Commonwealth vs. Sacco and Vanzetti papers, 1960-1977.

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Commonwealth vs. Sacco and Vanzetti papers, 1960-1977.

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Collection includes: correspondence, including letters to and from Tom O'Connor, Secretary of the Committee for the Vindication of Sacco and Vanzetti, Felix Frankfurter, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Michael A. Musmanno, attorney and later judge, and author John Dos Passos; selected articles written about Sacco and Vanzetti; notes and research materials for the book; course notes; clippings; Sacco and Vanzetti pardon materials; and copies of "Commonwealth vs. Sacco and Vanzetti" and "Record of the Public Hearing before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Massachusetts Legislature ... Recommending a Posthumous Pardon for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti," (April 2, 1959).

.5 linear ft.

University of Michigan

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University of Michigan

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Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927

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Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrant anarchists who were controversially accused of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Seven years later, they were electrocuted in the electric chair at Charlestown State Prison. After a few hours' deliberation on July 14, 1921, the jury convicted S...

Musmanno, Michael A. (Michael Angelo), 1897-1968

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Michael A. Musmanno was a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature from 1929 to 1931. He authored a bill outlawing the Coal and Iron Police in western Pennsylvania. He also authored the movie script, and later the novel, Black fury which fictionalized the story of John Barkowski, an employee of the Pittsbugth Coal Company who was beaten to death by the Coal and Iron Police for no apparent reason. Musmanno represented Mrs. Sophia Barkowski in the Barkowski case against three members of the Co...

Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry ...

O'Connor, Tom, 1943-

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Newspaper reporter. From the description of Collection ; 1920-1965. (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 60496273 ...

Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927

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Weeks, Robert P. (Robert Percy), 1915-

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Member of the Ann Arbor (Mich.) City Council, 1964-1968, and chairman of Ann Arbor Housing Commission, 1969-1970. From the description of Robert P. Weeks papers, 1961-1970. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420196 Graduate of the University of Michigan (Ph.D. '52), professor of English in the College of Engineering, and author of "Commonwealth vs. Sacco and Vanzetti" (Prentice-Hall, 1958). From the description of Commonwealth vs. Sacco and Vanzetti ...