Florence M. Sloat Collection of Material about the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1959-1960

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Florence M. Sloat Collection of Material about the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1959-1960

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Florence M. Sloat was chairman of the Teacher Defense Committee during the period of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in California and was one of the subpoenaed teachers. The collection consists of printed materials and correspondence relating to the hearings and Sloat's subpoena.

2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6659964

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1934-1975)

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From 1934 to 1937 The U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities began as the Special Committee on Un-American Activities and was also known as the McCormack-Dickstein Committee. The Dies Committee, was created on May 26, 1938, with the approval of House Resolution 282, which authorized the Speaker of the House to appoint a special committee of seven members to investigate un-American activities in the United States, domestic diffusion of propaganda, and all other questions relating thereto...

Sloat, Florence M.

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Biography Florence M. Sloat was chairman of the Teacher Defense Committee during the period of the hearings and was one of the subpoenaed teachers. From the guide to the Florence M. Sloat Collection of Material about the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1959-1960, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.) ...