Robert M. Morgenthau papers, 1913-2019, bulk 1974-2009

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Series IV: Presentations, Remarks, and Speeches, 1969-2016



Box 46 Speeches--R.M. Morgenthau, 1969-2010


Box 46 Gubernatorial Race--speech--Rochester, NY, 1970 April 9


Box 46 Institute of Internal Auditors--meeting--speech, 1976 February 10


Box 46 Syracuse University College of Law--Commencement Address, 1976 May 16



Box 55 New York University (NYU)--graduation--speech, 1976 May 26



Box 56 Judicial Conference of Third Circuit--speech, 1976 September 21



Box 46 National Association of Citizens Crime Commission--remarks re, heroin addiction, 1980 September 22


Box 46 The Puerto Rican Bar Association--speech re, crime, 1980 November 14


Box 46 FBI National Academy--Graduation Exercises--speech re, crime, 1980 December 12


Box 46 Association for a Better New York and the Citizens Crime Commission--remarks re, informal exchange of ideas, 1981 April 8


Box 46 New York County Lawyers' Association--speech re, criminal justice system, 1981 May 21


Box 46 Fieldston School--Commencement Address, 1981 June 5


Box 46 St. Bartholomew's Church--speech re, The Present and Future of the System of Justice in New York City, 1981 October 29


Box 46 Queens County Bar Association--speech re, The Report of the Death of the Criminal Justice System is Greatly Exaggerated, 1982 April 26


Box 46 The 200 Club of Union County--Annual Valor Luncheon--speech re, law enforcement, 1982 May 26


Box 46 Albany Law School--Graduation Ceremonies--speech, 1982 June 5


Box 46 Association of Jewish Court Attaches--West Bank--remarks, 1983 April 21


Box 46 McManus-Midtown Democrats--general meeting--speech, 1983 May 23


Box 46 Samancor Metals and Minerals Limited--Luncheon, 1983 May 26


Box 46 John Jay College--Nu Gamma Sigma Honor Society--Graduation Program--Bureau for Muncipal Police Basic Police Training Program--speech, 1983 May 26


Box 46 The McBurney School--Graduation, 1983 June 9


Box 46 Metropolitan Women's Bar Association--speech, 1983 June 15


Box 46 Federal Bar Council--Luncheon, 1983 November 23


Box 46 Pace College--people and politics--speech re, death penalty, 1983 December 9


Box 46 Law Enforcement Budget Conference--Robert J. Dryfoos, Chairman--speech, 1984 May 9


Box 46 Security Bureau, Inc. (Organized for the Suppression of Theft and Pilferage in the Port of New York)--remarks, 1984 July 24


Box 46 Dutchess County Magistrates Association--speech, 1984 September 24


Box 46 Citizens Crime Commission--Breakfast meeting--remarks, 1985 February 7


Box 46 Memorial Day Parade and Ceremonies at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Riverside Drive Park--speech, 1985 May 25


Box 46 Citizens for Morgenthau--announcement re, running for a fourth term as Manhattan District Attorney, 1985 July 16


Box 46 Speech re, pornography before religious leaders, 1986 February 6


Box 46 New York University School of Law--1986 Public Interest and Public Service Legal Career Symposium, 1986 February 27


Box 46 Pace University--Ninth National Conference on the Teaching of Public Administration--speech, 1986 May 1


Box 46 Amherst College--Reunion--remarks, 1986 May 31


Box 46 The New York City Junior Chamber of Commerce--Outstanding New Yorker Award--acceptance remarks, 1986 June 3


Box 46 National Institute of Justice--speech re, drugs, 1986 June 5

(3 folders)


Box 46 Citizens Crime Commission--speech re, "crack" cocaine, 1986 July 8


Box 46 Association of Trial Lawyers of The City of New York--Presentation of Harlan Fiske Stone Memorial Award to Hon. Marie M. Lambert, 1986 October 28


