Benjamin and Muriel Goldring Papers and Photographs
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Benjamin (Ben) Goldring and Muriel Goodman Goldring were lifelong political activists. Benjamin Goldring, a lawyer by profession, served in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, and later in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Both Muriel and Ben Goldring were active in the committees organized to fight the conviction and execution of the Rosenbergs and the imprisonment of Morton Sobell. As a specialist in civil liberties law, Ben Goldring gave his time and expertise to the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB) in its legal battle against the Subversive Activities Control Board from the 1950s to the 1970s; he was also a actiove member of the National Lawyers Guild. In addition to her work with the Rosenberg and Sobell Committees, Muriel Goldring became involved in a wide range of local and national political causes. The Goldrings closely followed national political developments in many areas, from the peace movement to immigrants' and prisoners' rights, and were also community activists in Brooklyn, where they lived. This collection consists of the Goldrings' personal papers, materials related to Benjamin Goldring's service in the Spanish Civil War, background files on his legal practice and his writings on the law and legal history, files on the Goldrings' activities with the Rosenberg and Sobell defense committees, political reference files on their many political and cultural interests, as well as photographs of their families and friends extending from the late nineteenth century through the early 2000s, and a small amount of audio materials, ephemera, and artifacts.
Historical/Biographical Note
Benjamin (Ben) Goldring and Muriel Goodman Goldring were lifelong political activists. Ben Goldring, a lawyer by profession, served in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, and later in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Both Goldrings were active in the committees organized to fight the conviction and execution of the Rosenbergs and the imprisonment of Morton Sobell. As a specialist in civil liberties law, Ben Goldring gave his time and expertise to the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB) in their legal battle against the Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB) from the 1950s to the 1970s; he was also a active member of the National Lawyers Guild. In addition to her work with the Rosenberg and Sobell Committees, Muriel Goldring became involved in a wide range of local and national political causes. The Goldrings closely followed national political developments in many areas, from the peace movement to immigrants' and prisoners' rights, and were also community activists in Brooklyn, where they lived.
Benjamin Goldring was born in 1912 and died in 2000. He was educated at Erasmus Hall High School and Brooklyn College. He graduated from Columbia Law School and passed the New York State Bar in 1934. A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, he fought on the Republican side as a member of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion from 1937-1938. Arriving in Spain on March 17, 1937, he first saw action at Villaneuva de la Canada and Brunete and was wounded five times, two of which required hospital stays. He was a member of the National Guard of New York State (1936-1937) and then of the United States Army (1940-1941), re-enlisting in 1942 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and serving in the Pacific Theater until his honorable discharge in 1945. He was active in the Civil Rights Congress, and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). Remaining active in social and political organizations, Ben Goldring wrote many articles and tracts concerning the law and its application. He also wrote in defense of the publication of a minority report on Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners as a counter point to the majority paper published by the NLG after a trip to Israel in 1977.
Among his notable legal activities were: assisting Carol King Esq. with the William Schneiderman case, researching the possible transfer of Morton Sobell from Alcatraz federal prison, and representing a fellow Lincoln Brigade veteran before the Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB). He was gratified when, in the 1970s, the Lincoln Veterans finally won their long legal battle to remove the "subversive" stigma from their organization. Benjamin Goldring was also instrumental in obtaining the release of Lencio Pena (a decorated American soldier and Spanish citizen), imprisoned in Spain for anti-Franco activity. In 1982 he secured copies of the testimony of Lincoln Brigade veterans before the SACB and deposited them in the Lincoln Brigade's archives, with his own notes on the case.
Muriel Goodman Goldring (1918-2007) was born, raised, and educated in Brooklyn, NY. She attended Erasmus Hall High School and took classes at Cornell University, City College of New York, and Brooklyn College. She worked at various times as an accountant and as a high school teacher, and was involved in amateur theater and traditional British folk dancing. She was a leading member of the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case and the Committee to Free Morton Sobell, turning her hand to publicity, letter-writing, and the organizing of public events. These committees agitated first for a stay of execution for the Rosenbergs, and later for their vindication and for the release of Morton Sobell from prison. She became very close to Sobell's wife Helen.
The Goldrings were married in 1951, and stayed connected with their family and friends through extensive correspondence. They shared a passion for social causes and were aware of and or active in many liberal and radical organizations; they also shared a keen interest in cultural pursuits and foreign travel.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 10 series, as follows:
Series I. Personal Material
Series II. Spanish Civil War
Series III. Legal Practice and Legal Research
Series IV. Rosenberg and Sobell Cases
Series V. Political Reference Files
Series VI. Oversize Materials
Series VII. Restricted Material
Series VIII. Photographs
Series IX. Audio Materials
Series X. Ephemera and Artifacts
All series are arranged alphabetically by folder title, with the exception of Series VIII (Photographs), which is arranged mainly in chronological order, followed by folders arranged in alphabetical order.
Scope and Content note
The collection consists of the Goldrings' personal papers, materials related to Ben Goldring's service in the Spanish Civil War, background files on his legal practice and his writings on the law and legal history, files on Ben and Muriel Goldring's activities with the Rosenberg and Sobell committees, political reference files on their many political and cultural interests, as well as photographs of their families and friends spanning the late nineteenth century through the early 2000s, and a small amount of audio materials, ephemera, and artifacts.
