Letter from John Haynes Holmes to Robert Morss Lovett, November 30, 1927

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John Haynes Holmes to Robert Morss Lovett, November 30, 1927
Title (alt.):
John Haynes Holmes Letters
Robert Morss Lovett Letters
Description:
John Haynes Holmes was a prominent Unitarian minister, pacifist, and co-founder of the NAACP and the ACLU. He served as vice -president of the NAACP until the end of his life. Throughout the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, Holmes was the leading clerical figure in opposition to their execution. In this letter to Robert Morss Lovett, Holmes agrees that it is crucial that the committee fight to get the Department of Justice files opened for the Sacco and Vanzetti case. He also notes that he will write a letter to Felix Frankfurter. Holmes sends a quote from a man from Cleveland to Lovett. The quote mentions how ballastics are important. In Cleveland, in the case of Frank Milazzo before a grand jury, a newspaper exposed the fact that the gun which the police relied on for conviction did not leave the factory until 18 days after the murder. This letter and many others in this collection highlight the flaws in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.
Correspondent:
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964
Addressee:
Lovett, Robert Morss, 1870-1956
Creator:
Sacco-Vanzetti National League
Date:
1927 (created)
1927 (issued)
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Genre:
letter
Personal correspondence
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Special Collections Storage; Mrs. Walter Frank Collection: Box 1 Folder 25 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Sacco and Vanzetti Collection
Series:
Series I. Sacco-Vanzetti National League (New York, NY)
Subjects:
Lovett, Robert Morss, 1870-1956--Correspondence
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964--Correspondence
Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts--Dedham
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921
Trials (Murder)--United States
Trials (Murder)--Ohio--Cleveland
Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927
Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
Extent:
1 letter (1 page); 28 cm. x 22 cm.
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10192/51911
Terms of Use:
Open Access
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Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Signed by the correspondent.
On Community Church letter head
Notes (funding):
Digitization made possible through the Ann and Abe Effron Donor Advised Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
Identifier:
MWalB02190_024