Register of the Lawrence Peck Rockwood papers

Finding aid prepared by Loralee Sepsey

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Lawrence Peck Rockwood papers

Date (inclusive): 1981-2000

Collection Number: 2004C54

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes (3.6 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Trial records, legal documents, correspondence, writings, reports, and printed matter, relating to the court-martial of Lawrence Peck Rockwood for an unauthorized attempt to investigate human rights conditions in Haiti, and to issues of American military obligations regarding human rights.

Creator: Rockwood, Lawrence Peck, 1958-

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2004C54.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lawrence Peck Rockwood papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Captain, United States Army; counterintelligence officer in Haiti, 1994.

1958	Lawrence Peck Rockwood is born in Trenton, New Jersey
1958-1968	Lived in Germany, Turkey, and France as his father traveled for the military
1968	Moved to Gainesville, Florida
1977-1983	Served as a substance abuse and behavior science counselor for the military in Germany
1984-1986	Enrolled in graduate school at the University of Florida
1990	Became a counterintelligence officer
1994	Conducted an unauthorized investigation into human rights violations at the prisons in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1995	Was court-martialed and discharged from the military
2001	Denied Writ of Certiorari by Supreme Court
2005	Received his PhD in American Diplomatic History from the University of Florida
2007	His book, Walking Away from Nuremburg: Just War and the Doctrine of Command Responsibility in the American Military Profession, is published

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains trial records, legal documents, correspondence, writings, reports, and printed matter, relating to the court-martial of Lawrence Peck Rockwood for an unauthorized attempt to investigate human rights conditions in Haiti, and to issues of American military obligations regarding human rights.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States

Civil rights -- Haiti

Haiti -- History -- American intervention, 1994-1995

United States -- Armed Forces -- Haiti

Biographical File 1981-1995

box 1, folder 1

Awards 1986-1993

box 1, folder 2

Curriculum Vitae circa 1991

box 1, folder 3

Forms 1986-1991

box 1, folder 4

Military Orders 1981-1992

box 1, folder 5

Miscellany 1992-1995

Scope and Contents

This folder contains programs, lists, leaflets, and other printed matter relating to Lawrence Peck Rockwood.

Correspondence 1986-2000

box 1, folder 6-7

General 1995-1997

Scope and Contents

These folders contain correspondence from members of the general public to Rockwood, members of government, and Rockwood's Army superiors in support of Rockwood's human rights investigation in Haiti.

