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• Labeling as a form of censorship: A143, F47, G191, L2, M264, M448, S276;
  • Alabama law, K70, M328;
  • Burbank, Calif., proposal, S480;
  • federal government, T40;
  • film labeling, B112, B249, O68, R275;
  • "poison," T154;
  • Texas bill, M249

• Labor-management relations: communications in, N152

• Labor unions: boycott notices, suppression of, L21;
  • broadcast bias charged, R57;
  • broadcast coercive practices charged, U95;
  • Buck's Stove and Range Co. injunction, A137, G151-G162, H39, P71, R154;
  • censorship by injunction, A137, C9, G151-G162, H39, P71, R154, S177, S735;
  • collective bargaining and press freedom, B534, N206;
  • Commission on Industrial Relations, S168;
  • Dixon (F. J.) trial (Canadian general strike), D184;
  • freedom of the press and, F301, P98, S320;
  • libel, F175;
  • Liun v. United Plant Guard Workers, P175;
  • publications (union) and unlawful purpose doctrine, G94;
  • refusal to set type (England), F326;
  • seditious libel, F287;
  • Taft-Hartley Act, T6;
  • threat to press freedom by, I28, T136;
  • "unfair to labor" libel cases, °K21;
  • unfairness of newspapers, B543, I41, R262-R263;
  • Wagner Act, R46. See also Newspaper strikes and blackouts

• Labour Monthly, A293

• Lacy, Dan, A179, F306, L3-L13, F104, U122

• Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence): C620, E157, G283, K199, L17, L381, M106, M463, M494, N93, R198, W231, P12;
  • Australian Customs, C170;
  • Commonwealth (Mass.) v. Delacey, B454, B658, D137, G109, G203-G204, J3, L136, M38, N116-N117;
  • Grove Press v. Christenberry, B602, G303, K27, K182, L100, M29, M514, P177, °M37;
  • Kingsley Corp. v. Regents (film), B239, F352, G197, H17, K14, K182, L128, M4, M429, N69, S187, S586;
  • Lawrence (D. H.) on, L97, L100;
  • Montreal case, H61;
  • Philippine Islands, °B27;
  • printers decline to set in type, L19;
  • Quebec case, C130;
  • R. v. Penguin Books, Ltd., B153, C363, H227, H230, H233, H239, L18, L198, M181 R2, S539, W126, W154

• La Follette, Robert M., Jr. (Sen.), C505

• Lagercrantz, Olof, L381

• Lamb (Edward) broadcast licensing case, L24-L25

• Lambert, John, trial, L26, F114

• Lampell, Millard, °C15

• Lancaster, Alfred, B21

• Lancet, W18

• Land of the Soviets (Marguerite Stewart), M242

• Landau, William (Dr.), W372

• Landis, James M., L33, S191

• Landstone, Charles, S328

• Lantern, The, K164, S168

• Lantern slides, censorship of, °H56

• Lapides, Linda, S394

• Large or Small Families (George H. Suasey), H380

• Largent v. Texas (1943), °W3

• Larkin, Margaret, L76

• Larrabee, Eric, C226, L50-L52

• Larsen, Roy E., A139

• Larson, Arthur, W217, °L6

• Larson, Cedric, L54-L56, M402-M403, S352-S355

• Lasker, Bruno, C353

• Laski, Harold J., L62-L65, N92, C120, °H17

• Laski v. Newark Advertising Co. Ltd. & Parlby (1946), L64, °H17

• Lassiter, William C., °L9, °O7

• Lasswell, Harold D., C18, I2, L67-L71, S453, U224, U229, U231

• Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby, Jr.), °F35, °J21

• Last Temptation of Christ, The (Nikos Kazantzakis), B384, C453, D231, M140, M462, T191, Z13

• Late King James's Declaration, The, N142

• Latimer, Thomas, trial, L27

• Latin America: exchange of ideas with North America, B238;
  • freedom of the press, B172, D264, I38-I40, N89, U30-U31, °A40, °I1;
  • Inter American Press Association, G41, I38-I40, °I1;
  • news gathering in, F310

• Latuko(film), H144

• Laughing Boy (Oliver La Farge), °L1

• Laurent, Lawrence, M384

• Lavelle, Patrick, B272

• Lavender, Harold W., °C14

• Law, Thomas, F361

• Law of Population (Annie Besant), I66

• Lawlor, Francis X., °M66

• Lawrence, D. H.: L97-L101, M494, N93;
  • banning and bowdlerizing of work, M494;
  • censorship of works, C620, E62;
  • paintings seized, A251, °R11;
  • quotations, C609;
  • review of Pornography and Obscenity, F224. See also Lady Chatterley's Lover Lawrence, Raymond D., Y22

