American Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1951-1959

1951-1956, 1959. Konvitz's correspondence with several Committee officers. Much of the correspondence is between Konvitz and Sol Stein, Executive Director, in the form of letters and memorandums. Their correspondence mainly concerns Committee activities and policies. Correspondence and memorandums regarding American Committee for Cultural Freedom statements about Professor Owen Lattimore; regarding American Committee for cultural Freedom projects including a proposed study of the activities of the American Communist Party in the field of civil liberties (March 5, 1956) and regarding American Committee for Cultural Freedom position toward the National Lawyers Guild (May 20, 1954). Several letters and memorandums from Konvitz. Konvitz advised the American Committee for Cultural Freedom executive committee that the American Committee for Cultural Freedom should not make any public statements about Lattimore while Lattimore's case is pending in the courts (January 17, 1955). Konvitz argues that the American Committee for Cultural Freedom should not impose any sanction on people who have cried out against "the crime" committed against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Konvitz agrees to serve as an advisor to a project to study the effect of the government's security and loyalty regulations and procedures upon the academic and scientific communities (July 1, 1954) and accepts membership on a Legal Commission which will act in an advisory capacity to the American Committee for Cultural Freedom (December 28, 1953). Also, Committee by-laws, confidential memorandums, memorandums, minutes, proposals, and other routine and substantive materials regarding American Committee for cultural Freedom.