GB 0120 GC/88 - Rockefeller/Eugenics

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GB 0120 GC/88

Title

Rockefeller/Eugenics

Date(s)

  • 1934-1940 (Creation)

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1 box

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GB 0120 GC/88 1934-1940 Collection (fonds) 1 box Rockefeller Family

These papers were received through the kind auspices of Professor Cyril Greenland of the University of Toronto.

Copies of correspondence from the Rockefeller Family Archives, pertaining to support given to the English Eugenics Society for their researches, 1934-1940, in particular the funding of Dr J R Baker's researches for the development of a cheap and safe spermicide.

Arranged in sections as folllows: 'Box 1 Folder 6 - National Committee of Maternal Health-Contributions', 1937-1938 and 'Box 2 Folder 16 - Eugenics Society 1939-1940'.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

See SA/EUG/C.10-13, SA/EUG/D.29.

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Jan 2009 Therapeutic uses Reproductive control agents Contraceptive agents Genetics Heredity Eugenics Rockefeller Family Archives Family planning Chemical actions and uses Pharmacologic actions

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These papers were received through the kind auspices of Professor Cyril Greenland of the University of Toronto.

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Copies of correspondence from the Rockefeller Family Archives, pertaining to support given to the English Eugenics Society for their researches, 1934-1940, in particular the funding of Dr J R Baker's researches for the development of a cheap and safe spermicide.

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Arranged in sections as folllows: 'Box 1 Folder 6 - National Committee of Maternal Health-Contributions', 1937-1938 and 'Box 2 Folder 16 - Eugenics Society 1939-1940'.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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See SA/EUG/C.10-13, SA/EUG/D.29.

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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