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Prisoners' Relief Newsletters

An inventory its collection at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Prisoners' Relief Committee
Title: Prisoners' Relief Newsletters
Inclusive Dates: 1952-1954
Quantity: 1 folder (SC)
Abstract: Prisoners' Relief Committee newsletters highlighting political prisoners and civil rights infringement in prisons.
Language: English
Repository: Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

The Prisoners' Relief Committee was organized in the early 1920s to aid "victims of political, civil rights and labor frame-ups, as well as their families." The newsletter states that the committee sought to fight for paroles, pardons, amnesty, Jim Crow conditions in jails, the status of 'political prisoners,' and more. The Prisoners' Relief Committee, which became the Political Prisoners' Relief Committee in the summer on 1953, was a part of the New York City branch of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC). These newsletters share the writings of prisoners as well as ways to help them and keep the public updated on current issues.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Prisoners' Relief Newsletters consist of 14 newsletters issued by the Prisoners' Relief Committee in New York City from 1952 until 1954. Some of the prisoners mentioned in or wrote to the newsletter include Rosa Lee Ingram, Clarence Hill, Bennie Daniels, Wesley Robert Wells, Theodore Jordan, Jr., L. C. Akens, Benjamin J. Davis, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Arranged in chronological order

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964.
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley.
Ingram, Rosa Lee.
Wells, Wesley Robert.

Corporate Bodies

Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
United States. -- Alien Registration Act, 1940.

Subjects

Death row inmates.
Imprisonment.
Mass incarceration -- United States.
Political prisoners' writings.
Political prisoners.
Prisoners' writings, American.
Prisoners.

Genres and Forms

Newsletters.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Prisoners' Relief Newsletters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Purchased, 2023

Finding Aid Information

Created by: RMH
Date: 3 Oct 2023
Revision history:

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Inventory

Newsletters
SC 890 Newsletters 1952-1954

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