March 9, 2007
Legal Barriers Hamper Scholars' Access to Papers of Recent Presidents
Yanek Mieczkowski, an associate professor of history at Dowling College, published his first monograph in 2005 — a study of economic and energy policy during Gerald Ford's administration.
He would like to carry his study forward into the Carter and Reagan eras, but he is daunted by the obstacles that lie ahead. Only 18 percent of the 44 million documents at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library have been processed.
If Mr. Mieczkowski wants to search for material in
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