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Alfred Kinsey — Part 1

38 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jun 11, 1957 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Alfred Kinsey · 37 pages OCR'd
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Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. A, H. Belmont DATE: November 17, 1959 i Tolson tae - Belmont FROM : ~ W. C. Sullivan ihe - MeGuite OEE ne oo . . ° re SUBJECT: CNSTITUTE FOR SEX RESEARCH, INC, a R= FOUNDED BY ALFRED C, KINSEY ee ee REQUEST FOR INFORMATION _ ple. eee ~~. . At approximately 2:10 PM. ay / telephoni- - Cally Contacted Supervisor. bf Central Research Section. regarding the status of her request for "erotic" material from Bureau files for research use of captioned Institute. This request was made the subject of a memorandum from W. C. Sullivan to A. H, Belmont and a letter to Assistant Attorney General Malcom R. Wilkey, both on November 13, 1959, In the letter to the Department it was stated that asked that she be given a decision as soon as possible On her request that Dr. Wardell B.“Pomeroy fe granted the right to examine “erotica” in the possession of this Bureau, as Dr. Pomeroy would be in Washington, D.C, » in the next few days, a> amare . | was advised that this matter had been referred to the Department of Justice for a decision as I had told her would be done at the __ time of the interview m the afternoon of November 12, 1959, | stated that she wanted to advise the appropriate party of Dr. Waraéll B, Pomeroy's intended visit to Washington, D.C, » Starting November 13 and wanted to send a wire to the Bureau for referral to the Department as there were so many attorneys in the Department she would‘know where to send it there, ' _Was advised that if she chose to_send further information or_inquiry regarding this matter, it would be passed on to the Department for their information and to be considered in conjunction with that already submitted, This was agreeab to \who advised that she would send the attached wire, The ¢ 7) is quoted: | If THERE WERE SOME ONE WITH WHOM HE COULD MEET TO Als , DISCUSS THE REQUESTS MADE ON HIS BEHALF BY ME LAST ( QgU*" WEEK, THANKS FOR ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO EXPE- _ DITETHISMATTER _ | aN TTER | | | S| \e wee LR BB G10 TEE S ~ 6) -—v | OE yng 10 NOV 24 1959 } 1-Mr. Rosen 1- Mr, Belmont _ _. 1 - Section tickler 0) OS | Te Sree Pte ee, Phe
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