Cold War Era
Academic Freedom and Free Speech at U of I
The Broyles’ Bills
Clabaugh Act (1947)
The Leo Koch Case
The Fight for Freedom of Speech and Expression in the 1960s
Student Life during the Cold War Era
The GI Bill and the U of I
Sex, Censorship, and the College Scene
Conservatives on Campus
The Black Athlete at the U of I
Women’s Athletics at the University of Illinois
The Struggle for Integration in the 1940s and 50s
Affirmative Action at the University of Illinois
Project 500
Second Wave Feminism on Campus
Gay Rights on Campus
Latina/o Students at U of I
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at U of I
U of I students and the draft
1967 Protest-Sit-In against DOW Chemical
Publication of “Walrus”
October 15, 1969 Moratorium
March 1970 Rally Against GE
March Riots (1970)
May Student Strike (1970)
The Rise and Fall of President George D. Stoddard
The U of I and the Defense Department
Surveillance, Discipline and the University of Illinois
Sex, Censorship and the College Scene
Sex, Censorship and the College Scene
During the post-World War II era college students found themselves caught between the puritanical era of conformity and the burgeoning movement to open discussions of sexualities. Although the demands of public morality limited the amount of discussion of sexual topics, student publications often flouted these proscriptions. The release of the Kinsey Reports and the overturning of obscenity laws also opened new avenues of discourse on campus. In the 1960s, the availability of the birth control pill and the questioning of conventional sexual norms led to new understandings of sexual practices for many college students.
University of Illinois Sources:
Shaft, 1947-1955 (RS: 41/8/820): a college humor magazine written and edited by students. Hugh Hefner edited for the magazine.
Chaff, 1957-1962 (RS: 41/8/821): published monthly during the school year as a college humor magazine, written and edited by students.
The College Tumor, 1932-39, 1943, 1947-61, 1963-77, 1979-83, 1986-87 (RS 41/67/942): Published annually for homecoming by Sigma Delta Chi containing articles, photographs and cartoons satirizing and parodying campus life.
Men's Residence Hall Association File, 1954-1966 (RS: 41/62/8): Residence Hall publications include discussions of men’s life and centerfold pictures.
Assistant Dean's Subject File, 1969-1972 (RS 41/3/12): Includes information on sex education on campus.
Walrus, 1968- (RS: 41/66/869): An underground newspaper published by students that dealt with sex issues.
Paula Treichler Papers, 1970-1998 (RS: 52/5/21): Includes information on Human Sexuality courses. Daily Illini, 1874- (Microform in Newspaper Library)
Bibliography:
Helen Gurley Brown, Sex and the Single Girl (New York: 1962).
Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Clyde E. Martin, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (Philadelphia: 1948).
Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Clyde E. Martin, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Philadelphia: 1948).
Sex and the College Student (New York: 1966).