Steinbeck's novel was the first target because it contains"profanity" and "morbid and depressing themes.". Banned in the Graves County School District in Mayfield, KY (1986) because it contains"offensive and obscene passages referring to abortion and used God's name in vain." The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is a statewide digitization and digital publishing program housed in the North Carolina Collection at UNCs Wilson Special Collections Library. Books contributed by Getty Research Institute . Challenged at the Moss Point, MS SchoolDistrict (1996) because the novel contains a racial epithet. Challenged for sexual explicitness, but retained on the Stonewall Jackson High School'sacademically advanced reading list in Brentsville, VA (1997). Challenged, but retained, in the Bryant, ARschool library (1998) because of a parent's complaint that the book "takes God's name invain 15 times and uses Jesus's name lightly.". The book was retained. Focusing on post-medieval art, the Clark Librarys collection is outstanding in Italian and Northern Renaissance, Baroque, and French nineteenth-century, history of photography, and contemporary art fields and is Books contributed by the Augustus C. Long Library, Columbia University . Challenged at the Owensboro, KY High School library(1985) because of "foul language, a section depicting a picture of an act of bestiality, areference to 'Magic Fingers' attached to the protagonist's bed to help him sleep, and thesentence: 'The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of the fly of God Almighty. In Japan, the sale of the English-languageedition was banned under the threat of fines. The governments of Bulgaria and Poland alsorestricted its distribution. Items from the George Washington University Libraries University Bulletins for 1904-1924 are available on Hathi Trust:  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005806468. "FT MEADE" and "Copy 1" are specific to the Library of Congress collection, where FT MEADE refers to a facility located at. A parent complained that the book's use of racist language led to racist behaviorand racial harassment. A champion of Americas great writers and timeless works, Library of America guides readers in finding and exploring the exceptional writing that reflects the nations history and culture. Materials from the Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Societys coin collections and supporting reference libraries will be digitized along with Washington University Libraries collections and made freely available to an online community of scholars and enthusiasts. Challenged by a Glynn County, GA (2001) School Board member because ofprofanity. In 1974, five residents of Strongsville, OH, sued the board of educationto remove the novel. Contemporary questions of church and state boundaries, the role of government, moral development, education, leadership, labor, immigration, family, etc. The board voted to give parents morecontrol over their children's choices by requiring principals to automatically offer analternative to a challenged book. Challenged in the Jackson County, FL (1981) because Orwell's novel is "pro-communist andcontained explicit sexual matter.". Challenged in the Normal, IL Community High Schools (2003) becausethe books contains "racial slurs, profanity, violence, and does not represent traditionalvalues." Rejected for purchase by the Hayward, CA school's trustee (1985) because of"rough language" and "explicit sex scenes. Challenged, along withseventeen other titles in the Fairfax County, VA elementary and secondary libraries (2002),by a group called Parents Against Bad Books in Schools. Retained in the Yakima, WA schools (1994) after a five-monthdispute over what advanced high school students should read in the classroom. Challenged at the St. Johns County Schools in St. Augustine, FL (1995). ", Banned from classroom use at the Scottsboro, AL Skyline High School(1983) due to "profanity." Banned in Ireland in 1962 because the Irish Board of Censors found the work "obscene" and"indecent," objecting particularly to the author's handling of the characters' sexuality,the "explicit sex acts" and "promiscuity." Although the parent spoke to the press, a formal complaint with the school demanding the book's removal was not filed. An alternative to Billboard Magazine, Cash Box included regional chart data, hit songs by city, radio station, and record sales, popularity by jukebox, and charts by genre including country and R&B music. The Minnesota Historical Society is providing newspapers and manuscripts to the Internet Archive to provide access and preserve their content on the web for future generations. Challenged in Vernon Verona Sherill, NY School District (1980). They faced possible sentences of between one month's and six months imprisonment "for spreading propaganda unfavorable to the state" and the confiscation of their books. The Washington University Libraries are a collaborative network of 12 academic libraries working to connect users with resources across the campuses of Washington University in St. Louis. In 2007 The Wall Street Journal reported that in the countries it surveyed most public libraries and small academic libraries used the older Dewey Decimal Classification system. An appellate court upheld its usage in the school inTodd v Rochester Community Schools, 41 Mich. App. ", Removed from the Jackson County, WV school libraries (1997) alongwith sixteen other titles. Challenged by a Fresno,CA (1991) parent as a tenth grade English college preparatory curriculum assignment, citingprofanity" and "racial slurs." Challenged in the Kansas City, MO junior high schools (1985). (So LCCN may be called alphanumeric.). The M.C. Some libraries use NLM in conjunction with LCC, eschewing LCC's R for Medicine. We work with North Carolina cultural heritage institutions to scan, describe, and publish historical materials online, which in turn increases access to and use of their collections. Removed from the school libraries in Morris, Manitoba (1982) along with two other books because they violate the committee's guidelines covering "excess vulgar language, sexual scenes, things concerning moral issues, excessive violence, and anything dealing with the occult. The book was retained, and the child of the objectingparent was provided with an alternative reading assignment. Removed as required reading for sophomores at the