• Laws of Life, The (Dr. Halliday Sutherland), O8

• Lea V. Justice of the Peace, et al. (1947), °H447

• Leach, Henry G., L76

• League of Nations: freedom of the press, L119-L120, U24;
  • motion pictures, S216;
  • obscene publications, L118, L121-L123;
  • radio broadcasting, °L13

• Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman), B86, H104, H253, K73-K74, M38, M500, N117, O35-O37

• Lee, Richard Henry, L216

• Leech, Edward T., E32

• Leeds, Josiah W., L140-L141, N79

• Lees, Charles, °M66

• Leggett, William. L152, °N8

• Legion of Decency, National, B315-B316, B318, B320, B457, B461, C139-C141, C277, D205, D275, F4, F82, J18, K52, L173, L338, M14, M111, M374, N70, Q7, R242, S66, S187, S535, S667, W103, W177, Y13, °O11. See also National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures

• Legman, Gerhson, A257, H294, L155-L156, W255, °H50, °L19

• Leigh, Robert D., B608, L160-L161, U232

• Leighton, Alexander, trial, G40, L162-L164, R299, S123

• Leland, Theron C., H242

• Lennox, John, S646

• Leon, Maurice, C179

• Lionard de Vinci (Sigmund Freud), K35

• Lerner, Max, I2, L171, °L21

• Leslie, John, B305

• L'Estrange, Roger, D229, E149, H414, K138, L176-L182, O28, P1, R268, °M65

• Letter to the People of England (John Shebbeare), L185

• Levellers: B474, F265, H41, H3, P81;
  • Chidley (Samuel) favors licensing, C316;
  • freedom of press rusade, M572;
  • freedom of press petition, W52, W352;
  • freedom of press theories, G47;
  • secret printing, P205;
  • tracts on liberty, H43-H44, W350. See also Lilburne, John; Overton, Richard; Walwyn, William

• Levenson, Ira, B263

• Leverton v. Curtis Publishing Co. (1952), °M13

• Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes), H284

• Levittan, Shirley R., °H44-°H45

• Lewis, Edward G., L226, M523, F260

• Lewis, Letitia A., U215

• Lexington (Mass.), library book selection statement, °C13

• Libel (Great Britain): advertisement containing false statement, C326;
  • clergy and church, B541, W296-W297;
  • dead persons, L241;
  • foreign governments, F325, V52;
  • injunction to restrain, F180, L232;
  • professional men, L242;
  • truth as defense, B203, B298, B373. See also Libel cases;
  • Libel laws;
  • Newspaper libel (Great Britain);
  • Seditious libel

• Libel (United States): American Society of Newspaper Editors on, A165;
  • broadcasters' liability, A276, B15, B211, B241, C650, D83, D159, D206, D210, F230, G311, H279, K45, M22, M55, M503, N110, R80, R89, S501, S510, S513, S560, T206, U87, U129, V16, V65-V66, Z17;
  • Cahn (Edmond) on, °C2;
  • dead persons, A240, B197, B294, K72, °A17;
  • defendant must prove innocence, W277;
  • fair comment as defense, T60, W149;
  • foreign governments, C410, D150, S679, T149, W166;
  • Franklin (Benjamin) on, F272;
  • immunity in defamation, V27-V28;
  • jury trial requested, M175;
  • language that is libelous, B504, B661, M173;
  • large awards granted, D153, E115;
  • mail exclusion bill, D19, U123;
  • not protected as free press, O4;
  • per se v.. per quod, F336;
  • personal protection v. free speech, C232;
  • personality injured by, F272;
  • political offenses, B205, L388, R146, R227, R229-R230;
  • political organizations, P64;
  • press restraints criticized, K104;
  • public affairs discussion, F83, V29;
  • public officials, B631, C669, F202, I64, K104, N212, P257, S476, °B28;
  • punishment opposed, B631;
  • qualified privilege of press D65, D153, E162, H34, Q1, Y2;
  • reader to blame, A33;
  • right of reply, D210, L45, R272, R274;
  • sex expression, D258;
  • truth as defense, H136, R29. See also New York Times Co. v. Sullivan; Newspaper libel (United States); Panama Canal libel case;
  • Seditious libel

• Libel, criminal: G125, K53, K87, °S56;
  • Butler (Nicholas Murray), L317;
  • Jack (Captain Guy), J1;
  • Putnam (George) trial, T205;
  • Webster v. Lyman (1828), B205, L388

