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History 498H: Obscenity, Censorship, and the Regulation of Morals in the United States from 1873 to the Present

Course guide.

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This is a page of example searches. Use the strategies demonstrated by the librarian to find an available copy of the resource described.

1. Known-Item Searches

1.
Find an available copy of a book issued by the American Civil Liberties Union called Censorship of Comic Books.

2.
Find a article by Rodger Streitmatter on 60s pornographer Herman Lynn Womack.

2. Subject Searches

1.
Find 2 secondary sources on censorship of pornography in the United States.

2.
Use either the Gerritsen Collection or the Women and Social Movements collection to find a primary source on the Birth Control Movement in the United States.