Box-Level Table of Contents:
1. Political/general and legal issues (including SACB); 2. Political/general and early labor material; 3. Political/general (including subject files); 4-5. Political/general; 6. Political/general (includes files on CPUSA); 7. Political/general (includes Geneva Convention research); 8-9. Political/general; 10. Political/general (includes National Lawyers Guild and Israel/Palestine); 11. Political/general (mostly NLG and Israel/Palestine); 12. Political/general (subject files, etc); 13. Rosenbergs/Sobell (includes drafts of book chapters); 14. Rosenbergs / Sobell; 15. Rosenbergs / Sobell; 16. Rosenbergs / Sobell; 17-21. Rosenbergs/Sobell; 22. Rosenbergs/Sobell (includes FOIA); 23-24. Rosenbergs/Sobell; 25. Rosenbergs/Sobell (and BG finances); 26. Rosenbergs / Sobell; 27. Rosenbergs/Sobell (and Browder case); 28. Rosenbergs/Sobell; 29. Legal (includes 1950s cases, FOIA, and Rosenbergs / Sobell); 30. Legal; 31. Legal (includes some Rosenbergs); 32. Legal (history and research); 33. Legal (writing, 1950s); 34. Notes and Xeroxes on Medieval English Law; 35-37. VALB/Spanish Civil War; 38-42. Personal/family; 43. Rosenbergs/Sobell; 44. VALB/Spanish Civil War/SACB; 45-51. Rosenbergs/Sobell; 52. SACB; 53-58. Rosenbergs/Sobell; 59. VALB (includes BG's original Spanish Civil War documents); 60. SACB/VALB; 61-62. Personal/family; 63. Legal; 64. Political/general (includes Rosenbergs/Sobell); 65. Political/general and Legal (including SACB); 66. Non-print (almost all photos).
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions with the exception of Series VII (Estate-Related Material). Repository permission is required for access to Series VII. Please contact Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive, tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu, 212-998-2630.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Benjamin and Muriel Goldring were transferred to New York University in 2007 on behalf of Muriel Goldring. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Benjamin and Muriel Goldring Papers and Photographs; TAM 374; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Lillian Pope on behalf of Muriel Goldring in 2007; additional materials were sent by Pope in 2010. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 2001.025, 2001.037, and NPA.2008.001.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
About this Guide
Processing Information
Photographs from this collection were established as a separate collection (PHOTOS 250). In July 2013, this photographs collection was reincorporated into the Benjamin and Muriel Goldring Papers, along with later accessions of photographs, and a small amount of audio materials, ephemera and artifacts. The collection was renamed the Benjamin and Muriel Goldring Papers and Photographs to reflect the addition of these materials.
Repository
Series I: Personal Material, 1912-2000, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series includes personal correspondence, documents and memorabilia of both Goldrings and a number of members of the Goldring and Goodman families. Personal correspondence includes the couple's cards and notes to each other, Ben Goldring's letters to his family while he was serving in WWII, and Muriel Goldring's incoming letters from friends and relatives, including relatives in Israel starting in 1948.
"Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Army and Navy of the United States", 1917, inclusive
Address Book (three), undated
Autograph Books (BG) (2), 1925, inclusive
Biographical: BG, Education, 1912 - 1934, inclusive
Biographical: BG, General, 1934-1994, inclusive
Biographical: BG, Health, 1981-2000, inclusive
Biographical: BG, Memorial, 2000, inclusive
Biographical: BG, Memorial Guest Book, 2000, inclusive
Biographical: BG, Service Record, World War II, 1940-1945, inclusive
Biographical: Family (BG and MG) (I), undated, 1916-1965, inclusive
Biographical: Family (BG and MG) (II), undated, 1916-1965, inclusive
Biographical: MG, Education, 1918-1941, inclusive
Biographical: MG, Employment, undated, 1941-1968, inclusive
Biographical: MG, General, 1943-1996, inclusive
Brooklyn Home Remodel (BG and MG), 1953, inclusive
Clubs and Organizations (MG), 1931-1952, inclusive
Columbia Law School Alumni (BG), 1976-1984, inclusive
Cornell University (MG), 1946, inclusive
Correspondence: Bertha and Louis Teitelbaum, 1951-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: Bertha and Louis Teitelbaum, 1969 - 1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Between BG and MG, 1950s - 1970s, inclusive
Correspondence: David Beaver, 1937 - 1940, inclusive
Correspondence: From BG, 1951- 1990, inclusive
Correspondence: From BG, World War II, undated, 1942-1943, inclusive
Correspondence: From BG, World War II, 1943-1945, inclusive
Correspondence: From Israel, undated, 1956-1977, inclusive
Correspondence: From Israel, 1977-1996, inclusive
Correspondence: From Israel, Cards, 1950-1978, inclusive
Correspondence: From Israel, Cards, 1979-1986, inclusive
Correspondence: From MG, undated, 1946-1988, inclusive
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, Anniversary and Valentines, undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, Announcements (I), undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, Announcements (II), undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, For BG, undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, For MG (I), undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, For MG (II), Undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, General, undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, To Family (BG and MG), undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, Holiday and New Years, Undated
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, Thank You's, undated
Correspondence: John Howard Lawson and Edward Barsky, To MG, Jun 6, 1930, inclusive
Correspondence: Lency (Mark) Watterud, undated, 194? - 1964, inclusive
Correspondence: Michael Alexander (I), 1943-1944, inclusive
Correspondence: Michael Alexander (II), 1943-1944, inclusive
Correspondence: Postcards, 1937-1959, inclusive
Correspondence: Postcards, 1960-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: Postcards, 1968-1979, inclusive
Correspondence: Postcards, 1980-1985, inclusive
Correspondence: Postcards, undated, 1986-2006, inclusive
Correspondence: Postcards, International, 1957-1998, inclusive
Correspondence: Richard (Dick) Cohn, 1944-1945, inclusive
Correspondence: Richard (Dick) Leonard, 1953-1985, inclusive
Correspondence: Ruth and Morris E. L. Shapiro, 1958-1979, inclusive
Correspondence: Ruth and Morris E. L. Shapiro, 1979-1985, inclusive
Correspondence: To and From Family (BG and MG), undated, 1926-1990, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG, 1941-1990, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG and MG, From Family, undated, 1951-1955, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG and MG, From Family, 1956-1962, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG and MG, From Family, 1963-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG and MG, From Family, 1967-1984, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG and MG, From Family, 1984-1999, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG and MG, From Friends, undated, 1954-1996, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG and MG, re: BG Stroke, Undated, 1990, inclusive
