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1. William Gobitas papers, 1935-1989

   100 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   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.

2. National Council of Jewish Women. Washington, D.C., Office records, 1924-2018

   239,200 items. 627 containers plus 1 oversize. 261 linear feet. 261 digital files (4.80 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Liaison office between the National Council of Jewish Women and the United States Congress and government agencies. Correspondence, minutes, reports, legislation, speeches, testimony, photographs, and printed matter related to various social justice causes in both physical and digital formats. Materials in digital format also include video advertisements and programs.

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3. Charles C. Marshall papers, 1886-1968

   2,000 items. 27 containers plus 1 oversize. 10.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer. Correspondence, notes, scrapbooks, book manuscripts, reprints, and newspaper clippings relating primarily to Marshall's controversy in 1927 with Alfred Emanuel Smith over the qualifications of a Roman Catholic for the presidency of the United States. Other topics include church-state questions and the Calvert controversy in seventeenth-century Maryland.

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4. Oscar S. Straus papers, 1856-1955

   37,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 21 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Attorney, businessman, public official, diplomat, United States secretary of commerce and labor, and author. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, legal records, pamphlets, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Straus's service as minister and later ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), United States secretary of commerce and labor, and member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, Netherlands.