Box 46 National Conference of CPA Practitioners--New York City Chapter, 1986 October 31



Box 47 Central Synagogue--President's Club reception--Address, 1987 March 25


Box 47 Farewell Party--Jessica de Grazia--remarks, 1987 April 10


Box 47 Putnam County Bar Association--annual dinner--remarks, 1987 May 14


Box 47 Dutchess County Bar Association--luncheon meeting--remarks, 1987 October 5


Box 47 American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement--remarks, 1987 October 29


Box 47 California District Attorneys Association (CDAA)--1988 CDAA Winter Conference Program--Keynote Address, 1988 January 5


Box 47 Funeral--Mario Cozzi--remarks, 1988 February 1


Box 47 Southern Conference on Teachers Retirement--speech re, "Drugs: A National Problem", 1988 April 6


Box 47 Memorial Service--Judge Edward Weinfield--remarks, 1988 April 14


Box 47 Citizens Crime Commission Forum on Public Corruption--remarks, 1988 April 28


Box 47 Anti-Defamation League--Dinner in Honor of RMM, 1988 June 26


Box 47 National Association on Drug Abuse Problems, Inc. (NADAP)--NADAP Board of Directors meeting--Address, 1988 October 13


Box 47 Fordham University School of Law--The Fordham-Stein Prize--acceptance remarks, 1988 October 27


Box 47 Apparel and Textile Conference--speech re, white collar crime, 1988 November 2


Box 47 Office of the Bronx Borough President--Rededication of the Veterans Memorial Hall, Mario Merola Bronx County Building--remarks, 1988 November 14


Box 47 Chase Manhattan Bank--Board of Directors--luncheon--remarks, 1989 January 18


Box 47 Citizens Crime Commission--speech re, child abuse, 1989 February 14


Box 47 Federal Executive Board--Remarks, 1989 May 1


Box 47 Chase Manhattan Bank--International Bank Security Association--Luncheon--Remarks, 1989 September 27


Box 47 Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler--70th Anniversary--Remarks, 1989 November 8


Box 47 Swearing-in of RMM--acceptance speech, 1990 January 17


Box 47 Rededication of the U.S.S. Destroyer Edson--Remarks, 1990 May 23


Box 47 New York Law School--Dedication--LeFrak Moot Court Room, 1990 October 17


Box 47 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Law--University of Virginia, 1991 April 12

(2 folders)



Box 48 Dalton School--Notes, 1991 June 4


Box 48 University Club--speech, 1991 September 24


Box 48 Magistrates Association--Conference, 1991 October 7


Box 48 English Speaking Union--speech--current problems In criminal justice, 1991 November 5


Box 48 New York Coast Guard Officers Association--speech, 1991 November 14


Box 48 Citizens Crime Commission--Remarks need for ample resources to long-term investigations of organized crime groups, 1991 December 11


Box 48 Helen Keller Services for the Blind--speech--RMM Recipient of the 1992 Louis C. Wills Award, 1992 April 8


Box 48 Business Group (Roger L. Strong), 1992 October 13


Box 48 Civic Affairs Forum, Community Service Society--Remarks, 1992 October 21


Box 48 New York City Coalition on Elder Abuse--Keynote Address, 1992 October 23


Box 48 YIVO Institute for Jewish Research--speech--67th anniversary benefit, 1992 December 1


Box 48 YIVO speech and project, 1998-2005


Box 48 Remarks re, film: "The Liberators", 1992 December 17


Box 48 Century Association Remarks re, BCCI investigation; labor racketeering prosecutions; expanded use of civil remedies against criminal offenders; and prosecuting "low level" quality-of-life offenses, 1993 January 7


Box 48 President's Forum, Manhattan Institute--Remarks re, BCCI investigation; racketeering cases, expanded use of civil remedies against criminal offenders and prosecution of "low-level" quality-of-life crimes, 1993 January 12


