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A is for Arvin: The Morals Case of Newton Arvin and Obscenity at the Turn of the 1960s

Photograph of Newton Arvin by Eric Stahlberg, 1946. Newton Arvin Papers, Mortimer Rare Book Collection. On September 2, 1960, police ransacked the home of a widely acclaimed Smith Professor, Newton Arvin (born Frederick Newton Arvin), in search of obscenity. They found magazines in Arvin’s room and office, under distributor titles like One and MANual, full […]