• Libel, group: C597, E90, F313, G125, G302, L393, R145, R252, T13, T89, W322, °B51, °L26, °M40;
  • Beauharnais v. Illinois, B79, K53, K182, °B31, °C2, °N8;
  • court cases, K13;
  • federal law proposed, U103;
  • minorities, protection of, H310, F110, S86, °L14, °R1;
  • motion picture, G135, M308;
  • political offenses, R145;
  • statutory prohibition, S590

• Libel cases: Canada, A65, D184, W374

• --Great Britain: D71;
  • A' Beckett v. Mortimer, R101;
  • Beacon, The (Edinburgh), S635;
  • Berkeley v. Whiting, et al., W207;
  • bibliography, M189;
  • Bogle v. Lawson, °B43;
  • Buckler v. Sealy and and Hodson, S221;
  • Cobbett (William), B278, C405, C407-C408;
  • Cooper v. Wakley, W18;
  • Dering v. Uris, °L4;
  • Flower (Benjamin), F161;
  • Greenwood v. Taylor, T35;
  • Hall of Science case, F197;
  • Hatchard (John), H145;
  • Henwood v. Harrison, P328;
  • Hood and Sharpe, C104;
  • Inman v. Jenkins, J33;
  • Latimer (Thomas), L27;
  • Lea v. Justice of the Peace ('t al., H447;
  • Leslie v. Blackwood, B305;
  • Miller (John), M351;
  • Nightingale v. Stockdale, S654;
  • Pall Mall Gazette, H421, S465;
  • Parnell v. The Times, G256, °R29;
  • Richmond v. Simpkin and Marshall, R130;
  • Ruskin (John), E130;
  • Scott v. M'Gavin, M74;
  • Walker v. Roberts, R170;
  • Williams (John A.), B541, M59, T165, W296-W297;
  • Williams v. Faulder, F35;
  • Withers (Philip), W341-W342;
  • Wooley (William), W381;
  • Wright v. Clement, C386. See also Newspaper libel cases (Great Britain); Seditious libel

• --Ireland: Biogham (Major) et al., B272;
  • Bruce v. Grady, G196;
  • Cullen (Paul, Cardinal), O60, °C53;
  • Fitzpatrick (Hugh), R136;
  • Jones v. Sheehan, E26;
  • Magee (John), M146-M147

• --United States: A157, N143, P170, °P8;
  • American Book Co. (plaintiff), A99;
  • American Lancet, The, B140;
  • Barnum (P. T.) trial, B74, F132-F133;
  • bibliography, M189;
  • Bookcase, Inc. v. Broderick, P175;
  • Bowles (Samuel) on, F98;
  • Buckingham (J. T.) trial, B613;
  • Burnham v. Franklin, F273;
  • Butler (Nicholas Murray) trial, L317;
  • Butler v. Lowell Courier, L238;
  • Cheetham (James) trial, C294-C296;
  • Coleman (William) trial, C434;
  • Cooper (James F.), C543, E130, O124, S260;
  • Cooper v. Greeley and McElrath, C543, S260;
  • Corr v. Sun Printing and Publishing Co., A157;
  • Denny (Charles) et al. trials, D104;
  • Dew Drop, W275;
  • Dow (Lorenzo) trial, D230;
  • Estate of Ernest Hemingway v. Random House, P175;
  • Faulk v. Aware, Inc., B314, D153, F37;
  • Field (David D.) on, F98;
  • Foster v. Hudson, H399;
  • Gerry (Gov. Elbridge) on, G83;
  • Hamilton v. Frothingham, F367, W166;
  • Harper (Edward) trial, H106;
  • Henry v. Barrymore Theatre Corp., P175;
  • Iconoclast (Guy Jack), F334;
  • Knowles V. Douglass, N195;
  • Lion v. United Plant Guard Workers, P175;
  • Loomis (Dr. Horatio N.) trial, L347;
  • McCullough (Mrs. John T.), K5;
  • Morse v. Times-Republican (Iowa), A157;
  • Muzzey V. Gorman, F15, P55;
  • Panama Canal case, C644, E130, H376, I64, K88, L240, N176, R166, R231. S427, S458, W392-W393;
  • Polynesian, The (Honolulu), J22;
  • Roosevelt (Theodore) v. Newett (G. A.), A2, M392-M393, N160, R227, R229-R230;
  • Rush v. Cobbett, C406, N96, W166;
  • Smith (Mortimer J.), S484;
  • Strong v. Bennett, B194;
  • Venner v. Belmont, B171;
  • Wally Butts v. Curtis Publishing Co., D153, °J9, °P8;
  • Weston v. Berry, B240;
  • Whistler (James M.), E130, G56;
  • Whitmarsh (Joseph A.) trial, W211. See also Newspaper libel cases (United States); Seditious libel

