NASA JSC history holdings at UHCL: existing policy and custody records
Research scope prepared 12 November 2026. NOT SUBMITTED AS A FOIA REQUEST.

For a future records request, identify the following existing records. Please supply releasable electronic copies and reasonably segregable non-exempt portions, identifying any applicable withholding authority. An existing record or referral is requested, not newly created research or an explanation.

1. The final NASA Headquarters memorandum or directive described by the University of Houston-Clear Lake as governing changed access to the NASA Johnson Space Center History Collection, effective as of October 2024; its attachments, identifier, issuing office, signature, issue/effective dates and superseding amendments. Search subject terms: UHCL, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Johnson Space Center History Collection, JSC Archives, researcher access, reproduction. Relevant policy period: 1 January 2024 through 31 July 2025.

2. Final approved implementation instructions and existing final decisions in that period covering researcher affiliation/eligibility, independent researchers, citizenship or foreign-person access, onsite use, notes, numerical transcription, photography, scanning, electronic copies, quotation/publication, and treatment of already publicly released materials. Include any final record identifying the applicable export-control provisions or item/series release-review criteria. We do not request privileged legal advice, private personnel records or protected medical information.

3. The final policy transmittal to UHCL and any final public-notice versions in that period. Archived UHCL overview captures on 13 June and 8 November 2024 retain the older ITAR-conditioned formulation; the 16 July 2025 capture lists narrower categories as of October 2024. Please identify existing records that establish the issue, implementation and notification dates.

4. Existing signed agreements and amendments governing this collection: the NASA JSC/Rice arrangement described as summer 1981; the JSC/NARA/UHCL memorandum described in NASA's Fourth Quarter 2010 history newsletter as signed 8 February 2001; and the agreement/renewal governing the holdings in October 2024. Include releasable schedules identifying ownership, legal custody, physical custody and access/reproduction responsibilities.

5. Existing transfer/accession references and scan inventories for the NARA-owned materials described on p. 12 of that newsletter as planned for transfer from UHCL to Fort Worth by February 2012. Seek a container/identifier crosswalk, not a new item-by-item compilation. Also identify any existing public replacement-catalogue or migration-status record for the JSC indexes described by UHCL as unsupported from September 2025.

Keep this policy/custody scope distinct from our three Apollo technical-record inquiries. Do not presume those files are held by UHCL. Please refer records outside your custody to the responsible office where known.

Before any formal submission, the requester must provide required contact information and choose a fee category, fee ceiling or supported waiver request. This scope authorizes no paid services and makes no fee commitment. Submit through NASA's official records-request route if needed, not through this website.