Collection Guide
Brief record only
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Robert Walker Kenny files, 1931-1975.
Collection Number:
No online items
Collection Overview
Title:
Robert Walker Kenny files, 1931-1975Creator/Contributor:
Kenny, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1901-1976, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Kenny, Sara McCann, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Aikman, Duncan, 1889-1955, correspondent.Abstract:
Records of Kenny's lifelong participation in the National Lawyers Guild including correspondence and case work during two
terms as president, from 1940-1948, and his term as Attorney General of California from 1942-1948. Case documents include
transcripts, briefs, correspondence and clippings from the trials of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, the Hollywood Ten and other
HUAC contempt cases, and the case against Communist Party of America leader, William Z. Foster. Legislation files contain
correspondence and printed materials concerning loyalty oath bills, California State Propositions 5 and 6, Communist Control
Act of 1954, and the Mundt-Nixon Bill of 1948. Minutes, reports, publications and correspondence from the Progressive Citizens
of America Party document Kenny's campaign support of Henry Wallace during his 1948 U.S. presidential bid. Kenny's personal
papers include correspondence from his wife, Sara, and two close friends, Aubrey Finn and author Duncan Aikman.
Date:
1931 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Kenny, Robert W. (Robert Walker) -- 1901-1976 -- Archives
Kenny, Robert W. (Robert Walker) -- 1901-1976 -- Correspondence
Foster, William Z -- 1881-1961
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard) -- 1888-1965
National Lawyers Guild.
California. -- Office of the Attorney General.
United States. -- Congress. -- House. -- Committee on Un-American Activities.
Communist Party of America.
Progressive Citizens of America.
Anti-communist movements -- United States
Loyalty oaths -- United States
Communist Control Act of 1954
Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Robert Walker Kenny files, BANC MSS 99/280 cz:Series 14, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Robert W. Kenny (August 21, 1901 - July 20, 1976), 21st Attorney General of California (1943-1947) who, in 1946, ran unsuccessfully
against Earl Warren for state governor. In 1937 he was a founding member of the National Lawyers Guild and served as the California
state representative. In 1947, he led the defense of the Hollywood Ten.
In English.
Contained in finding aid of the National Lawyers Guild records.
Forms part of the National Lawyers Guild records (BANC MSS 99/280)
Physical Description:
print
6.6 (4 3 1
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.