• Libel laws: Anglo-American, D208, K53, P207

• --Canada: K109-K112, L145, S97, S583, S757

• --Great Britain: Act of 1881, P254;
  • Almon (John) trial, P148;
  • Bayle (Pierre) on, B125;
  • Bentham (Jeremy) on, B202-B203;
  • bibliography, S747-S748, S755;
  • Blackstone (William) on, A233, B202, B303, F384;
  • Borthwick (John) on, B406-B407;
  • businessmen and, °C11;
  • Button (W. A.) on, B664;
  • "Candor" pamphlets, C48, C437, C512, E1, F30-F32;
  • Cobbett (William) on, T141;
  • Coleridge (S. T.) on, C436;
  • Commissioners on Criminal Law (1841) report G210;
  • Committee on the Law of Defamation (1948), G211;
  • Cooke (G. W.) on, C537;
  • Craftsman controversy, A243, C614-C616, F274, G68, H22, H217-H221, P352, R14, S10-S12;
  • criticism of, A24, B265. F115, F229, H119, H344, I56, L88, L249, P327, W327;
  • Dawes (Manasseh) on, D57-D58;
  • Defamation Act of 1952, O111;
  • defense of, A216, P292, R34;
  • defenses under, F278;
  • digest of, B433, D158, H143, O38, P275, R33;
  • eighteenth-century
  • commentary, A23, A33, B373, C47, H259, L90, L116, L373, P148, S135, S333, T162;
  • Erskine (Thomas) on, E140, E142, E145, H30l, S693;
  • Fabricus on, F2;
  • Folkard (H.G.) on, F180-F181;
  • Fox Libel Act, B437, B440, L116 M256, S135, S333;
  • France, comparison with, S619;
  • Fraser (Hugh) on, F277-F278;
  • Friend to Harmony, A, F359;
  • Gatley (C. C.) on, G54;
  • general warrants, A85-A86, C437-C438, C512, F30-F32, J120, L321, M256, M299, R36, T166, W101;
  • George (John) on, G71;
  • Germany, comparison with, S619;
  • Hickson (0. S.) on, H252;
  • Holt (Francis L.) on, H319;
  • Jones (John) on, J95;
  • Junius letters, A87, A206, B423, G201, H13, J120, M25, M256, R36, R283, S150;
  • jury, right of, B373, B436-B437, B633, C48, C72-C73, D144, E142, J123, L192, L373, M518, P148, R220, S333, T161-T162, W1, W396, Y28;
  • jury packing, B200, B298, W376;
  • Justice and IPI recommendations, °I2;
  • librarians and, G57;
  • local and ecclesiastical courts, C389;
  • Mansfield (Lord) on, F101, F384, H301, W366;
  • Mence (Richard) on, L88, M284-M285;
  • Mill (J. S.) on, L88, M340;
  • newspapers, B39-B40, E63, H345, K107;
  • nineteenth-century commentary, B298, B407, E63, G71, H319, L237, L247, L252, M284-M285, O81, P196, P329, S346, S6, T164, °S52;
  • overt acts test, D57-D58, R27;
  • Phileleutherus Anglicanus on, P148;
  • Place (Francis) on, C81, P188;
  • plaintiff benefits, H345, H352, L287;
  • predatory laws, D18, K107;
  • press challenges, A269;
  • Profumo (John) affair, R269;
  • prosecution methods, B406;
  • public v. private affairs, S681;
  • Raynor (John) on, R33-R34;
  • reply, right of, R272, R274;
  • Scotland, B407;
  • Select Committee on the Law of Defamation and Libel (1843), G245;
  • Select Committee on the Law of Libel (1879) report, G239;
  • seventeenth-century commentary, G305, H299, M176, S323;
  • Shipley (William D.) trial, D57-D58, E142, E145, F34, S341-S342, S693;
  • Starkie (Thomas) on, S584;
  • Stephen (Sir James) on, °S52;
  • Swift (Jonathan) on, S752;
  • Taylor (John E.) on, T35;
  • Towers (Joseph) on, T161-T163;
  • truth a defense, R29;
  • twentieth-century commentary, C103, P51, R272, S583, °L22, °O14. See also Seditious libel

