INTRODUCTION
LIBRARY
HOLDINGS | VISITING
THE LIBRARY | RESEARCH PROCEDURES | ACCESS TO HOLDINGS | LOAN POLICIES |
CITING HISTORICAL MATERIALS | COPYRIGHT | RESEARCH GRANTS
LIBRARY HOLDINGS
The Lyndon Baines
Johnson Library holds more than 35 million pages of manuscripts, an extensive
audiovisual collection, and oral history interviews with more than 1,000
individuals.
The Papers of Lyndon
B. Johnson, which form the core of the Library's holdings, include the
White House files of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, 1963-1969, and papers
from his service as a U.S. Congressman, 1937-1949; U.S. Senator, 1949-1961;
and Vice President,1961-1963.
In addition, the Library
holds the papers of several hundred other individuals, including family,
friends, and associates of Lyndon B. Johnson and members of his presidential
administration.
These and other collections
are described in the pages which follow. The size of manuscript holdings
is listed in linear feet. As a rule of thumb, one linear foot includes
roughly 2,000 pages. A roll of microfilm holds approximately 1,000 pages.
VISITING
THE LIBRARY
The Library is located
at 2313 Red River Street, on the campus of The University of Texas at
Austin. The Library is just off Interstate 35 and may be reached by taking
the 26th Street exit, marked "LBJ Library and Museum," and following
the signs to the Library. One may reach the Library by taxi or bus from
Austin's airport, which is about ten minutes from the Library and is served
by several major airlines.
Overnight accommodations
are within easy walking distance of the Library. A few restaurants are
nearby, and snacks and meals are available at the Joe C. Thompson Conference
Center behind the Library. Most national chains have hotels or motels
which are a brief drive from the Library.
RESEARCH
PROCEDURES
The Library is open
for research from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Reading
Room is closed on national holidays.
Researchers planning
a visit should notify the Library of their research topic and travel plans
as far in advance as possible. Prospective researchers are strongly encouraged
to contact the Library for information about materials available on their
topic. Upon arriving at the Library, each researcher will be briefed by
an archivist on Reading Room procedures and relevant holdings.
Photocopies of documents
may be ordered in the Reading Room. Consult the Reading Room archivist
for instructions about placing orders. For information about obtaining
copies of audiovisual materials, see the introduction to Audiovisual Materials.
Fees for photocopies of documents and reproductions of audiovisual materials
are set by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Researchers are welcome
to use their own computers and typewriters in the Reading Room. Transcribing
devices are permissible as long as other researchers are not disturbed.
The Library will provide
answers to specific questions received by telephone or mail if the information
desired is reasonably brief and pertinent to the Library's archival holdings.
Photocopies of specific documents or entire folders may also be ordered
by mail or telephone. However, the Library cannot undertake substantial
research for a requester or select documents for copying.
ACCESS
TO HOLDINGS
Materials in the Library
are available on an equal basis to all researchers. However, some collections
have not yet been processed and therefore are not open for research. Manuscript
collections that have been processed and opened in whole or in part are
marked in this list with an asterisk (*). Researchers should be aware
that in some of these cases only a small portion of a collection has been
processed and opened.
Furthermore, the Library
is required to withdraw certain documents from processed manuscript collections
in accordance with federal government regulations or with restrictions
imposed by donors in their deeds of gift. Donor restrictions result in
the withdrawal of a small number of documents, usually to protect individual
privacy. Federal government regulations require the withdrawal of a larger
number of documents, usually for reasons of national security.
Documents
which have been withdrawn from collections are listed on withdrawal sheets,
which are placed in the file folders made available to researchers. Researchers
may request the review of donor restricted documents by writing to the
Director of the Librar. Declassification of security classified
documents may be requested through mandatory review.
LOAN
POLICIES
The Library loans
oral history transcripts, finding aids for manuscript collections, duplicates
of task force reports, and additional items as possible. As many as four
items may be borrowed at one time. No further loans will be made to the
same researcher until previously loaned items are returned. Original documents
and files are not available on loan.
Finding aids are available
for collections which have been opened for research in whole or in part.
Finding aids include folder title lists and, in some cases, descriptions
of folder contents.
