Carnegie General Donations, Gifts and Grants to New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
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- Name
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Home Trust Company (Author)
- Carnegie Corporation of New York (Author)
- Title
- Carnegie General Donations, Gifts and Grants to New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
- Archival Context
- Series II. Files on Microfilm. II.A. Gifts and Grants. II.A.5. General Donations
- Subjects
- Endowments; Public interest groups; Censorship; New York (N.Y.); New York Society for the Suppression of Vice; Comstock, Anthony, 1844-1915
- Format
- correspondence
- Genre
- Business correspondence
- Origin Information
- 1886
- Physical Description
- microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
- digitized microfilm
- Note (Reel no.)
- Reel 80
- Note
- PDF may contain multiple grant documents.
- The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (NYSSV or SSV) was an institution dedicated to supervising the morality of the public, founded in 1873. Its specific mission was to monitor compliance with state laws and work with the courts and distri ct attorneys in bringing offenders to justice. It and its members also pushed for additional laws against perceived immoral conduct. While the NYSSV is better remembered for its opposition to literary works, it also closely monitored the newsstands, commonly found on city sidewalks and in transportation terminals, which sold the popular newspapers and periodicals of the day. The NYSSV was founded by Anthony Comstock and his supporters in the Young Men's Christian Association. It was chartered by the New York state legislature, which granted its agents powers of search, seizure and arrest, and awarded the society 50% of all fines levied in resulting cases. After his death in 1915, Comstock was succeeded by John S. Sumner. In 1947, the organization's name was changed to the Society to Maintain Public Decency. After Sumner's retirement in 1950, the organization was dissolved. The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice is not to be confused with its namesake, the earlier, 19th-century Society for the Suppression of Vice." [SOURCE: "New York Society for the Suppression of Vice." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Society_for_the_Suppression_of_Vice. Accessed 8 Oct. 2018.]
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright - United States
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-d1pq-mz69