Robert Charles Mardian Papers

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Register of the Robert Charles 79102 1 Mardian papers Title: Robert Charles Mardian papers Date (inclusive): 1957-1995 Collection Number: 79102 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 82 manuscript boxes, 7 videotape cassettes(34.9 Linear Feet) Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, minutes, testimony, legal documents, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to education policy during the presidential administration of Richard M. Nixon, school desegregation, surveillance of radical movements, administration of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Watergate affair and subsequent trials. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. Creator: Mardian, Robert Charles, 1923-2006 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1979. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Robert Charles Mardian papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Alternate Forms Available Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 1923 Born, Pasadena, California October 23 1949-1969 Attorney, Pasadena, California 1968-1969 Member, U.S. Presidential Transition Team 1969-1970 General Counsel, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1970-1971 Executive Director, Cabinet Committee on Education 1970-1972 Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Security Division 1972-1973 Political Coordinator, Committee to Re-elect the President Subjects and Indexing Terms Video tapes United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974 Subversive activities -- United States Education -- United States United States -- Race relations Radicalism -- United States Justice, Administration of -- United States Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 School integration -- United States United States. Department of Justice United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

box 1 Speeches and Writings 1969-1972 Scope and Contents note Draft and final copies of speeches and articles, memoranda, clippings, and other printed material. Primarily relates to school desegregation and Nixon Administration policies. Arranged chronologically.

box 1, folder 1 General box 1, folder 2 1969 box 1, folder 3 1970 box 1, folder 4 1971 box 1, folder 5 1972 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1957-1970 Scope and Contents note Speeches, memoranda, reports, clippings, correspondence, notes, printed articles, legal documents, newsletters, statutes and regulations, school desegregation plans, legislative proposals, and miscellany. Primarily relates to school desegregation. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

General box 1, folder 6 Memoranda and correspondence 1969-1970 box 1, folder 7 White House communications. Correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, speech transcript, and clippings 1968-1970 box 2, folder 1-6 Austin Geriatrics. Material relating to a disputed transfer of government property Civil rights General box 2, folder 7 Notes. Also includes draft and final copies of a speech, and memoranda Statements box 3, folder 1 Robert Finch and John Mitchell 1969 July 3 box 3, folder 2 Robert Finch testimony relating to the Emergency School Aid Act of 1970 box 3, folder 3 Jerris Leonard, Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity 1970 July 13 box 3, folder 4 Admiral Hyman Rickover, House Committee on Education and Labor 1970 June 6 box 3, folder 5 Legislative histories of Titles IV and VI box 3, folder 6 Model cities box 3, folder 7 National Education Association box 3, folder 8 Tax exempt status Title VI. Relates to non-discrimination in federally-asisted programs, primarily school desegregation box 3, folder 9-10 General box 3, folder 11 Alabama box 3, folder 12 Arkansas box 4, folder 1 California box 4, folder 2 Enforcement proceedings Florida box 4, folder 3 General box 4, folder 4 U.S. v. Taylor County, Florida box 4, folder 5 Georgia box 4, folder 6 Guidelines. Relates to policy box 4, folder 7 Head Start Program box 4, folder 8-9 Higher education Legislation box 4, folder 10 General box 4, Desegregation assistance to school districts folder 11-12 box 5, folder 1-2 Litigation box 5, folder 3 Louisiana

box 5, folder 4 Mexican Americans box 5, folder 5 Michigan box 5, folder 6 Mississippi box 5, folder 7 New York box 5, folder 8 North Carolina box 5, folder 9 Northern schools box 5, folder 10 Regulation box 5, folder 11 Reverse discrimination box 5, folder 12 Schools 1969 South Carolina box 5, folder 13 General box 6, folder 1 Abbeville box 6, folder 2 Supreme Court decisions box 6, folder 3 Texas box 6, folder 4 Virginia Federal employees box 6, folder 5-6 Thursday Discussion Group box 6, folder 7 Federal Employees for a Democratic Society box 6, folder 8 Vietnam moratorium committees box 6, folder 9 Office of Equal Opportunity box 6, folder 10 Social Security Division. Correspondence Welfare box 6, General. AFDC program, Medicaid, and other miscellany folder 11-12 Legal cases box 6, folder 13 Rosado v. Wyman. Relates to the welfare program in New York box 6, folder 14 Dandridge v. Williams. Relates to the welfare program in Maryland Cabinet Committee on Education 1969-1970 Scope and Contents note Memoranda, reports, statements (including Richard Nixon), press releases, clippings, correspondence, agenda and minutes, legislative proposals, and a petition. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

