security or injure living persons. 
Descriptions of restricted documents may be found on "withdrawal sheets" in the file folders from which
such material has been removed.   A few processed collections, however, have not yet had descriptions
prepared for all withdrawn documents.  In such cases, staff archivists will so inform the researcher. 
Researchers having questions about the availability of specific collections should write to the Library.

Some portions of oral history interviews are also closed in accordance with the wishes of the donors.  When
an entire interview is closed, or advance permission is required in order to use transcripts, the restriction is
noted in the list of oral history transcripts.  Researchers desiring to use transcripts should write to the Library
and inquire about specific restrictions.

Under the provisions of Executive Order 12356, any United States citizen or permanent resident alien may
request a mandatory declassification review of security classified materials in the custody of the Library. 
Such requests must be made in writing and must describe the material to be reviewed in sufficient detail to
enable the Library staff to identify it.  The Library will provide instructions concerning procedures to be
followed in initiating requests for mandatory review of classified materials.

Provisions of the Freedom of Information Act are not applicable to donated historical materials accessioned
by the Library.  However, the Library does have in its custody a small quantity of federal records, portions
of which are closed by statute or agency restrictions, to which the FOIA does apply.  Persons wishing to
initiate requests for access to closed federal records under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
should consult with the Library staff.


Copyright Law and Publication
The United States Copyright Law (PL. 94-553) extends statutory rights of authorship to unpublished works,
which were previously protected by literary property rights under common law.  Such works do not have to
be registered with the Copyright Office to receive protection under the law.  In general, the law provides
copyright protection for the term of the life of the author plus fifty years.  Unpublished and uncopyrighted
works created before January 1, 1978, are covered as of that date by this same provision and are protected
until at least December 31, 2002.

The Copyright Law provides for "fair use" of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright
holder.  Fair use encompasses scholarship and research, although the extent of such use is bounded by
limitations on quotation and reproduction.  The Library's staff cannot interpret for researchers the limits of
"fair use"; if a researcher has any doubt that his or her intended use of historical materials is consonant with
current legal interpretations of fair use, he or she should contact an attorney specializing in copyright law.

Although a large portion of the historical materials listed in this catalog has been donated to the National
Archives, please bear in mind that conveyance of such materials as physical property does not automatically
carry with it assignment of copyright.  Ordinarily, instruments of gift conveying title to the National
Archives contain a clause specifying either that copyright in the literary or artistic property of the collection's
creator has been retained by the creator or the creator's literary heirs, or that it has been assigned to the
people of the United States, thus placing such material in the so-called "public domain."

It is important to bear in mind that a collection of historical materials may contain the literary or artistic
property of persons other than the collection's creator.  Consequently, clauses of instruments of gift
governing copyright apply only to the literary and artistic property of the individual around whom the
collection was created.  John Doe, or his heirs, may own copyright in John Doe's writings found within the
Papers of John R. Doe, but copyright in incoming correspondence from Andrew Smith found within the John
Doe Papers would be controlled by Andrew Smith or his literary heirs unless such copyright has been
assigned to the public domain.  The Library will in some cases be able to provide information about the
copyright status of such "other party" literary or artistic property, but in many instances researchers will have
to investigate such matters independently.

Researchers should note that, inasmuch as the Library owns no copyright in the historical materials it
possesses, the Library has no authority to grant permission to publish copyrighted materials by signing
releases or other such documents.  The Library's role in such matters is to identify, when such information
is available, the owners of copyright in order that researchers who wish to publish copyrighted materials may
seek permission to do so.


Notes on Research Procedures
Persons wishing to examine the historical materials in the Library must use them in the research room.  The
room is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturday mornings by advance
arrangement.  Researchers must register once each day.  Eating is permitted only in the staff lunch room on
the first floor of the Library.  Smoking is prohibited.

Researchers are required to use available lockers for storage of briefcases, ring binders, newspapers, and
parcels before entering the research room.  Handbags are allowed in the research room, but, on request, must
be presented to a member of the staff for examination whenever the researcher leaves the room.  Upon
leaving the building, researchers may also be asked to present for examination notebooks, packages,
envelopes, and books.
Researchers will sign and be responsible for archival materials until they are returned to a staff member. 
Researchers examining loose, unbound papers and records are requested to use materials from only one
folder at a time and replace the materials in the same order as received.  If researchers find items that appear
to be misfiled, they should bring them to the attention of an archivist.

Pencils, ball point pens, typewriters, small word processors or lap-top computers may be used for taking
notes.  Tape recorders may be used provided that permission is given by the research room staff and that the
use will not disrupt reference activities.

If researchers need more material or wish to consult an archivist, they should inform the research room staff. 
Researchers leaving the building for the day should tell the staff which materials to hold for them and which
to refile.

The Library has equipment for making electrostatic, black and white photographic, and sound recording
reproductions of materials in its holdings.  Color photographic services are available by commercial contract. 
A current price list for reproduction services is available from the Library upon request.  A self-service
photocopy machine is available for use by researchers in the research room.


Interlibrary Loans
For the convenience of researchers, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library offers copies of many of its finding
aids through interlibrary loan.  To obtain such finding aids, researchers should place a request through their
local public or university library, specifically identifying manuscript collections of interest to their research. 
Our library will then send the finding aids for these collections to the requesting library for two weeks' use
by the researcher.  Researchers should be aware, however, that finding aids for some Eisenhower Library
manuscripts collections have either not yet been prepared or are in a rudimentary stage, i. e., not yet
definitive.  A separate interlibrary form should be completed for each finding aid requested.  No more than
six finding aids will be sent at one time to a researcher.  Due to the expense, this service is not available for
overseas requestors.

