Abstract Three letters, a summons, a typescript of a telegram, and an essay relating to opposition to a burlesque act at the Music Box Theater in Portland, Oregon, in 1933. Protests and the subsequent threat of legal action compelled the theater's manager to cancel the act, and Portland city government passed an ordinance to prohibit theatrical performances deemed inappropriate. The letters, summons, and typescript telegram were gathered by the essay's author, radio and television broadcaster Vere...