General box 6, folder 15 General. Includes material relating to consultants, a conference in Atlanta, and a videotape production box 7, folder 1-3 General box 7, folder 4 History box 7, folder 5-6 Legislation Meetings box 7, folder 7-9 General. Includes meetings with concerned mothers, Mississippi officials, and state governors Committee meetings box 7, 1970 March-May folder 10-15 box 8, folder 1-10 1970 June-October box 8, folder 11 Newsletter ("Infoflow") box 8, folder 12 Presidential documents. Weekly compilations box 8, folder 13 Press releases Reports box 8, folder 14 Frederick Mosteller and Daniel P. Moynihan (eds.), "On Equality of Educational Opportunity" box 9, folder 1 South Carolina school desegregation Statements box 9, folder 2 Testimony of Wilmer S. Cody, Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity 1970 June 23 box 9, folder 3 Statement by Richard Nixon on desegregation box 9, folder 4 Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) Desegregation Work Group

box 9, folder 5 Departments of Justice and HEW Task Force box 9, folder 6 Desegregation court order and voluntary plan box 9, folder 7 Emergency School Aid Act of 1970 box 10, folder 1 Emergency School Aid Act of 1970 box 10, folder 2-3 Emergency School Assistance Program - briefing material box 10, folder 4 Information center box 10, folder 5-7 Knowledge survey box 10, folder 8 Majority-black school districts State Advisory Committees General box 10, folder 9 Weekly State Advisory Committee activity report box 10, folder 10 Memoranda to State Advisory Committee 1970 July box 10, folder 11 Alabama box 11, folder 1 Arkansas box 11, folder 2 Georgia box 11, folder 3 Louisiana box 11, folder 4 Mississippi box 11, folder 5 North Carolina box 11, folder 6 South Carolina Department of Justice 1967-1978 Scope and Contents note Notes, affidavits, briefs and other legal documents, transcripts, memoranda, reports, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, and clippings. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 11, folder 7-8 General. Legal documents, primarily briefs box 11, folder 9 Berrigan, Daniel and Philip. Clippings box 11, folder 10 Black Panthers. Clippings box 11, folder 11 Camden, N.J. Clippings relating to draft board arrests box 12, folder 1 Capitol bombing. Clippings box 12, folder 2 Espionage. Clippings Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) box 12, folder 3 General. Clippings box 12, folder 4 Hoover, J. Edgar. Primarily memoranda box 12, folder 5 Internal Security Division box 12, folder 6 Sullivan, William. Correspondence and a serial issue 1971-1975 box 12, folder 7 Grand juries. Clippings box 12, folder 8 Jewish Defense League. Clippings box 12, folder 9 Kent State. Clippings Kleindienst, Richard G. Relates to his nomination for Attorney General box 12, General. Clippings folder 10-11 box 13, folder 1 General. Clippings box 13, folder 2-4 Hearings. Primarily relates to the ITT investigation; includes notes, memoranda, statements, and correspondence box 14, folder 1-2 Hearings box 14, folder 3 Korean-American relations. Primarily memoranda relating to investigations box 14, folder 4-6 Mardian, Robert. Clippings box 15, folder 1-4 May demonstrations. Clippings box 15, folder 5 Mitchell, John M. Clippings Pentagon papers. Clippings box 15, 1971 June 10-July 4 folder 6-10 box 16, folder 1-2 1971 July 15-1972 April box 16, folder 3 Security index. Clippings box 16, folder 4 Subpoenas. Clippings relating to subpoenas of reporters box 16, folder 5 Subversive Activities Control Board. Clippings box 16, folder 6 Wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping. Clippings

box 16, folder 7 Surveillance. Clippings and a Senate hearing transcript relating to surveillance of civilians box 16, folder 8-9 U.S. v. Ferguson (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals) box 17, folder 1-2 U.S. v. Ferguson box 17, folder 3-4 U.S. v. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Maryland box 18, folder 1 U.S. v. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Maryland box 18, folder 2 Wilson, Will R. Clippings Watergate 1970-1975 Scope and Contents note Legal documents, correspondence, transcripts, interviews, press releases, wire reports and press summaries, bulletins, serial issues, clippings, notes, and printed material. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

