American Jewish Historical Society finding aid for the Laural Gould and Alan Gould papers

Name/Title

American Jewish Historical Society finding aid for the Laural Gould and Alan Gould papers

Entry/Object ID

SJ-948

Scope and Content

The collection contains papers of Laurel Gould and her lawyer husband Alan J. Gould, activists of the American Soviet Jewry Movement involved with the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews in Washington D. C. area and in the San Fracisco Bay area, Northern California Lawyers Committee for Soviet Jews and the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. The bulk of the collection covers the decade of 1970 through 1980. The materials include correspondence, memoranda, individual files on Soviet Jewish Refuseniks, documentation of special projects, events and visits to USSR, publications, legal materials pertinent to the Soviet Jewry, photographs, slides and audio recordings of conversations and interviews with the Soviet Jews.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Correspondence, Memorandums, Newsletters, Photographs, Audiocassettes, Case files, Pamphlets, Videocassettes, Legal documents

Archive Details

Creator

Gould, Laurel, 1931-2008, Gould, Alan J., 1929-

Date(s) of Creation

1963 - 1982

Archive Size/Extent

8.25 Linear Feet (16 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box)

Primary Language

English, Russian

Archive Items Details

Subjects

Jews, Soviet, Refuseniks, Emigration & immigration, Antisemitism, Human rights, Political activists, Former Soviet republics, Political prisoners, Refugees, Lawyers

Location

* Untyped Location

American Jewish Historical Society

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Shcharansky, Anatoly, National Conference on Soviet Jewry (U.S.), Begun, Yosif, 1932-, Fletcher, George P., Slepak, Alexander, Stolar, Abe, American Bar Association, International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Northern California Lawyers Committee for Soviet Jews

Copyright

Notes

The copyright and related rights status of this item has not been evaluated. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For all other uses please contact the American Jewish Historical Society.