Until increased demand
dictates otherwise, loan requests may be made directly to the InterLibrary
Loan (ILL) Archivist at the Library. Items will be sent directly to the
researcher's home or office or to another interLibrary loan institution.
A request list may be submitted, and four items at a time will be sent
until the list is exhausted.
Loans are made for
a period of two weeks. Renewals are available upon written or telephone
request (512-721-0212) if the particular item is not in demand by another
researcher.
Transcripts of oral
histories include a copy of the deed of gift that specifies any restrictions,
including literary property rights, copyright, and photocopying restrictions.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to abide by these restrictions.
Access to certain
oral history transcripts requires written permission of the interviewee.
Researchers may contact the Library for addresses of these individuals
as well as suggested draft letters and permission forms.
CITING
HISTORICAL MATERIALS
Citations to Johnson
Library materials should be specific enough to permit other researchers
and Library staff to locate individual items. The Library frequently receives
requests for documents cited by other researchers.
It is recommended
that citations identify items by document type, sender and recipient (for
letters and memos) or by title (for reports) or by place of origin and
number (for cables), date, folder title, box number, collection, and Library
name. Some examples follow:
WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL
FILES, SUBJECT FILE: Memo, Donald Hornig to the President, 5/13/65,
Ex ED 2, Box 5, WHCF, LBJ Library.
WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES, CONFIDENTIAL FILE: Report to the President
from the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments, 7/7/65, filed with
Francis Bator memo to the President, 6/9/65, C.F. FO 4-1, Box 49, WHCF,
LBJ Library.
OFFICE FILES OF
WHITE HOUSE AIDES: Memo, Mike Manatos toHarry McPherson, 3/5/65, "State
of the Union," Box 42 (1757), Office Files of Bill Moyers, LBJ
Library. (When citing Aides Files, it is very helpful to include in
parentheses the four-digit central file storage box number.)
NATIONAL SECURITY
FILE: Cable, Saigon 1195, 12/21/63, #43, "Volume II," Box
1, Country File, Vietnam, National Security File, LBJ Library. (When
citing the National Security File, it is very helpful to include the
document number written in pencil and underlined in the upper right-hand
corner of the first page of each document.)
PRE-PRESIDENTIAL
PAPERS: Letter, Lyndon Johnson toWinston Churchill, 1/2/55, Churchill,
Winston," Box 2, LBJA Famous Names, LBJ Library.
PERSONAL PAPERS
OTHER THAN LYNDON B. JOHNSON'S: Letter, Lyndon Johnson to Ramsey Clark,
9/13/67, "President's Correspondence," Box 34, Papers of Ramsey
Clark, LBJ Library.
STILL PHOTOGRAPHS:
D 0914-22, 7/5/68, Photo by FrankWolfe, Presidential Collection, LBJ
Library.
ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS:
Transcript, Dean Rusk Oral History Interview, 9/26/69, by Paige E. Mulhollan
[name of interviewer], tape 1, p. 5, LBJ Library.
CITING RECORDINGS AND TRANSCRIPTS OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS.
COPYRIGHT
The United States
copyright law (P.L. 94-553, effective January 1, 1978) 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 a term of the..life of the author plus
fifty years. Unpublished and uncopy-righted works created before January
1, 1978, are covered as of that date by this same provision and are protected
at the minimum until December 31, 2002. Works already in the public domain
and work prepared by U. S. Government employees as part of official duties
are not protected by copyright.
Researchers are advised that copyright gives to the author the sole right
of publication and descends to his heirs for the term of the copyright,
regardless of the ownership of the physical embodiment of the work. Persons
wishing to publish any unpublished writings included in the papers of
the Library should obtain permission from the holder of the copyright.
Permission to reproduce copyrighted materials in the Library's still photograph,
motion picture, cartoon, and oral history collections must also be obtained
from the copyright holder.
If names of the copyright
holders are known to the Library, they will be furnished upon request.
Some individuals who have given their papers to the Library have dedicated
their literary property rights or have transmitted their copyrights to
the U. S. Government.
The copyright law
provides for "fair use" of copyrighted materials 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. |
