Alfred Kinsey — Part 3

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er} Meno to Ur. Nichols from M. A. Jones January 9, 1950 BUREAU FILES: There ts very little information of value tn the Bureau's files on Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey. He requested Uniform Crime Reports fron the Government Printing Office on. July 9, 1942, The tnqutry was referred to he Bureau and he was Gdutsed that due to the acute Paper shortage the bulletin had been restricted in dtstribution to duly constituted law enforcement officers. He was referred to the UCR bulletins furnished to the library of Indiana University. (33-1-16-306) , ple On 4-23-45 SA ___ \tntervtewed Dr. Kinsey in Phila- delphia concerning the Youth Welfare und Service Club. Dr. Kinsey stated he had never heard of the organization nor had he ever heard of anyone attempting to use the manual entitled "The Youth Welfa ad Service Club” at Indtana University, Dr. Kinsey ezplained to Agent Inte duties as Professor of Zoology at Indiana State University and tor im the high= lights of his sez research project then under way. (71-1852-13) - The March, 1948 issue of "Austro Anerican Tribune" carried a book revtew of the Kinsey Report on Page 8 and on page 3, Fritz Vogelsang states, "Science too makes use of the methods of nass interrogation for tts purposes. Prof, Kinsey and his co-workers recently published a book on the serual life of the Amertcan man, which is based on the answers of 12,000 persons. As experts assure us, the important and sensational . results of this work of research could scarcely have been achieved in any other way.” (100-273049-30, page 11) | pil On May 10, 1948, Agent ~ Submitted a very brief 3 page { “book review of the Ktnsey Report. The Review is attached, - (62~87563-3) The Bureau Library on January 4, 1950 obtained a 138 page booklet entitled "Problens of Sexual Behavior," copyrighted in 1948 by the Anertcan Social Hygtene Assoctation. The title page contains the followtngs "Proceedings of a sympostum held by the American Soctal Hygtene Assoctatton during ite Annual Conference of Social Aygtene . Executives, March 30-April 1, 1948, in New York City, to con-.,. sider the first published report of a sertes-of studies of sex . Phenomena by Professor Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B, Pomeroy, and Clyde E. Martin, and tts relation to the soctal hygiene Progran,.! , With an introductton by Charles Walter Clark, MoD. Executive Director, American Soctal Hygtene Association, This publication "Problems of Sexual Behavior" has not yet been reutewed, (94-4-1046-104) . ih. | ple

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Meno to Ur. Nichols from M. A. Jones January 9, 1950

BUREAU FILES:

There ts very little information of value tn the Bureau's files
on Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey. He requested Uniform Crime Reports fron the
Government Printing Office on. July 9, 1942, The tnqutry was referred to

he Bureau and he was Gdutsed that due to the acute Paper shortage the
bulletin had been restricted in dtstribution to duly constituted law
enforcement officers. He was referred to the UCR bulletins furnished to
the library of Indiana University. (33-1-16-306)

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ple On 4-23-45 SA ___ \tntervtewed Dr. Kinsey in Phila-

delphia concerning the Youth Welfare und Service Club. Dr. Kinsey stated
he had never heard of the organization nor had he ever heard of anyone
attempting to use the manual entitled "The Youth Welfa ad Service Club”
at Indtana University, Dr. Kinsey ezplained to Agent Inte duties as
Professor of Zoology at Indiana State University and tor im the high=
lights of his sez research project then under way. (71-1852-13)

- The March, 1948 issue of "Austro Anerican Tribune" carried a
book revtew of the Kinsey Report on Page 8 and on page 3, Fritz Vogelsang
states, "Science too makes use of the methods of nass interrogation for
tts purposes. Prof, Kinsey and his co-workers recently published a book
on the serual life of the Amertcan man, which is based on the answers

of 12,000 persons. As experts assure us, the important and sensational .
results of this work of research could scarcely have been achieved in any
other way.” (100-273049-30, page 11) |

pil On May 10, 1948, Agent ~ Submitted a very brief 3 page

{
“book review of the Ktnsey Report. The Review is attached, -  (62~87563-3)

The Bureau Library on January 4, 1950 obtained a 138 page

booklet entitled "Problens of Sexual Behavior," copyrighted in 1948 by
the Anertcan Social Hygtene Assoctation. The title page contains the
followtngs

"Proceedings of a sympostum held by the American Soctal Hygtene

Assoctatton during ite Annual Conference of Social Aygtene .

Executives, March 30-April 1, 1948, in New York City, to con-.,.

sider the first published report of a sertes-of studies of sex .

Phenomena by Professor Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B, Pomeroy,

and Clyde E. Martin, and tts relation to the soctal hygiene Progran,.!

,
With an introductton by Charles Walter Clark, MoD. Executive

Director, American Soctal Hygtene Association, This publication "Problems
of Sexual Behavior" has not yet been reutewed, (94-4-1046-104) .

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| ple