Correspondence: To MG, General, 1938-1990, inclusive
Correspondence: To MG, From Family, 1944-2003, inclusive
Correspondence: To MG, From Friends, 1931-1946, inclusive
Correspondence: To MG, From Friends, 1947-1999, inclusive
Correspondence: To MG, From Friends, undated
Folk Dancing: General, 1964-2001, inclusive
Folk Dancing: Instructions, undated
Folk Dancing: Instructions (Books) I, 1957-1978, inclusive
Folk Dancing: Instructions (Books) II, 1957-1978, inclusive
Goodman, Max "Plan for Post War Employment; Outline of Plan for a Cooperative Bookkeeping Service for Small Businesses to be Managed by and for Paraplegics", 1939-1948, inclusive
Graduation; The Windsor School P. S. 154 Brooklyn and College of the City of New York (MG), 1929-1939, inclusive
Graduation; Brooklyn College and Columbia University (BG), 1933-1934, inclusive
Headstone Rubbings (Sadie Goodman, Emily Sigal), 1964, 1965, inclusive
Literary Magazines: "Erasmian" (Erasmus Hall High School) (2) (BG), 1927, 1928, inclusive
Literary Magazines: "Talisman" (Seth Low Junior College) (2) (BG), undated
Remembrances: "Irving and Judith Rubin", "Jeanette and Sidney", undated
Wedding (BG and MG), 1951, inclusive
Writings: Unidentified, undated
Series II: Spanish Civil War, 1937-1995, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series consists mostly of correspondence between Ben Goldring and other Abraham Lincoln Brigade veterans, as well as mailings, flyers, programs and other items from VALB. Also included is Ben' Goldring's correspondence from Spain to his family.
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, Undated, 1989-2001, inclusive
African - American Volunteers, undated, 1978-1980, inclusive
Bethune Memorial House, 1976, 1981, inclusive
Correspondence: From BG re: Spanish Civil War History (especially related to Orwell), 1969-1983, inclusive
Correspondence: From BG to Family and Friends (Spanish Civil War letters), undated, 1937-1938, inclusive
Correspondence: From BG to The Volunteer, 1978-1984, inclusive
Correspondence: From George Chaiken, 1979-1984, inclusive
Correspondence: From Joe Doyle, 1992, inclusive
Correspondence: From John Tisa to BG and MG, 1980, inclusive
Correspondence: From Thomas Danek, 1940-1945, inclusive
Correspondence: From Vaughan Love, 1979, inclusive
Correspondence: Richard and Helen Leonard, 1938, inclusive
Correspondence: Spanish Civil War Prisoners of War, 1976, 1980, inclusive
Correspondence: Spanish Political Prisoners, 1959, 1975, inclusive
Correspondence: To Bella Martin (sister of BG) from Department of State (some via New York Representative Emanuel Celler) re: BG (also includes one letter from the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade), 1937-1938, inclusive
Correspondence: To BG from Family and Friends, undated, 1937-1938, inclusive
Correspondence: Victor A. Berch (Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives), 1977-1985, 1990, inclusive
Danek, Thomas, undated, 1982-1985, inclusive
Els Joglars (Spanish theater group), undated, 1978, inclusive
English to Spanish Grammar (published by the International Brigades), c. 1937, inclusive
Harris, Arthur (Abe), 1979-1981, inclusive
Jewish Participation in the Spanish Civil War, 1973-1978, 1989, inclusive
Law, Oliver, 1979, inclusive
Lincoln-Washington Battalion: Order to Commander of the Machine Gun Company (copy), Aug 8, 1937, inclusive
Martin, Fredericka: About American Medical Bureau and Women Volunteers, 1977-1991, inclusive
Morgan, Crawford, 1976, 1982, inclusive
Nelson, Steve, 1981-1982, inclusive
O'Toole, Lawrence, 1980-1984, inclusive
Passport Application and Service in Armed Forces of Foreign States, 1966, 1975, inclusive
Pena, Leoncio: Certificate of Naturalization, 1946, inclusive
Pena, Leoncio: Correspondence (originals), 1959, inclusive
Pena, Leoncio: Correspondence (photocopies), 1959, inclusive
Pena, Leoncio: General (originals), undated, 1958-1959, inclusive
Pena, Leoncio: General (photocopies), undated, 1958-1959, inclusive
Personal Ephemera from the Spanish Civil War (BG), 1937-1938, inclusive
Picasso, Pablo: Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee Letter, 1951, inclusive
Ragner, Albin C., [1940s], 1976-1984, inclusive
Rein, David and Leonard B. Boudin: Work on Behalf of Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, 1979-1980, inclusive
Ross, Adolph: About VALB Biographical Project, 1984-1985, inclusive
Selby, Vernon, 1981-1982, inclusive
Spanish Civil War Currency (Spanish Republican, German, Soviet)
Spanish Civil War: General, undated, 1965-1996, inclusive
Spanish Civil War Recollections (BG), 1983, 1996, inclusive
Spanish Refugee Aid (letter from Nancy MacDonald), 1960, inclusive
Subversive Activities Control Board: BG Article ("Executing Criminal Law through Civil Regulation"), 1964-1965, inclusive
Subversive Activities Control Board: BG Article ("Executing Criminal Law through Civil Regulation"), Correspondence and Notes, 1964-1965, inclusive
Subversive Activities Control Board: BG Article ("The McCarran Act 'Civil' 'Regulation' of - and only of - Crimes and Criminals and their Instrumentalities to Further Criminal Objectives"), undated
Subversive Activities Control Board, Correspondence re:, 1952-1954, inclusive
Subversive Activities Control Board, Correspondence re:, 1961-1963, inclusive
Subversive Activities Control Board, Correspondence re:, 1964-1971, inclusive
Subversive Activities Control Board, Correspondence re:, 1980-1985, inclusive
Subversive Activities Control Board: General, 1963-1965, Undated, inclusive
Subversive Activities Control Board: Notes (I), undated
Subversive Activities Control Board: Notes (II), undated
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Events, Undated, 1966-1996, inclusive
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Flyers, Pamphlets, and Publicity, Undated, 1962-1987, inclusive
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: General, undated, 1962-1993, inclusive
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Mailings, 1954-1975, inclusive
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Mailings, Undated, 1976-2000, inclusive
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: New York Post Mailings, Undated, 1972-1994, inclusive
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: to BG, undated, 1938-1995, inclusive
Wyden, Peter (premature anti-fascist issue), 1981, inclusive
Series III: Legal Practice and Legal Research, 1931-2001, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series includes correspondence and research relating to cases Benjamin Goldring worked on and research notes, drafts and background material for published and unpublished articles. Several files document his work for the National Lawyers Guild, in particular his work on a document representing a dissenting view of the Guild's 1977 report on Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners.
