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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Samuel Dash, lawyer, educator, and author, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Sara G. Dash, in 2005.
The papers of Samuel Dash were arranged and described in 2009 by Melinda K. Friend with the assistance of Daniel Oleksiw, Kimbery L. Owens, and Karen A. Stuart.
Video and sound recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Samuel Dash in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for information concerning these restrictions. In addition, many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Government regulations control the use of security classified items in this collection. Manuscript Division staff can furnish information concerning access to and use of classified material.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Samuel Dash Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Samuel Dash (1925-2004) span the years 1748-2004, with the bulk of the material dating from 1965 to 2002. The papers are in English and are organized into the following series: Consultations and Cases , Government Investigations , Organizations and Committees , Teaching File , General Correspondence , General Office File , Speech and Engagement File , Writings File , Grand Jury File (Closed) , Top Secret , and Sensitive Compartmented Information .
The Consultations and Cases file contains material related
to legal matters where Dash acted as an expert witness, mediator, lawyer, or as an
ethics consultant to various legal firms, individual lawyers, and governments. Of note
is his work regarding asbestos and tobacco litigation cases, United States House and
Senate investigative committees, the Independent Counsel Act, the attorney general and
government of Puerto Rico, Pete Rose in
The Government Investigations series includes material
related to Richard M. Nixon and the Watergate Affair, murder incidents at Cerro
Maravilla in Puerto Rico, the impeachment inquiry of Governor Bill Sheffield of Alaska,
and the Whitewater Inquiry into Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton. From 1973 to 1974, Dash
served as the chief counsel and staff director of the United States Senate Select
Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities investigating President Richard M. Nixon
and his closest advisors in what became known as the Watergate Affair. Dash's files
consist of legal documents, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and interviews. A
large body of correspondence mostly from the public also contains letters from committee
members and attorneys. In 1984, Dash became the special counsel to the president of the
senate of Puerto Rico during a reinvestigation of the 1978 Cerro Maravilla incident
where two Puerto Rican independence advocates were murdered. His files include
correspondence, memoranda, interviews, as well as material related to the Freedom of
Information Act request that grew into the case
The Organizations and Committees series reflects Dash's participation in a myriad of associations. Over his long membership in the American Bar Association, Dash served in the Sections of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice as well as on various standing committees. Reflected under the records of this organization is Dash's work on the issues of standards in criminal justice, criminal law, drugs, ethics, professional responsibility, model rules of professional conduct, advertising by lawyers, crime prevention, juvenile delinquency, and electronic surveillance. As director of the Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure at Georgetown University Law Center, he oversaw the Appellate Litigation Clinic and other projects encompassing criminal prosecution, drug addiction, forensic science, eyewitness identification, pretrial release, plea bargaining, offender rehabilitation, the role of prison industries, and defendant pre-arraignment. Dash's participation in the Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit and in the Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia led to his involvement with projects studying the law and its relationship to community health services, mental disorders, and juvenile processes.
The Writings File is largely comprised of articles and the research material and drafts for two of Dash's works,
The Teaching File contains syllabi, lecture notes, course outlines, and class lists for courses taught by Dash at Georgetown University Law Center including Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legislative Investigations, and Professional Responsibility. Further information on Dash's involvement with Georgetown University and its law school is found in the General Office File and in Organizations and Committees .
The papers are rounded out by General Correspondence comprised of both professional and personal correspondence, the General Office File containing subject files, biographical material, and appointment calendars, and the Speech and Engagement File covering Dash's career from 1961 to 2003. The Grand Jury File (Closed) contains documents removed from the Whitewater Inquiry and Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmented Information files comprised of memoranda removed from the Watergate Affair files.
The collection is arranged in eleven series:
Correspondence, memoranda, legal briefs and opinions, reports, depositions, exhibits, newspaper clippings, statements, testimony, transcripts, printed matter, notes, drafts, and articles pertaining to consultations or legal cases in which Dash acted as expert witness, ethics consultant, mediator, or lawyer.
Arranged alphabetically by name of case or consultant and therein by type of material.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, statements, testimony, transcripts, depositions, printed matter, and legal briefs pertaining to government investigations in which Dash served as an investigator or consultant.
Arranged alphabetically by name of investigation and therein by topic, type of material, or name of person or organization.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, financial records, newspaper clippings, notes, drafts, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization or committee and therein by topic or type of material.
Course outlines, syllabi, lecture notes, exam questions, surveys, printed matter, articles, clippings, and correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically by name of course and therein by type of material.
Correspondence and memoranda.
Arranged chronologically.
Correspondence, appointment calendars, biographical material, photographs, clippings, articles, printed matter, subject files, and receipts.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, organization, subject, or type of material and therein chronologically.
Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, printed matter, and newspaper clippings.
Arranged chronologically by date of speech or engagement.
Articles, books, a play, and poems.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein by title of work or chronologically.
Sealed grand jury material related to the Whitewater Inquiry.
Memorandum.
Arranged and described according to the series, container, and folder from which the item was removed.
Memorandum and a monograph.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.