Rockefeller/Eugenics
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0120 GC/88 |
Held at | : Wellcome Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ › |
Full title | : Rockefeller/Eugenics |
Date(s) | : 1934-1940 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 box |
Name of creator(s) | : Rockefeller Family |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
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.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
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'.
Conditions governing access:
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.
Finding aids:
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
These papers were received through the kind auspices of Professor Cyril Greenland of the University of Toronto.
Allied Materials
Related material:
See SA/EUG/C.10-13, SA/EUG/D.29.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jan 2009
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