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Box 4

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Contains 10 Results:

Copies of Reports, 1952

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 36
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains mainly green copies of reports submitted to H. Ralph Burton for the House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials.

Dates: 1952

Investigative Reports: Publishers, 1952

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains investigative reports made concerning book and magazine publishers for the investigation by the House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials.

Dates: 1952

Investigative Reports: Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, 1952

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 38
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains evidence that Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn is inappropriate and considered indecent literature.

Dates: 1952

Investigative Reports. U.S. Postal Service, 1948-1952

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 39
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains reports concerning the use of the Postal Service to send unsolicited adult publications.

Dates: 1948-1952

Investigative Reports: Bernard DeVoto, 1952-1953

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 40
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains investigation information on Bernard DeVoto including reports from the Committee on Un-American Activities.

Dates: 1952-1953

Statements Against Tie-In Sales, 1952

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 41
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains statements from merchants speaking out against tie-in sales with magazines and pocket books they find objectionable.

Dates: 1952

Investigative Reports: Compiled Book Lists , 1948-1953

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains lists of books found to be offensive by the investigators working for the House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials.

Dates: 1948-1953

Correspondence: State and Federal Government, 1952

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 43
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains correspondence with state and federal government officials relating to the investigation by the House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials.

Dates: 1952

Correspondence with Publishers, 1952-1953

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 44
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains correspondence between the investigators for the House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials and publishers that are being investigated.

Dates: 1952-1953

Correspondence with State Attorney Generals, 1952

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 45
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Content

This folder contains correspondence between H. Ralph Burton and the Attorney General of each state requesting copies of state statutes relating to pornographic materials.

Dates: 1952