John E. Wall Legal Papers : pertaining to the trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock and others, 1943-1972, bulk 1967-1968.

John E. Wall Legal Papers : pertaining to the trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock and others, 1943-1972, bulk 1967-1968.

Wall, John E.,1931-2007.

United States.Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Attorney John E. Wall's notes and background materials used in the prosecution of Dr. Benjamin Spock, Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., and others for encouraging draft resistance during the Vietnam War. It includes handwritten notes, correspondence, typescript documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and transcripts of legal proceedings.

Jane A. Wall;

John E. Wall, Assistant United States Attorney.

Benjamin McLane Spock, psychologist, author of "Baby and Child Care," and activist.

William Sloane Coffin, Jr., minister and activist.

The Spock Trial or 1968 prosecution of the "Boston Five" (Dr. Benjamin Spock, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Mitchell Goodman, Michael Ferber, and Marcus Raskin) on charges of criminal conspiracy in aiding Vietnam War draft resisters.

Finding aid

Wall, John E., 1931-2007.

Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998

Coffin, William Sloane

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Court records

Open for research; a small segment of the material is restricted.