| Repository | University Archives and Special Collections Centre |
| Reference Number | MB/2/4/1 |
| Title | Press cuttings, articles and photocopied reports |
| Description | Comprising photocopied press cuttings of the campaign against horror comics, international action against comics, the Women's Assembly, article in The School Librarian about comic books and George H Pumphrey, Wolcott Gibb's review of F Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent, photocopies of published references and discussions of The Orphan [this comic strip was reprinted in the UK in The Haunt of Fears] including Interim Report of the US Senate Subcommittee to investigate Juvenile Deliquency. Some records are annotated. |
| Date | 1949-[1990s] |
| Creator | Barker, Martin |
| Term | Comics |
| Censorship |
| Children (age group) |
| Reading |
| Extent | 2 boxes |
| Level | File |
| Access Conditions | The University Archives and Special Collections Centre is open Monday - Friday 1pm-4pm. It is advisable to book an appointment in advance via email. |
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| DS/UK/560 | Comics Campaign Council; May 1953-1956; Campaigners | May 1953-1956 |