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Law Enforcement Assistance Administration oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-947

Scope and content

Interviews conducted by Jack Holl in cooperation with the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice relating to a comparative study of English and American penal reform. Dr. Holl was a Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U.S. Department of Justice

Scope and content

11 interviews.

Scope and content

Interviews with Sanford Bates (1884-1972), Boston Penal Commissioner, Commissioner of Penal Institutions in Boston, Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Corrections, and Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons; James V. Bennett, American penal reformer and prison administrator, who served as director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons; R. L. Bradley, Commissioner of Prisons, Director of Borstal Administration, Prison Commission for England and Wales; Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway, a British anti-war activist and politician, member of Parliament; Hugh J. Klare (1916-2012), prison reformer and secretary of the Howard League for Penal Reform in Great Britain, author of Anatomy of Prison and People in Prison; Richard A. McGee (1897-1983), first Supervisor of Education at the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas; Supervisor of Education at Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa.; first superintendent of the New York City Penitentiary at Rikers Island; Director, Division of Public Institutions, State of Washington; President, American Prisons Association; first director, California Dept. of Corrections; first chairman, American Justice Institute; E. Preston Sharp (1904-1982), superintendent, Pennsylvania Training School; Director, Bureau of Community Work, Pennsylvania Dept. of Welfare; general secretary, American Correctional Association; H. J. Taylor, retired Chief Director, Prison Service., Great Britain; Howard Belding Gill (1889-1989), authority on prisons, first superintendent of the Norfolk Prison Colony in Mass., worked in Washington, DC for Prison Labor Authority, Federal Bureau of Prisons and as general superintendent of prisons for District of Columbia; Peter P. Leijins (1909-2002), professor of criminology and criminal law, University of Maryland; founder, Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology; president, American Correctional Association; delegate to International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation; and Austin H. MacCormick (1893-1979) served as Executive Officer of the U.S. Naval Prison at Portsmouth, NH; Assistant Superintendent of the Federal Prisons in the Dept. of Justice; Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons; Commissioner of the New York Dept. of Corrections; President, American Correctional Association; executive director, Osborne Association, a prison reform organization.

Scope and content

Interviews with Sanford Bates (1884-1972), Boston Penal Commissioner, Commissioner of Penal Institutions in Boston, Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Corrections, and Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons; James V. Bennett, American penal reformer and prison administrator, who served as director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons; R.L. Bradley, Commissioner of Prisons, Director of Borstals, Prison Commission for England and Wales, and Visting Fellow, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice; Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway, a British anti-war activist and politician, member of Parliament, and Visting Fellow, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice; Hugh J. Klare (1916-2012), prison reformer and secretary of the Howard League for Penal Reform in Great Britain, author of Anatomy of Prison and People in Prison; Richard A. McGee (1897-1983), first Supervisor of Education at the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas; Supervisor of Education at Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa.; first superintendent of the New York City Penitentiary at Rikers Island; Director, Division of Public Institutions, State of Washington; President, American Prisons Association; first director, California Dept. of Corrections; first chairman, American Justice Institute; E. Preston Sharp (1904-1982), superintendent, Pennsylvania Training School; Director, Bureau of Community Work, Pennsylvania Dept. of Welfare; general secretary, American Correctional Association; Howard Belding Gill (1889-1989), authority on prisons, first superintendent of the Norfolk Prison Colony in Mass., worked in Washington, DC for Prison Labor Authority, Federal Bureau of Prisons and as general superintendent of prisons for District of Columbia; Peter P. Leijins (1909-2002), professor of criminology and criminal law, University of Maryland; founder, Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology; president, American Correctional Association; delegate to International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation; Austin H. MacCormick (1893-1979) served as Executive Officer of the U.S. Naval Prison at Portsmouth, NH; Assistant Superintendent of the Federal Prisons in the Dept. of Justice; Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons; Commissioner of the New York Dept. of Corrections; President, American Correctional Association; executive director, Osborne Association, a prison reform organization; taught criminology at Berkeley

Dates

  • 1971.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

From 1968 to 1982, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) of the U.S. Department of Justice administered grants to government agencies, educational institutions, and private organizations to improve law enforcement. Professor Jack Holl arranged with the LEAA for the Cornell Oral History Program to serve as the administrative base for conducting oral history interviews for the LEAA.

Extent

11 items. (11 items. 11 transcripts, 11 tapes.,)