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Guide to the Paul L. Ross Papers
1933-1978
MS 3138
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Ross, Paul L., 1902-1978 |
| Title: |
Paul L. Ross papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1933-1978 |
| Abstract: |
Correspondence, manuscript writings, reports, clippings, legal filings, and other
papers of lawyer and constitutional rights activist Paul L. Ross (1902-1978). Among
the subjects covered in this collection are New York City's Temporary City Housing
Rent Commission during the mayoralty of William O'Dwyer in the late 1940s; the fight
to desegregate Stuyvesant Town around 1950; American Labor Party campaigns and positions,
especially in 1949 and 1950; government persecution and repression of defense lawyers
who advocate for political dissidents; opposition to preventive detention of political
dissidents; and other matters concerning public policies and constitutional liberties
from the 1940s-early 1970s.
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| Quantity: |
4.7 Linear feet in 5 boxes of various sizes |
| Language: |
A small number of documents are in Hebrew (or Yiddish?). |
| Call Phrase: |
MS 3138 |