General box 18, folder 3 General. Serial issues relating to the Nixon administration 1970-1971 box 18, folder 4 Senate Select Committee. Mardian testimony 1973 Break-in and related litigation box 18, folder 5 General. Correspondence, press releases, memoranda, report, and printed material box 19, folder 1-4 Clippings and press material box 20, folder 1 Legal documents Trial box 20, folder 2 General box 20, folder 3 Chronology Clippings and press material. Includes serial issues, wire reports, and press summaries box 20, folder 4-5 1974 October box 21, folder 1-4 1974 November-December box 22, folder 1-3 1975 January box 22, folder 4-6 Preparatory material. Correspondence, notes, clippings, memoranda, and legal documents box 23, Preparatory material folder 1-13 Testimony transcripts General. Grand Jury box 24, folder 1-3 Bittman, William O. box 24, folder 4-5 Mardian, Robert box 24, folder 6 Mardian, Robert Ginsburg, Feldman, and Press Legal Files 1973-1985 Scope and Contents note Legal documents, reports, correspondence, hearing and testimony transcripts, printed material, memoranda, statements, notes, and miscellany. The material relates to the trial of Mitchell, et al., for Watergate offenses, the appeal of Mardian's conviction, and a subsequent claim by him against the 1972 campaign liquidation trust. Arranged by case in the order established by the law firm representing Robert Mardian.

Watergate trial (Case #2623) box 25, folder 1-2 General. Miscellaneous documents box 26, folder 1 Case summary Mardian pleadings box 26, folder 2 General Exhibits box 26, folder 3-4 14-21 box 27, folder 1-4 23-52 box 28, folder 1-4 53-73 box 29, folder 1-2 71-73 (contd.) Mardian prior testimony

box 29, folder 3 FBI-SSC interviews and index box 30, folder 1 Grand Jury 1973 May 7 box 30, folder 2 Ervin Committee 1973 July 19-20 box 31, folder 1 Grand Jury 1973 August 2 and 16 Other prior testimony box 31, folder 2-4 E. Howard Hunt box 32, folder 1 E. Howard Hunt (contd.) box 32, folder 2-4 Overt Acts book box 33, folder 1-2 Overt Acts book (contd.) box 33, folder 3 Jury selection box 34, folder 1 Mardian pleadings. Comments by Mardian box 34, folder 2 Preparatory notes on witnesses box 35, folder 1 Preparatory notes on witnesses (contd.) box 35, folder 2 Preparatory trial notes box 35, folder 3 Pertinent testimony excerpts box 35, folder 4 List of tapes supplied box 36, folder 1 Tapes referring to Robert Mardian Transcripts of tapes box 36, folder 2 1-12A box 37, folder 1 13-18A box 37, folder 2 50-61 box 38, folder 1 50-61 (contd.) box 38, folder 2-3 62-71 Exhibits box 39, folder 1 Mardian, Robert C. box 39, folder 2 Ehrlichman, John box 39, folder 3 Haldeman, Harry R. box 39, folder 4 Parkinson, Kenneth W. box 39, folder 5 Mitchell, John Pretrial pleadings box 39, folder 6 Government box 40, folder 1 Government (contd.) box 40, folder 2 Mardian box 41, folder 1-2 Other defendants box 42, folder 1-4 Other defendants (contd.) Trial pleadings box 43, folder 1-2 Government box 43, folder 3 Mardian box 43, folder 4 Other defendants Post-trial pleadings box 43, folder 5 Government box 44, folder 1 Mardian box 44, folder 2 Other defendants Court of Appeals pleadings (SEE ALSO: Case #1194) box 44, folder 3-4 Mardian box 44, folder 5 Other defendants box 44, folder 6 Government box 45, folder 1 Supreme Court pleadings box 45, folder 2-3 Motion for judgment of acquittal District Court orders and opinions box 45, folder 4 Post-trial box 46, folder 1 Pretrial box 46, folder 2 Trial box 46, folder 3 Court of Appeals opinions box 46, folder 4 U.S. v. Nixon box 47, folder 1 Nixon motions box 47, folder 2 Broadcasting companies tapes suit box 48, folder 1 Broadcasting companies tapes suit (contd.)

