Inventory of the National Rosenberg Defence Committee records
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Inventory of the National Rosenberg Defence Committee records
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2012
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Jill Golden.
© 2012 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: National Rosenberg Defence Committee records
Dates: 1952-1954
Collection Number: 2007C10
Creator: National Rosenberg Defence Committee (Great Britain)
Collector:
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Minutes, correspondence, press releases, circulated material, pamphlets, clippings, and a photograph relating to the espionage
trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
French
Yiddish
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings,
video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be
made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
for further information.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], National Rosenberg Defence Committee records, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2007.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Historical Note
The National Rosenberg Defence Committee, a British civil liberties organization for the defense of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg,
was founded in London in 1952. The Committee was chaired by Percy Belcher and Felicity Whittaker.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains minutes, correspondence, press releases, circulated material, pamphlets, clippings, and a photograph,
relating to the espionage trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953.
Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953.
Espionage, Russian -- United States.
Civil rights -- Great Britain.
Collection Contents
Box/Folder: 1 : 1-2
Committee meeting minutes and reports
1953-1954
Box/Folder: 1 : 3
Members (Percy Belcher and Felicity Whittaker)
1952-1953
Box/Folder: 1 : 5
Cultural material
1952-1953
Scope and Content Note
Poems, plays, essays, and songs on the Rosenberg case by Rewi Alley, Edward Eliscu, John Hutton, Ethel Rosenberg, Jean-Paul
Sartre, and Edith Segal
Box/Folder: 1 : 6
International counter-trial materials
1953 April-July
Box/Folder: 1 : 7-8
Letters of protest
1952 November-1953 June
Box/Folder: 1 : 9
Michael and Robert Rosenberg Fund correspondence
1953 June-August
Box/Folder: 1 : 10
Press releases
1952 November-1953 June
Printed material
1952-1953
Box/Folder: 1 : 11
Circular letters and leaflets
Box/Folder: 1 : 12
Julius Rosenberg will and Ethel Rosenberg letter
Box/Folder: 1 : 13
Pamphlet typescript, notes, and design
Scope and Content Note
Includes small painting of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Writings by Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Box/Folder: 1 : 15
Public meetings
1952-1954
Scope and Content Note
In chronological order
Box/Folder: 1 : 15
General
1952-1953
Scope and Content Note
Includes leaflets and meeting minutes
Box/Folder: 1 : 16
St. Pancras Town Hall meeting correspondence and minutes
1953 July
Commemoration meeting,
1954 May-June
Box/Folder: 1 : 20
Platform representatives correspondence
Reference material
1952-1954
Box/Folder: 2 : 1
General
1952-1954
Scope and Content Note
Includes photograph of the Rosenbergs' graves
Box/Folder: 2 : 2
Notes on the case
1952-1954
Box/Folder: 2 : 3
National Guardian clippings and pamphlets
1953
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
National Labor Committee for Clemency for the Rosenbergs
1953
Box/Folder: 2 : 6
Toronto Committee to Secure Clemency
1953
United States Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case
1952-1953
Box/Folder: 2 : 8-12
Press releases
1952 June-1953 October
Box/Folder: 2 : 13
Printed material
1952-1953