• --India: F16, F128, G310, L189, M273, M399

• --Ireland: L375, M142

• --New Zealand: A67, °D4

• --United States: C593, H105, H138, H319, K53, K82, K99, L86, L89, M370, N143, C112, P51, P170, S338, S381, S583, T168, °P8;
  • against photographs, D49, M217-M218, R273, S561;
  • balancing societal interest, P83;
  • bibliography of, S755;
  • Blackstone interpretation opposed, B202, B303, M175, P18;
  • California, N144;
  • Code of Civil Procedure, C660;
  • code proposed, W78;
  • college press, °D17;
  • Congressional investigations, reporting of, N101;
  • Connecticut, °F1;
  • constitutionality, °C38;
  • Cooley (Thomas M.) on, C539;
  • Cooper (Thomas) on, C556-C558;
  • criminal defamation, °L17;
  • current trends, (1951) C654, (1955-date) P170,
  • (1963) D153;
  • defense of, P330, R153;
  • definition of terms, G308, H138;
  • Egyptian, compared with, °B16;
  • extrajudicial body proposed, W78;
  • fictitious name in literature, L228;
  • Franklin (Benjamin) on, F272;
  • French, compared with, °B16;
  • Gaynor (William J.) on, G58, W367;
  • Gerry (Elbridge) on, G83;
  • handbooks, A266-A267, A271, B661, H199, H391, L291, M304, P178, S213, S562, S759, T61, T80, T185, W347-W348, Y3, Y5;
  • history, D208, S333, V30;
  • interstate publication, P335;
  • Iowa, J48;
  • Italian, compared with, °B16;
  • Kent (James) on, K82;
  • literature, relating to, L228, M509;
  • McCarthy (Joseph R.) and, P84;
  • mail, exclusion of libelous matter from, D19, U123;
  • Massachusetts, D278, G83, W211;
  • Missouri, J65;
  • New York, S226, S333-S334;
  • Oklahoma, H10;
  • Otis (Harrison G.) on, C112;
  • Pennsylvania, M174, N123, P96, S456-S457;
  • reforms proposed, D209;
  • reply, right of, D210, E42, L45, R272, R274;
  • research needed, S388;
  • Seward (William) on, S260;
  • South Carolina, °M51;
  • state law, A203, H143, M123, °B28;
  • Texas, D219;
  • Thayer (Frank) on, T59-T64;
  • Townshend (John) on, T168;
  • Veeder (Van Vechten) on, V27-V30;
  • West Virginia, P184;
  • Yankwich (Leon R.) on, Y2-Y3, Y5-Y7. See also Privacy, right of

• Libel of moral standards: religious faith, B488

• Libel trials: increased news coverage urged, B9, M319

• Libel v. sedition, P257

• Liberalism, drive against, M20

• Libertarian theory of press freedom. See Freedom of the press

• Liberty of Prophesying (Jeremy Taylor), R151

• Liberty of the press. See Freedom of the press

• Librarians: booksellers and, stake in press freedom, K144;
  • censorship by, F131, F134, M447, S690;
  • "Defenders, The", M449, S324, S492, W380;
  • defenders of morality v. defenders of freedom, K136, M476, S78;
  • dismissal of, Bartlesville, Okla., M458, O61, R239, S445, S660;
  • indifference to censorship, E75;
  • Jones (Howard M.) on, J94;
  • limited responsibility for censorship, W42;
  • opposition to censorship, B493, C134-C135, J107, K136, M457, M464, S78, °G3;
  • protection against prosecution, A224, G15, G18, J60, S329, W6;
  • Wallace (Irving) on, W38

• Libraries, college. See College and research libraries

• Libraries, destruction of, V37

• Libraries, public. See Public libraries

• Libraries, school. See School library censorship

• Library Bill of Rights, A143-A144, A148-A149, A152, A223, B226-B228, B233, B355, B377, C36, C99, C574, D85, D112, D224, G7, G192, M35, M39, M452, R212, °G4. See also Intellectual freedom in libraries;
  • School library Bill of Rights