Box 48 Fordham Public Service Award Dinner--Remarks, 1993 March 29


Box 48 London School of Economics--Presentation, 1993 May 24

(3 folders)


Box 48 Holocaust Commission--Party--Anne Oster--Fort Lee, NJ, 1993 June 14


Box 48 Martin Whitman--Remarks re, BCCI, 1993 June 15


Box 48 First Mayoral Conference on Crime and the Elderly--speech--Safeguarding New York City Seniors-Making Safe Streets a Reality, 1993 June 24


Box 48 Citizens Crime Commission--speech re, root out corrupt police practices, 1993 July 27


Box 48 New York Civil Service Retired Employees Association, 1993 September 29


Box 48 St. John's University, St. Vincent's College, Criminal Justice Association--Criminal Justice District Award, 1993 October 28


Box 48 New York County Lawyers Association--Distinguished Public Service Award, 1993 December 9


Box 48 Swearing-in--acceptance speech, 1994 January 13

(2 folders)



Box 158 Correspondence and invitations, 1994 January 13



Box 92 Photographs, 1994 January 13



Box 48 Eulogy--Memorial for Phyllis Goodhart Gordan, 1994 March 1


Box 48 Frederick D. Suydam Memorial Association--Award--In Recognition of his Distinguished Career in Law Enforcement, 1994 April 12


Box 48 Metropolitan Transportation Authority--Holocaust Remembrance Program--Keynote Address re, "In Remembrance of the Holocaust: Its Importance and Significance", 1994 April 14


Box 48 Fund for Constitutional Government, Symposium on Criminal Justice--Remarks re, challenges facing the criminal justice system, 1994 May 13



Box 49 Madrid speech--presentation re, money laundering, 1994 August 3

(2 folders)


Box 49 New York University--Class of Mary Perot Nichols--Remarks re, BCCI Scandal, 1994 October 13


Box 49 Remarks--Recipient of the Brandeis Medal--University of Louisville, 1995 March 21

(3 folders)


Box 49 United Jewish Appeal--Federation of Jewish Philanthropies--Testimonial Breakfast honoring RMM, 1995 April 28


Box 49 Founder's Day--Ethical Culture Fieldston Schools--keynote speech, 1995 May 5


Box 49 Vincent L. Broderick--Memorial Service--Remarks, 1995 June 19


Box 49 Conference on the Americas--Remarks--The United States Election and Latin America-The Political Dynamic, 1995 September 28


Box 49 Association of the Bar of the City of New York--Public Hearings--Testimony re, drug policy, 1995 October 10


Box 49 The National Consumers League--Trumpeter Award, 1995 October 12


Box 49 Holocaust Museum--Generation to Generation Dinner, 1995 November 7


Box 49 Chemical Bank--Conference: Controlling Fraud and Other Related Business Risks: A Blueprint--Remarks re, The trends and facts about fraud, 1995 November 16


Box 49 Metropolitan Club--speech re, the future of our nation's drug policy, 1996 February 15


Box 49 Amherst University--Remarks re, "Crime and Punishment-Recent Developments", 1996 May 31


Box 49 African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)--alliance meeting, 1996 June 4


Box 49 Museum of Jewish Heritage--Dinner in Honor of Dr. Henry Kissinger--RMM Remarks, 1997 April 1


Box 49 Pace University Law School--Annual Courthouse Reception--RMM Honoree, 1997 April 9


Box 49 Community Free Democrats, 1997 April 20


Box 49 Federal Bar Council--Dinner in Honor of Pierre Leval, 1997 May 1


Box 49 Yom Ha-Shoah--Holocaust Remembrance Day--Remarks, 1997 May 4


Box 49 Museum of Jewish Heritage Dinner--In Honor of his Eminence John Cardinal O'Connor--Invocation, 1997 September 11