Trial transcripts 1974 box 48, folder 2 Richard Ben-Veniste opening October 14 box 48, folder 3 David Bress opening October 15 box 49, folder 1 Jacob Stein opening October 16 box 49, folder 2-8 John Dean October 16-22 box 50, folder 1-2 Dean October 23-34 box 50, folder 3 Cross-examination of Dean by Bress October 25 box 50, folder 4 E. Howard Hunt October 28 box 50, folder 5 Jeb S. Magruder and in camera November 1 box 51, folder 1 Tapes authentication (contd.); proof of perjuries; Powell Moore November 7 box 51, folder 2 Excerpts relating to tape objections and Mardian references November 7-20 box 51, folder 3 Moore (contd.); Grand Jury Chairman; Alexander Butterfield (resumed) November 8 box 51, folder 4 Vernon A. Walters; L. Patrick Gray III; Joan Hall November 11 box 51, folder 5 Herbert W. Kalmbach November 12 box 52, folder 1 Anthony T. Ulasewicz, Fred LaRue November 13 box 52, folder 2 LaRue (contd.); Walters (contd.) November 14 box 52, folder 3 Walters (contd.) November 15 box 52, folder 4 Thomas Green relating to Reisner train schedule; arguments; SSC testimony of John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell; tapes November 18 box 53, folder 1 Thomas Green arguments on tapes; instructions relating to co-conspirators rule; William O. Bittman November 19 box 53, folder 2 Thomas Green objections and cautionary instruction relating to tape; Bittman November 20 box 53, folder 3 Tapes; Haldeman video tape; Fred Fielding; Hunt November 21 box 53, folder 4 Anthony J. Passaretti chart, Hunt, Egil Krogh November 22 box 53, folder 5 Krogh, Passaretti; Motion for acquittal November 25 box 53, folder 6 Cross-examination of John Mitchell by Thomas Green November 27 box 54, folder 1 Ehrlichman on tapes referring to Mardian December 9-12 box 54, folder 2 Mardian witnesses and Mardian testimony December 13 box 54, folder 3 Mardian testimony December 16 box 55, folder 1 Mardian, Parkinson December 17 box 55, folder 2 Parkinson December 18 box 55, folder 3 Parkinson, government rebuttal, James Neal closing December 19 box 55, folder 4 Green motion on Canon 4 December 23, 26 box 55, folder 5 Green closing December 26 box 55, folder 6 Stein closing, Neal rebuttal December 27 box 56, folder 1 Instructions to jury December 30 box 56, folder 2 Directing Robert Mardian to testify before the Grand Jury 1973 May 7 Appeal (Case #1194) box 56, folder 3 Index box 56, folder 4-6 Case summaries box 57, folder 1 Pleadings box 57, folder 2 Mardian briefs box 58, folder 1-2 Other appellants briefs box 59, folder 1-2 Other appellants briefs (contd.) box 59, folder 3 Argument notes box 60, folder 1-2 Legal research notes box 60, folder 3 Record notes box 61, folder 1 Record notes (contd.) box 61, folder 2 Articles box 62, folder 1 Articles (contd.) box 62, folder 2 Oral argument preparation box 63, folder 1 Oral argument preparation (contd.) box 63, folder 2 Oral argument Appendix. Tape transcripts box 63, folder 3-4 Volumes 1-2 box 64, folder 1 Volume 3

box 64, folder 2 Decisions in other cases Reply brief box 64, folder 3 Legal research and notes box 65, folder 1 Early drafts box 65, folder 2 Duplicate copies of documents included in Joint Appendix Joint Appendix box 65, folder 3 Volume 1 box 66, folder 1 Volume 2 box 66, folder 2-3 Volumes 1-2 (duplicates?) box 67, folder 1 Draft (?) box 67, folder 2-3 New trial motions Related cases box 68, folder 1-6 General. Includes Lippman v. Mitchell et al., as well as disbarment proceedings against Robert Mardian Mardian claims against the 1972 campaign trust liquidation (DGO32) box 68, folder 7-9 General. Correspondence, notes, memoranda, and miscellany box 69, folder 1-4 General (contd.) box 70, folder 1 General (contd.). Primarily correspondence box 70, folder 2 Trust instruments box 70, folder 3-5 Federal Election Commission reports filed by trust box 71, folder 1-2 Memoranda and correspondence box 71, folder 3 Notes and memoranda box 71, folder 4 Background material; submission to the trust box 71, folder 5 Other drafts box 72, folder 1 Research. Statute of limitations box 72, folder 2 Carson case box 72, folder 3 Research. Trust-beneficiary relationships box 72, folder 4 Parkinson; employee issue box 72, folder 5 Ulasewicz lawsuit box 72, folder 6 Liddy claim box 72, folder 7 Submissions to trust 1989 Increment 1969-1986 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, memoranda, notes, legal documents, speeches, printed material and miscellany. Primarily relates to Watergate-related trials and Justice Department files.

box 73 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 74 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 75 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 76 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 77 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 78 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 79 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 80 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 81 1989 Increment 1969-1986 box 82 1989 Increment 1969-1986 tape cabinet Audiovisual File 1973 Scope and Contents note Videocassettes.

Seven video cassettes of Robert Mardian's testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee 1973 July Declassified U.S. government records 1968-1971

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