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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

Box: 10, Folder: 11a (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 10, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenberg: National Committee: Internal Documents, Drafts, etc., 1982-2005, undated, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenberg: Newsletters, 1975-1988, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 10A, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenberg: Rosenberg Fund for Children, 1990-2003, undated, inclusive

Box: 10A, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenberg: Scholarly Writing on the Case, undated, 1955, 1984, inclusive

Box: 10A, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenberg: Songs and Poetry, 1953-1954, inclusive

Box: 10A, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenberg: Student Papers on Rosenberg Case (2), 1997, inclusive

Box: 10A, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenberg: Theatrical Programs, 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 10A, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenberg: "They Live," Burt Marnik (play and correspondence with MG), 1967, inclusive

Box: 10A, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 10A, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Articles, Clippings, 1956-2001, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell: Internal Documents, Publicity Materials, etc., [early 1960s ?]

Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell: Publicity Material, undated, 1954-1965, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Correspondence, BG, 1954-1975, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Correspondence, in Support of Sobell, 1954-1972, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Correspondence, MG, undated, 1957-1997, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Correspondence, MG, on Behalf of Mrs. Sobell and Committee, undated, 1957-1968, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 11, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, Congressional Committees and Request for Executive Clemency, 1954, 1961, 1967, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. Attorney General and Director, United States Bureau of Prisons (District Court), 1968, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1952-1953, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1957, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, Sobell v. U.S. (Supreme Court), 1967, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (Circuit Court of Appeals), undated

Box: 11, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1956-1957, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1966, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sobell: Legal Documents, U.S. v. Sobell (District Court), 1967, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 11, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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