Segregating Propaganda in American Libraries: Ralph Ulveling Confronts the Intellectual Freedom Committee

Abstract

At the 1951 annual conference of the American Library Association, Detroit Public Library director and former ALA president Ralph A. Ulveling challenged the ALA's newly adopted Statement on Labeling with a proposal to segregate library materials containing propaganda into the reference collection and to make them available only to "researchers." His proposal forced the Intellectual Freedom Committee to confront the lack of consensus on intellectual freedom issues within the association. The necessity to respond with one voice to the issues raised by Ulveling preoccupied the committee for almost a year. The confrontation also caused the committee to make an educational effort, aimed at librarians, its top priority.

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