The vast majority of oral history transcripts in the Library's holdings may also be obtained through
interlibrary loan.  In some cases, however, the donor has restricted use to scholars visiting the research
facility.  A current list of transcripts available for interlibrary loan may be obtained from the Library. 
Interlibrary loan requests for oral history transcripts are subject to the same limitation of six items per
request.

Requests for finding aids or oral history interview transcripts through interlibrary loan should be directed
to:

                    Interlibrary Loan Service
                   Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
                      Abilene, Kansas 67410


Citing Historical Materials
While the Library cannot require the use of a standard form of footnote by researchers in their writings, it
is important that citations clearly indicate the location of items.  This will help the researcher who may want
to use the material again, the Library staff who may be asked for cited documents, and other researchers.

A citation should identify completely the particular document used by type, name of sender and recipient,
date, file folder title, box number, series (if applicable), collection, and the Library.  Other information may
be given, but citations should be kept simple.

The following fictitious citations may be helpful:

     Memorandum of conversation, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, and Harold Macmillan,
     June 22, 1958, DDE Diary - June 1958 (4), Box 30, DDE Diaries series, Papers of Dwight D.
     Eisenhower as President, 1953-61, Eisenhower Library.

     Christian A. Herter to Dwight D. Eisenhower, March 31, 1959, Great Britian 1959 (3), Box 22,
     International series, Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President, 1953-61, Eisenhower Library.

     Dwight D. Eisenhower to Richard B. Russell, September 27,  1959, Official File 142-A-5-A, Box
     732, White House Central Files, Eisenhower Library.

     Bryce N. Harlow to Dwight D.  Eisenhower, August l8, 1954, in folder for speech of August 19,
     1954, Box 4, Speech Series, Records of Bryce N. Harlow, Eisenhower Library. 

     George A Jacoby to Howard L. Bevis, June 26, 1957,  Letters to Corporations and Editors, Box 19,
     General Subject Series, Records of the President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers,
     Eisenhower Library.

     William P. Rogers to Dwight D. Eisenhower, May 20, 1959, Box 8, Chronological Series, William
     P. Rogers Papers, Eisenhower Library.


Book Collection
The Library book collection contains approximately 25,000 titles relating largely to the period of
Eisenhower's life (1890-1969).  There is an extensive collection of periodical material by or about
Eisenhower within the vertical file holdings of 24,000 items.  Also included in the book collection are
approximately 800 reels of microfilmed theses and dissertations.  A card index is available for all of these
materials.  In 1981 the Library published Dwight D. Eisenhower.  A Select Bibliography of Periodical and
Dissertation Literature.  This publication is available free of charge upon request.


Museum Collection
The Museum collection of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library contains well over 34,000 items.  It constitutes
a rich, varied, and largely untapped source of research materials for students of military, political, and art
history, as well as for biographers of Eisenhower and his associates.

The collections' military-related materials consist of items from several historical periods, but by far the
heaviest concentration is from the World War II era.  The orders, awards, and medals given to Eisenhower
during and after the war and the "Britt Brown Small Arms Collection" are the two major components of the
Museum's military holdings.  The small arms collection is an especially valuable resource because in
addition to containing examples of most U.S. military small arms used in World War II, it includes many
examples of the accouterments used with the weapons and operating and technical manuals issued for each
weapon.  An allied military currency collection and a group of letters and sketches related to one of the most
important battles of the American Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg, may also be of interest to military
historians.

An impressive political cartoon collection, consisting primarily of original drawings, and a vast array of
campaign objects, such as buttons, jewelry, clothing, and posters, reflect the political climate of the 1950s. 
The museum collection also contains a large number of art objects, many of which Dwight D. Eisenhower
received as gifts during World War II and the White House years.  All types of paintings, including portraits,
landscapes, and American primitives, as well as the President's own works, can be found in the collection. 
Other art forms represented are sculpture, prints from as early as the 18th century, art glass, ceramics, and
tapestries.  The Museum's Oriental art, which includes scrolls, cloisonne and lacquerwork, and "Napoleonic
Collection," which is especially strong in prints, offer further research opportunities.  Small numismatic and
philatelic collections are also part of the Museum holdings.


Visiting the Library
The easiest way to get to Abilene is by automobile.  The city is located 150 miles west of Kansas City, at
the junction of Interstate 70 and Kansas Highway 15 (Exit 275 off 1-70).

There is no commercial air service into Abilene.  The nearest major airports are Kansas City (KCI) and
Wichita.  Commercial car rental from the airport may prove to be the most economical and convenient
method of transportation to Abilene.

Commuter Air service by USAIR Express is available between KCI and Manhattan, Kansas (40 miles from
Abilene).  There is no ground transportation from Manhattan to Abilene other than taxi (cost approximately
$45-50).  A regularly scheduled van shuttle service operates between KCI and Junction City, Kansas (25
miles from Abilene).  A few of the lodging facilities in Abilene will pick up visitors in Junction City by prior
arrangement.  Commercial taxi from Junction City to Abilene is approximately $30.

There is limited bus service into Abilene and no train service.

Upon request, the Library will provide researchers with more detailed information concerning transportation
to Abilene, as well as a list of accommodations.