| ID | 5274 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Department of Justice |
| Reference | |
| Description | Committee on Evil Literature, Department of Posts and Telegraphs. File includes correspondence between the Committee and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs requesting official evidence as to the practise of the Post Office Authorities in preventing under the powers conferred by the Post Office Act, 1908, the circulation through the post of indecent books, papers, etc., 19 April 1926. Copy of instructions issued to the Post Office Servants for the treatment of packets contravening section 16 and 63 of the Post Office Act, 1908. Letter and enclosure from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs outlining practise of the Post Office Authorities in preventing under the powers conferred by the Post Office Act, 1908, the circulation through the post of indecent books, papers, etc., 10 May 1926. Letter from the Committee on Evil Literature to the Secretary of Post and Telegraphs requesting he appear before the Committee, May 1926. Contained in the file are various pamphlets on contraceptives, etc., including 'A letter to Working Mothers: On How to have Healthy Children and Avoid Weakening Pregnancies' by Maire Carmichael Stopes, London 1925'. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1908; 1925; 1926 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | National Archives of Ireland |
| Address | 8 Bishop Street Dublin 8 |
| Eircode | D08 DF85 |
| Telephone | (01) 407-2300 |
| Telephone 2 | 1890-25-24-24 |
| Email Address | query@nationalarchives.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nationalarchives.ie/ |
| latitude | 53.33847 |
| longitude | -6.26860 |