Personal Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Goldman, Irving, 1911-2002
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content: Irving Goldman papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928 - 1954, 1971 - 1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2003-11, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series includes materials from Goldman's life that were originally interspersed with  
other documents.  

Of important note are two folders which contain information regarding Goldman's experience with the Jenner Committee during the McCarthy Era. The Jenner Committee was commonly known as the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS).  It was also known as the McCarren Committee, after the chairman of the committee, Patrick McCarren from Nevada.  Jenner replaced him in 1952 until he was replaced in 1955.  The file Goldman kept of this investigation includes a transcript of his appearance in front of the Committee, as well as many newspaper clippings.  One reason why this was in the newspaper was because of his position at Sarah Lawrence College (SLC).  Another professor had been brought against the Committee, and when he pleaded the 5th, SLC decided to fire him as they did not know his current position on communism.  However, Goldman confessed to having been a Communist, but no longer.  He would not give up any names.  Since he confessed and SLC considered him honorable for not divulging other names, they decided to keep him on.