Doar, John, 1921-
Biography:
John Doar served as First Assistant and then Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, from 1960 to 1967, the critical years of the civil rights movement. He also served as Special Counsel to the House of Representatives with respect to the impeachment of President Nixon and as counsel to the judicial investigation of a sitting federal judge (which ultimately led to his impeachment). -- The Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Civil Rights History Project (Library of Congress)
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Beech--Outgoing correspondence, May 1964-February 1965 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 1, Folder 1) (Correspondence)
- Belfrage--Diary and notes, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 4) (Diaries)
- Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15) (Correspondence)
- Braden--Mississippi 1964 (continued) (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 56, Folder 1) (Press releases)
- CORE--Neshoba County (Philadelphia, Mississippi) - Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 73) (Memorandums)
- CORE--Staff meetings (Canton and Meridian, CORE and COFO) - Minutes 1964 Jan., Feb., Aug.-1965 April, June (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 90) (Minutes (administrative records))
- Council of Federated Organizations Shaw Office-- Records, 1964-1965 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 3063) (Correspondence)
- Dunlap--Mississippi Freedom Project, 1964-1965 (Papers, 1964-1972, 1994; Z: Accessions, M2000-007, Box 2, Folder 5) (Fliers (printed matter))
- Freedom Information Service--Miscellaneous reports and news releases, 1962-1965, undated (Freedom Information Service Records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 3, Segment 2) (Reports)
- Goodman--Condolences from well-known people, 1964 (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 482, Reel 2, Segment 2) (Correspondence)
- Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Goodman--News releases, newsletters, and miscellaneous publications, 1964-1965 (Carolyn Goodman Papers, 1964-2000; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 192, Box 1, Folder 1) (Legal documents)
- Gould--Richard N. Gould papers , 1963-1965 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 3072) (Newsletters)
- Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - correspondence, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 3) (Correspondence)
- King--August, 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 9) (Reports)
- King--February-March 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 3) (Reports)
- King--Freedom Schools, 1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 16) (Reports)
- King--July, 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 8) (Reports)
- King--June 1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 7) (Reports)
- King--May 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 6) (Reports)
- King--Minutes of Meetings, 1964-1965 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 3, Folder 2) (Minutes (administrative records))
- King--Mississippi Summer Project, miscellaneous files (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 21) (Reports)
- King--Pre-1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 1) (Reports)
- Kinoy--Legal documents re: COFO v. Rainey, 1964 : Brief, 1964 (Arthur Kinoy papers, circa 1930-2003; Z: Accessions, M2007-010, Box 8, Folder 21) (Legal documents)
- Lipsky--SNCC, Mississippi, New Jersey (Michael Lipsky and David J. Olson Papers, 1935-1981; Z: Accessions, M96-024, Box 1, Folder 6) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 1) (Press releases)
- Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2) (Press releases)
- Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 3) (Press releases)
- MFDP--Clippings, 1964-1970 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 2, Segment 5) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- MFDP--General papers, 1963-1965, part 2 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 1, Segment 2, Part 2) (Memorandums)
- MFDP Lauderdale County--Schiffrin, Andrew (Diary and Meeting Notes), June 1964 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.) records, 1964-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 55, Reel 2, Segment 56) (Diaries)
- MFDP Lauderdale County--WATS (Telephone) Reports, August 1965 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.) records, 1964-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 55, Reel 3, Segment 66) (Reports)
- MFDP Lauderdale County--WATS (Telephone) Reports, June 1965 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.) records, 1964-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 55, Reel 3, Segment 66) (Reports)
- MFDP Lauderdale County--WATS (Telephone) Reports, September 1965 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.) records, 1964-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 55, Reel 3, Segment 66) (Reports)
- Montgomery--Lucile Montgomery general correspondence, 1964-1966 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 2, Segment 31b) (Correspondence)
- Montgomery--Mississippi elections (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 16) (Reports)
- Montgomery--Mississippi Summer Project, Robert Moses, director (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 2, Segment 23) (Correspondence)
- Montgomery--SNCC: Circulars, newsletters, program outlines, incidents, 1963-1966 (Lucile Montgomery Papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 3, Segment 48) (Pamphlets)
- Moore--Correspondence, 1963-1964 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 5) (Correspondence)
- Moore--Correspondence, 1967 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 7) (Correspondence)
- Robinson--Correspondence, 1964-1966 (Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson papers, 1960-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 191, Box 1, Folder 1) (Correspondence)
- Romaine--Anne Romaine Interviews, 1966-1967 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 1069, Folder 1) (Transcripts)
- SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 6) (Pamphlets)
- SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 16) (Reports)
- SEDFRE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Congressional Challenge, 1964-1965 (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 32 Folder 25) (Legal documents)
- Starobin--SNCC 1963-1966 (Robert S. Starobin papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 428, Box 2, Folder 3) (Minutes (administrative records))
- Stromquist--Mississippi Freedom Project background information, 1964 (Shelton Stromquist papers, 1963-1978; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 641, Box 1, Folder 3) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Vogel--Lise Vogel papers, 1964-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC3098 (Correspondence)
- Walker--WATS Line reports, 1964-1965 (Samuel Walker papers, 1964-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 655, Box 1, Folder 4) (Reports)
- Werner--Assorted documents on Freedom Schools and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (Hank Werner papers; Z: Accessions, M71-358, Box 1, Folder 5) (Reports)
- Zinn --Interview transcripts, 1963-1965 (Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 3, Folder 10) (Transcripts)
- Integration of the University of Mississippi (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar, seated beside the podium at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar, seated beside the podium at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar, speaking with several men while standing behind the podium at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar, speaking with several men while standing behind the podium at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar, speaking with several men while standing behind the podium at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar, standing beside the podium at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Doar, standing beside the podium at a meeting of the Alabama Council on Human Relations at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Powerful Days in Black and White (Eastman Kodak Company)