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Freedom of speech

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Blasphemy Law is Dead, Aug 2002

 piece
Identifier: GD61/11/2/6/40/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Aug 2002
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings / Now UK

Collection of correspondence from and relating to Hugh MacDiarmid and the publication of Stony Limits

 Collection — Box CLX-A-1594
Identifier: Coll-2005
Content Description This collection consists of correspondence between Hugh MacDiarmid, his publisher Victor Gollancz, and other interested parties concerning the publication of his poetry volume Stony Limits (1934). The correspondence largely concerns Gollancz’s fears that certain poems might expose the publisher to prosecution under libel, blasphemy, and obscenity legislation. Although he rigorously defended his verse, MacDiarmid was eventually persuaded to substitute the...
Dates: 1934-1986
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence, 1974

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.45
Dates: 1974
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / Index on Censorship

Correspondence, 1975-1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.45A
Dates: 1975-1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / Index on Censorship

Correspondence and papers, January 1976-February 1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.36
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence with Martin Rivers Pollock and papers. It includes papers prepared by J.M. Ziman and P. Sieghart (members of the Working Group) outlining their initial thoughts on the remit of the Group; and minutes of the First Meeting, 19 February 1976.

Dates: January 1976-February 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / Council for Science and Society

Correspondence and papers, March 1976-May 1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.37
Dates: March 1976-May 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / Council for Science and Society

Correspondence and papers, June 1976-August 1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.39
Dates: June 1976-August 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / Council for Science and Society

Draft of Final Report, September 1976

 sub-sub-sub-series
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.41-J.42
Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of 2 files containing a draft of the final report of the Council for Science and Society's Working Group, dated September 1976.

Dates: September 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / Council for Science and Society

Draft of 'Freedom in Science', 1975

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.46
Scope and Content

The material consists of 'Freedom in Science' by Martin Rivers Pollock. This is a 24 page typescript and references for the lecture which Martin Rivers Pollock gave as the J.D. Bernal Peace Library Lecture.

Dates: 1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / ORGANISATIONS

First draft report of the Group, April 1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/c/J.38
Scope and Content

The material consists of the first draft report of the Council for Science and Society's Working Group, dated April 1976. It consists of a 27 page typescript with manuscript annotations by Martin Rivers Pollock.

Dates: April 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / Council for Science and Society

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