Summary Information

Title: Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell Records
Inclusive Dates: 1946-1969

Creator:

• Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell

Call Number: Mss 7; Micro 675; Audio 565A; Disc 73A; PH 6417; AB 732; AB 734; AC 076; DC 574; AB 733; CA 505-CA 508; EA 003

Quantity: 20.0 cubic feet (50 archives boxes), 7 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 90 tape recordings, 3 disc recordings, 9 films, and 1 filmstrip

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell, a national organization formed in 1951 to publicize the spy cases of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell. Early efforts of the committee centered on securing clemency for the Rosenbergs. After their execution for communist espionage, efforts concentrated on effecting Sobell's release from prison. After serving 19 years in prison, Sobell was released in January 1969. The records document the committee's activities from its inception to Sobell's release and relate not only to the case itself, but also to the lives of the Sobells during his long imprisonment. Subject files containing correspondence arranged by individual, organization, or geographic area form the bulk of the collection.

Note:

The majority of the collection is available in a microfilm edition, The Records of the Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell (Brookhaven Press, 1976); a copy is available in the Historical Society Library.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00007

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