Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...of American agreed to stronger self-censorship and created the Production Code Administration, headed by Catholic layman, Joseph Breen.[9] Another effect of the boycott was the growth in power of the Legion of Decency, a Catholic organization which reviewed and rated movies (the history of the Legion will be explored more
Association of Catholic Diocesan Archivists
...intain accessible, systematic record-keeping systems. Even though the 1917 Code of Canon Law mandated the creation of diocesan archives, there were not many in existence in the United States, and some did not have properly trained archivists. In 1978, while at the Society of American Archivists meeting in Nashville, there