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The Moakley Archive Oral History project seeks to document and preserve valuable information and observations that may not be a part of the paper, photographic, and audiovisual portions of the Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers.

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Congressman John Joseph Moakley, 4/2/2001

Congressman John Joseph Moakley, who served the Ninth District of Massachusetts from 1973 through 2001, discusses his life and political career. This interview covers what it was like to grow up in South Boston in the thirties and forties; his military service in the Navy during WWII; how he became involved in local politics in the fifties; his career as a member of the Massachusetts General Court during the fifties and sixties; his memories of Suffolk University Law School and his law practice; his late wife Evelyn; how the city of Boston has changed during his career in public office; his thoughts regarding the Boston school desegregation in the seventies; his campaigns for congressional office; his career working in Washington D.C.; his work in El Salvador as chairman of a special task force following the murder of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter; and his work to help improve conditions in Cuba. He ends by remembering important figures that helped shape his career and giving his own advice for future elected officials.

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Interviews with Congressman Moakley's Family, Friends and Colleagues, etc.

Congressman Joe Moakley, 4/2001	John Weinfurter, 6/2005	Stephen LaRose, 4/2003
Robert & Thomas Moakley, 4/2003	Sean Ryan, 4/2003	Margaret "Molly" Hurley, 3/2005
John Lynch, 5/2003		Congressman James P. McGovern, 8/2003
William Bulger, 8/2003	Jeanne Hession, 8/2003	David J. Sargent, 9/2003
Leanita Shelby, 10/2004	James E. Kelly, 10/2003	John & Margaret "Molly" Hurley, 10/2003
Fred Clark, 10/2003	David Carreiro, 9/2004	Katheleen Teixeira, 9/2004
Deborah Spriggs, 9/2004	Katherine Sophie Hayford, 9/2004	Robert Kevin Ryan, 9/2004
David Pomerantz, 9/2004	Congessman David Dreier, 9/2004	Dr. John Eisold, 9/2004
Congressman Peter T. King, 9/2004	Congressman Richard E. Neal, 9/2004	Charles W. Johnson, 9/2004
George Crawford, 9/2004	Congressman Marty Meehan, 9/2004	John Daniel, 9/2004
Karen Harraghy, 5/2003	Michael Dukakis, 7/2004	Virginia Zanger, 4/2003
Edmund Crotty, 4/2003	Fran Price, 5/2003	Carol Pryor, 5/2003
Rep. Brian Wallace, 3/2005	Sean Hennessey, 9/2005	Fred Clark, 10/2005
Richard Lane, 4/2007	William Shaevel, 10/2003	Roundtable Discussion with John Joseph Moakley’s Family and Staff, 9/2001
James Linnehan, 11/2006	Byron Rushing, 11/2005

Interview topic: Boston Harbor and Islands

Robert and Thomas Moakley, 4/2003	Governor Michael Dukakis, 7/2007	William Shaevel, 10/2003
Roundtable Discussion with John Joseph Moakley’s Family and Staff, 9/2001

Interview topic: El Salvador

Carol Pryor, 5/2003	Edmund Crotty, 4/2003	Fran Price, 5/2003
Ginny Zanger, 4/2003	Congressman Joe Moakley, 4/2001	Stephen LaRose, 4/2003
Robert and Thomas Moakley, 4/2003	Sean Ryan, 4/2003	Karen Harraghy, 5/2003
Kathleen Teixeira, 9/2004	Katherine Sophie Hayford, 9/2004	Congressman David Dreier, 9/2004
Congressman James McGovern, 8/2003	Roundtable Discussion with John Joseph Moakley’s Family and Staff, 9/2001

Interview topic: Fire-safe Cigarettes

Congressman Peter T. King, 9/2004

Interview topic: Garrity Decision

Anthony Voto, 2/2005	Kirsten Alexander, 2/2005	Eleanor "Peniey" McClary, 2/2005
Henry Allen, 2/2005	William "Doc" Reid, 3/2005	Rep. Brian Wallace, 3/2005
Mary Ellen Smith, 3/2005	Mark Harvey, 3/2005	Ruth Walsh, 3/2005
James Feeney, 3/2005	Lewis Finfer, 3/2005	Patricia A. Kelly, 3/2005
James Collins, 3/2005	Joanne Sweeney, 4/2005	Moe Gillen, 2/2006
John Nucci, 2/2006	Mary Ann Hardenberg, 2/2006	Barbara Faith, 3/2006
James O'Leary, 3/2008	Richard Lane, 4/2007	John Canty, 4/2007
Hubie Jones, 2/2006	Robert and Thomas Moakley, 4/2003	Sean Ryan, 4/2003
John Lynch, 5/2003	Congressman James P. McGovern, 8/2003	President William Bulger, 8/2003
Councilor James E. Kelly, 10/2003	Governor Michael Dukakis, 7/2004	William Shaevel, 10/2003
Congressman Barney Frank, 5/2008	James Hennigan, 1/2007	Patricia Reid 3/2007
Paula Fleming, 3/2007

Interview topic: Historic Preservation

Sean Hennessey, 9/2005

Byron Rushing, 11/2005

Fred Clark, 10/2005

Interview topic: Massachusetts Politics and Government

Congressman Joe Moakley, 4/2001	President William Bulger, 8/2003	Congressman Marty Meehan, 9/2004
Congressman Barney Frank, 5/2008	Roundtable Discussion with John Joseph Moakley’s Family and Staff, 9/2001	James Hennigan, 1/2007
James Linnehan, 11/2006

Interview topic: Northern Ireland Peace Movement

Congressman Peter T. King, 9/2004

Congressman Richard E. Neal, 9/2004

Interview topic: South Boston, Mass.

Congressman John Joseph Moakley, 4/2001	Robert & Thomas Moakley, 4/2003
President William Bulger, 8/2003	Councilor James E. Kelly, 10/2003	John & Margaret Hurley, 10/2003
Robert Kevin Ryan, 9/2004	Representative Brian Wallace, 3/2005	Margaret Hurley, 3/2005
James Feeney, 3/2005	Joanne Sweeney, 4/2005	William “Doc” Reid, 3/2005
Fred Clark, 10/2005	Barbara Faith, 3/2006	Richard Lane, 4/2007
Roundtable Discussion with John Joseph Moakley’s Family and Staff, 9/2001	Patricia Reid, 3/2007	Paula Fleming, 3/2007

Interview topic: U.S. Congress

Congressman John Joseph Moakley, 4/2001	Congressman James P. McGovern, 8/2003	Sean Ryan, 4/2003
David Carreiro, 9/2004	Kathleen Teixeira, 9/2004	Deborah Spriggs, 9/2004
Katherine Sophie Hayford, 9/2004	Robert Kevin Ryan, 9/2004	David Pomerantz, 9/2004
Congressman David Dreier, 9/2004	Dr. John Eisold, 9/2004	Congressman Richard E. Neal, 9/2004
Charles W. Johnson, 9/2004	George Crawford, 9/2004	John Daniel, 9/2004
Leanita Shelby, 10/2004	John Weinfurter, 6/2005	Congressman Barney Frank, 5/2008
Roundtable Discussion with John Joseph Moakley’s Family and Staff, 9/2001