George E. Shibley Collection
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Historical/Biographical Note
George E. Shibley (1910-1989) was a left-wing lawyer who represented the Chicano defendants in the 1942 "Sleepy Lagoon," California case (later the basis for the film Zoot Suit). He also represented seamen and longshoremen and a number of labor unions on the West Coast, and later represented Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of Robert Kennedy. Shibley was convicted in 1956 of receiving stolen government records in connection with his defense of a U.S. Marine, one Sergeant Bennette.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains obituaries, newspaper clippings relating to Shibley's conviction, and a fact sheet from the Shibley Defense Committee.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; George E. Shibley Collection; TAM 237; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were donated by Joe Doyle in 2002. The accession number associated with this gift is 2002.001.
Custodial History
Joe Doyle sent a gift of materials likely given to him by Loretta Szeliga in 2002.
