University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections Stephen Jones Collection Jones, Stephen (1940– ). Papers, 1964–1977. 76 feet. Lawyer. Correspondence (1971–1973) of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Oklahoma Civil Liberties Union; court records (1971–1973); testimony (1972–1973); transcripts, prisoners’ petitions, and prison records (1971–1977); and publications (1964–1976) of the American and Oklahoma civil liberties unions, all relating to Jones’s service as general counsel to the Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and his successful representation of Bobby Battle in the landmark case Battle vs. Park Anderson. Restricted: Researchers may not use any correspondence or legal documents prepared by Bobby Battle. Until further notice, material in the following boxes and folders MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE: • Box 6- folders 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19. • Box 7- folders 7, 9, 13, and 14. • Box 15- entire box. (Involves investigation of Corporation Commission. FBI Form 302s. Restricted until appeal completed.) • Box 16- entire box. • Boxes 32 – 110, or through the end of the collection. If correspondence or legal documents prepared by Bobby Battle are found in other locations other than those listed above, they may NOT be used either. Stephen Jones Collection Stephen Jones served as General Counsel of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1970-74. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Class of 1966. In 1964, he was personal assistant to Richard M. Nixon in New York City, and from 1966- 1969 he worked in Washington D.C. with various members of the House and Senate including stints as Special Assistant to Senator Charles Percy, Legislative Assistant to Congressman Donald R. Rumsfeld, and Administrative Assistant to the Honorable Paul Findley of Illinois. He was a member of the United States delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly of NATO in 1968. In 1967 he was legal counsel to Governor Dewey Bartlett. Since 1969 Jones has been engaged in the private practice of law in Enid, Oklahoma. Jones became General Counsel of the ACLU in 1970 and was one of the few volunteer attorneys for the ACLU in Oklahoma during the turbulent period of political upheaval brought about by domestic dissent against the Vietnam War. Boxes 1 - 8 include materials relating to the ACLU during that period of time and its work in Oklahoma, including the famous prison lawsuit, Battle v. Park Anderson. Jones, as General Counsel of the ACLU in Oklahoma, screened requests for assistance, actively represented the ACLU in lawsuits, and served as the legal counsel to the board. Boxes 9 - 31 concern Jones' unsuccessful campaigns for Oklahoma State Attorney General in 1974, and for U.S. Congress in 1976 and again in 1980; Jones' participation in the investigations of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (1990-1993), and the Penn Square Bank (1982-1984); and Jones' representation as legal counsel to Roger Dale Stafford in the Lorenz and Sirloin Stockade murders case. Stephen Jones Collection Box 1: OCLU/ACLU Petitioner Correspondence, A-L Box 2: OCLU/ACLU Petitioner Correspondence, M-Z 1. OCLU/ACLU miscellaneous petitioner correspondence. 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence with Shirley Barry, executive secretary of the OCLU; includes office memos, budget sheets, staff reports, amicus curiae brief regarding Kenneth Dale Canfield v. Oklahoma; copy of Home Cooking 6-10-73. 3. Miscellaneous correspondence with Richard Cummins, chairman of the OCLU; contains list of OCLU attorneys as of July 1971, various memos. 4. Miscellaneous correspondence with Aryeh Neier, executive director of the ACLU; has document by Neier entitled "Response: Politics and ACLU". 5. Miscellaneous correspondence with Gloria Weber, chairperson of OCLU; includes OCLU memos. 6. Miscellaneous correspondence with Melvin Wulf, legal director of the ACLU; includes memos, "Statement of Burt Neuborne on Behalf of the ACLU before the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Washington D.C. Feb. 23, 1971." Box 3: ACLU Material 1. Correspondence with national offices; includes: ACLU statement "Relating to civil commitment of Narcotic Addicts or Drug Dependent Persons" ; statement on " The administration and operation of the Freedom of Information Act" ; statement "Relating to the dissemination and use of criminal arrest records in a manner that insures their security and privacy"; memo on "Proposed Uniform Public Assembly Act". 2. The Policy Guide of the ACLU, 1972 3. "ACLU's Data Processing System" 1972 4. "Five Year Report of the Southern Regional Office of the ACLU and the Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc." 1969 5. "Testimony of the ACLU before the Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Law and Procedures." 