For guidance on requesting material via FOIA from the National Archives and Records Administration, of which the Jimmy Carter Library is part, please visit archives.gov/foia.
Please consult the following guidance: Appeal of Donor Restrictions. To submit your request, Ask an Archivist using our Contact form and use subject line “Appeal of Donor Restriction."
Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) requests allow researchers to seek declassification of specific items under Executive Order 13526. Material might be unavailable in whole or in part for reasons of national security pending further processing and review; in these instances, you can request the item be reviewed via MDR.
Exploring the Library's website fully is recommended as a good starting point.
Copies/scans produced by archival staff are $0.80 per page with a minimum charge of $20.00. While you are required to prepay, please do not pay in advance of being billed.
The Library is not a library in the usual sense but is a research facility and a museum. The archives is a repository of approximately 27 million pages of Jimmy Carter’s White House material, papers of administration associates, including documents, memoranda, correspondence, etc. There are also 1/2 million photographs, and hundreds of hours film, audio and video tape.
A portion of declassified Carter presidential papers were previously accessible in electronic format through an independent CREST computer system, located in the Research Room of the Carter Library. (This system has also been referred to as the RAC or Remote Archives Capture system.) In July 2016 this service was removed due to a system malfunction and is no longer being supported. However, raw copies of the files remain available to staff as we diligently work to make declassified records widely accessible to the public.
The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum does not appraise nor authenticate historical materials, artwork, or political memorabilia.
It is important that researchers employ an adequate form of citation so that materials can be relocated easily. Regardless of footnote style, citations typically should contain the following elements: