U.S.A. v. Goddard (draft evasion)., 1964

File — Box: 4, Folder: 1-3

Staff Only

Letter signed James L. Missey, Department of English, Granville, Ohio, to the Honorable Roy W. Harper, United States District Judge, New Federal Building, Saint Louis, Missouri, [1964]

Letter signed Carol Swann, 6th grader, Voluntown, Conn., to Mr. Judge Roy W. Harper, [1964]

Petition signed Phil Ochs, 178 Bleecker St. Apt. 1, New York, N.Y., demanding the unconditional release of Russ Goddard, Gene Keyes, and Barry Bassin, [1964]

Letter signed Barry Bassin and Gene Keyes, 814A Chambers St., St. Louis, Missouri, to Roy W. Harper, United States District Judge, Federal Court House, St. Louis, Missouri, June 30, 1964

Resolution of St. Louis Post No. 4 of the American Legion, July 9, 1964

Letter signed Harry S. Gleick, Attorney at Law, 1058-63 Paul Brown Building, St. Louis, Mo., to Hon. Roy W. Harper, Judge of the District Court, 1114 Market Street, St. Louis, Mo., July 10, 1964

Letter signed Emmett Kirby, 710 S. Prairie, Champaign, Illinois, to Judge Roy Harper, St. Louis, Missouri, July 11, 1964

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Judge Roy W. Harper Papers consist of memos, correspondence, and other papers that document his cases, judgments, and opinions as a judge in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division. The papers cover the date range 1949-1990. Box 4 contains papers from cases that involved controversial issues of the time, including draft evasion during the Vietnam War (folders 1-3); the Smith Act (folders 4-12); and abortion (folder 19). Box 7 contains papers regarding administrative issues and points of law, and several folders of Harper's trial notes.