The following digitized content includes documents documenting Congressman Moakley's early life, his World War II service, his work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and in Congress.
For a full list of the collection, including non-digitized items, consult the Moakley Papers Collection Guide.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and a Boston resident regarding busing, November-December 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and a Braintree resident regarding busing, 10-15 December 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and a Needham constituent regarding busing, 1 November 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and a South Boston constituent regarding busing, November 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and a South Boston High School teacher regarding South Boston High receivership, 15 December 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and a West Roxbury constituent regarding busing, 30 October 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and a West Roxbury constituent regarding busing, October 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and a Westwood resident regarding busing, 31 October 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and South Boston constituent regarding busing, and bumper sticker, 1 December 1975
John Joseph Moakley
Includes attached "Fight forced busing" bumper sticker. Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Letter from John Joseph Moakley in reply to a completed questionnaire from a Jamaica Plain constituent, 1975
John Joseph Moakley
The questionnaire includes questions about utility rates, gasoline consumption, the Russian Wheat Deal, and food and oil prices. The constituent's written comments relate to busing. Please note that the Archives has redacted personal information such as names and street addresses from this document.
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Letter from John Joseph Moakley in reply to a completed questionnaire from a West Roxbury constituent, 1 December 1975
John Joseph Moakley
The questionnaire includes questions about utility rates, gasoline consumption, the Russian Wheat Deal, and food and oil prices. The constituent's written comments relate to busing. Please note that the archives has redacted personal names and street addresses from this document.
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Press release: "John Joseph Moakley questions Garrity's decision," December 1975
John Joseph Moakley
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and Louise Day Hicks of the Boston City Council regarding busing, December 1975-January 1976
John Joseph Moakley and Louise Day Hicks
Letter from Moakley includes attached response from Bob Kastenmeier, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (of the House Committee on the Judiciary), declining to hold hearings in Boston regarding the federal court order on busing.
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and Marianne Procida, President of Mass. Citizens Against Forced Busing, Inc., 20-22 May 1975
John Joseph Moakley and Marianne Procida
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Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and ROAR (Restore Our Alienated Rights) regarding busing, including a copy of a letter from Moakley to Senator John Tower in response to the letter from ROAR, October 1975
John Joseph Moakley and Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR)
