John Edward Lawler papers, 1937-1974

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Lawler, John Edward, 1908-1982. John Edward Lawler papers, 1937-1974

John Edward Lawler papers, 1937-1974

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707939088

The papers are particularly rich in the areas of law enforcement and training. There is a great wealth of material from Lawler's career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C., where he was an administrative assistant to J. Edgar Hoover and in Richmond where he was the agent-in-charge of the Field Office. Lawler played a key role in organizing the Bureau's counter-espionage work during World War II. He was also involved in anti-Communist activities, curtailing and controlling the activities of Alice Burke, Secretary of the Communist party, who lived in Richmond. Lawler developed training materials and delivered lectures to local and state law enforcement agencies in Virginia. There is one folder of material documenting some of the grants released by the Old Dominion Research Company, a CIA-sponsored money source organized by Lawler. Although Lawler served on the Richmond City Council and other city boards, there is only a limited amount of material on his role in Richmond politics. There is an extensive group of materials relating to cases before the NLRB against the Union Life Insurance Company and its successor the Interstate Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The papers contain material for potential research in law enforcement , counter-espionage and intelligence, labor relations and law enforcement and politics of the Richmond area.

8.3 linear feet

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