Ida Craddock papers, 1877-1936 (bulk 1877-1902).

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Ida Craddock papers, 1877-1936 (bulk 1877-1902).

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This collections consists of the papers of Ida Craddock from 1877 to 1936. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials. The collection documents Craddock's work on instructional tracts on human sexuality and sexual relations between married couples. Among her works were "Heavenly Bridegrooms", "Psychic Wedlock", "Spiritual Joys", "The Wedding Night" and "Right Marital Living". These sex manuals were all considered obscene by the standards of her day.

7.00 boxes.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Craddock, Ida C.

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Miss Ida C. Craddock was born in Philadelphia on August 1, 1857, of Quaker parents. Her life was wholly dedicated to "preventing sexual evils and sufferings" by educating adults. Her publications and lectures were condemned as obscenities by some and praised for their educational value by others. Miss Craddock was a student of religious eroticism. Her puritan upbringing and intense moralistic conflicts brought her ultimately into mental hospitals and five jails. Criticism and persecution followe...

Schroeder, Theodore, 1864-1953

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