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Series II: Military Service--U.S. Navy, 1944-2019
Series III: Post-Military Service--U.S. Navy Files, 1941-2018
Series IV: Presentations, Remarks, and Speeches, 1969-2016
Series V: Press Releases, 2002-2009
Series VI: Subject Files, 1905-2019
Series VII: Statements and Testimonies before Local, State and National Governmental Bodies, 1944-2019

Robert M. Morgenthau papers, 1944-2019

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Series IX: Writings, 1980-2019

Subseries IX.1: Articles, 1988-2015


Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., "We Are Losing The War on Drugs", The New York Times, 1988 February 16

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Drug Habits We Can't Afford", The New York Times, 1988 December 14

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Bush's Lip Service on Drugs", The New York Times, 1989 March 9

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., "A Drug War, With Little Ammunition", The New York Times, 1989 September 27

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., "War of Words Misfires On Drugs in Capital", The New York Times, 1990 April 11


Box 79 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op-ed: "47 New Death Penalties Big Deal," The New York Times, 1993 November 10


Box 20 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Too Much Money Is Beyond Legal Reach", The Wall Street Journal, 2008 September 30

Box 20 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Sotomayor Is Highly Qualified" [Letter to the Editor], The Wall Street Journal, 2009 May 9-10

Box 20 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The Last Thing New York Needs Is More Guns" [Op-Ed], The Wall Street Journal, 2009 July 22


Box 88 Morgenthau, Robert M., "N.Y.'s poor get the short end of the gavel: pass a law to improve access to attorneys," [Op-Ed], New York Daily News, 2010 February 11


Box 97 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Answering the Call: Reflections of a 90-Day Wonder," Proceedings: U.S. Naval Institute, 18-19, 2010 May


Box 81 Articles and Op-Eds--RMM, 2010-2019


Box 20 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The Giant U.S. Deportation Machine Runs Amok" [Op-Ed], The Wall Street Journal, 2013


Box 74 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Obama Ignores the Tehran-Terror Connection," The Wall Street Journal, 2015 June 24

(2 folders)


Box 81 Morgenthau, Robert M. and Lucy Lang, "Shield courthouses from ICE," The New York Daily News, 2019 April 28

Subseries IX.2: Book Project with John H. Doyle, III, undated


Box 58 Book Draft--Chapters 1 and 2, undated

Box 58 Book Draft--Chapter 3, undated

Box 58 Book Draft--Chapter 4, undated

Box 58 Book Draft--Chapters 1 and 2, undated

Box 58 Book Draft--Chapter 3, undated

Box 58 Book Draft--Chapter 4, undated

Box 58 Book Draft--Chapter 5, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapters 1-2, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapter 3, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapter 4, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapters 1-2, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapter 3, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapter 4, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapters 1-2, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapter 3, undated

Box 58 Morgenthau's Manuscript--Chapter 4, undated

Subseries IX.3: Book--Foreword, 2012-2014


Box 15 Patterson, Robert P. (author Arming the Nation for War: Mobilization, Supply, and the American War Effort in World War II (2014))--Book Party, 2014 June 20

(2 folders)

Book--Foreword--Robert M. Morgenthau

Box 15 Correspondence, 2012-2014

Box 15 Draft and Research, undated

Subseries IX.4: Letters to the Editor and Op-eds, 1980-2019

Box 15 Op-Ed--Material, 1990

Box 15 Op-Ed--Pieces, 1980-1995


Box 81 Articles and Op-Eds--RMM, 2010-2019


Box 2 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op Ed--"Crime: Who are the victims?", New York Amsterdam News, 1987 April 11

Box 2 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op Ed--"Just saying no is not enough", New York Amsterdam News, 1988 February 20


Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Commentary: How to Fight the War Against Child Abuse", New York Post, 1989 March 5


Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M.--Letter: "Shielding Rape Victims", Newsweek, 1990


Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op-ed: "47 New Death Penalties Big Deal," The New York Times, 1993 November 10


Box 79 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op-ed: "47 New Death Penalties Big Deal," The New York Times, 1993 November 10


Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "Perjurers Pursued," The New York Times, 1994 May 13

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "Credit District Attorney's Office Also for Drop in Murder Rate", The New York Times, 1995 July 25

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor [unpublished]--"The Fine Spring Day in 1947"--Response to, The New York Times, 1997 May 19

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op-ed: "On the Trail of Global Capital", The New York Times, 1998 November 9

(2 folders)

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op-ed: "Just a Member of the Staff", The New York Times, 1999 July 19

Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: The D.A. and the F.B.I.", The New York Times, 1999 October 22


Box 3 Morgenthau, Robert M.: Letter to the Editor of The New York Times re: Chris Hedges' article on Armenians, 2000 July 6


Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op-ed: "Cutting Off Funds for Terror", The New York Times, 2001 October 22

Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "Museum Does Its Part", The New York Times, 2002 January 12


Box 13 Morgenthau, Robert M., Editorial: "Put the DAs on a Diet", The New York Post--Response to Editorial, 2002 March 22


Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "Federal Prosecutors" [re, Roslynn R. Mauskopf], The New York Times, 2002 March 26

Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op-ed: "Making Us Pay Equally", The New York Times, 2002 December 28

Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "The Ban on Assault Weapons", The New York Times, 2004 September 13

Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "No Doubt in Rather Case", The New York Times, 2004 November 5

Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Op-Ed: "Who's Watching Your Money?", The New York Times, 2007 April 30

(2 folders)

Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "New York DA slams Cayman Islands", The New York Times, 2008 March 13

Box 14 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "The Manhattan District Attorney Responds", The New York Times, 2008 June 23


Box 20 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Too Much Money Is Beyond Legal Reach", The Wall Street Journal, 2008 September 30