Article: "Anti-Semitic Propaganda" (BG), 1946, inclusive
Article: "Blacklisting as Criminal Punishment" (BG), 1976, inclusive
Article: "Elliot Freemont-Smith's Understanding in His Review of Navasky's 'Naming Names'" (BG), 1980-1981, inclusive
Article: "The List: Designated with Death" (BG), undated
Article: "New York Civil Liberties Union Proposal to Constitutional Convention to Replace Grand Jury" (BG), 1967, inclusive
Article: "Views from the Brink of Criminal Law History," Typescript and Handwritten notes (I) (BG), 1967, inclusive
Article: "Views from the Brink of Criminal Law History," Typescript and Handwritten notes (II) (BG), 1967, inclusive
Article: "Views from the Brink of Criminal Law History," Typescript and Handwritten notes (III) (BG), 1967, inclusive
Business Expenses, 1959, 1979, 1982, inclusive
Cases: Bleier, Katherine, 1957-1963, inclusive
Cases: Family, 1956, 1960-1980, inclusive
Cases: General, undated, 1951-1962, inclusive
Clippings: Legal Issues, 1960-1979, inclusive
Correspondence: General, undated, 1939-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: General, 1970-1982, inclusive
Correspondence: Re: U. S. v. Eugene Frank Robel, 1966-1978, inclusive
Correspondence: U. S. Congress, N. Y. State Legislature, 1958, 1970, 1981, inclusive
Cross, Ephraim: Obituary, 1978, inclusive
General Writing (BG), undated, 1931-1948, inclusive
Goebel, Julius, 1972-1980, inclusive
Licensing (BG), 1951, 1963, 1971, inclusive
Memo: Constitutional Invalidity of the Wood-Rankin Committee (BG), undated
National Lawyers Guild: "Analytic Study In 'Treatment of Palestinians in Israeli-Occupied West Bank and Gaza: Report of the NLG 1977 Middle East Delegation' ," Correspondence (I) (BG), 1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Analytic Study In 'Treatment of Palestinians in Israeli-Occupied West Bank and Gaza: Report of the NLG 1977 Middle East Delegation' ," Correspondence (II) (BG), 1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Analytic Study...," incomplete (BG), 1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Analytic Study...," Initial Draft and Notes (I) (BG), 1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Analytic Study...," Initial Draft and Notes (II) (BG), 1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Analytic Study...," Reprint and Correspondence (I) (BG), 1981, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Analytic Study...," Reprint and Correspondence (II) (BG), 1981, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Analytic Study...," Reprint with Changes (BG), 1981, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild; Criminal Justice Task Force, 1983, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Education for What? NLG and the Palestinian Question" , "We Mastermind Imperialism's Destruction the West-Bank and Gaza-Strip Palestinians and the PLO" (BG), 1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: FBI Lawsuit, undated, 1980-1982, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: General, 1960-1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: General, undated, 1980-1990, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: General, Anti-Semitism Task Force, 1978-1981, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: General, International Committee, undated, 1979-1985, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: General, National Executive Board (NEB), undated, 1972-1983, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: General, New York City Chapter, undated, 1960-2001, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: Israel and Amnesty International, 1976-1984, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: Israel and Palestine Research, Correspondence (BG), 1976-1989, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: Israel and Palestine Research, General (I), 1977-1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: Israel and Palestine Research, General (II), 1977-1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: Israel and Palestine Research, NLG Publications, undated, 1967, 1977, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: Israel and The International Committee of the Red Cross, 1969-1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Minority Report of the Middle East Delegation of the NLG on Treatment of Palestinians in Israeli Occupied Territories," Ad Hoc Committee to Publish the Report, Correspondence, 1978-1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Minority Report of the Middle East Delegation of the NLG on Treatment of Palestinians in Israeli Occupied Territories," Howard Dickstein (Final), 1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Minority Report of the Middle East Delegation of the NLG on Treatment of Palestinians in Israeli Occupied Territories," Howard Dickstein (versions I and II), 1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "On Majority Mideast Report Re-Revised May 1978" (BG), 1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "On Revised Majority Mideast Report" (BG), 1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Report of the NLG 1977 Middle East Delegation Concerning Treatment of Palestinians in Israeli Occupied Territories" (drafts I-III), 1977-1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: "Report of the NLG 1977 Middle East Delegation Concerning Treatment of Palestinians in Israeli Occupied Territories" (final revisions and National Executive Board response to Minority Report), 1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: Response to Rev. L. Humphrey Walz "Lack of Integrity Not a Basis for Middle East Understanding" (BG), 1980, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: Sami Esmail, 1978, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Meetings (UNESCO) on Israel and Palestine, 1974-1979, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: United Nations Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, 1970-1971, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: United Nations Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, 1972-1976, inclusive
National Lawyers Guild: United Nations Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, 1977-1979, inclusive
Research: Alcatraz, Federal Prisons, undated
Research: Alcatraz, Federal Prisons, undated, 1948-1949, inclusive
Research: Early British and European Law, undated
Research: Early British Law (I), undated
Research: Early British Law (II), undated
Research: Medieval British Law, undated
Research: Health Issues, 1960-1964, inclusive
Research: Passport, Naturalization, Immigration Law, undated, 1940, inclusive
Research: Passport, Naturalization, Immigration Law (Browder and Bridges Cases), 1939-1941, inclusive
U.S. v. William Schneiderman, Briefs, 1941, inclusive
U.S. v. William Schneiderman, Correspondence and Research, 1941, inclusive
Series IV: Rosenberg and Sobell Cases, 1951-2003, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series contains administrative files and publicity materials produced by the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case and the Committee to Free Morton Sobell, as well as other materials documenting the work of both organizations. Notable is Ben Goldring's correspondence with Morton Sobell's legal team, Murie Goldring's correspondence with Helen Sobell and with Aaron Katz (director of the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case), copies of material on the Rosenberg trial released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and a draft of a book-length work by William A. Reuben on the Rosenberg case, with annotations by Ben Goldring.