Box 49 Memorial Service--Arthur Liman--RMM Remarks, 1997 September 22


Box 49 Dutchess County Bar Association--Remarks, 1997 October 6


Box 49 Mt. Sinai Jewish Center, Washington Heights Kirstallnacht Remembrance Program Remarks, 1997 November 9


Box 49 Stephen Wise Free Synagogue--90th Anniversary Service of Commemoration--Address, 1997 November 14


Box 49 President Bill Clinton and Amb. Bill Richardson--International Human Rights Day Reception--Remarks, 1997 December 9


Box 49 Speech--RMM in honor of Bill Richardson with President Clinton, 1997 December 9


Box 49 Memorial for Judge Harold Rothwax, 1998 January 27


Box 49 World Jewish Congress--Luncheon Ceremony in honor of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., 1998 January 27


Box 49 Remarks of RMM before the Council on Foreign Relations, 1998 March 4

(2 folders)



Box 50 Law Day Ceremony--Supreme Court, Criminal Branch, Unified Court System, First Judicial District, 1998 April 13


Box 50 Federal Reserve Bank--Luncheon--Remarks re, crime and international business, 1998 May 14


Box 50 Union League Club--Luncheon--Remarks re, crime and international business, 1998 June 2


Box 50 Holocaust Remembrance Day--Supreme Court of the State of New York--Remarks, 1998 June 12


Box 50 Yale Law School--50th Reunion, 1998 October 16-18


Box 50 Tribute to Ronnie and Gene Isenberg--Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1998 October 24


Box 50 Third Avenue Investors Conference--Presentation--Off-shore secrecy jurisdictions and the problems created for law enforcement, regulatory authorities and others, 1998 December 11


Box 50 Fashion Center Business Improvement District--Fashion Center Award of Recognition, 1998 December 14


Box 50 Dalton, 1998 December 17


Box 50 Speech--Citizens Crime Commission, 1999 January 7


Box 50 Respect for Law Alliance--Speaker's Breakfast--Remarks, 1999 February 18


Box 50 Museum of Jewish Heritage--Dinner in Honor of His Eminence John Cardinal O'Connor, 1999 April 18


Box 50 Institute of Internal Auditors--Remarks re, crime in New York, 1999 April 23


Box 50 Joe DiMaggio Memorial at Yankee Stadium--Remarks, 1999 April 25


Box 50 Hebrew Union College--Honorary Degree, 1999 May 13


Box 50 RMM Tribute--Funeral--Forde Medina, 1999 June 2


Box 50 Central Harlem Community--RMM honored by, 1999 June 17


Box 50 Con Edison--Law Day Conference: "Getting Plugged into the New Millennium", 1999 June 22


Box 50 Memorial for John F. Kennedy, Jr.--Hachette Papers, 1999 August 5


Box 50 Cleveland City Club--Remarks--Combatting White Collar Crime, 1999 August 20

(1 VHS Tape)


Box 50 Senior Lawyers Luncheon--Remarks--Street and White-Collar Crime in New York, 1999 August 20


Box 50 Lawyers for Civil Justice--Paul Miller's invitation, 1999 October 4


Box 50 Drew University--keynote address--"America's Predicament During the Holocaust: Safe Across the Ocean—What Could We Do?, 1999 November 4


Box 50 Heritage Dinner in Honor of Gerald Levin--Remarks, 2000 April 4


Box 50 Parks Council, The Urban Center--RMM honored, 2000 April 14


Box 50 Speeches--commemoration--85th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, 2000 April 24


Box 50 Amherst Alumni Association--speech, 2000 May 16


Box 50 RMM--speech before the International Association of Jewish Lawyers, Jurists--American Section, 2000 June 12


Box 50 Makor: The Partnership for Jewish Life--Great Lawyers Series--Remarks re, integrity and the law, 2000 September 27


Box 50 City Athletic Club Remarks re, Current Developments in Law Enforcement, 2000 October 4


Box 50 Museum of Jewish Heritage--East Wing Groundbreaking Ceremony, 2000 October 26


