Finding Aid for NCTE/Censorship File, 1960-1979 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: NCTE/Censorship File, 1960-1979

ID: 15/73/9

Primary Creator: National Council of Teachers of English

Extent: 2.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: By type of material and chronological thereunder

Subjects: American Library Association, Censorship, English Curriculum, Hospitals - Libraries, Literature, National Council of Teachers of English, Obscenity, Reading, Teaching Methods

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Censorship File contains correspondence of the NCTE Committee Against Censorship, including with cooperating professional organizations including the American Library Association's Committee on Intellectual Freedom; censorship cases reported to committee chair Ed Jenkinson; newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and editorials concerning censorship in the classroom; NCTE publications on censorship, including "The Student's Right to Read" (1962) and an annotated bibliography on censorship; NCTE resolutions on censorship (1960-68); censorship court cases, including judicial reports, (1964-72); meeting minutes and agendas; conference files, including the NCTE Conference on Censorship (1966, 1969); files of the Consortium on Censorship (1977-79) and the National Coalition Against Censorship (1978-79); and reports on book selection procedure (1964-72); principal correspondents include Robert Hogan, Enid Olson (Director of Publications and Public Relations), and James Squire.

American Library Association
Censorship
English Curriculum
Hospitals - Libraries
Literature
National Council of Teachers of English
Obscenity
Reading
Teaching Methods

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 10/25/1979; 10/30/1979; 1/29/1981; 05/28/2020

Other Note: 5 pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1573009.pdf

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