"The Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and Morton Sobell, Case: Sections of the Track," Typescript (BG), undated
Legal Documents: U.S. Supreme Court, Rosenbergs v. U.S. (1951) and Sobell v. U.S. 1952, 1951, 1952, inclusive
National Rosenberg-Sobell Committee: "A Request to the Judiciary Committee of the U. S. Senate to investigate the Conduct of the U. S. Attorney General's Office In the Rosenberg-Sobell Case", undated, 1982, inclusive
National Rosenberg-Sobell Committee: General Files, undated, 1953-1978, inclusive
Ponsolle, Doris; Poem "Tribute To a Comrade-in-Arms", undated
Research Notes on the Cases, undated
Rosenberg: "American Bar Association Subversive Rosenberg Activities Committee" (BG), 1976, inclusive
Rosenberg: American Bar Association Trial Re-creation: "Espionage Trial of the Century" (Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC), Aug 9-10, 1993, inclusive
Rosenberg: Articles, Editorials, Reprints by the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case, 1977-1995, inclusive
Rosenberg: Articles and Reprints, 1951-1976, inclusive
Rosenberg: Booklets, Programs, Pamphlets, undated, 1951-1969, inclusive
Rosenberg: Booklets, Programs, Pamphlets, undated, 1970-1995, inclusive
Rosenberg: Booklets, Programs, Pamphlets (non-English), 1953, 1983, 1998, inclusive
Rosenberg: Clippings (I), 1950's - c. 2000, inclusive
Rosenberg: Clippings (II), 1950's - c.2000, inclusive
Rosenberg: Clippings (III), 1950's - c.2000, inclusive
Rosenberg: Cohn, Roy: Interview by William Kunstler; Interview by Jim Hartz, 1958, 1974, inclusive
Rosenberg: Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case, General, 1952-1954, inclusive
Rosenberg: Correspondence, Aaron Katz (includes writings by Katz), 1963, 1977-1997, inclusive
Rosenberg: Correspondence, BG, 1957-1974, inclusive
Rosenberg: Correspondence, BG, 1975, inclusive
Rosenberg: Correspondence, BG, 1976-1983, inclusive
Rosenberg: Correspondence, General, undated, 1959-1993, inclusive
Rosenberg: Correspondence, MG, 1952-1974, inclusive
Rosenberg: Correspondence, MG, undated, 1975-2003, inclusive
Rosenberg: Correspondence, Sarah Lichtenberg (concerning loss of job for supporting Rosenberg cause), undated, 1954, inclusive
Rosenberg: Edith Segal, Music and Poetry (autographed), 1955, 1967, inclusive
Rosenberg: Espionage, General, 1978, 1990, inclusive
Rosenberg: Flyers, 1952-1979, inclusive
Rosenberg: Flyers, 1980-1997, undated, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Correspondence, BG, 1973-May 1976, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Correspondence, BG, Jun 1976-1981, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, "FBI Director Kelley Reveals that Chief Prosecutor Lied to Rosenbergs Jury," Typescript (BG), 1976, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Denial Codes and Inventory, undated
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, General, undated, 1975-1980, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Meeropol Suit, 1975, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Meeropol Suit, Copies of Exhibits, 1975, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Research Team Instructions, Internal Documents, and Correspondence, undated, 1976-1978, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1950, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1951, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1952, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1953, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1954-1956, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1957, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1958-1960, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1961-1965, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1966, inclusive
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1971-1975, inclusive
Rosenberg: Funeral Service Card, 1953, inclusive
Rosenberg: Greenglass, David, Copy of Affidavit on Rosenbergs, 1954, inclusive
Rosenberg: Judge Irving R. Kaufman, undated, 1974-1988, inclusive
Rosenberg: Judge Irving R. Kaufman "The Kaufman Papers," Pamphlet, 1976, inclusive
Rosenberg: Katz, Aaron, Exchange with MG over National Committee Procedures/Policies, 1988, 1997-1998, inclusive
Rosenberg: Legal Documents; Meeropols v. Louis Nizer (copyright claim), 1973, inclusive
Rosenberg: Legal Documents; Rosenbergs Stay of Execution, 1953, inclusive
Rosenberg: Legal Documents; U.S. v. Irving R. Kaufman, 1990, inclusive
Rosenberg: National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case: General, 1976-1982, inclusive
Rosenberg: National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case: General, 1983-1989, inclusive
Rosenberg: National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case: General, 1990-2001, undated, inclusive
Rosenberg: National Committee: Internal Documents, Drafts, etc., 1973-1978, inclusive
Rosenberg: National Committee: Internal Documents, Drafts, etc., 1982-2005, undated, inclusive
Rosenberg: Newsletters, 1975-1988, inclusive
Rosenberg: Reuben, William A., Unpublished Manuscript re: Rosenbergs (typescript with annotations BG) (I), [1970's], inclusive
Rosenberg: Reuben, William A., Unpublished Manuscript re: Rosenbergs (typescript with annotations BG) (II), [1970's], inclusive
Rosenberg: Reuben, William A., Unpublished Manuscript re: Rosenbergs (typescript with annotations BG) (III), [1970's], inclusive
Rosenberg: Reuben, William A., Unpublished Manuscript re: Rosenbergs (BG notes and comments), [1970's], inclusive
Rosenberg: Rosenberg Fund for Children, 1990-2003, undated, inclusive
Rosenberg: Scholarly Writing on the Case, undated, 1955, 1984, inclusive
Rosenberg: Songs and Poetry, 1953-1954, inclusive
Rosenberg: Student Papers on Rosenberg Case (2), 1997, inclusive
