Benjamin Goldring papers, 1930s-1990s.

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Benjamin Goldring papers, 1930s-1990s.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475503562

The collection includes a small number of documents dating from the Spanish Civil War period; extensive files of clippings, flyers, brochures, reports and correspondence relating to Goldring's political activities and interests from the 1950s to the 1980s (especially material from the committees formed to agitate for reconsideration of the Rosenberg and Sobell Cases); files of notes for several research projects on aspects of legal history; and correspondence and documents relating to the personal lives and family history of Benjamin Goldring and his wife, Muriel Goodman Goldring.

66 linear ft. (66 boxes).

Churchill County Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7582066

Churchill County Museum

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Goldring, Muriel Goodman.

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Goldring, Benjamin

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Benjamin Goldring (1912-2000) was a graduate of Columbia University Law School and was very active in the fields of civil liberties and civil rights law. He worked on Immigration Board, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court cases, assisted Carol King, Esq. in the Schneiderman Case and worked on the legal appeals of Longshormen's Union leader Harry Bridges. He was also a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, having served in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and fought in many of the famous battles of the Wa...

Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953

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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 ...

Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953

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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, Morton, 1917-2018

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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...