Title | William Gobitas papers, 1935-1989 |
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Span Dates | 1935-1989 |
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Bulk Dates | (bulk 1935-1940) |
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ID No. | MSS73637 |
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Creator | Gobitas, William,
1925-1989 |
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Extent | 100
items ; 1 container ; 0.4 linear feet |
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Language | Collection material in English |
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Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
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Summary | Insurance executive and
piano tuner. Correspondence, notes, court documents, newspaper clippings,
printed material, ephemera, and photographs relating to freedom of speech and
legal cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses. Documents the United States Supreme Court
case of Minersville v. Gobitis (sic) concerning the refusal of Gobitas and his
sister Lillian (Gobitas) Klose to salute the American flag in their school in
Minersville, Pennsylvania, in 1935. |
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Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001045 |
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LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection:
http://lccn.loc.gov/mm89078637 |
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