| 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 |
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| Extent | 1 container |
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| Extent | 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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| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001045 |
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| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm89078637 |
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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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