• Library book selection policies: C18, F134, K136, M447, P6, R6, W385;
  • balancing theory, C482, L36, M591;
  • Baltimore (Enoch Pratt), G268, S394;
  • bias charges examined, R72;
  • bibliography, G285;
  • British libraries, B21, B604, C459, T110;
  • California survey, F134;
  • Catholic libraries, B636, F365, H223, K174, S523;
  • changing concepts, M476, S78, S365;
  • "cheap" fiction, J89, K143, W153;
  • Chicago Public Library (1922), R190;
  • Christian concepts, F365;
  • Cleveland Public Library, F343;
  • college and research libraries, B636, C359, C565, M591, N179, S523, V18, °B50;
  • Communist criticism of American, P126;
  • community values, B663;
  • controversial books, handling of, B514, B604, C524, F343, G268, K136, L49, L256, M447-M448, N221, O109, P75, P282, R21, S24, S394, T74-T75, U4, V22, W38, W155, W173, °C13;
  • controversial books, survey of, B604, F68, F134, G9, M454;
  • controversial periodicals, handling of, B242, B295, B417, W82;
  • court decisions affecting, °M47;
  • Detroit Public Library, A146, B285, T39, U4;
  • distortion of truth, C93, O53, S93;
  • double standards opposed, M447, M450;
  • experts evaluate controversial works, M264;
  • Haines (Helen) on, H20;
  • Hamden (Conn.) statement, °J19;
  • ideology conflict reflected in, V63;
  • immoral books, defends exclusion of, B499, F365, H262, M250, P255;
  • labeling, A143, F47, L2, M264, M448, S276;
  • "left-wing" bias charged, C92, C581, G181, M468, M488;
  • Lexington (Mass.) statement, C13;
  • librarian's syndrome, °S517;
  • literary critic's role, J104;
  • Long Beach, Calif., P282;
  • MacLeish (Archibald) on, M108;
  • Marcus (William E.) on, M179;
  • Minneapolis Public Library, °M44;
  • minority interests, B119, O53;
  • morality, judgment in, B6, M86, S100;
  • motion picture selection, A153, B112, B226, H307;
  • Muon (Ralph) on, M580;
  • New City, N.Y., Public Library board conflict, M466;
  • New Hampshire survey, G9;
  • New South Wales, D280, L258;
  • New York school library selection policy satirized, C482;
  • Oshkosh Public Library, C109;
  • overseas libraries criticized, A145, A297, G194, U239;
  • Philadelphia Free Library, B525, H307, T74-T75;
  • "pornographic convention," °C49;
  • pornography, °M48;
  • problem fiction, L259, M454, R276;
  • propaganda, A176, A261, B286, C398, D180, H278, H405, J23, K162, M45, M575, M581, O53, S491, T110;
  • Queens Borough Public Library, P75;
  • radical publications needed, B295, M575, P147, W82;
  • Regnery (Henry) on, R72;
  • responsibility for application, F275;
  • "right wing" bias charged, J105;
  • Saskatchewan Library Advisory Council, B417;
  • School Library Association of California, statement, M310;
  • selection committees, K125;
  • selection v. censorship, A95, A262-A264, B284, B327, B394, B414, C100, C373, C694, D15, D175, F134, J24, K201, M576, P72, V3, W385, °H46;
  • Shuman (Edwin L.) on, S365;
  • Soviet, books about the, M581, W328;
  • vicious v. frank expression, B609;
  • Wallace (Irving) on, W38;
  • written policy advocated, L22;
  • young adults, B151, B525, B554, F365, S100, S507, T93, °G29, °J18. See also Intellectual freedom in libraries; Library Bill of Rights; Propaganda in libraries, schools

• Library censorship. See College and research libraries; Public libraries; School library censorship

• Libre Belgique, La, M341

• Licensers of printing (Great Britain): D174, G277;
  • Bohun (Edmund), B344, B363;
  • Bray (Rev. William), P210;
  • Buc (Sir George), S192;
  • Eldon (Lord), Z2;
  • Fraser (James), H197;
  • L'Estrange (Roger), K138, L176-L182, O28, P1, R268, S463, S767, °M65;
  • Stephens (Robert, "Robin Hog"), M496, R268, S463

• Licensing (municipal) v. censorship, B313

• Licensing of motion pictures. See Motion picture censorship

• Licensing of newspapers under National Industrial Recovery Act, proposed, H195

• Licensing of printing (Great Britain): A220, C399, D174, G277, H65, M561, M572, N202, P51, P358, R56, R268, S307, S378, S386-
• S387, S767, T79, °D21, °L33, °M65;
  • Act of 1642, °G35;
  • Act of 1643, R299;
  • Act of 1647, G228;
  • Act of 1649, G224-G225;
  • Act of 1662, R171, W28;
  • Barker (Mathew), B41;
  • "beacon fired" controversy, B127-B128, G176, N216, S538;
  • Blount (Charles) opposes, B343-B344, S252;
  • Bohun (Edmund), licenser, B344, B363;
  • Bray (Rev. William), P210;
  • Buc (Sir George), S192;
  • Chidley (Samuel) favors, C316;
  • Defoe (Daniel) on, D78, D80;
  • Denton (William) opposes, D106, S252;
  • favors, B41, C316, L188, P35, Y27;
  • Fraser (James), licenser, H197;
  • Gregory (Francis) favors, G281;
  • lack of (satire), D236;
  • Laud (Archbishop William), L73-L74;
  • L'Estrange (Roger), licenser, K138, L176-L182, O28, P1, R268, S463, S767, °M65;
  • Locke (John) opposes, B424, L325;
  • Marprelate controversy, A221, D72, D173, M572, P159-F160, °M12;
  • Milton (John) opposes, M378-M379, S252, S428, W352;
  • monopoly opposed, L343, S537;
  • newsbooks, S386;
  • Parker (Henry) favors, P35;
  • "popish" works, B127, G60, S538;
  • printers' proposal, P324;
  • Sparke (Michael) on, S537-S538;
  • Star Chamber decree (1637), A220, G213;
  • Stationers' Company, B307, G278, G293, H65, H300, K209, L342-L343, M561, M572, F35, P227, F358, R268, S307, S378, S387, S537-S538, T79, W28, °D21, °L33, °L36-°L37;
  • Stephens (Robert), M496, R268, S463;
  • Tindal (Matthew) opposes, T125-T126;
  • Tunstall (Bishop), R56;
  • Walwyn (William) opposes, W50;
  • Wolfe (John) defies licensing, H347. See also Star Chamber, Court of

