Overview
Correspondence and other materials relating to Fuller's role in book censorship in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1949
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite. Retrieval requires advance notice. Check with Houghton Public Services staff.
Extent
2.1 linear feet (7 boxes)Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, printed materials including court rulings and appeals, clippings, printed speeches, articles, and pamphlets regarding book censorship. Also includes subject files with the above mentioned material types.
Biographical / Historical
Fuller was the proprietor of the Old Corner Bookstore on Bromfield Steet in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also the President of the Board of Trade of the Boston Book Merchants. He was involved in Boston book censorship ca. 1915-1950.
Arrangement
Minimally processed. Includes the following series: I. Correspondence, II. Clippings, III. Printed material, and IV. Subject files.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Custodial History
Unknown source.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
0000M-28. Unknown source.
General note
Many items are very brittle.
Processing Information
Minimally processed by Ashley Nary, 2017 June.
- Title
- Fuller, Richard F. Richard F. Fuller papers, 1921-1949 (MS Am 3132): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Date
- 6/1/2017
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02815
Repository Details
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