New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
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New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
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Organization incorporated in 1873 for the purpose of encouraging the enforcement of laws suppressing obscene publications and "articles of indecent or immoral use."
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The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice was founded in 1873 by Anthony Comstock and his supporters as a committee within the Young Men’s Christian Association of the City of New York to supervise public morality in the state, bring offenders to justice, and advocate for stricter legislation against immoral conduct. Chartered by the state legislature, it became prominent as a monitor and censor of literary works and popular literature. Comstock, who became its secretary, was succeeded after his death in 1915 by John S. Summer. The society was dissolved after Summer’s death in 1950.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83051905
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Vice control
Vice control
Vice control
Vice in literature
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New York (State)
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