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Many historians hope the papers will shed new light on the circumstances surrounding the conviction and execution--on charges of committing two murders during a bank robbery--of anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti some 50 years...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: They Hadn't Turned to Dust | 12/10/1977 | See Source »

While few clues as to the papers' exact contents were immediately discernable, it was clear that the bulk of the documents did pertain to the Sacco-Vanzetti case...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: They Hadn't Turned to Dust | 12/10/1977 | See Source »

Keyes D. Metcalf, former director of the University Library, had written on the outside of the package, "Sacco and Vanzetti Papers...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: They Hadn't Turned to Dust | 12/10/1977 | See Source »

Immediately after Harden stripped away the outer layer of paper from the package, a sealed letter--which was not opened yesterday--"on the Sacco-Vanzetti case," addressed to "Sir Horace Plunkett" tumbled...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: They Hadn't Turned to Dust | 12/10/1977 | See Source »

...package contained four boxes--each labelled either "Sacco-Vanzetti" or the Sacco-Vanzetti case"--which, in turn contained several file folders apiece, with such titles as "Letters Describing the Crime and Trial" and "Requests for Information...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: They Hadn't Turned to Dust | 12/10/1977 | See Source »

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