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Still Image
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Title
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Wide Open Windows
Subject
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Books
Description
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Canadian School Reader, the cover of which portrays a typical scene of childhood innocence, with two children and a puppy peering out the window onto a natural scene.
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http://childrenslit.library.ryerson.ca/items/show/7301
Publisher
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The Copp Clark Publishing Co. Limited
Date
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1947
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Brown, Audrey M. (illustrator); Salisbury, Margaret (illustrator); Scott, Blanche (illustrator); Stark, W.R. (illustrator); Bice, Clare (illustrator)
Creator
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Smithe, John Merle (author)
Format
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JPG
Bibliographic Citation
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Brown, Audrey M. (Illustrator); Salisbury, Margaret (Illustrator); Scott, Blanche (Illustrator); Stark, W.R. (Illustrator); Bice, Clare (Illustrator). "Wide Open Windows Cover." Windows Wide Open. Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal: The Copp Clark Publishing Co. Limited, 1947. Web. Children's Literature Archive.
Type
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Book Cover
canada
education
students
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Magazine Articles
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Title
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Are Comic Books a Menace?
Subject
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Magazine Articles
Description
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Details the results of a comics questionnaire given to over 1800 children, 235 of which having been classified as delinquents.
Creator
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Hoult, Thomas (writer); Hoult, Lois (writer)
Date
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1 June 1950
Format
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PDF
Type
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Magazine Article
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Hoult, Lois, and Thomas Hoult. "Are Comic Books a Menace?" Today's Health (1 June 1950): 20-21; 44-45. Print.
Publisher
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Today's Health
Rights
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American Medical Association
children
comic books
comics
education
juvenile delinquency
murder
psychology
publication and distribution
sex
students
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Newspaper Article
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Students Burn Comic Books Launch Drive Prevent Sale
Subject
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Newspaper Articles
Description
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Describes a group of 600 students burning over 2000 comic books while being led by a 13 year-old boy. The boy's speech is transcribed.
Date
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27 October 1948
Format
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PDF
Type
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Newspaper Article
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"Students Burn Comic Books Launch Drive Prevent Sale." Medicine Hat Daily News, 27 October 1948: 1. Web. 4 April 2014.
Creator
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Unknown
Publisher
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Medicine Hat Daily News
Rights
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Medicine Hat News
book burnings
books
boys
canada
children
comic books
comics
school
students
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Newspaper Article
sourced from a newspaper
Dublin Core
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Title
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Sharing Between the Shears
Subject
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Newspaper Articles
Description
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Utilizes statistics to argue that children are becoming more violent. Saunders claims that: when a parent hands their child a crime comic, they are allowing them to do as they see in the story.
Creator
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Saunders, Mae (writer)
Date
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11 March 1944
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PDF, JPG
Type
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Newspaper Article
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Saunders, Mae. "Sharing Between the Shears." Bakersfield Californian, 11 March 1944: 6. Web.
Publisher
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Bakersfield Californian
Rights
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Bakersfield Californian
cartoons
children
comic books
comics
crime
juvenile delinquency
magazines
murder
newspapers
parents
police
reading
school
statistics
students
violence
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Newspaper Article
sourced from a newspaper
Dublin Core
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Title
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Scholars Hit Comic Book Myth
Subject
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Newspaper Articles
Description
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Outlines a study that was done by graduate students. When asked, children reveal they are not as negatively impacted by comic book reading as was initially believed.
Date
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2 October 1947
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PDF, JPG
Type
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Newspaper Article
Creator
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Unknown
Publisher
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
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"Scholars Hit Comic Book Myth." Berkeley Daily Gazette, 2 October 1947. Web.
cartoons
children
comic books
comics
horror
juvenile delinquency
magazines
reading
school
sex
students
study
violence
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Newspaper Article
sourced from a newspaper
Dublin Core
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Title
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Pupils Burn Comic Books: Auburn Parochial School has Bonfire of Crime-Sex Volumes
Subject
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Newspaper Articles
Description
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A story about a mass burning of comic books that took place in Auburn New York. The burning took place following a talk that was held by a reverend that saw children wanting to get rid of their comics.
Date
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23 December 1948
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Newspaper Article
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"Pupils Burn Comic Books: Auburn Parochial School has Bonfire of Crime-Sex Volumes." New York Times, 23 December 1948: 22. Web. 2 June 2014.
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ProQuest
Creator
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Unknown
Publisher
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New York Times
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http://ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/docview/108359290?accountid=13631
book burnings
books
children
comic books
comics
crime
juvenile delinquency
school
sex
students
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Newspaper Article
sourced from a newspaper
Dublin Core
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Title
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Encourage Better Reading Habits: Are Comic Books Harmful to Youth? Portagers Have Interesting Answers Concensus is Comic Ban of No Use
Subject
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Newspaper Articles
Description
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Interview with a teacher, a deaconess, a child welfare expert and a youth regarding comic books. The general consensus is that better reading habits should be taught by teachers and parents.
Date
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27 March 1952
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Newspaper Article
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"Encourage Better Reading Habits: Are Comic Books Harmful to Youth? Portagers Have Interesting Answers Concensus is Comic Ban of No Use." Portage La Prairie Leader, 27 March 1952: 10. Web. 24 April 2014.
Creator
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Unknown
Publisher
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Portage La Prairie Leader
ban
children
comic books
comics
interview
literature
reading
students
teachers
youth
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Newspaper Article
sourced from a newspaper
Dublin Core
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Title
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Crime Comic Book Gave Killer Ideas
Subject
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Newspaper Articles
Description
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Outlines a double murder that took place in Talladega, Alabama in which a man killed his wife and her friend. It is said in the article that the murderer read a crime comic book shortly before the murder.
Date
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11 February 1949
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PDF, JPG
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Newspaper Article
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"Crime Comic Book Gave Killer Ideas." Lethbridge Herald, 11 February 1949: 1. Web. 2 March 2014.
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Unknown
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Lethbridge Herald
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Lethbridge Herald
comic books
comics
crime
horror
murder
reading
students
violence
women
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Newspaper Article
sourced from a newspaper
Dublin Core
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Title
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Comics and Crime
Subject
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Newspaper Articles
Description
An account of the resource
The journalist speaks with children about why they read comic books, and what they think about the proposed ban on crime comics. Many of the children agree that banning the books would only make them more desirable.
Date
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26 March 1950
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Newspaper Article
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"Comics and Crime." Portland Press Herald, 26 March 1950: 2. Web. 23 March 2014.
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Unknown
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Portland Press Herald
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Portland Press Herald
ban
children
comic books
comics
crime
magazines
parents
popularity
punishment
reading
students
youth
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Newspaper Article
sourced from a newspaper
Dublin Core
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Title
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Catholic Students Burn Up Comic Books
Subject
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Newspaper Articles
Description
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Discusses the burning of 2000 comic books, as ordered by the Bishop of the Albany Catholic Diocese
Date
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11 December 1948
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Newspaper Article
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"Catholic Students Burn Up Comic Books." New York Times, 11 December 1948: 18. Web. 22 October 2013.
Rights
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ProQuest
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Unknown
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New York Times
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http://ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/docview/108368397?accountid=13631
book burnings
books
comic books
comics
crime
evil
obscene literature
religion
sex
students