| 1950-1980 |
| paper, scrapbooks, Hi8 tape recordings, floppy discs |
| IN PROCESSING, Please contact Department of Special Collections for access |
| 01/21/02/Shelf 4, 01/21/02/Shelf 5
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Papers compiled by Alexandra Peeler, regarding her friend Maurice Braverman, a Baltimore civil rights attorney, and his wife Mryna. Mr. Braverman was arrested, and later imprisoned, during the 1950s for being a Communist. Ms. Peeler was a journalist and filmmaker, who made her career at Catholic Charities, USA. Peeler interviewed Mr. Braverman on numerous occasions and wrote a book and screenplay (neither of which were published or produced) based on his life. The collection includes:
- Two oversized portfolios of newspaper clippings on Mr. Braverman;
- Reporters notebooks. Included in the collection of materials related to Mr. Braverman are a number of notebooks that appear to date from Alexandra Peeler’s early career as a journalist;
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for all records related to the investigation, arrest, trial, and imprisonment of Mr. Braverman. There are five volumes, ranging from approximately 230 to 280 pages per volume. There are two complete sets of each volume. Much of the information was redacted;
- Correspondence between Alexandra Peeler and members of Congress related to the FOIA requests;
- Correspondence between Alexandra Peeler and Mr. Braverman;
- Hi8 tape recordings and notes of interviews between Ms. Peeler and Mr. Braverman;
- Numerous drafts of the text of the book (paper copies);
- Drafts in digital format (3x5 floppy disc);
- Various versions (hard copy) of the screen play;
- Articles written by Mr. Braverman;
- An article in the Baltimore Jewish Times on Mr. Braverman
- Miscellaneous newspaper articles from the late 1990s and early 2000s related to Alger Hiss and others who were contemporaries of Mr. Braverman, and who also were accused of being Communists during the 1940s and 1950s.
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| Gift of Kirsten Peeler, in honor of her mother Alexandra Peeler. |