Rosenberg: Theatrical Programs, 1969-1970, inclusive
Rosenberg: "They Live," Burt Marnik (play and correspondence with MG), 1967, inclusive
Rosenberg: Transcript of Public Statements, 1955-1993, inclusive
Rosenberg: Venona Intercepts, General Information, Reports on Impact on Rosenberg History, 1994-1998, inclusive
Rosenberg: Venona Intercepts, Morton Sobell's Comments, 1997, inclusive
Rosenberg: Venona Intercepts (transcripts, redacted), 1995, inclusive
Sobell: Articles, Clippings, 1956-2001, inclusive
Sobell: Articles, Clippings, Publicity Materials, undated, 1953-1968, 1974-1975, inclusive
Sobell: Booklets, Programs, Pamphlets, undated, 1951-1969, inclusive
Sobell: Committee to Free Morton Sobell, Helen Sobell Materials, 1966-1969, inclusive
Sobell: Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell: Internal Documents, Publicity Materials, etc., [early 1960s ?]
Sobell: Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell: Publicity Material, undated, 1954-1965, inclusive
Sobell: Correspondence, BG, 1954-1975, inclusive
Sobell: Correspondence, in Support of Sobell, 1954-1972, inclusive
Sobell: Correspondence, MG, undated, 1957-1997, inclusive
Sobell: Correspondence, MG, on Behalf of Mrs. Sobell and Committee, undated, 1957-1968, inclusive
Sobell: Correspondence, Sobell's Legal Team (with BG), 1956-1957, 1963, 1973, inclusive
Sobell: Helen Sobell, Poetry, Article, Obituary, 1956, 1959, 2002, inclusive
Sobell: Legal Documents, Congressional Committees and Request for Executive Clemency, 1954, 1961, 1967, inclusive
Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. Attorney General and Director, United States Bureau of Prisons (District Court), 1968, inclusive
Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1952-1953, inclusive
Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1957, inclusive
Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1967, inclusive
Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (Circuit Court of Appeals), undated
Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1956-1957, inclusive
Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1966, inclusive
Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1967, inclusive
Sobell: Press Releases, undated, 1955-1968, inclusive
Sobell: Publications (not by the Sobell Committee), undated, 1952-1997, inclusive
Sobell: "The Rock," (play script author unknown ), undated
Sobell: Transcripts of Public Statements, 1959-1964, inclusive
Series V: Political Reference Files, 1939-2003, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
These files of clippings and printed matter cover a wide range of political groups, individuals, issues and events.
Affirmative Action, 1965-1979, inclusive
American Association for the International Commission of Jurists, Inc., 1980-1981, inclusive
American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Theater Rosenberg Trial Re-enactment, 1974, inclusive
American Committee For Protection of Foreign Born, undated, 1951-1982, inclusive
American Committee For Protection of Foreign Born: Clippings, 1963-1964, inclusive
Amnesty for Vietnam Resisters, undated
Amnesty for Vietnam Resisters: Clippings, 1977-1979, inclusive
Anti-Semitism and USSR, 1975-1981, inclusive
Arts and Artists, undated, 1960-1988, inclusive
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., undated, 1968, 1976, inclusive
Belfrage, Cedric Local 1199 Hospital and Healthcare Workers Memorial Program, 1990, inclusive
Black Panthers, 1966-1980, inclusive
Brighton Beach, undated, 1988, 1992, inclusive
Brooklyn, 1963-1989, inclusive
Brooklyn: Clippings, 1976-1982, inclusive
Building in Brooklyn: Protests, Clippings, undated, 1983-1987, inclusive
Building in Brooklyn: Protests, Windsor Terrace, Brighton Beach Baths, etc., undated, 1984-1989, inclusive
Carter, Rubin "Hurricane", 1974-1976, inclusive
Carter, Rubin "Hurricane": Clippings, 1974-1977, inclusive
Cemeteries and Yizkor, undated
Center for Constitutional Rights, 1975-1981, inclusive
Chile, undated, 1973-1978, inclusive
Chile: Clippings, 1973-1979, inclusive
China, 1966,1974, inclusive
Civil Liberties, American Civil Liberties Union, 1949-1988, inclusive
Civil Liberties: Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties, 1962-1980, inclusive
Civil Liberties: Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties: Clippings, 1961-1970, inclusive
Civil Liberties, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1954-1966, inclusive
Civil Liberties, General and New York Civil Liberties Union, undated, 1949-1979, inclusive
Civil Liberties, Mieklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, 1976-2002, inclusive
Civil Liberties, National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1964-1997, inclusive
Civil Rights I, 1964-1994, inclusive
Civil Rights II, 1964-1994, inclusive
Civil Rights: Clippings, 1965-1984, inclusive
Communist Party, 1951-1984, inclusive
Communist Party: Clippings, 1965-1979, inclusive
Communist Fronts and the Subversive Activities Control Board, undated, 1963-1982, inclusive
Communist Fronts and the Subversive Activities Control Board: Clippings, 1962-1967, inclusive
Covert Action Information Bulletin: Complete Index, 1981, inclusive
Criminal-Civil Law, undated, 1961-1966, inclusive
Criminal-Civil Law: Clippings, 1966, inclusive
Cuba, undated, 1961-1963, inclusive
Davis, Angela, 1971, inclusive
Death Penalty I, 1958-2000, inclusive
Death Penalty II, 1958-2000, inclusive
Death Penalty: Clippings, 1967-1995, inclusive
Death Penalty: Mumia Abu-Jamal, 1995, inclusive
Education/ Public Schools, undated, 1964-1978, inclusive
El Salvador, 1981, inclusive
Ellsberg-Russo Pentagon Papers, undated, 1972, inclusive
Ellsberg-Russo Pentagon Papers: Clippings, 1973, inclusive
Epton, William, 1965, inclusive
