Sunday Laws
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Glenn Patterson Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 259
Content Description
The Glenn Patterson Collection consists of materials from his interest in religious liberty. The collection is comprised of personal materials, including a three-page life history, correspondence–with a significant amount of correspondence between Patterson and United States legislators; files containing notes and newspaper clippings related to religious liberty, photographs of law makers, and recognition awards.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1932 - 1975
Reavis Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 279
Content Description
Drury Webster (D. W.) Reavis was born July 30, 1853, at Leesville, Mo., and died March 28, 1939, at Takoma Park, Maryland. His wife is Evelyn Gertrude Reavis. D. W. Reavis is best known as a promoter of religious liberty and as a circulation manager for Seventh-day Adventist magazines. He worked against Sunday laws in the 1890s, and in 1901 joined the Review and Herald Publishing Association where he remained until his retirement in 1933. At the Review and Herald he served as the manager of the...
Dates:
1878 - 1912