Created by: International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Last Updated: 2025-12-02
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This collection contains scanned images of items, including documents, photographs, and glass lantern slides, held in the Harry H. Laughlin Papers in the Special Collections and University Archives at Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. Laughlin was an American eugenicist and the superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, NY, from 1910-1939. Pansy (Bowen) Laughlin, his widow, donated this collection and his personal library to the university after his death.
Photo of a poster showing a family tree with 10 generations of Theodore Roosevelt's family. The subtitle is "A Biological Study of Natural Inheritance in the Roosevelt Family." Taken at the Third International Congress of...
Fach:
Eugenics--Congresses, Heredity, Human und International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Schöpfer:
International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Photo of the family tree of the Galton, Darwin, and Wedgwood family "characterized by outstanding capacities in philosophy, science and art." Taken at the Third International Congress of Eugenics, New York City, Aug. 22-Sept....
Fach:
Eugenics--Congresses, Heredity, Human und International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Schöpfer:
International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943., Heredity, Human und International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Photo of a poster with two columns. Column A shows the "race" (countries) of the members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Column B shows the "race" (ancestral countries) of the members of the 69th U.S. Congress of...
Fach:
Eugenics--Congresses, Heredity, Human und International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Schöpfer:
International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Glass lantern slide showing sex-linked characters in man.
Fach:
Eugenics
Schöpfer:
Unknown
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Photo of a poster showing multiple photographs of the family members of Charles Darwin. It was assembled by Major Leonard Darwin for the Third International Congress of Eugenics, New York City, Aug. 22-Sept. 22, 1932, at which...
Fach:
Eugenics--Congresses, Heredity, Human und International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Schöpfer:
International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Photo of a display that tests the ability to discern types of animal fur. Taken at the Third International Congress of Eugenics, New York City, Aug. 22-Sept. 22, 1932.
Fach:
Eugenics--Congresses, Heredity, Human und International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Schöpfer:
International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Photo of a display about musical talent and capabilities using the Seashore Audiometer. Taken at the Third International Congress of Eugenics, New York City, Aug. 22-Sept. 22, 1932.
Fach:
Eugenics--Congresses, Heredity, Human und International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Schöpfer:
International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Glass lantern slide of a list of states and the types of patients that they sterilize for eugenical purposes.
Fach:
Eugenics und Involuntary sterilization
Schöpfer:
Unknown
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Glass lantern slide showing the Station for Experimental Evolution and biological lab at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York. Photo taken from the east side of the harbor.
Fach:
Eugenics und Carnegie Institution of Washington. Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Schöpfer:
Unknown
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Photo of a display about four different tests given to immigrants from various countries. Taken at the Third International Congress of Eugenics, New York City, Aug. 22-Sept. 22, 1932.
Fach:
Eugenics--Congresses, Heredity, Human und International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Schöpfer:
International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.)
Mitwirkender:
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943. und Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
