Miriam Moskowitz Autobiographical Typescript for "Phantoms of Spies Run Amok and an Odyssey of Surviving McCarthyism."
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Miriam Ruth Moskowitz (1916- ) was born in Bayonne, NJ. The collection contains the 448 page typescript of Moskowitz's autobiography about fighting McCarthyism and Moskowitz's imprisonment after she was convicted in 1950 of obstructing the U.S. Government's investigation of espionage. Moskowitz worked as a clerk for the Social Securities Board and the War Manpower Commission, and later worked as a secretary at A. Brothman & Associates. She was accused of participation in the passing of information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union, and along with Brothman, was convicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice, and was sentenced to, and served two years in prison at the Federal Penitentiary in Alderson, WV. After her release, she worked as a public relations manager for several companies before becoming a public school teacher in 1970.
Historical/Biographical Note
Miriam Ruth Moskowitz (1916- ) was born in Bayonne, NJ. After graduating from City College of New York in 1942 with a degree in Education, Moskowitz worked as a clerk for the Social Securities Board and the War Manpower Commission. She later worked as a secretary at A. Brothman & Associates. She was accused of participation in the passing of information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union, and along with Brothman, she was convicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice, and she was sentenced to, and served two years in prison at the Federal Penitentiary in Alderson, WV. After her release, she worked as a public relations manager for several companies before becoming a public school teacher in 1970.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the 448 page typescript of Moskowitz's autobiography about fighting McCarthyism and Moskowitz's imprisonment after she was convicted in 1950 of obstructing the U.S. Government's investigation of espionage. The biography was eventually published as Phantom Spies, Phantom Justice: Elizabeth Bentley, Harry Gold, Roy M. Cohn, Irving H. Saypol, Judge Irving R. Kaufman, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Rehearsal for the Rosenberg Trial or How I Survived McCarthyism (New York: Bunin and Bannigan, 2010).
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection, created by Miriam Moskowitz, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Miriam Moskowitz Autobiographical Typescript for "Phantoms of Spies Run Amok and an Odyssey of Surviving McCarthyism"; TAM 395; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Miriam Moskowitz 2007. The accession number associated with this gift is 2007.019.
