Records, 1938-1942.

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Records, 1938-1942.

1938-1942

General memoranda, reports, correspondence between Professor Zechariah Chafee and the various chairmen of the Committee. Publication matters, correspondence, memoranda, and briefs relating to specific civil rights cases of the 1938-1942 period, such as West Virginia v. Barnette, and Minersville School District v. Gobitis.

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Chafee, Zechariah, 1885-1957

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Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University, where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, in 1907. Later, he received a law degree from Harvard University, completing his LL.B. in 1913. He was influenced by the theories of sociological Jurisprudence presented by Roscoe Pound and others at Harvard. He met Harold J. Laski, a political scientist and later a leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, who became a lifelong friend, there. He practiced at the law fir...

Gobitis, William,

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West Virginia,

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Minersville (West Virginia). School District.

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Gobitis, Lillian,

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Clark, Grenville, 1882-1967

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Grenville Clark : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131473 Clark was born in New York City in 1882. He received his A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1903 and his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1906. In 1906 he was admitted to the New York Bar, and in 1909 he opened a law practice in New York City with Elihu Root Jr. and Francis W. Bird. During 1...

American Bar Association. Bill of Rights Committee

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Musser, Burton W., 1886-1974

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Haight, G. I.

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Arant, D.

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