box 2, folder 1-3

General 1995-1997

box 2, folder 4

Archer, Collin undated

box 2, folder 5

Army History 1994

box 2, folder 6

Atwood, Paul 1997

box 2, folder 7

Brouard, Olga 2000

box 2, folder 8

Burton, Dan 1995

box 2, folder 9

Caldera, Louis 2000

box 2, folder 10

Chomsky, Noam 1996

box 2, folder 11

Clementi, Linda 1986

box 2, folder 12

Clinton, Bill 1999-2000

box 2, folder 13

Coopman, Rob 1996

box 2, folder 14

Cox, Larry 1996

box 2, folder 15

Campbell, James 1995

box 2, folder 16

Dellums, Ronald 1995-1997

box 2, folder 17

Feinstein, Dianne undated

box 2, folder 18

Genesio, Jerry 1996

box 2, folder 19

Goodell, Stephen 1996

box 2, folder 20

Graham, Robert 1993-1997

box 2, folder 21

Hagopian, Patrick 1997

box 2, folder 22

Hammond, William 1994

box 2, folder 23

Harger, Elaine 1997

box 2, folder 24

Hartle, Anthony 1995-1997

box 2, folder 25

Helms, Jesse 1996

box 2, folder 26

Johnston, Lee undated

box 2, folder 27

Kerry, John 1997

box 2, folder 28

Krauss, Eric 1996

box 2, folder 29

McCain, John 1997

box 2, folder 30

Mead, David 1994-1996

box 3, folder 1

Messing, Andy 1995

box 3, folder 2

Military Review undated

box 3, folder 3

Millanta, Clive 1996

box 3, folder 4

Nunn, Sam 1994

box 3, folder 5

O'Neil, Timothy 1998

box 3, folder 6

Pascal-Trouillot, Ertha 1990

box 3, folder 7

Patterson, Jean 1996

box 3, folder 8

Payne, Velma 1996

box 3, folder 9

Peterson, Douglas 1994-1997

box 3, folder 10

Thompson, Hugh 1995

box 3, folder 11

Torricelli, Robert 2000

box 3, folder 12

Trant, Charles 1995

box 3, folder 13

Van Buskirk, Steve 1994

box 3, folder 14

Wilson, William 1994

box 3, folder 15

Winsor, Anita 1995

Printed Matter 1992-1999

Articles 1994-1999

box 3, folder 16

Undated-1994

box 3, folder 17-19

1995

box 3, folder 20

1996-1999

Legal Documents 1994-1998

Scope and Contents

These folders contain materials that pertain to Lawrence Rockwood's 1995 court martial and his 2001 appeal to the Supreme Court regarding his unauthorized investigation into human rights violations in Haitian prisons.

box 4, folder 1-2

Briefs 1995

box 4, folder 4

Petitions 1995

box 4, folder 5

Requests undated

box 5, folder 1

Requests undated

box 5, folder 2

Statements 1995

box 5, folder 3

Transcripts 1994-1995

Trial Records 1995

box 5

Volume 1 1995

box 6

Volume 2 1995

box 6

Volume 3 1995

box 7

Volume 4 1995

box 7

Volume 5 1995

box 8

Volume 6 1995

box 8

Volume 7 1995

box 8

Volume 13 1995

box 8

Unnumbered Volume 1995

box 4, folder 3

Miscellany 1994-1998

Scope and Contents

This folder contains reports, leaflets, and other printed matter relating to Lawrence Peck Rockwood's court martial case.

Essays 1992-1997

box 9, folder 1

"Can Haiti Change?" by Sidney Mintz 1995

box 9, folder 1

"Four Hours at My Lai" by Michael Bilton and Kevin Sim 1992

box 9, folder 1

"Military Chaplaincy as Ministry" by Robert McAfee Brown undated

box 9, folder 1

"Operation Uphold Democracy" by Robert Baumann 1997

box 9, folder 1

"Our Blackest Day, Officially Forgotten" by Lawrence Peck Rockwood undated

box 9, folder 1

"Should Soldiers Answer to a Higher Calling?" by David Hackworth 1995

box 9, folder 1

"The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of My Lai: A Time to Inculcate the Lessons" by Jeffrey Addicott and William Hudson undated

box 9, folder 2

Memoranda 1994-1996

Reports 1992-1999

B-N 1992-1996

box 9, folder 3

"Beyond the Laws of War: Peacekeeping in Search of a Legal Framework" 1996

box 9, folder 3

"Civil Military Operations Handbook: Tenth Mountain Division" 1992

box 9, folder 3

"Haiti: On the Horns of a Dilemma: Military Repression or Foreign Invasion?" 1994

box 9, folder 3

"Health Conditions in Haiti's Prisons" 1992

box 9, folder 3

"National Prisons in Haiti" 1995

O-W 1994-1999

box 9, folder 4

"Operation Uphold Democracy" 1995

box 9, folder 4

"Peace-Keeping and Human Rights" 1994

box 9, folder 4

"Political Violence and Instability in Haiti Since the United States Occupation" 1995

box 9, folder 4

"Protect or Obey: The United States Army versus Captain Lawrence Rockwood" 1995

box 9, folder 4

"The Rockwood Case: Lessons Learned in the Law of War and Criminal Defense" 1995

box 9, folder 4

"Special Operations Forces Locations Throughout Haiti" undated

box 9, folder 4

"Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners" undated

box 9, folder 4

"United Nations Peacekeepers and International Humanitarian Law: Can There Be an Affirmative Duty to Prevent War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity?" 1999

box 9, folder 4

"Warning Signs in Haiti: The Multinational Force and Prospects for the Rule of Law" 1994

Speeches and Writings 1997

box 9, folder 6

Monograph undated

box 9, folder 5

Miscellany circa 1997

Scope and Contents

This folder contains notes, lists, and other printed matter.

Subject File 1996-1998

box 9, folder 7

My Lai Commemoration Campaign 1996-1998

Scope and Contents

This folder contains lists, reports, statements, contact information, and other printed matter relating to the My Lai Commemoration Campaign, which worked to establish a memorial commemorating the Vietnam War's My Lai Massacre in 1968.