Coventry, RI High School(2000) after a parent complained that it contains vulgar language, violent imagery, andsexual content. ", Challenged at the Libby, MT High School (1983) due to the "book's contents. Removed, restored, restricted, and eventually retained at the Bay County schoolsin Panama City, FL (1997). Challenged as curriculum material at theRinggold High School in Carroll Township, PA (1991) because the novel contains terminologyoffensive to blacks. This page is the portal to the UF dissertations scanned and made available via the Internet Archive up to this point. Banned from schools in the United Arab Emirates, alongwith 125 others in 2002. Challenged at the public libraries of Saginaw, MI (1989) becauseit was too sexually graphic for a 12-year-old., Challenged as a summer youth programreading assignment in Chattanooga, TN (1989) because of its language and "explicitness.". This collection was a special project originally done as part of the Internet Archive's 20th Anniversary celebration on October 26, 2016 highlighting IA's web archive. Restricted to high school students with parental permission in the six Aroostock County, MEcommunity high school libraries (1976) because of passages in the book dealing with sex andan extramarital affair. From poetry, novels, and memoirs to journalism, crime writing, and science fiction, the more than 300 volumes published by Library of America are widely recognized as Americas literary canon. Challenged by a Glynn County, GA (2001) school board member because of profanity. The primary mission of the library is to support the research activities of the Museum staff; in addition, it serves an international community of researchers. - Library of America Herman Melville Hardcover in Slipcase. While it would ban books like. Learn more about OWHL at  https://owhl.andover.edu. ", Banned from English classes at the Freeport High School in De Funiak Springs, FL (1985) because it is "unacceptable" and "obscene.". Challenged at the St. Johns CountySchools in St. Augustine, FL (1995). The unique holdings of the Library include over 400 incunabula, an extensive collection of manuscripts and archives, and a comprehensive collection of 19th and early 20th-century medical journals. Banned from Bay County's four middleschools and three high schools in Panama City, FL by the Bay County school superintendentin 1987. of Specialized & Cooperative Library, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, United for Libraries (Trustees, Friends, Foundations), Young Adult Library Services Assn. Alabama Representative Gerald Allen (R-Cottondale) proposed legislation that would prohibitthe use of public funds for the "purchase of textbooks or library materials that recognizeor promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle." Removed from the Ferguson High School library in Newport News, VA (1999). Removed from two Anniston, Ala. high school libraries (1982), but later reinstated on a restrictive basis. The principal ordered teachers tostart over with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne in preparation for upcoming APexams. The Strongsville, Ohio School Board (1972) voted to withdraw this title from the schoollibrary; this action was overturned in 1976 by a U.S. District Court in Minarcini v.Strongsville City School District, 541 F. 2d 577 (6th Cir. ", Challenged at the LaRue County, KY HighSchool library (1987) because "the book contains foul language and promotes deviant sexualbehavior., Banned from the Fitzgerald, GA schools (1987) because it was filled withprofanity and full of explicit sexual references:' Challenged in the Baton Rouge, LA public high school libraries (1988) because the book is "vulgar and offensive:'. Free and open year-round on weekdays, the Clark Library is rare among research collections open to the public without qualification. It is the world's largest biomedical library and the developer of electronic information services that deliver trillions of bytes of data to millions of users every day. The teacher sued. Challenged on the curricularreading list at Pomperaug High School in Southbury, CT (1995) because sexually explicitpassages arent appropriate high school reading. Total Views 2,164,856,182 (Older Stats), Total Items 3,578,794 (Older Stats), Regional Digitization in Massachusetts, administered by the Boston Public Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, University of California, San Francisco Library (UCSF), University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, NYARC - New York Art Resources Consortium, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, M.C. Another man died a day later in Kashmir. Retained on a supplemental eighth grade reading list in the Casa Grande, AZ Elementary School District (1985), despite the protests by black parents and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People who charged the book was unfit for juniorhigh use. A board member, elected amid promises to bring her Christian beliefs into all board decision-making, raisedthe controversy based on excerpts from the books she'd found on the internet. Found obscene in Boston, MA Superior Court (1965). The superintendent had suspended the book from thecurriculum. Students may request and borrow the book with parental approval. ", Removed from the open shelves of the NewportNews, VA school library (1986) because of its "profanity and sexual references" and placedin a special section accessible only to students over the age of 18 or who have writtenpermission from a parent. Removed from Irvington High School in Fremont, CA (1998) after a fewparents complained the book was unnecessarily violent and sexually explicit. Collections from Massachusetts libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, schools, and other cultural heritage institutions digitized in partnership with Digital Commonwealth and the Library for the Commonwealth program of the Boston Public Library. Challenged at theVernon-Verona-Sherill, NY School District (1980) as a "sex novel.". Removed fromtwo Anniston, AL High school libraries (1982), but later reinstated on a restricted basis. Later, after discussionswith the school district counsel, it was reinstated. Although an alternativeassignment was available, the book was challenged due to "inappropriate language, graphicsexual scenes, and book's negative image of black men.". 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