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Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London - Contemporary Medical Archives Centre - Euge...

Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London - Contemporary Medical Archives Centre - Euge...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RxAKy1

Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London - Contemporary Medical Archives Centre - Eugenics Society - Records, c.1910-1961

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Full title

Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London - Contemporary Medical Archives Centre - Eugenics Society - Records, c.1910-1961

Date

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

Call Numbers

M 2565

Record Identifier

94RxAKy1

Reference Code

432864
Physical Description

Contents

microfilm reel 35 mm

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Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Access Conditions

Restricted : -

Issue Copy

Microfilm : M 2565. See contents list (11pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, vol. 13. Prior permission to view the microfilm copy must be obtained in writing from: General Secretary, The Galton Institute, 19 Northfield Prospect, Northfields, London SW18 1PE.

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Scope and Contents

Contents

(1). Recommendations of the Research Committee of the Eugenics Education Society concerning the proposed 'Eugenic' survey of New Zealand children. (2). Correspondence with Edith How-Martyn, Sydney, 1949-50; Joshua O'Brien, Brisbane, 1924-28; and Henry Twitchen 1922-1930. (3). General correspondence, 1923-1959. Includes Australian correspondence;...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London - Contemporary Medical Archives Centre - Eugenics Society - Records, c.1910-1961

Notes

General note

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Access restricted. Written permission to view this material must be obtained from: General Secretary, The Galton Institute for the Study of Biology and Societ...

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Founded 1907 as the Eugenics Education Society, to promote public awareness of eugenic problems. In 1930 Henry Twitchen, a wealth Australian sheep farmer, left the Society a large legacy

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

M 2565

Record Identifier

94RxAKy1

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Reference code

432864

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