Due to the need to update its archival storage areas, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library will provide
restricted access to its textual archival collections starting in late summer and extending into the winter of 2012. During that time period, currently estimated to last
at least through January 2012, only a select number of collections will be physically available to researchers and to Archives staff members. These include:
--the National Security Files;
--the Ernest Hemingway Papers; and
--the Audiovisual collections (still images, moving images, and audio recordings).
All other collections will be unavailable for research during the approximately 12-week period and research visits should be planned, accordingly. Without access to materials for research, Archives staff members will be limited in their ability to respond to offsite requests during this period, as well. Please note that all digitized collections, including the
President's Office Files, the John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, and the White House Photographs, will remain accessible via our website: www.jfklibrary.org.
We urge all researchers to contact the JFK Library's research room before planning on-site visits:
617.514.1629 or
Kennedy.Library@nara.gov.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation during this period of restricted access.