Mimi Diamond Photographs undated

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Mimi Diamond Photographs undated

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/photos_076/photos_076.html

Miriam “Mimi” Diamond is an activist in variety of left-wing politics based in New York City. She was a member of the Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE), an organization created by the Communist Party USA during the 1970s. This collection contains black-and-white photographic prints concerning public reaction to Soviet espionage trials held in the United States during the middle of the 20th century. Materials in this collection document the early lives of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the espionage trial of engineer Morton Sobell, and the public campaign asserting Sobell’s innocence. Multiple photographs feature North Dakota Senator William Langer, figures active in Sobell's defense, and Morton's wife, Helen Sobell. The collection also contains a photograph given to New York politician Miriam Friedlander inscribed by activist, lawyer, and Congresswoman Bella Abzug.

0.5 linear feet; in 1 manuscript box

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331190

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z320p8 (person)

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were accused of providing top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and valuable nuclear weapon designs; at that time the United States was the only country in the world with nuclear weapons. Convicted of espionage in 1951, they were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 in the Sing Sing correctional facility in Ossining, New ...

Sobell, Helen

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj1p21 (person)

Helen Sobell was the wife of convicted atomic spy Morton Sobell. From the guide to the Helen Sobell Autobiographical Typescript: "Double Exposure", undated, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives) ...

Sobell, Morton, 1917-2018

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h29k8 (person)

Morton Sobell (April 11, 1917 – December 26, 2018) was an American engineer who is known for having been convicted of spying for the Soviet Union when it was an ally of the United States during late World War II; he was charged as part of a conspiracy said to include Julius Rosenberg and his wife, and others. Sobell worked on military and government contracts with General Electric and Reeves Electronics in the 1940s, including during World War II. Sobell was tried and convicted of espionage in 1...

Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw1mc7 (person)

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were accused of providing top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and valuable nuclear weapon designs; at that time the United States was the only country in the world with nuclear weapons. Convicted of espionage in 1951, they were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 in the Sing Sing correctional facility in Ossining, New ...

Diamond, Mimi, (Miriam Diamond)

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Miriam “Mimi” Diamond is an activist in variety of left-wing politics based in New York City. She was a member of the Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE), an organization created by the Communist Party USA during the 1970s. From the guide to the Mimi Diamond Photographs, undated, (Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive) ...