Stephen Jones Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: WHC-M-1254

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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Lawyer. Correspondence and publications of the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma; court records; testimony; transcripts; prisoners' petitions; and prison records, all relating to Jones' service as General Counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma and his successful representation of Bobby Battle in the case, Battle vs. Park Anderson. Materials relating to Jones' campaign for Oklahoma State Attorney General, and U.S. Congress. Investigative materials pertaining to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, and the Penn Square Bank. Court dockets and related materials concerning Roger Dale Stafford and the Lorenz and Sirloin Stockade murders.

Dates

1964-1998

Creator

Jones, Stephen, 1940- (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Available for public access.

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.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Extent

23 ft. (23 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Stephen Jones.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Jones, Stephen. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1985.

Scope and content

Materials relating to Jones' campaign for Oklahoma State Attorney General, and U.S. Congress. Investigative materials pertaining to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, and the Penn Square Bank. Court dockets and related materials concerning Roger Dale Stafford and the Lorenz and Sirloin Stockade murders.