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Title: | Press Release on the New York State Assembly’s Obscenity Bill |
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This press release, by the Executive board of the NCLA, affirms the organizations stance on what the state called ‘objectionable’ material. They believed these laws would present a threat to free expression, and have an adverse effect on education by classifying certain textbooks and art as objectionable. |
NY Heritage Topic: | NCLA |
Date of Original: | Circa 1960’s |
Physical Format: | Paper Document |
Type: | Document |
Language: | English |
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Press Release on the New York State Assembly’s Obscenity Bill
Nassau-Suffolk Classroom Teachers Association – Press Release, 1966
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Title: | Nassau-Suffolk Classroom Teachers Association – Press Release, 1966 |
Description: | Under two NYS laws, some works of art and fiction, within libraries, might have been considered pornography. This document is a Press Release by the NSCTA, showing solidarity with the NCLA in support of the Library Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read principle, which supported those ‘questionable works of art and fiction. |
NY Heritage Topic: | NCLA |
Date of Original: | May 10, 1966 |
Physical Format: | Paper Document |
Type: | Document |
Language: | English |
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Librarians Hit Ban of Controversial Book
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Title: | Librarians Hit Ban of Controversial Book |
Description: | This article calls attention to the reaction of 14 Librarians who felt the NCLA did not go far enough in denouncing the State’s recommendation, to the New Hyde Park School Board, to ban the ‘controversial’ book “Russia” by Vernon Ives |
NY Heritage Topic: | NCLA |
Date of Original: | circa 1950 |
Physical Format: | Newspaper Clipping |
Type: | Document |
Language: | English |
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This article calls attention to the reaction of 14 Librarians who felt the NCLA did not go far enough in denouncing the State’s recommendation, to the New Hyde Park School Board, to ban the ‘controversial’ book “Russia” by Vernon Ives
Librarians to Discuss Book-Burning
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Title: | Librarians to Discuss Book – Burning |
Description: | This newspaper article details the further steps the NCLA wanted to take in making a “freedom to read” statement, which was a response to the Book-Burning situation. |
NY Heritage Topic: | NCLA |
Date of Original: | October 28, 1954 |
Physical Format: | Newspaper Clipping |
Type: | Document |
Language: | English |
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Library Officials Denounce Book Ban
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Title: | Library Officials Denounce Book Ban |
Description: | This newspaper article highlights the NCLAs denouncement of the State Education Department and the New Hyde Park School Boards decision to ban the book “Russia” by Vernon Ives. Their position on the matter is that “As professional librarians, and library trustees, we condemn the banning of any book for being merely controversial.” |
NY Heritage Topic: | NCLA |
Date of Original: | October 1, 1954 |
Physical Format: | Newspaper Clippings |
Type: | Document |
Language: | English |
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School Board Bans Book About Russia
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Title: | School Board Bans Book About Russia |
Description: | This newspaper clipping highlights the ‘bookburning’ issue taking place in New Hyde Park during the 1950s. Maude Wildigg caused a stir when, without permission, she took the book “Russia” by Vernon Ives from Hillside Grade School and refused to return it, labeling it ‘subversive’. The School Board that presides over Hillside Grade School had previously ruled NOT to ban the book, but reversed it’s ruling, temporarily banning it within its schools. |
NY Heritage Topic: | NCLA |
Date of Original: | September 13, 1954 |
Physical Format: | Newspaper Clipping |
Type: | Document |
Language: | English |
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State Librarians Stress Opposition to Bookburning
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Title: | State Librarians Stress Opposition to Bookburning |
Description: | This Newspaper clipping highlights the influence the NCLA had on the New York Library Association’s stance on ‘bookburning.’ This article references the ‘Russia’ situation, developing in New Hyde Park, where Maude Willdig had refused to return the Book ‘Russia’ by Vernon Ives because she believed it to be subversive. |
NY Heritage Topic: | NCLA |
Date of Original: | October 11, 1954 |
Physical Format: | Newspaper Clipping |
Type: | Document |
Language: | English |
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