New York Society for the Suppression of Vice records
Contributors: Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York. Committee for the Suppression of Vice
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Subjects: Vice control; Societies
Description: Reports relating to persons arrested as a result of the society's activities relating to the supervision of public morality in New York state.  Reports include data on the offender's age, nationality, religion, education, offense, evidence seized, and legal action taken.  Includes notations by Anthony Comstock, secretary of the society; records of the society's predecessor, the Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York Committee for the Suppression of Vice; photographs; and other records.
Notes: Open to research.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Microfilm edition available, no. 19,359.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.

Transfer, U.S. Post Office Dept., 1953.

Organization founded in 1873 as a committee within the Young Men's Christian Association to supervise public morality in the state, bring offenders to justice, and advocate for stricter legislation against immoral conduct.  Served as a monitor and censor of literary works and popular literature.  Dissolved in 1950.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012088