ABILENE, Kan. -  More than 89,000 pages of new records are now open to researchers at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home.  

The records include 78 documents totaling 449 pages of previously classified records. The formerly classified records document a variety of subjects, including the political scenes in Japan and Austria; the Jupiter and Polaris missile programs; possible U.S. sovereignty over Antarctica; possible U.S. acquisition of Greenland; Communist influence in Iran; and the return of downed U.S. RB-47 air crewman from the Soviet Union, to name a few.

"We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Eisenhower Presidential Library this year," Karl Weissenbach, library director, said. "Despite this passage of time, these newly-available records illustrate that the history of the Eisenhower presidency is still a work-in-progress."

Other recently opened records include the papers of Brigadier General Robert L. Schulz, longtime aide to President Eisenhower. Schulz began his service with Eisenhower as the General's Aide-de-Camp in 1947. He followed Ike to Europe with NATO, then to Columbia University when Eisenhower served as its president. Schulz served as a Military Aide to Eisenhower during his two-term presidency, and then as Ike's Executive Assistant until the President's death in 1969. Schulz was appointed by President Richard Nixon as a Special Assistant to the President for Liaison with Former Presidents, a position he held from 1969 to 1974.

The records are available in the Library's research room, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. except on federal holidays. Many of these documents are also available online in the Research category of our web site at  www.eisenhower.archives.gov.