Planning a Research Visit
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 arrival at the Library, each researcher will be assigned an archivist who will assist in obtaining relevant holdings. Researchers will also be briefed on research room procedures. It is preferable to arrange an appointment time with the interviewing archivist prior to arrival.
Copies of the Library's list of holdings and guides to specific topics are available upon request and are also available in part on our web site.
Contact Information
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.
Research Application Form
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The Eisenhower Foundation Host Committee
The Eisenhower Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the mission of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. Unique among the presidential library foundations, the Eisenhower Foundation has a Host Committee that is pleased to offer assistance to researchers during their stay in Abilene. The host committee consists of Foundation executive members who are local community leaders and business and professional people.
Please let us know if you are interested in any of the following free services during your stay in our community:
Pick up or Return to nearby Junction City, Kansas when using the Road Runner Express ground transportation from Kansas City International Airport
Use of one of the Foundation’s bicycles for local transportation
Dinner with Host Committee members at a local restaurant
Assistance in making appointments with doctors, dentists, optometrists, etc. during your time in Abilene
Please contact us before or after you arrive, if we may help facilitate your research visit to the Eisenhower Presidential Library. We hope you have a pleasant stay in Abilene.
Eisenhower Foundation
P.O. Box 295
200 SE Fourth Street
Abilene KS 67410
785-263-6700
eisenhowerfoundation@nara.gov
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Overnight accommodations
A list of motels and restaurants is available upon request. A few restaurants are nearby and snacks are available in the staff break room. For information on accommodations and restaurants please visit the Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau web site.
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Travel Grants
Eisenhower Foundation Travel Grants Program
Objective
The Eisenhower Presidential Library Abilene Travel Grants Program assists scholars' research of primary sources in such fields as history, government, economics, communications, and international affairs so they may provide informed leadership in our national life. The grants program is funded and administered by the Eisenhower Foundation in Abilene, Kansas.
Applications
Grants are awarded to individual researchers on a competitive basis to cover a portion of expenses while in Abilene, Kansas using the presidential library. The size of the grant (not to exceed $1,000) is dependent upon the distance traveled and duration of stay in Abilene. Grants are not retroactive and travel must occur within one year of award.
Applications must be received no later than February 28th for Spring reviews, and September 30th for Fall reviews.
Applicants should provide the following materials to:
Abilene Travel Grants Program
Eisenhower Foundation
P.O. Box 295
200 S.E. 4th Street
Abilene, KS 67410
Click here to obtain a travel grant application form.
A letter from the Eisenhower Library providing information on the availability of relevant materials in the Library’s archives. Please address your inquiries to: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, 200 S.E. 4th, Abilene, KS 67410 and request permission to use the holdings of the Library. An archivist at the Library will respond with a letter detailing collections that are pertinent to your research topic.
A curriculum vitae including academic experience and a list of any publications.
A detailed summary (not to exceed five pages) of the subject and scope of your research. Funding priority will be given to well-developed proposals that will rely significantly on the resources in the Eisenhower Library.
Tentative timetable for visiting Abilene (including duration of stay in Abilene)and for completing project.
A 10-15 page writing sample.
A proposed budget. [For information on lodging, food and travel costs please visit the Abilene Tourism and Convention Bureau web site at http://www.abilenekansas.org.]
Information as to any other grant received or being pursued for the project.
Two or three supporting letters from academic advisors or professional colleagues.
Intended publication or other use of the product of your research.
Decision
A selection panel reviews your application package. All applicants will be informed in writing of the selection panel's decision approximately six weeks after the application deadline. Once a grantee has firm travel plans, the grantee will be issued two checks. One check in the amount of half the award will be mailed to the grantee immediately prior to the research trip to the Library, while the second will be held by the Library for presentation upon arrival.
Conclusion
If grantee's research results in a thesis, dissertation, book or article, a copy of the final product must be submitted to the Eisenhower Library for its holdings.
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