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    <unittitle>Comics Magazine Association of America records</unittitle>
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      <corpname source="lcsh">Comics Magazine Association of America</corpname>
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      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.25 linear feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 box</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1974/1994" type="inclusive">1974-1994</unitdate>
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  <processinfo id="aspace_2e64f4ab36afc3584fa4c75299841fb5">
    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head> Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head> Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>This collection has no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Summary</head>
<p>Files related to the Comic Code Authority. Includes original and photocopied correspondence, memos, and minutes of the CMAA and Code Authority; copies of the code; and a photocopy of a comic about the code.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Comics Magazine Association of America Records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Terms Governing Use and Reproduction</head>
<p>Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>accn number: Source of acquisition--[source of acquisition]. Method of acquisition--Gift, Purchase, etc; Date of acquisition--date.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>The Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA) was formed in 1954 by a group of publishers committed to the principle that the public deserved decent and wholesome comic books as entertainment for children.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Accruals</head>
<p>Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.</p>  </accruals>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020312" source="lcsh">Caricatures and cartoons</subject>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300026877" source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300027440" source="aat">minutes (administrative records)</genreform>
    <corpname source="lcsh">Comics Magazine Association of America</corpname>
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