Bibframe Work
TitleJoe Stephens papersTypeMixed MaterialCollectionSubjectDole, Robert J., 1923-2021Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972Obama, BarackDistrict of Columbia. City CouncilUnited States. CongressUnited States. Federal Bureau of InvestigationAbu Ghraib PrisonNature Conservancy (U.S.)--Management. (LCSH)Pfizer Inc (LCSH)Potomac Electric Power Company--Management. (LCSH)United States Parole CommissionWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority--Management. (LCSH)Kansas City starWashington post (LCSH)American newspapers--Missouri--Kansas City (LCSH)American newspapers--Washington (D.C.) (LCSH)Charities--United States (LCSH)Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--United States (LCSH)Charter schools--Washington (D.C.) (LCSH)Clean energy--United States (LCSH)Conflict of interests--United States (LCSH)Courts--United States (LCSH)Drug testing--Nigeria (LCSH)Education--Washington (D.C.) (LCSH)Electric utilities--Washington Metropolitan Area--Reliability (LCSH)Energy development--Government policy--United States (LCSH)Facades--Conservation and restoration--United States (LCSH)Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--United States (LCSH)Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects (LCSH)Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects--Nigeria (LCSH)Intelligence service--United States (LCSH)Internal security--United States (LCSH)Investigative reporting--Missouri--Kansas City (LCSH)Investigative reporting--United States (LCSH)Investigative reporting--Washington (D.C.) (LCSH)Iraq War, 2003-2011--Prisoners and prisons, American (LCSH)Journalism--Missouri--Kansas City (LCSH)Journalism--United States (LCSH)Journalism--Washington (D.C.) (LCSH)Judges--United States (LCSH)Justice, Administration of--United States (LCSH)Local transit--Washington Metropolitan Area (LCSH)Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects (LCSH)Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects--Nigeria (LCSH)Nonprofit organizations--United States (LCSH)Parole--United States (LCSH)Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices (LCSH)Pharmaceutical ethics (LCSH)Political corruption--United States (LCSH)Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan (LCSH)Presidents--United States--Election--1996 (LCSH)Prisoners of war--Abuse of--Iraq (LCSH)Red Line Metro Crash, Washington, D.C., 2009 (LCSH)September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 (LCSH)Servitudes--United States (LCSH)Subways--Accidents--Washington Metropolitan Area (LCSH)Tariff--United States (LCSH)Taxation--Law and legislation--United States (LCSH)Terrorism--Government policy--United States (LCSH)War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 (LCSH)White collar crimes--United States (LCSH)Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States (LCSH)Afghanistan--History--2001-2021 (LCSH)Afghanistan--Social conditions--21st century (LCSH)United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009 (LCSH)United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan (LCSH)United States--Politics and government--1981-1989 (LCSH)United States--Politics and government--1989 (LCSH)Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government (LCSH)Journalists. Notelanguage: Collection material in English, with Arabic.SummaryChiefly investigative files composed of correspondence, research materials, notes, photographs, and other papers from Stephens's career as an investigative reporter at the Washington Post. Includes drafts, edits, published articles, and documentation of "post-publication" responses and effects, as well as files for investigations which did not result in published articles. Subjects include clean energy initiatives under the Obama administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation under J. Edgar Hoover, the federal judiciary, governmental corruption, historic facade easements, nonprofit organizations and charities, political conflict of interests, tariffs, tax policy, the U.S. Congress, the United States Parole Commission, white collar crimes, and the war on terrorism following the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in 2001, including the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the rebuilding efforts of the U.S. in Afghanistan in the wake of Taliban rule. Investigations into local Washington, D.C., issues concern charter schools, the District of Columbia City Council, Potomac Electric Power Company, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority following deadly accidents within the Metrorail system in 2009 which led to the "Subway Series."Documents Stephens's investigation into the Nature Conservancy's governing board and advisory council, as well as a U.S. Senate Finance Committee investigation into the organization's activities, transactions, and practices which led to the "Big Green" article series examining the growth of the organization. Also documents Stephens's investigation into drug testing by pharmaceutical companies on people in the developing world, specifically Pfizer Inc.'s tests of the drug Trovan on individuals in Nigeria, which resulted in the "Body Hunters" seriesMaterials pertaining to Stephens's work as a journalist with the Kansas City Star from 1988 to 1996 focus chiefly on his investigations related to Bob Dole and Dole's unsuccessful presidential bid in 1996Origin Date(s)1978-2013 (bulk 1999-2013) Authorized Access PointStephens, Joe Joe Stephens papersCollection ArrangementCollection Organization: Arranged in four series. Series 1: Investigative Files, 1978-2013; Series 2: Digital Files, 1999-2009; Series 3: Classified, 1996-2004; and Series 4: Oversize, 1999-2009.