Abstract
ABSTRACT This article considers the persistent impulse to deaccession, destroy, or remove historical collections of pornography, erotica, and obscenity. In the USA and Europe, calls to clean out collections come from all sides. Some call for purging collections because of their origins. Others call for purging because of the immorality of the materials. To help provide background for institutions facing these calls, the article will consider the historical precedents and what they mean for today’s choices. By considering what is lost when we allow institutions to purge documents and hide the evidence, the article hopes to provide a necessary justification for the maintenance of these collections.
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