Collection search - Glendon F. Partridge fonds [textual record]

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Glendon F. Partridge fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1950-1955.

Reference:

R5144-0-1-E, MG31-K28

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101966

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Glendon F. Partridge fonds
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Fonds includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1950-1955.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence primarily concerning the Montreal Committee to Save the Rosenbergs, n.d., 1952-1953; addresses, notices, radio broadcasts, n.d., 1953; press releases, editorials from Partridge and Committee to secure Justice for Morton Sobell, n.d., 1952-1956; publications by the National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case, and other groups, n.d., 1952-1953; printed material from the National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case, Canadian Peace Congress, Montreal Committee to Save the Rosenberg's , and League for Democratic Rights, n.d., 1950-1955; and newspaper clippings, n.d., 1953.

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Partridge, Glendon F

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Partridge, Glendon F : Rev. Glendon F. Partridge of Toronto served as National Chairman of the Canadian Committee to Secure Clemency in the Rosenberg Case in the early 1950s. Rev. Partridge coordinated a significant Canadian lobby to the highest political and legal bodies in Canada and the United States, the major components of which were the Montreal Committee to Save the Rosenbergs and The League for Democratic Rights, Toronto. He spoke on radio and wrote appeals in the press, corresponded with influential persons, and also collected literature containing international pleas for clemency in the Julian and Ethel Rosenberg case, and generally promoted civil liberties.

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General note:

Received in 1985 from Mrs. Gertrude Partridge, Panmure Island, Montague, P.E.I., through Merrily Weisbord of Montreal, Que.
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Clergy - Canada - Addresses, 1953 Montreal Committee to Save the Rosenbergs, 1952-1953

Activists, Human rights, 1950-1955 Harry S. Truman, 1952-1953

International Fur and Leather Workers Union, 1952-1953

Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell (New York), 1952-1956

New York Times, 1952-1956

The Nation, 1952-1956

The Gazette, 1952-1956

The Globe and Mail, 1952-1956

National Committee to Secure Justice for the Rosenbergs (New York), 1950-1955

Trade Union Rights Committee (Montreal, Quebec), 1950-1955

Canadian Peace Congress, [ca.1950]

League for Democratic Rights, 1953

Judgment for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, 1955

The Lessons of the Rosenberg Case - The Future Campaign for Justice for Martin Sobell, 1950-1953

Julius Rosenberg, 1950-1955

Ethel Rosenberg, 1950-1955

Jewish Life

Ottawa Citizen
Source:

Private

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MG31-K28
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