Bartley Crum

Bartley Crum
Born(1900-11-28)November 28, 1900
DiedDecember 9, 1959(1959-12-09) (aged 59)
Alma materUniversity of California at Berkeley
Occupation(s)attorney, activist
Years active1933-1959
EraNew Deal, McCarthyism
Known forHollywood Ten defense, Rita Hayworth divorce
Notable workBehind the Silken Curtain (1947)
Political partyRepublican, Independent Republicans for Roosevelt
Board member ofNational Lawyers Guild, Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, Lawyers Committee for Justice in Palestine
SpouseAnna Gertrude Bosworth
ChildrenPatricia Bosworth, Bartley Crum Jr.
Parent(s)James Henry Crum, Emma Cavanaugh

Bartley Crum (November 28, 1900 – December 9, 1959) was an American lawyer who became prominent as a member of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, his book on that experience, and for defending targets of HUAC, particularly the Hollywood Ten and Paul Robeson.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "The Last Party". The New York Times. 27 April 1997. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ Bosworth, Patricia (1997). Anything Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story. Simon and Schuster. pp. 69-83 (Wilkie 1940), 89 (SF address), 94 (NLG), 94-8 (Wilkie 1944), 100 (FPRC), 118-9 (Nike's), 124-136 (Wilkie 1944), 146-7 (FDR 1944), 158-161 (UN opens), 161 (2626 Green ST), 161-2 (Louise Bransten), 162 (FBI surveillance), 162-3 (JAFRC), 163-4 (Palm Court), 165 (1945 year-end snapshot), 167 (appointment AACIP), 167-201 (AACIP experience), 168 (Henderson), 171 (Henderson), 175 (Henderson), 177 (British surveillance), 183 (Vienna), 197 (Henderson), 200-201 (Henderson), 201 (American Christian Palestine Committee), 222 (1st suicide attempt), 285-290 (1st suicide attempt). ISBN 9780684808093. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Bartley C. Crum, Lawyer, 59, Dies; Acted in Cases Involving Civil Rights -- Won Million in Rita Hayworth Divorce". The New York Times. 11 December 1959. p. 33. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. ^ Jessica Mitford; Julie Shearer (1970). "interviewer". A Liberal Journalist On the Air and On the Waterfront: Labor and Political Issues, 1932-1990. By Roger, Sidney. Regents of the University of California. p. 145 (Crum). Retrieved 1 May 2020.