Epton, William: Clippings 1965-1968, 1965-1968, inclusive
FBI Negative Press, undated, 1974-1981, inclusive
FBI Negative Press: Clippings, 1969-1980, inclusive
FBI/CIA: Intelligence Gathering and Surveillance, 1975-1981, inclusive
FBI/CIA: Intelligence Gathering and Surveillance: Clippings, 1968-1994, inclusive
Fifth Amendment, 1954-1969, inclusive
First Amendment, undated, 1952-1969, inclusive
First Amendment: Clippings, 1966-1976, inclusive
Frameups and Railroading, 1965-1980, inclusive
Frameups and Railroading: Clippings, 1976-1983, inclusive
Freedom of Information Act, 1975-1982, inclusive
Freedom of Information Act: Clippings, 1975-1986, inclusive
Grand Jury, 1967-1981, inclusive
Grand Jury: Clippings, 1966-1982, inclusive
Guatemala, 1978-1983, inclusive
Guatemala: Clippings, 1981-1982, inclusive
Hiss, Alger, 1951-1978, inclusive
Hiss, Alger: Clippings, 1962-1984, inclusive
Human Rights, undated, 1958-1978, inclusive
Immigrants/ Immigration, undated, 1971-1998, inclusive
Informers, 1962-1980, inclusive
International Travel, undated, 1974-1976, inclusive
International Travel: Clippings, 1975-1977, inclusive
Investigative Committees: Clippings, 1950-1981, inclusive
Investigative Committees: Dalton Trumbo The Time of the Toad, 1949, inclusive
Investigative Committees: General, 1950-1981, inclusive
Investigative Committees: House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), 1953-1968, inclusive
Irish Independence, 1971-1981, inclusive
Irish Independence: Clippings, 1968-1980, inclusive
Israel-Palestine Conflict, 1947-1991, inclusive
Israel-Palestine Conflict: Clippings, 1975-1981, inclusive
Jewish Identity, The Holocaust and Israel undated,, undated, 1962-1993, inclusive
Jewish Identity, The Holocaust and Israel: Clippings, 1974-1981, inclusive
KKK, 1963-1980, inclusive
Lebanon, 1975-1982, inclusive
Legal Materials: General, Conferences, Announcements, etc., undated, 1961-1982, inclusive
Legal Notes, undated 1973-1974, inclusive
Loyalty Oaths, undated, 1954-1967, inclusive
Loyalty Oaths: Clippings, 1956-1968, inclusive
Miller, Arthur: Notes and Clippings on, 1966, 1968, inclusive
NACCP and other African American Rights Organizations, 1964-1980, inclusive
NAACP and other African American Rights Organizations: Clippings, 1966-1980, inclusive
Naturalization, undated, 1960-1975, inclusive
Nazi War Criminals, undated, 1981, inclusive
Nazi War Criminals: Clippings, 1968-1982, inclusive
Nuclear Energy/ The Atom, 1945-1981, inclusive
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 1963-1977, inclusive
Passport Revocation and Denial, 1939, 1964, inclusive
Passport Revocation and Denial: Clippings, 1958-1982, inclusive
Peace Movement, General, 1961-2001, inclusive
Peace Movement, Women Strike for Peace, 1963-1982, inclusive
Police Misconduct, 1964-2003, inclusive
Police in Politics, 1956-1980, inclusive
Political Prisoners undated, undated
Politics: Campaigns, 1944-1996, inclusive
Politics: Campaigns: Clippings, 1976, inclusive
Politics: Fundraising, 1972-1998, inclusive
Politics: General, 1944-1982, inclusive
Politics: General: Clippings, 1972-1974, inclusive
Poverty, 1965-1970, inclusive
Poverty: Clippings, 1967-1976, inclusive
Prisoners Rights, undated, 1958-2000, inclusive
Prisoners Rights: Clippings, 1966-1981, inclusive
Prisoners Rights: Attica, undated, 1973, inclusive
Prisoners Rights: Attica: Clippings, 1970-1976, inclusive
Prisoners Rights: Martin Sostre, 1975, inclusive
Prisoners Rights: Martin Sostre: Clippings, 1970-1976, inclusive
Progressive Party, 1950-1954, inclusive
Property Law, Real Estate, 1967-1980, inclusive
Puerto Rico, undated, 1975, inclusive
Racism and Political Oppression, 1975-1979, inclusive
Russian War Relief (I), 1943-1946, inclusive
Russian War Relief (II), 1943-1946, inclusive
Russian War Relief: Publicity Material Guides (I), 1943-1946, inclusive
Russian War Relief: Publicity Material Guides (II), 1943-1946, inclusive
Sacco, Nicola and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, undated, 1959-1978, inclusive
Sacco, Nicola and Bartolomeo Vanzetti: Clippings, 1952-1978, inclusive
Schorr, Daniel, 1976-1977, inclusive
Science and Technology Workers Organizations, 1941-1961, inclusive
Scientists, Government Employment and Loyalty, 1945-1957, inclusive
Selective Service/ Draft Law, undated, 1966-1969, inclusive
Selective Service/ Draft Law: Clippings, 1966-1971, inclusive
Social Services, undated, 1942-1981, inclusive
Socialist Worker Party, undated, 1976-1982, inclusive
Socialist Worker Party: Clippings, undated, 1979-1981, inclusive
South America, 1965-1997, inclusive
South America: Clippings, 1966-1981, inclusive
Southern Justice, 1951-1980, inclusive
Southern Justice: Clippings, 1965-1979, inclusive
Soviet Dissidents, 1978-1980, inclusive
Soviet Dissidents: Clippings, 1970-1980, inclusive
Spain, 1969-1994, inclusive
Spain: Clippings, 1976-1984, inclusive
Spies: Clippings, 1967-1984, inclusive
Theft Protection, undated
Theft Protection: Clippings, undated
Thompson, Robert, 1967, inclusive
Union, General, 1944-1996, inclusive
Union, Local 19 Social Service Employees Union (SSEU), United Office and Professional Workers of America (UOPWA), 1946-1952, inclusive
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Rules, 1954, inclusive
Vietnam, undated, 1965-1975, inclusive
Vietnam: Clippings, undated, 1965-1975, inclusive
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, undated, 1969-1975, inclusive
Vietnam Veterans Against the War: Clippings, undated, 1972-1973, inclusive
Watergate, 1973-1976, inclusive
Watergate: Clippings, 1972-1977, inclusive
Series VI: Oversize Materials, 1900-1938, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series contains certificates and diplomas of several Goldring and Goodman family members.
