Procedures for initiating a Review Queue request:
1. Consult the finding aids to the collections listed below to see if any
folders may relate to your research. Finding aids are available in the research
room or through our online Guide to Historical Materials.
2. List the titles of the folders (with the collection title and box numbers)
that you would like us to review. The first 25 folders (approximately 1,500 pages) that you list will be placed at the back of our review queue. When
these are reviewed, we will notify you and then add the next increment of
your request to the back of the review queue.
3. Submit your requests to William H. McNitt, Gerald R. Ford Library, 1000
Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 or send them by e-mail to william.mcnitt@nara.gov. Such
requests should be submitted well in advance of any planned visit to the
Library. Small requests - those for just a folder or two - may be handled
in an "express lane" to keep down the total number of requests waiting in
the queue.
4. Upon receipt of your request, an archivist will contact you with information
about the current status of our review queue backlog. We are unable to give
you an exact date by which your requested folders will be open for research,
however, as staff resources for the review queue may change due to other
workload.
5. Upon completion of review, we will notify you that your requested folders
have been opened to the public. It
is possible, however, that some documents within those folders may still
be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift or under
National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR
1256).
Manuscript Collections from which Folders can be Requested
Many Library collections are already fully open to research, while others are completely unprocessed and therefore not available for research. Only a limited number of collections are eligible for the Review Queue - those that have been arranged and described by the Library staff, but the final review by archivists to determine access to individual documents is not yet complete. Please feel free to request the review of specific folders from these collections according to the instructions above.