Letter and petition, 1920-1938.

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Letter and petition, 1920-1938.

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A letter to R. Jac Lucas-Fisher, 1938 April 7, declines a radio appearance. The petition, 1920 February 3, produced by the "Emergency Committee" and signed by Padraic Colum protests the charge preferred by the "New York Society for the Suppression of Vice" against the publisher of James Branch Cabell's "Jurgen."

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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." From the description of Records of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, 1871-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84233393 Organizational History The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice was founded in 1873 by Anthony Comstock and his supp...

Emergency Committee American Writers.

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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972

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Padraic Colum was a noted playwright, essayist, novelist, poet, and author of books for children. Born on December 8, 1881, in Longford, Ireland, Colum came to the United States in 1914 and died on January 12, 1972, in Enfield, Connecticut. Though Colum worked briefly for a railroad, he became a full-time writer in Dublin, Ireland, in 1901. He was a founder of the Irish National Theatre (later known as the Abbey Theatre), and co-founder and editor for a time of the Irish Review. From...

Lucas-Fisher, R. Jac,

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...