Finding Aid for John C. Swan Papers, 1945, 1968, 1977-1993 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: John C. Swan Papers, 1945, 1968, 1977-1993

ID: 44/1/20

Primary Creator: Swan, John C. (1945-)

Extent: 3.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject

Subjects: Banned Books, Censorship, Confidentiality of Records, Indiana-Library Legislation, Intellectual Freedom Round Table, Pornography

Languages: English

<p style="background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#494949">John C. Swan was born in 1945. He was the Director of the Crossett Library at Bennington College. He was an active member and former chair of the Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA). At the IFRT, he edited the IFRT Report, chaired the Publications Committee, and wrote the Leadership Handbook for IFRT officers and committee chairs. Swan also helped to establish the Eli M. Oboler Award for writing on intellectual freedom. He chaired the Indiana and Vermont Library Association intellectual freedom committees. Swan contributed articles to the Library Journal, and co-authored, with Noel Peattie, The Freedom to Lie: A Debate About Democracy.<o:p></o:p></span>

<p style="background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#494949">Swan passed away on January 26, 1994. He was posthumously awarded the 1994 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award for Intellectual Freedom later that year.<o:p></o:p></span>

Banned Books
Censorship
Confidentiality of Records
Indiana-Library Legislation
Intellectual Freedom Round Table
Pornography

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 3/17/1994

Other Note: 0 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/4401020a.pdf

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