John Lord O'Brian papers, 1916-1962

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Creators:
O'Brian, John Lord, 1874-1973
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, affidavits, clippings, printed matter, and speeches and writings, relating to the administration of the War Emergency Division of the Department of Justice, registration of enemy aliens, civil liberties in time of war, and domestic subversion in the United States during World War I.
Extent:
5 manuscript boxes, 3 microfilm reels (2.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], John Lord O'Brian Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:

American lawyer; head of the War Emergency Division, United States Department of Justice, 1917-1919

Date Event
1874 October 14
Born, Buffalo, New York
1896
A.B., Harvard
1898
graduated, University of Buffalo Law School
1902
married, Alma E. White
1903-1929
Trustee, University of Buffalo
1907-1909
Member, New York State Assembly
1909-1914
U.S. Attorney for Western District of New York
1913
Candidate for Mayor of Buffalo, New York
1915
Delegate-at-large at New York State Constitutional Convention
1916
Delegate (for Hughes), National Republican Convention in Chicago
1917
Chairman, Draft Board Appeals, Western New York
1917-1919
Head of War Emergency Division, Department of Justice
1920
opposed expulsion of Socialists elected to New York State Legislature
1920
Permanent Chairman, Republican State Convention, New York City
1921-1930
Buffalo Trustee, Albright Knox Art Gallery
1925-1926
Vice Chairman, New York State Reorganization Committee
1929-1933
Assistant to Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
1931-1947
Regent, University of State of New York
1935-1939
Special Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, Argued Ashwander vs. T.V.A.
1938
Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate from New York
1939-1945
Overseer, Harvard University
1940
nominated Thomas Dewey for President at Republican National Convention in Philadelphia
1941-1944
General Counsel, War Production Board
1944
joined Covington, Burling, Rublee, Acheson & Shorb, Washington, D. C.
1945
President, Harvard Alumni Association
1947
Chairman, Flying Pay Board
1948
Chairman, Oak Ridge Labor Dispute
1950-1957
Chairman for Endowment of Harvard Divinity School
1951
elected Washington Literary Society
1951
appointed to National Advisory Board on Mobilization Policy
1955
John Lord O'Brian Chair Established at Harvard Divinity School
1957
participated in Youth Forum Broadcast sponsored by the New York Times.
1962
honored by Chief Justice Earl Warren on 50th Anniversary of Admission to the Bar of the Court
1963
member of Lawyer's Committee on Civil Rights (appointed by President Kennedy)
1968, April 13
death of Mrs. John Lord O'Brian in Buffalo
1972
new law building at SUNY at Buffalo, named after O'Brian by State University Board of Trustees
1973, April 10
died at Washington, D. C.
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1970.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], John Lord O'Brian Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
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Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
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