Eugenics
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
R. A. (Revels Alcorn) Adams papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 48
Abstract:
The collection consists of writings, sheet music, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers, stemming from R. A. Adams's activities as an evangelistic minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and as a writer, lecturer, and publisher of pamphlets on topics relating to race, religion, contraception, interpersonal relations, and socioeconomics. The collection documents aspects of African American religion and culture, especially in the South, in the early 20th century, and in...
Dates:
1902-1945
Irving Fisher papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 212
Summary:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, teaching files, and memorabilia documenting the professional career and personal life of Irving Fisher, a mathematician, political economist, author, inventor, and activist in social causes. The materials reflect Fisher's interests in economics, the League of Nations, monetary theory and policy, national politics, health reform, prohibition, nutrition, and other topics. Major correspondents include politicians, economists, members of...
Dates:
1861-1976, bulk 1894-1947
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Irving Fisher papers
Ellsworth Huntington papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes and notebooks, clippings, printed matter, which relate to Ellsworth Huntington's professional career and his activities for a number of professional organizations with which he was associated. The papers also include notebooks covering his numerous field trips and ancient artifacts collected by Huntington in Chinese Turkestan. Correspondents of note include Arnold Toynbee, Ernst Antevs, Henry Adams, James Breasted, Frederick Jackson...
Dates:
1779-1952, bulk 1890-1947
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Ellsworth Huntington papers
Yale Child Study Center reference collection
Collection
Call Number: Pam Coll 11
Abstract:
The collection consists of approximately 3,800 short published works on topics related to child welfare used by Arnold Gesell and the staff of the Yale Child Study Center as a reference collection. Topics include children and the war, day care centers (day nurseries), education, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, intellectual disability (mental deficiency), mental health (mental hygiene), mental illness (insanity), nurseries, and nutrition. A portion of collection materials document...
Dates:
1886-1958
Robert Mearns Yerkes papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 569
Abstract:
The papers contain correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, research notes, writings, photographs, diaries, and other materials documenting the professional career and personal life of Robert Mearns Yerkes. The papers document the broad range of psychological activities undertaken by Yerkes in the first half of the twentieth century. The papers contain correspondence and other materials on chimpanzee and gorilla behavior, intelligence testing in World War I, eugenics and immigration...
Dates:
1822-1985
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Robert Mearns Yerkes papers