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Jeremiah Gutman files, 1938-1971.
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 54; BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 55; BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 56; BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 57; ...
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Title:
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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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
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
Identifier:
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 54
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 55
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 56
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 57
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 58
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 59
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 60
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 61
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 62
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 63
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 64
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 65
BANC MSS 99/280 cz box 66
BANC MSS 99/280 cz:Series 12
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.