Box 20 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Sotomayor Is Highly Qualified" [Letter to the Editor], The Wall Street Journal, 2009 May 9-10

Box 20 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The Last Thing New York Needs Is More Guns" [Op-Ed]. The Wall Street Journal, 2009 July 22


Box 39 Morgenthau, Robert M., "N.Y.'s poor get the short end of the gavel: Pass a law to improve access to attorneys, New York Daily News, 2010 February 11


Box 88 Morgenthau, Robert M., "N.Y.'s poor get the short end of the gavel: Pass a law to improve access to attorneys, New York Daily News, 2010 February 11


Box 39 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Immigrants deserve better: The current system is arbitary and confusing, says former Manhattan D.A.," New York Daily News, 2010 March 19


Box 84 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Immigrants deserve better: The current system is arbitary and confusing, says former Manhattan D.A.," New York Daily News, 2010 March 19


Box 39 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The Police and Immigration: New York's Experience," The Wall Street Journal, 2010 May 19

(2 folders)


Box 84 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The Police and Immigration: New York's Experience," The Wall Street Journal, 2010 May 19


Box 39 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Ending the Stigma of War-Related Stress," The Wall Street Journal, 2010 July 22

Box 39 Morgenthau, Robert M., "N.Y. immigrants on thin ICE," New York Daily News, 2011 July 27

Box 39 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The feds' deportation crimes," New York Daily News, 2011 September 28

Box 39 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Huddled Masses, Turned Away," The New York Times, 2011 October 28

(2 folders)

Box 39 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Ending the Flood of Illegal Guns--," The Wall Street Journal, 2011 December 23


Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Welcome to deportation nation," New York Daily News, 2012 February 13

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Ending the Flood of Illegal Guns--," The Wall Street Journal, 2012 April 19

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "These Islands Aren't Just a Shelter From Taxes," The New York Times, 2012 May 5

(2 folders)

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Deportations: still a nightmare," New York Daily News, 2012 June 17

(3 folders)

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "We Needed the Veterans--Now They Need Us," The Wall Street Journal, 2012 July 6

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Why they stay in the shadows," New York Daily News, 2012 July 29

(2 folders)

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Immigration Detention, Inc., New York Daily News, 2012 September 23

(2 folders)

Box 40 "Robert Morgenthau: The Death of Peter Wielunski; For every soldier killed in combat, 25 veterans are dying by suicide. It's time to broaden efforts against PTSD," The Wall Street Journal, 2012 September 23

(3 folders)

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Enough people police the NYPD," New York Daily News, 2012 October 25

(3 folders)

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Laws must apply to all -- even gun makers," New York Daily News, 2012 December 21


Box 20 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The Giant U.S. Deportation Machine Runs Amok" [Op-Ed], The Wall Street Journal, 2013


Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "The Global Farmland Rush," New York Daily News, 2013 February 23

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Enforce the gun laws we have," New York Daily News, 2013 March 18

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The big student visa screwup," New York Daily News, 2013 May 22

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "An Injustice on Death Row," The New York Times, 2013 May 31

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Letting Shooting Victims Sue," The New York Times, 2013 June 24

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "A Plea to Carry Out a Principled Immigration Policy," The New York Times, 2013 December 5

Box 40 Morgenthau, Robert M., "A Way Around Bad Federal Immigration Law," The Wall Street Journal, 2013 December 24

(2 folders)


Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Immigrants jailed just to hit a number," New York Daily News, 2014 January 19

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Obama's assault on immigrants," New York Daily News, 2014 April 28

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Our immigration law insanity," New York Daily News, 2014 June 4

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Fix these immigration outrages," New York Daily News, 2014 July 7

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "A Promising Deal on Reforming Veterans Affairs," The Wall Street Journal, 2014 July 29

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "To save these kids, turn south," New York Daily News, 2014 August 25

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Our Detained Masses: It's time to end the immigrant detention quota," The Nation, 2014 September 1, 8

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Those Migrant Children Belong With Their U.S. Families," The Wall Street Journal, 2014 October 7

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "There's more President Obama can and should do without Congress," New York Daily News, 2014 November 28

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Don't let kids rot behind bars," New York Daily News, 2015 March 2

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., Editorial: "The truth of the Armenians," New York Daily News, 2015 April 24

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Shunning the huddled masses," New York Daily News, 2015 June 4

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "America's deportation nightmare," New York Daily News, 2016 January 27

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The court's immigration imperative," New York Daily News, 2016 April 27

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., New York Daily News--Immigration Reform--Research, 2016 October

(2 folders)

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "The VA's Faltering Battle Against Veteran Suicide," The Wall Street Journal, 2016 October 3

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Immigration Reform: Mission possible," New York Daily News, 2017 July 26

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Notable and Quotable: Monuments and Courage--'It was, by any measure, a great victory," The Wall Street Journal, 2017 August 26-27

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Will Trump Tell the Truth About the Armenian Genocide?," The Wall Street Journal, 2018 January 26

(2 folders)

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Perverting what genocide means," New York Daily News, 2018 June 1

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., Letter to the Editor: "Legal Help for Immigrants," The New York Times, 2018 July 3-4

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "A way forward on immigration," New York Daily News, 2018 November 30

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Wanted: Independent immigration judges," New York Daily News, 2018 December 26

Box 41 Morgenthau, Robert M., "Barring immigration justice overreach," New York Daily News, 2019 January 28

Subseries IX.5: Oral History Project, 2005


Box 12 Napoli, Philip--The Morgenthau Project--Oral History--U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (1961-1969), 2005 September 21


Box 19 The Morgenthau Project--Oral History--Newman, Larry and Philip Napoli--U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (1961-1969), 2005 September