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Jeremiah Gutman files, 1938-1971.
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Jeremiah Gutman files, 1938-1971Creator/Contributor:
Gutman, Jeremiah, creator, creator.Abstract:
The case files and research material document the central legal challenges to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
by lawyers, academics, and activists from numerous organizations. The complex of legal cases document the significant rulings
relating to HUAC's impact on academic freedom, trade-union politics, and blacklisting in the entertainment industry. Research
files include Congressional reports, Zeisel summaries of HUAC activities, radio broadcast transcripts, news clippings and
other material documenting Gutman and the Guild's role in their struggle to abolish HUAC between 1938-1967.
Date:
1938 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGutman, Jeremiah -- Archives
McCarthy, Joseph -- 1908-1957
National Lawyers Guild.
United States. -- Congress. -- House. -- Committee on Un-American Activities.
Subversive activities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Internal security -- United States
Communism -- United States
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Jeremiah Gutman files, BANC MSS MSS 99/280 cz:Series 12 , The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Jeremiah S. Gutman (1923-2004) was a founding member of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Through almost all of his legal
career, he pursued cases related to free speech, civil rights and protests against war. His clients over the years included
Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, the Hare Krishnas and the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
In English.
Contained in the finding aid of the National Lawyers Guild records.
Forms part of the National Lawyers Guild records (BANC MSS 99/280)
Physical Description:
print
13 boxes
5.2 (13
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.