BG: Certificate Honoring Service in the International Brigade (In Spanish), 1938, inclusive
BG and MG Parents and unidentified family member: Marriage Certificates (In Hebrew), 1909, 1916, undated, inclusive
Goodman, Abraham: Certificate of Naturalization, Aug 1, 1900, inclusive
Goodman, Max: Cornell University Transcript, 1912, inclusive
MG: Erasmus High School Diploma, 1934, inclusive
Series VII: Estate-Related Material, 2006-2007, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This series is mostly comprised of material relating to Muriel Goldring's illness, death and estate.
Conditions Governing Access
Repository permission is required for access. Please contact Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive, tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu, 212-998-2630.
Correspondence Re: Estate, 2007, inclusive
Goldring Family Documents, undated
Goodman Family Documents, undated
House: Sale for estate settlement, 2007
Lease, 2006
Meltzer, Martin: Attorney for Estate, 2007
(MG) Certificate of Cremation, 2007
(MG) Death Certificate, 2007
(MG) Power of Attorney, Health Care Proxy, etc., 2006, inclusive
(MG) Time Line by Lillie Pope, 2007, inclusive
(MG) Will, 2007, inclusive
Series VIII: Photographs, 1905-2005, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Materials in this series are mainly photographs of the Goldrings' family and friends, and including images from every decade for a span of more than 100 years. They include both black and white and color images. Most were shot in the United States, but a few are from Europe, and there are some from Israel beginning in 1948. The earliest photographs appear to be mostly of Muriel Goodman Goldring's family. Most of the images from the 2000s document a memorial event held on June 4, 2000 to remember and honor Benjamin Goldring; guests at this event included at least one surviving member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. There are also two folders that contain images pertaining to Goldrings' political activities.
Arrangement
This series arranged mainly in chronological order, in two groups: Definitely dated materials, followed by undated materials for which dates have been guessed, the latter indicated by a question mark following the folder title dates. These chronologically-arranged materials are then followed by a small number of folders that are arranged alphabetically by folder name.
1900s, 1905, 1907, inclusive
1910s, 1910, 1914-1916, 1919, inclusive
1920s, 1922-1924, 1928, 1929, inclusive
1930s, 1931, 1933, 1939, inclusive
1940s, 1941-1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, inclusive
1950s, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956-1958, inclusive
February 18, 1951 - Muriel and Benjamin Goldring Wedding - Proofs and Invitation, 1951, inclusive
February 18, 1951 - Muriel and Benjamin Goldring Wedding Album, 1951, inclusive
1960s, 1960-1965, 1967-1969, inclusive
1970s, 1970-1974, 1976-1979, inclusive
1980s (1), 1980-1989, inclusive
1980s (2), 1988, inclusive
1990s, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997-1999, inclusive
2000s, 2000, 2001, 2005, inclusive
1900s?, undated, inclusive
1910s?, undated, inclusive
1920s?, undated, inclusive
1930s?, undated, inclusive
1940s?, undated, inclusive
1950s?, undated, inclusive
1960s?, undated, inclusive
1970s?, undated, inclusive
1980s?, undated, inclusive
1990s?, undated, inclusive
"The Caplan Family", 1965, 1969, ca. 1944, inclusive
Black and White Negatives (1), 1972, undated
Black and White Negatives (2), undated
Color Negatives and Slides, 1960, 1983, undated, inclusive
Miscellaneous Undated, undated
Oversized Photographs, undated
Scope and Content Note
Ben Goldring's paternal grandparents; unidentified woman portrait (late 19th century?), unidentified man portrait, portrait of Ben Goldring as a boy (1910s), photo collage (ca. 1990s)
Political, 1938, 1966, 1976, 1977, 1986, undated, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Images in this folder mainly concern the Rosenberg and Sobel cases, and gatherings of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB), and two images from the Spanish Civil War of recuperating wounded soldiers from the International Brigades.
Political - "Morton Sobell Talk" "Photos Removed for Exhibit 6/09", 1983, ca. 1953, inclusive
Series IX: Audio Materials, 1953, 1980, inclusive
Audiocassette Tape: "July 20, 1980 Herman Badillo, Roy Cohn, Muriel Goldring WPIX Channel 11; July 27, 1980 Sunday, Roy Cohn, BG, Herman Badillo, FOIA law student. Channel 11 WPIX 10 am ...25 min.", 1980, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: 1/8" audiocassette, Duration: 54 min