Box 50 United States Navy Memorial Foundation--RMM honored Lone Sailor Award Recipient, 2000 December 13


Box 50 Association des Cadres de Reserve Francais aux Etats-Unis [Association of French Veteran Liaison Officers and Military Interpreters in the United States, Inc.]--re, Antoine G. Treuille (ACREFEU), 2001 January 30


Box 50 Armenian St. Vartan Day Celebration--speech, 2001 February 22



Box 51 Amherst College--60th Reunion, 2001 June 1

(2 folders)


Box 51 Testimony by RMM before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations re, tax havens, 2001 July 18

(3 folders)


Box 51 Downtown Association [cancelled], 2001 September 26


Box 51 The Mount Sinai Hospital--150th Anniversary, 2002 January 16


Box 51 Swearing-In Ceremony RMM, District Attorney of New York County, 2002 January 31


Box 51 Jewish Theological Seminary--Judge Simon Rifkind Award Recipient--Remarks, 2002 March 6


Box 51 The Brookings Institution--speech re, global dirty money problem, 2002 June 5

(2 folders)


Box 51 Commemoration of 9/11/2001, 2002 September 11


Box 51 Third Avenue Value Funds, New York Athletic Club--speech [off-the-cuff], 2002 November 6


Box 51 The Lotos Club--state dinner honoree--speech re, street and white-collar crime in Manhattan, 2003 February 6


Box 51 Museum of Jewish Heritage--Dinner in honor of RMM, 2003 April 6



Box 140 Photographs [photographer: Nancy Epstein] 2003 April 6, 2003 April 6

(color; 5 [multiple sizes: 8.5 x 11; 4 x 6])



Box 51 Job Path--Remarks, 2003 May 8


Box 51 Susanna Leval--Award from El Museo del Barrio, 2003 May 28


Box 51 Association Tepeyac de New York--Award to RMM for Prosecution of the Tamco Corporation, 2003 June 3


Box 51 Patterson, Belknap and Webb--speech materials re, Robert Patterson exhibit, 2004 February 19


Box 51 Memorial Service for Robert Arnstein, 2004 April 3


Box 51 Speeches--Yale University (3 schools), 2004 April 4


Box 51 Speeches--Fordham University, 2004 April 15


Box 51 Deerfield Club of NYC--speech re, A Seasoned Perspective in Troubled Times, 2004 April 19


Box 51 Mystery Writers of America--Edger Awards Gala, 2004 April 29


Box 51 American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)--"Person of the Year", 2004 May 11


Box 51 World Trade Center--Third Anniversary--Plaque Dedication, 2004 September 10



Box 52 Elder Abuse--speech, 2004 October 28


Box 52 Bank Secrecy Act Conference--(Sponsored by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and State of New York Banking Department)--speech, 2004 November 5


Box 52 Manhattan Misdemeanor Treatment Court--Graduation Ceremony--speech, 2005 April 15


Box 52 "The Money Service Business Banking Relationship"--Conference--remarks, 2005 June 21


Box 52 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) First Annual Securities Conference--speech, 2005 June 22


Box 52 Swearing-in--speech, 2006 January 3


Box 52 New York County Lawyers Association, 2006 May 5


Box 52 The Educational Alliance--speech, 2006 May 23


Box 52 Amherst College--Reunion--speech, 2006 June 2


Box 52 U.S. Military Academies Education Mission of Poland [Poland and Armed Forces]--remarks, 2006 June 7


Box 52 The New York City Bar Association--Presentation--Association Medal--remarks, 2007 March 15


Box 52 Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University--remarks, 2007 April 17


Box 52 Silverstein, Larry and Klara--Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 2007 May 3


Box 52 11th Annual Heritage Dinner in Honor of Bernard, Anne, and Governor Eliot Spitzer, 2007 May 7