• Licensing of radio and television stations. See Radio and television broadcasting (United States)

• Licensing of stage productions. See Stage censorship (Great Britain)

• Lieber, Francis, °N8

• Life, B64, B415, F6, F171, R194, T204

• Life of Apollonius Tyaneus (Charles Blount), B343

• Life of Henry IV (John Hayward), D235

• Light, The, L272, N79

• Lilburne, John: B474, C316, F265, G91, G279, H41, H43-H44, L273-L283, O129, P81, P205, R299, S33, W21, W352-W353;
  • portrait of, V31 ;
  • satire, purported from Lilburne in nether world, W262

• Lincoln (Ill.) College, L32

• Lindeman, Eduard C., N66

• Lindey, Alexander, E128-E131, L291-L293

• Lindley, Ernest K., L294-L296, M607

• Lindsay, John J., G23

• Lindsey, Ben B. (Judge), A171, P111

• Linn V. United Plant Guard Workers of America (1966), F175

• Linton, W. J., H328, L302

• Lippmann, Walter, E48, L303-L309, °C20, °L28-°L29

• Lists of objectionable books, form of prior restraint, C201, C205, C566, D279, F268, L220, L329, M498, W2

• Literary criticism, freedom of: H340, K10, K139, S210;
  • censorship and, K89, S330, T106;
  • criticism of, K134, L311;
  • legal limits, C319;
  • libel, R41, T187;
  • responsibility when censorship abolished, L201;
  • theater reviews, K142

• Literary property. See Copyright law

• Literary style, factor in obscenity, F153, I36, S137, °B66

• Literature, censorship of (Great Britain): B157, C620-C621, S218;
  • Aldington (Richard) on, A55;
  • Brentford (Viscount) on, B495-B496, F247;
  • Censor's Handbook, C146;
  • Censorship Department opposed, F1;
  • circulating libraries, B21, B184, B396, C343-C344, E136, G187, H127, J24, L310, L312, M491-M493, N105, F276, S419, S498, T49, V69;
  • English Review defended, K139;
  • fiction discriminated against, A55;
  • French commentary on, V1;
  • history, A88-A89, C618, C620-C621, S204;
  • Housman (Laurence) on, H366-H369;
  • Lawrence (D. H.) on, L97, L99-L101;
  • Lodge (Sir Oliver) opposes, L331;
  • MacCarthy (Desmond) on, W394;
  • Moore (George) on, M492;
  • Murray (Gilbert) on, M593;
  • police as critics, H124;
  • reformers as critics, H125;
  • Russell (Bertrand) on, R300, R303;
  • self-restraint needed, F183, S13, S601;
  • Stoker (Bram) on, S658. See also Fiction, modern; Literary criticism, freedom of; Morality and literature

• Literature, censorship of (United States): B365, C384, E128-E129, E137, G260, H250, K98, M371, N211, F364, Q5, S218, T57, W146, W231, °B64, °C14;
  • adolescent girls protected, B244, B275, C667;
  • authors' excesses lead to, D36, F145, T169;
  • bibliography, F87;
  • "books to read and books to burn," B311;
  • Boyd (Ernest) on, B448;
  • Boynton (H. W.) on, Q5;
  • Bureau of Literary Standards proposed, C282;
  • church and state not competent judges, B459;
  • classics, C492, C496;
  • Cowley (Malcolm), C604-C606, W146;
  • Dixon (Thomas) on, D186;
  • Dreiser (Theodore) on, D251-D252, Q5;
  • extralegal methods, H194, M371;
  • federal board proposed, B173;
  • folly of, M371, R67, °L2;
  • high school libraries, B327, B400, B554;
  • history, A88-A89, C618, C620-C621;
  • ideas circulate, authors persecuted, M18;
  • intellectual distortion, C2;
  • judge as literary critic, C334, S201;
  • legal basis, C238, J37;
  • literary style a factor, F153, I36, S137, °B66;
  • literati v. Philistines, L52;
  • Liveright (Horace B.), Q5;
  • McCarthy (Mary) on, M18;
  • Mencken(H. L.) on, M287;
  • Miller (Henry) on, M348-M350;
  • Nathan (G. J.) on, N6-N11, °N5;
  • New York authors protest, C166;
  • Perry (Bliss) on, P113;
  • Phelps (William L.) on, F145;
  • self-restraint
  • needed, F373-F374;
  • Sherman (Stuart P.) on, S330;
  • Warren (Robert Penn) on, W146;
  • Wescott (Glenway) on, W146. See also Fiction, modern Literary criticism, freedom of; Morality and literature; Obscenity

