John Lord O'Brian papers, 1916-1962.

ArchivalResource

John Lord O'Brian papers, 1916-1962.

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.

4 ms. boxes, 3 microfilm reels.

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

O'Brian, John Lord, 1874-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x35qhj (person)

American lawyer; head of the War Emergency Division, United States Department of Justice, 1917-1919. From the description of John Lord O'Brian papers, 1916-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869810 O'Brian was born in Buffalo, New York in 1874. He received the A.B. degree from Harvard College in 1896 and the L.L.B. degree from Buffalo Law School in 1898. In February 1909, O'Brian was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Western Dis...

United States. Dept. of Justice. War Emergency Division.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ck5h40 (corporateBody)