| Description | Lady Chatterley's Lover:
Papers relating to the trial under the 1959 Obscene Publications Act. Including correspondence with the lawyer Michael Rubenstein, Penguin, potential witnesses, Richard Hoggart, and others. Also includes letters from members of public against publication, and arrangements for a party for supporters. The trial took place in 1960.
File labelled 'Correspondence and papers September 1959-1960' contains a written question in Parliament by Alan Thompson MP, 5 February 1960
File labelled 'Letters for the defence 1960' contains a letter of support from Graham Greene dated 22 August 1960. There are many other letters from people such as Angus Wilson and John Betjeman. |