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Office Memé&:zndum + onirep st Coes GOVERNMENT Director, FBI (145-0-612) pate: July 19, 1997 TO FROM: bn es Indi gnapolis (145-107) » SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT 5 yacr - Reseerch | cite ee J ~ansti this institute at Indiana Univesity. material to the institute. a Re Indianapolis letter to Bureau dated 6/11/57 and Bureau letter to Indianapolis dated 6/21/57. On 7/11/57 SA (aid. | interviewed, Dr. PA Director. of the ..~ CL y , Field Director tor —~ ins’ "at that time ~~ these men advised that they havé”a very “limited supply of obscene material and indicated they are interested in obtaining only samples of such material and that it is used in current research matters concerning sexual study. They estimated that they had approximately 180 obscene films, mostly of the 16 m.m. size; approximately eight decks of cards containing obscene photographs; several books of an obScene nature; various latex goods; and miscellaneous devices similar to the "man in the barrel" which they classified as humorous devices. They estimated that the main source ‘of their ; material is book dealers who have: purchased obscene material __. from private individuals; from private individuals themselves; from widows of men who have had private obscene material collections; and other similar sources, They stated that to their knowledge they had been contacted by only two dealers in fourteen years and believed that the last these dealers contacted them was over five years ago. Dr. GEBHARD stated that he made it a practice not _to obtain names of individuals furnishing them material Since he usually assured these persons that their names would not be revealed as a source furnishing obscene bp. JeS7b1-~X/ - Tndianapolis RECORDED -: 99 Gy NIKE 2 meennnemtnscns es