Eugenics
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences–Biological Laboratory Collection
Collection
Identifier: BIAS
Abstract
The collection represents material generated, accumulated, and maintained by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (BIAS) Biological Laboratory founded in 1890 for training high school and college teachers in marine biology in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. The BIAS Biological Laboratory Collection ends in 1924 when the Biological Lab and its functions were transferred to the Long Island Biological Association. The collection is divided into four series: BIAS Trustees, Bio Lab Trustees,...
Dates:
1890 - 1941
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Carnegie Institution of Washington at Cold Spring Harbor Administrative Records
Collection
Identifier: CIWA
Abstract
This collection contains the administrative records of the directors of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Station for Experimental Evolution (1904-1921) and its successor, the Department of Genetics (1921-1962), and its final institution, The Genetics Research Unit (1962-1974), which was opened in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, in 1904.
These records document the history of a 20th scientific research center and the development of a modern organizational structure through...
Dates:
1898 - 1977
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Eugenics Record Office Collection
Collection
Identifier: ERO
Abstract
The Eugenics Record Office Collection was established in 1910 at the Carnegie Institute of Washington (Cold Spring Harbor, NY) and closed in 1939. succeeded by the Department of Genetics. The collection contains administrative papers, photographs, publications and supporting materials, family pedigree charts, and requests for information, as well as materials related to and accrued by superintendent Harry H. Laughlin.
Dates:
1907 - 2003
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Hermann J. Muller Collection
Collection
Identifier: HJM
Abstract
Dr. Elof Axel Carlson, a graduate student of H.J. Muller's at Indiana University, a geneticist, and a historian of genetics, donated this collection to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives. He began gathering the material in this collection while studying with H.J. Muller, although he obtained the bulk of the collection while conducting research for Genes, Radiation and Society, his biography of H.J. Muller. He received materials from Dorothea Muller (the wife of H.J. Muller), from...
Dates:
1900-1982
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Rare Books
Collection
Identifier: RB
Scope and Contents
The Rare Books Collection encompasses 352 linear feet and over 2,500 books from the early days of the history of molecular biology and genetics. Please see the CSHL Library catalog for the complete listing of rare books.The Rare Books Collection can be searched using ...
Dates:
1697 - 2011
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives