Harry and Mickey Cohen Correspondence Collection, 1954-1969, bulk 1962-1964

Summary

Creators:

Cohen, Mickey, 1914-1976

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.

Extent:

0.21 linear feet

Language:

English

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Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

11/2011.

Processing information:

April Feldman, 2016

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Documents

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.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.

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Location of this collection:

California State University, Northridge, Urban Archives

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330, US

Contact:

(818) 677-4594

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