Skip to main content

Box 1

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Court transcripts

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 1974.006.1.1.9
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of court transcripts for the court decision to ban book from the Pontiac, Michigan schools. Attached is a postcard fromo ABA (American Booksellers Association) bulletin "the new censorship."

Photocopied press cuttings of articles pertaining to the case.

Dates: 1968 - 1972

Note

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Object: 1
Identifier: 1974.006.1.1.9.1
Scope and Contents

Attached to the transcripts for the court decision to ban Slaughterhouse-Five from the Pontiac, Michigan schools is a note on an unstamped and undated postcard from "Ruthie" regarding Ruthie's difficulty in acquiring the copies of the transcripts. On the front of the postcard is a photograph of Casa Mia dining room and pizzeria in Birmingham, Michigan

Dates: 1968 - 1972

Court transcripts, 1971 June 9

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Object: 2
Identifier: 1974.006.1.1.9.2
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of court transcripts for the court decision to ban Slaughterhouse-Five from the Pontiac, Michigan schools 1 out of 2. It contains the "Findings of Court and Mandamus Judgement"

Dates: 1971 June 9

Court transcripts, 1971 May 11

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Object: 3
Identifier: 1974.006.1.1.9.3
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of court transcripts for the court decision to ban Slaughterhouse-Five from the Pontiac, Michigan schools 2 out of 2. It contains the "Opinion of the Court pursuant to defendant's motion for summary judgement and stipulation of parties as to the finality of the Court's opinion."

Dates: 1971 May 11

Newsletter, 1974 April 15

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Object: 4
Identifier: 1974.006.1.1.9.4
Scope and Contents

ABA (American Booksellers Association) bulletin "the new censorship," with an article looking at "some of the 'obscene' books which people have decided their neighbors may not read" including Slaughterhouse-Five.

Dates: 1974 April 15

Press cuttings

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Object: 5
Identifier: 1974.006.1.1.9.5
Scope and Contents

Photocopied press cuttings of articles pertaining to the court case in Pontiac, Michigan banning Slaughterhouse-Five from schools.

Dates: 1968 - 1972