United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Petition to the House of Representatives..., 1961-01-02
Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.OVRSZ 1.7
Scope and Contents
List of signers of a petition to eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activites as a Standing Committee. "...We are confident that only a return to constitutional procedures can protect us against subversion without at the same time subverting the very liberties we seek to protect. For two decades the Congress has allowed the Committee to function. For two decades the Committee has condemned individual Americans, has wrecked the lives of some, and has denied them the due process...
Dates:
1961-01-02
Progressive Citizens of America, 1948-03-10
Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.20
Scope and Contents
Open letter of invitation. "The Northern California Arts, Sciences and Professions Council is presenting Herbert Biberman of Hollywood at a discussion meeting on the subject 'The Crisis in Culture: The Present Attack on Intellectual Freedom'...."
Dates:
1948-03-10
Subpoena..., 1940s
Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.62
Scope and Contents
"...YOU are summoned to appear at a hearing of the Hollywood Investigation..." Flyer announcing two meetings with featured speakers, held in Berkeley and San Francisco, California, regaring the probes, investigations, loyalty oaths and witch hunts continuing in the US government.
Dates:
Issued: 1940s
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- Subject: Intellectual freedom -- United States X
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- Archival Object 3
- Digital Record 1
- Subject
- Freedom of speech -- United States -- History. 3
- Criminal investigation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century. 2
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History. 2
- Freedom of expression. 1
- Freedom of the press -- United States. 1