• Literature, vulgarity in, H444, M270, M593. See also Fiction, modern

• Literature and morality. See Morality and literature Little, Thomas F. (Msgr.), G274

• Little Black Sambo (Helen Bannerman), B576

• Little Review, °B65

• Littlejohn v. Greeley (1861), G261

• Liveright, Horace B., Q5

• Liverpool Post and Mercury, R304

• Living Age, °M60

• Livingston, Maturin, C296

• Lloyd, Selwyn, G231

• Lloyd, Thomas, D271

• Lloyd George (Major G.), N80

• Lobert Pictures Corp. v. City of Atlanta (1961), A91

• Locke, John: B424;
  • freedom views, C531, S182;
  • Letter Concerning Tolerance, A, D232, L324;
  • licensing statement, B424, L325

• Lockhart, Andrew F., C368, L326-L327

• Lockhart, Jack H., A165

• Lockhart, William B., C270, L328-L330

• Lodge, Oliver (Sir), L331, S143

• Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), A43, B22, D284, H251, L200, L337, R198, S208

• Lomas, John, D104

• London, Ephraim, A6, L338

• London book trade, control of. See Licensing of printing (Great Britain);
  • Stationers' Company London Corresponding Society, G236-G237.
  • See also Hardy, Thomas; Thelwall, John, trial; Tooke, John Horne

• London parks: prohibition of radical literature in, C420, V34

• Long, Haniel, L76

• Long Beach, Calif., Public Library censorship pressures, C453

• Long History of a Short Session of a Certain Parliament in a Certain Kingdom, A, G111

• Long Island Intellectual Freedom Committee (school librarians), °A6

• Long Watch, The (Elizabeth Linington), L301

• Lord, Eliot, T26

• Lorentz, Pare, E132

• Los Angeles: crime comic ordinance unconstitutional, G90, L28, N69, C97;
  • library censorship board, B230;
  • Merchant of Venice banned, S599;
  • public library burned, M474;
  • public library censorship pressures, M358;
  • Times, F75, L357, R46, R168, Y4;
  • UNESCO materials in schools, I72, L266, W2

• Lottery information: ban of, C491, C691, R23, T84

• Louisiana: obscenity law, G205, N201;
  • tax on newspaper revenue, B133, J21, K182, S408

• Love and Death (Gershon Legman), L156

• Love Book, The (Lenore Kendel), °M17

• Love without Fear (Eustace Chesser), C624

• Lovejoy, Elijah P., martyrdom, B152, C57, C96, D24, D31, D164, D167, D170, D224, D272, G98, G262, L290, L365, M428, M547, N219, P151, F270, S411-S412, S634, S669, T14, W278 (play), W386

• Lovell v. City of Griffin (1937), B419, C520, D253, J21, K182, °W3

• Lovers, The (film), A189, F153, O77, P174, S736

• Love's Pilgrimage (Upton Sinclair), S419

• Lovett, Robert M., C27, K12

• Lovett, William, trial, L367-L368, M59

• Lowell, A. Lawrence, T186

• Lowell, James R., M378

• Lowell CMass.) Courier, L238

• Lowman, Seymour, C505

• Lucid, Robert F., K62

• Luc:ftr, the Light Bearer, F213, H100-H101, H103, H434, J13, L378, N170, F262-F263, S166, S182, S254, W15

• Lucinde (Friedrich Schlegel), M181

• Luhan, Mabel Dodge, L76

• Lundstrom, Mack, F234

• Lyford, Joseph P., C230

• Lyle, Jack, °S10

• Lyman, Theodore, Jr., trial, B205, L388

• Lyon, Matthew, trial, C96, H99, L394, M102, M353, S343, S471, W166, W196, °G25

• Lyons, Eugene, A175, L395

• Lyons v. Bingham, et al. (1834), B272

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