| Description | Papers relating to moral standards in contemporary British society, including: further correspondence about "Growing Up", a sex education film by Dr. Martin Cole, including a letter from Mrs. Susan Varah, Central President of the Mothers' Union, addressed to all Directors of Education (f.6), an educational assessment of the film by George Whitfield of the Board of Education (ff.8-12); letters from members of the public on various aspects of moral standards (ff.13, 26-27,29, 40-41, 54-55, 68-69, 79-84); correspondence about "The Little Red School Book"and prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act (ff.20-22, 28, 38, 61-67, 70); notes on Lord Longford's Study Group on pornography (ff.23) and presscutting of a speech on pornography by Cuthbert Bardsley, Bishop of Coventry, at the Coventry Diocesan Synod, with reactions to it (ff.24-25, 29); letter from Knud Thestrup, Danish Minister of Justice, about Ramsey's statements on pornography, with a copy of an article by Mr. Thestrup (ff.30-35, 42); letter from J.F. Hutton of the Grimsby and District Branch of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents about the moral responsibility of newsagents with regard to pornographic material (ff.36-37, 39, 47, 59-60); letter in "The Times" from Dr. Ambrose King and others on the setting up of "The Responsible Society" and subsequent presscuttings, memoranda and a pamphlet (ff.43-44, 48-53); Bishop of Guildford's address to diocesan synod, including comments on pornography (ff.56-58); correspondence with Lady Meade-Fetherstonhaugh about the film "The Devils" (ff.71-77); memorandum by the Parliamentary Civil Liberties Group of the National Council for Civil Liberties summarising the report of the United States Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (ff.87-91). |