Guide to the Harry and Mickey Cohen Correspondence Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Harry and Mickey Cohen Correspondence Collection
Creator:
Cohen, Mickey, 1914-1976
Identifier/Call Number: URB.HMC
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1954-1969
Date (bulk): 1962-1964
Abstract: The Harry and Mickey Cohen
Correspondence Collection consist of personal correspondence primarily between one of the
Cohen brothers and newspaper woman Agness Underwood during the period of Mickey Cohen's last
prison term in the 1960s.
Language of Material: English
Biographical Information:
Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen was an American gangster working primarily out of Los Angeles,
CA after stints in Cleveland, New York, and Chicago, where he worked in Al Capone's
organization. In Los Angeles Cohen worked for Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel until his 1947 death
at which time Mickey took over. Cohen served in Alcatraz and later the Atlanta Federal
Penitentiary (for tax evasion, 1951 and again in 1961) where another inmate made an attempt
on his life with a blow to the head from a lead pipe.
Scope and Contents
The
Harry and Mickey Cohen Correspondence Collection consist
of personal correspondence primarily between one of the Cohen brothers and newspaper woman
Agness Underwood during the period of Mickey Cohen's last prison term in the 1960s. Much of
the correspondence deals with Harry's attempt to obtain a medical parole for his brother.
Materials are arranged by correspondent and date.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
11/2011.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
April Feldman, 2016
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Box 1, Folder 1
Cohen, Harry to Agness Underwood,
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 2
Cohen, Harry to Agness Underwood,
1964
Box 1, Folder 3
Cohen, Mickey to George E. Sokolsky,
1957 June 10
Box 1, Folder 4
Cohen, Mickey to Agness Underwood,
1954 March 18
Box 1, Folder 5
Cohen, Mickey to Agness Underwood,
1963 December 25
Box 1, Folder 6
Cohen, Mickey to Agness Underwood,
1964
Box 1, Folder 7
Cohen, Mickey to Agness Underwood,
1969 April 8
Box 1, Folder 8
Cohen, Mickey to Lillian Weiner,
1964 August 6
Box 1, Folder 9
Downing, Lyle to Foster Goss,
1964 September 28
Box 1, Folder 10
Hagen-Cohen, Sandy to Agness Underwood,
January-March 1964
