Records. Estabrook, Walter Eugene-Eugenics (inclusive), 1914-1981.

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Records. Estabrook, Walter Eugene-Eugenics (inclusive), 1914-1981.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Dr. Walter Eugene Estabrook, a physician accused of various offenses including fraudulent advertising practices, arson and selling narcotics, 1921-1934; medical ethics, 1966-1981; Eugenic Medical Bureau, possibly a health extension concern, 1928; and eugenics, mostly material on organizations promoting "race purity" and curtailment of breeding by "defectives," 1914-1942.

6 folders.

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