Please use this online tool to schedule a research appointment at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, TX for textual research only. If you'd like to schedule a research appointment for Audio-Visual records, please contact photos.bush@nara.gov.
The textual archives research room hours are Monday through Friday 9:30am to 4:00pm. No new material will be retrieved for researchers after 2:30pm daily. The research room is closed on federal holidays.
Appointments are available to researchers with a valid research card and must be made at least 24 hours in advance.
To request a new research card or renew your research card, please fill out our online request form. You will be required to upload your training certificate from the National Archives Researcher Orientation training.
Appointments are available in half-day increments. To schedule a full-day appointment, please click "add additional date/time slot" to ensure your request includes both time slots for the appointment date.
**Please do not make travel arrangements to College Station until you receive email confirmation of your requested appointment.
Prior to confirming a research room appointment - all researchers must have consultation with a reference staff member by email. Please be prepared to discuss your research needs in as much specificity as possible.
On-site research will be limited to undigitized materials only.