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Scope and Content Note
The records of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice span the years 1871-1953. The collection consists chiefly of reports relating to persons arrested as a result of the society's actions, including data on the offender's age, nationality, religion, education, offense, evidence seized, and legal action taken. Included are notations by Anthony Comstock, secretary of the society (1873-1915), and records relating to the society's predecessor, the Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York Committee for the Suppression of Vice. Also in the collection are miscellaneous correspondence, photographs and other papers.