Box 52 Deerfield Academy--Reunion Remarks--speech, 2007 June 9


Box 52 Fund for Modern Courts--Remarks, 2007 November 30


Box 52 Global Financial Integrity--Remarks, 2008 May 6


Box 52 Deerfield Academy--Commencement Exercises--Remarks, 2008 May 25


Box 52 The City College of New York--Commencement--Recipient of President's Medal, 2008 May 30


Box 52 Art of Peace Charitable Trust Remarks, 2008 September 11


Box 52 Senior Benefit and Entitlement Fair--Remarks, 2008 October 2


Box 52 Cornell Law School Curia Society, 2008 October 28


Box 52 National Institute of Social Sciences, 2008 November 18


Box 52 Coro New York Leadership Center--Dinner--Honoring RMM and Tom Bernstein, 2009 May 20


Box 52 The Storm King School, Cornwall-on Hudson, NY--commencement speech, 2009 May 30


Box 52 Jewish Community Relations Council, 2009 June 24


Box 52 The Link Between Iran and Venezuela--speech, 2009 September 8

(2 folders)


Box 52 The Golden Awards Committee--First Golden District Attorney Achievement Award Presentation Honoring "For A Job Well Done!", 2009 September 17


Box 52 Martin J. Whitman--85th Birthday, 2009 October 2


Box 52 FDR Freedom Park--RMM--Distinguished Public Service Award, 2009 October 28


Box 52 The Dany Association--Dinner in Honor of RMM, 2009 November 10


Box 52 Lehman College Foundation--Dinner, 2009 November 12


Box 52 Gracie Mansion--Reception for RMM, 2009 November 14


Box 52 The New York Landmarks Conservancy Celebration, 2009 November 4



Box 53 New York County Lawyers Association, 2009 December 15



Box 82 Iran--The American Interest--speech--RMM, 2010



Box 53 Senator Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government, 2010 March 24


Box 53 Women's City Club of New York Civic Spirit Award, 2010 April 19


Box 53 St. John's Law School--John Sprizzo Award, 2010 May 10


Box 53 Hebrew Loan Society, 2010 May 24


Box 53 Fordham Law School--RMM--Honorary Degree, 2010 May 24


Box 53 Hunter College--Honorary Degree, 2010 June 17


Box 53 Armenian Missionary Association of America--91st Annual Meeting Banquet--keynote speech, 2010 October 17


Box 53 Thomas E. Dewey Medal Presentation at the New York City Bar--Remarks, 2010 December 7


Box 53 New York State Bar Association--Gold Medal Award, 2011 January 29


Box 53 Auschwitz Jewish Center--speech, 2011 June 6


Box 53 Battery Conservancy--16th Battery Gala--Remarks, 2011 June 7


Box 53 Amherst College--Alumni Event, 2011 September 14


Box 53 Search and Care--RMM--Savviest Senior Award, 2011 October 20


Box 53 Sidney Asch--Memorial Service, 2011 October 31



Box 82 LatinoJustice PRLDEF [Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund]--Remarks--RMM, 2011 November 9



Box 53 West Point Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2012 April 19


Box 53 Union College--100th Anniversary of Judge Patterson's Graduation--RMM Remarks, 2012 May 14


Box 53 The New York Farmers--394th Dinner--Union Club, 2013 February 12


Box 53 International Association of Prosecutors, 2013 July 16


Box 53 Citizens Crime Commission, 2013 November 6


Box 53 New York Immigration Coalition, 2014 June 23


Box 53 Armenian National Committee Eastern Division--Remarks, 2014 December 7


Box 53 The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)-The Jacob H. Schiff Society--Reception, 2014 December 8



Box 76 Armenian Genocide--100th Anniversary Commemoration--Remarks--RMM, 2015 May 14

(2 folders)



Box 53 New York County Lawyers Association--Edward Weinfeld Award Ceremony--Remarks, 2016 October 27


Box 53 Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center--13th Annual Breakfast of Legends--Remarks, 2016 October 13