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
Box: 8, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Legal Documents: U.S. Supreme Court, Rosenbergs v. U.S. (1951) and Sobell v. U.S. 1952, 1951, 1952, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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
Box: 8, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Rosenberg-Sobell Committee: General Files, undated, 1953-1978, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ponsolle, Doris; Poem "Tribute To a Comrade-in-Arms", undated
Box: 8, Folder: 15a (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Research Notes on the Cases, undated
Box: 8, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: "American Bar Association Subversive Rosenberg Activities Committee" (BG), 1976, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: American Bar Association Trial Re-creation: "Espionage Trial of the Century" (Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC), Aug 9-10, 1993, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Articles, Editorials, Reprints by the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case, 1977-1995, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Articles and Reprints, 1951-1976, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Booklets, Programs, Pamphlets, undated, 1951-1969, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Booklets, Programs, Pamphlets, undated, 1970-1995, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Booklets, Programs, Pamphlets (non-English), 1953, 1983, 1998, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Clippings (I), 1950's - c. 2000, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Clippings (II), 1950's - c.2000, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Clippings (III), 1950's - c.2000, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Cohn, Roy: Interview by William Kunstler; Interview by Jim Hartz, 1958, 1974, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 7A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case, General, 1952-1954, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Correspondence, Aaron Katz (includes writings by Katz), 1963, 1977-1997, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Correspondence, BG, 1957-1974, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Correspondence, BG, 1975, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Correspondence, BG, 1976-1983, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Correspondence, General, undated, 1959-1993, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Correspondence, MG, 1952-1974, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Correspondence, MG, undated, 1975-2003, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Correspondence, Sarah Lichtenberg (concerning loss of job for supporting Rosenberg cause), undated, 1954, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Edith Segal, Music and Poetry (autographed), 1955, 1967, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Espionage, General, 1978, 1990, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Flyers, 1952-1979, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Flyers, 1980-1997, undated, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Correspondence, BG, 1973-May 1976, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Correspondence, BG, Jun 1976-1981, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, "FBI Director Kelley Reveals that Chief Prosecutor Lied to Rosenbergs Jury," Typescript (BG), 1976, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Denial Codes and Inventory, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, General, undated, 1975-1980, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Meeropol Suit, 1975, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Meeropol Suit, Copies of Exhibits, 1975, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Research Team Instructions, Internal Documents, and Correspondence, undated, 1976-1978, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1950, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1951, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1952, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1953, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1954-1956, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1957, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1958-1960, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1961-1965, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1966, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Freedom of Information Act, Released Files, 1971-1975, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Funeral Service Card, 1953, inclusive
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Rosenberg: Greenglass, David, Copy of Affidavit on Rosenbergs, 1954, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Judge Irving R. Kaufman, undated, 1974-1988, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Judge Irving R. Kaufman "The Kaufman Papers," Pamphlet, 1976, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Katz, Aaron, Exchange with MG over National Committee Procedures/Policies, 1988, 1997-1998, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 14A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Legal Documents; Meeropols v. Louis Nizer (copyright claim), 1973, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Legal Documents; Rosenbergs Stay of Execution, 1953, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Legal Documents; U.S. v. Irving R. Kaufman, 1990, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case: General, 1976-1982, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case: General, 1983-1989, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case: General, 1990-2001, undated, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: National Committee: Internal Documents, Drafts, etc., 1973-1978, inclusive
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Rosenberg: National Committee: Internal Documents, Drafts, etc., 1982-2005, undated, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Newsletters, 1975-1988, inclusive
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Rosenberg: Reuben, William A., Unpublished Manuscript re: Rosenbergs (typescript with annotations BG) (I), [1970's], inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Reuben, William A., Unpublished Manuscript re: Rosenbergs (typescript with annotations BG) (II), [1970's], inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Reuben, William A., Unpublished Manuscript re: Rosenbergs (typescript with annotations BG) (III), [1970's], inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Reuben, William A., Unpublished Manuscript re: Rosenbergs (BG notes and comments), [1970's], inclusive
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Rosenberg: Rosenberg Fund for Children, 1990-2003, undated, inclusive
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Rosenberg: Scholarly Writing on the Case, undated, 1955, 1984, inclusive
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Rosenberg: Songs and Poetry, 1953-1954, inclusive
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Rosenberg: Student Papers on Rosenberg Case (2), 1997, inclusive
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Rosenberg: Theatrical Programs, 1969-1970, inclusive
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Rosenberg: "They Live," Burt Marnik (play and correspondence with MG), 1967, inclusive
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Rosenberg: Transcript of Public Statements, 1955-1993, inclusive
Box: 10A, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Venona Intercepts, General Information, Reports on Impact on Rosenberg History, 1994-1998, inclusive
Box: 10A, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Venona Intercepts, Morton Sobell's Comments, 1997, inclusive
Box: 10A, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg: Venona Intercepts (transcripts, redacted), 1995, inclusive
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Sobell: Articles, Clippings, 1956-2001, inclusive
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Sobell: Articles, Clippings, Publicity Materials, undated, 1953-1968, 1974-1975, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sobell: Booklets, Programs, Pamphlets, undated, 1951-1969, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sobell: Committee to Free Morton Sobell, Helen Sobell Materials, 1966-1969, inclusive
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Sobell: Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell: Internal Documents, Publicity Materials, etc., [early 1960s ?]
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Sobell: Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell: Publicity Material, undated, 1954-1965, inclusive
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Sobell: Correspondence, BG, 1954-1975, inclusive
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Sobell: Correspondence, in Support of Sobell, 1954-1972, inclusive
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Sobell: Correspondence, MG, undated, 1957-1997, inclusive
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Sobell: Correspondence, MG, on Behalf of Mrs. Sobell and Committee, undated, 1957-1968, inclusive
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Sobell: Correspondence, Sobell's Legal Team (with BG), 1956-1957, 1963, 1973, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sobell: Helen Sobell, Poetry, Article, Obituary, 1956, 1959, 2002, inclusive
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Sobell: Legal Documents, Congressional Committees and Request for Executive Clemency, 1954, 1961, 1967, inclusive
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Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. Attorney General and Director, United States Bureau of Prisons (District Court), 1968, inclusive
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Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1952-1953, inclusive
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Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1957, inclusive
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Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1967, inclusive
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Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (Circuit Court of Appeals), undated
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Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1956-1957, inclusive
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Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1966, inclusive
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Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1967, inclusive
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Sobell: Press Releases, undated, 1955-1968, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sobell: Publications (not by the Sobell Committee), undated, 1952-1997, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sobell: "The Rock," (play script author unknown ), undated
Box: 11, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sobell: Transcripts of Public Statements, 1959-1964, inclusive
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