Eleanor Jackson Piel Papers, 1954-1992

Scope and Content Note

In addition to Piel's legal case files, several files concern Piel's personal interests and activities, notably her friend Harriet Pilpel, whom she interviewed about her legal work for reproductive rights, and her support of Morton Sobell. Also among Piel's clients were Fred Fernandez and Linus Pauling. The Wittenberg files concern primarily his legal representation of Corliss Lamont and his management of the Bill of Rights Fund for Lamont, as well as two cases related to publishing issues: the right of privacy in an unauthorized juvenile biography of Warren Spahn, and the failure of Robert Taber to acknowledge the contribution of collaborator Douglas Stone to his book on the Castro revolution. Some of Stone's Cuban research materials are included.