Correspondence with the Eugenics Society, 1930-1960.

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Correspondence with the Eugenics Society, 1930-1960.

Includes letters, plus copies of addresses and essays expressing his views on eugenic questions, as well as correspondence with other officers of the Society on its aims and administration in the 1950s.

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Eugenics Society (London, England)

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The Eugenics Society was founded, under the name Eugenics Education Society, in 1907, to promote public awareness of eugenic problems, i.e. the existence of hereditary qualities both positive and negative, and the need to encourage social responsibility with respect to these qualities. Unlike the Galton Laboratory, which was also inspired by the teachings of Sir Francis Galton and founded in 1904, the Eugenics Society was a popular rather than a scientific institution, although its Aims and Obje...

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