The Research Room will be closed on Wednesday, December 24; Thursday, December 25; and Friday, December 26, 2025.
The Research Room will close at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. Those wanting to do research on that Wednesday or Friday, January 2, 2026 must have their appointments scheduled by Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. All virtual orientations and researcher paperwork must be completed as well.
We encourage researchers to contact the Library before making a research visit. See the Plan a Research Visit page for more information.
These donated materials are available for research at the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Unlike Presidential records, donated historical materials are deposited by individuals or organizations, and are governed by deeds of gift. Although the Library has many donated historical collections, only a small number are processed and available for research.
Currently, the mandates of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) require archivists to focus almost entirely on processing official Presidential Records. Donated collections are not subject to FOIA or the Presidential Records Act, and cannot be requested by filing a FOIA request.