6. ACLU Monthly Activities Reports (mainly for 1971) along with computer print-outs. 7. ACLU Annual Report, 1970-71 8. Contributions-- lists and letters. 9. Tax Exempt status; memo and monthly report. 10. National Committee; memos and information; includes committee reports; some information pamphlets. 11. "What is the ACLU?" : booklet "What we were -- and where we are"; handbook on the ACLU. 12. National Office Legal Docket; docket for 1972; Women's Rights Project docket for 1973. 13. ACLU dockets; legal docket for Sexual Privacy Project 1973; docket for Juvenile Rights Oct. 1972- Aug. 1973; Supreme Court cases 1972. 14. Guide for ACLU Litigation. 1970 15. Special Committee on the Military and the Bill of Rights. 1971 16. ACLU Overseas Office. 1971 17. "Inside ACLU" weekly bulletin; scattered numbers from Volume II. 1970 18. Pamphlets, Booklets, and Reprints. 19. Miscellaneous legal information: statement "Relating to the nullification of certain criminal records" 1972; report from "Free Speech/Association Committee" 1971; policy statement on political non-partisanship; statement "With regard to the exercise of executive privilege"; statement on "Freedom of the Press" 1971; statement "To further promote equal opportunities for American Workers" 1971; statement "To protect... employees of the executive branch.. from governmental invasions of their privacy" 1971; statements "On Bills to Establish a Newsman's Privilege" 1972 one by Joel M. Gora and one by Victor Navasky; statement on Senate bills 1499, 1500, 1501, 1502, 1504" May 11, 1971. 20. Committee reports; reports and minutes of several committees including-- Free Speech/ Association, Equality, Due Process, Communications Media, Academic Freedom, etc. 1970-72 21. Membership. Memos and "membership survey profile." 22. Membership Income. Monthly income reports. 1971 23. Affiliate Lists. 1971-72 24. Foundation Grant. 25. Legal Panel. Memos and guidelines. 26. Biennial Conference. Memos, "The Crisis Area Fund, 1964-72", "The Results". 27. Legal Department. Memos to and from Legal Department mainly concerning new cases and ACLU policies. Box 4: ACLU Material (1-20) and OCLU Material (21-25) 1. ACLU Board of Directors. Memos, correspondence, list of members (1971, 1972), committee reports to the Board. 2. ACLU miscellaneous. Mostly news releases on various topics; proposed budget 1972; activity report 1972. 3. Affiliate memos and correspondence. 4. Privacy Project. Issues of "The Privacy Report". 1973-74 5. Press Shield Law Project. Miscellaneous news clippings, "The Federal Shield Law We Need", "A Comparative Analysis of Newsmen's Shield Proposals...", "Testimonial Privilege for Representatives of the News Media...". 6. Special Docket and Panel Reports. "Mental Illness: Summary of Special Panel Reports", "Alternatives to Incarceration for Deviant Behavior", Background Paper... On Surveillance...", "Paper... On Juvenile Rights...", "Background Paper ... on Student Suspensions and Expulsions..." , "Special Docket--Elections", "Products Liability", "ACLU Statement on Homosexuality", "Special Docket-- Homosexuals", "Special Docket-- Political Surveillance Cases". 7. Surveillance Project. Memos to affiliates regarding topic, copy of Friends, et al v. Tate; Harper's reprint "The Confession of an FBI Informer"; Atlantic Reporter July 11, 1970, pp. 657-808. 8. ASG (Association of Student Governments) Book Project: ASG news September 17, 1970; correspondence and memos regarding topic: "Proposal for Handbook of Student Legal Rights"; American Association of Professors v. Governor of Kentucky; Raymond S. Thompson III v. Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska , Articles of Incorporation for the Southern California Center for Law in the Public Interest; "The ASG Story". 9. Selective Service Project: correspondence and memos regarding topic, committee reports, news releases by ACLU; City of Oklahoma City v. Ruth Laird Males. 10. NAACP: Monthly report of general counsel, September 1967, pamphlets. 11. Ramsey Clark Visit: Correspondence regarding topic. 12. Washington D.C. ACLU: news release. 13. National Legislation of Interest to the ACLU: memos and correspondence regarding the topic; statement "on H.R. 11157 the Federal Immunity of Witnesses Act..."; "Testimony of Herbert I. Lazerow... on Constitutional rights of the mentally ill..."; statement "regarding constitutional rights of the mentally ill..."; "Testimony of Lawrence Speiser... on Electoral Reform..."; "statement of Leon Friedman... on S.J. Res. 59,... regarding the powers of Congress and the President to commit the Armed Forces... to hostilities..."; "statement of Lawrence Speiser... on H.R. 19541... to improve the protection of a person's right of privacy by defining obscene mail..."; "testimony