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Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous11.MWalB02170 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 27, 2021. eng Describing Archives: A Content Standard Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA URL: https://findingaids.brandeis.edu/ Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous11.MWalB02170 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 4 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Correspondence ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Publications .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Miscellaneous Documents ......................................................................................................................... 11 Photographs ............................................................................................................................................... 13 - Page 2 - Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous11.MWalB02170 Summary Information Repository: Brandeis University Title: Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous ID: 11.MWalB02170 Date [inclusive]: 1920-1979 Date [bulk]: 1920s, 1961 Physical Description: 1.00 Linear Feet Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes other_unmapped Abstract: Arranged in four series. 1. Correspondence, 1925-1957; 2. Publications, 1921-1979; 3. Miscellaneous Documents, 1920-1957; 4. Photographs, 1920-1961. Contents have been rearranged chronologically in Series 1, 3 and 4. Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by author name, or, in the case of an unknown author, by title. AL: autograph letter; ALS: autograph letter signed; TL: typed letter; TLS: typed letter signed. For more information about each series, please consult the series descriptions in the box and folder listing. Preferred Citation Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents This collection of miscellaneous letters, articles, pamphlets, reports, newsclippings, and photographs is part of the Brandeis University Special Collections' extensive set of material related to the trial and legacy of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The collection includes copies of letters from Sacco and Vanzetti as well as the correspondence and numerous publications of their supporters. The photographs in the collection include a few images of Sacco and Vanzetti's family members, along with their friends and supporters. In addition, among other topics, the images document the jury, ballistic evidence, and locations discussed in the Sacco-Vanzetti trial. - Page 3- Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous11.MWalB02170 Note that there exists some overlap of materials between this collection and Brandeis University's other Sacco and Vanzetti collections. Even so, this small and diverse collection, taken together with the other related collections in the Brandeis University Libraries, comprises a significant archival resource for research. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA URL: https://findingaids.brandeis.edu/ Conditions Governing Access Access to the collection is in accordance with the policies of the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University. Conditions Governing Use Requests to reproduce or publish material from the collection should be directed to the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University. Source of Acquisition Donated by various donors. ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921. • Trials (Murder) -- Massachusetts -- Dedham • Trials (Murder) -- United States - Page 4- Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous11.MWalB02170 Collection Inventory Correspondence, 1925-1957 Date: 1925-1957 Scope and Contents Letters of Nicolo Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee to their friends, family, and other supporters. Letters are arranged by date. One letter regards a donation to the Sacco-Vanzetti collection, while another is a 1957 letter to the editor regarding the anniversary of the Sacco and Vanzetti executions. Box 1 Box 1 Sacco, Nicolo, to G.W. Benton, ALS, postcard, Dedham, 1 page, Box 1 Folder 1 April 28, 1925 Date: April 28, 1925 Scope and Contents Gift of Marquette University Archives in 1982. Fabbri, Amleto, Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, TLS, form Box 1 Folder 2 letter, Boston, 1 page, June 1925 Date: June 1925 Scope and Contents Form letter asking for donations to the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee. Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, to Irene W. Benton, ALS, 3 pages, Box 1 Folder 3 October 13, 1926 Date: October 13, 1926 Scope and Contents Gift of Marquette University Archives in 1982. Sacco, Niccolo to Dante Sacco, TL, Charlestown, 4 pages, Box 1 Folder 4 August 18, 1927 Date: August 18, 1927 Scope and Contents Copy of letter to son. Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, TL, donation receipt form Box 1 Folder 5 letter, Boston, 1 page, September 1, 1927 - Page 5- Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous11.MWalB02170 Date: September 1, 1927 Baldwin, Roger, John Chamberlain, et al, TL, letter to the editor, Box 1 Folder 6 1 page, August 23, 1957 Date: August 23, 1957 Scope and Contents 2 copies in folder. Other LTE signees include John Dos Passos, Gardner Jackson, Howard Lindsay, Eugene Lyons, Aldino Felicani, Eugene V. Rostow, and Norman Thomas. An additional, annotated copy of the LTE, plus a related press release, can also be found in this collection in Series 3, Box 1, Folder 34. ^ Return to Table of Contents Publications, 1921-1979 Date: 1921-1979 Scope and Contents Originals and reprints of magazine and journal articles, pamphlets, academic papers, and government documents relating to the Sacco-Vanzetti trial. Documents are arranged by author's name, or, if none is listed, by title. The final folder of the series contains various newsclippings for the years 1947-1977. Box 1 Box 1 Bernheimer, Louis, "The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Box 1 Folder 7 Summary of the Outstanding Testimony," pamphlet, New York, 16 pages, May 15, 1927 Date: May 15, 1927 Scope and Contents Front page has unidentified handwritten note: "Hotel La Fayette, New York City". Cohn, Michael A., Independent Sacco-Vanzetti Committee, Box 1 Folder 8 "Some Questions and an Appeal," pamphlet, New York, 11 pages, 1927? Date: 1927? Scope and Contents Dates mentioned in the pamphlet suggest the publication date was between April and August 1927. Cook, Fred J., "New Light on Sacco-Vanzetti: The Missing Box 1 Folder 9 Fingerprints," [i]The Nation[/i] 195, no. 21, New York, pages 442-451, December 22, 1962 Date: December 22, 1962 - Page 6- Sacco and Vanzetti collections: miscellaneous11.MWalB02170 Scope and Contents Excerpted periodical article, with front/back covers of magazine. Additional copy in Sacco and Vanzetti collections: Tom O'Connor Collection 1920-1965, Series 4, Box 7, Folder 13. Davis, Horace B. and Granville Hicks, et al, "Walled in This Box 1 Folder 10 Tomb: Questions Left Unanswered by the Lowell Committee in the Sacco-Vanzetti Case, and Their Pertinence in Understanding the Conflicts Sweeping the World at This Hour, for Especial Consideration by the Alumni of Harvard University During Its Tercentenary Celebration," pamphlet, Boston, 29 pages, 1936 Date: 1936 Scope and Contents Pamphlet printed by the Excelsior Press. Foreword authored by 28 Harvard alumni, ranging in graduation year from 1891 to 1932. Additional note authored by Horace B. Davis and Granville Hicks [the main authors, presumably]. Epstein, Melech, "Sacco-Vanzetti" (transliterated "Sako- Box 1 Folder 11 Vanzeti"), pamphlet in Yiddish, New York, 72 pages, September 1927 Date: September 1927 Scope and Contents Pamphlet with illustrations, published with support from the Workers Communist Party. Gift of Mrs. Bella Solon. Goodwin, Frank A., Industrial Defense Association, Inc., Box 1 Folder 12 "Sacco-Vanzetti and the Red Peril: speech made by Frank A. Goodwin before the Lawrence Kiwanis Club," pamphlet, Boston, 15 pages, June 30, 1927 Date: June 30, 1927 Joughin, Louis, "Beyond Guilt or Innocence; The Responsibility Box 1 Folder 13 of History," academic paper, Boston, 11 pages, October 26-27, 1979 Date: October 26-27, 1979 Scope and Contents Academic paper presented at Boston Public Library conference entitled "Sacco-Vanzetti: Developments and Reconsiderations--1979," October 26-27, 1979. Reprinted from [i]Conference Proceedings[/i], 1982. Lehning, Arthur Müller, "De Feiten en de Beteekenis van de Box 1 Folder 14 Zaak