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Title: Flashing light sign "Some People are Born to be a Burden on the Rest" used with small exhibit.
Identifier(s): graphics:1650; APSimg1496; Negative Number: 870.049
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of flashing light sign "Some People are Born to be a Burden on the Rest" used with small exhibit.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 049
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society
Date: 1926

Title: Flashing light sign "Learn About Heredity, You can help to correct these conditions" used with small exhibit.
Identifier(s): graphics:1651; APSimg1497; Negative Number: 870.050
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of flashing light sign "Learn About Heredity, You can help to correct these conditions."; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 050
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society
Date: 1926

Title: Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles B. Davenport.
Identifier(s): graphics:1487; APSimg4945
Description: Typewritten letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Davenport regarding eugenics issues.
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Source: Charles B. Davenport Papers (Mss.B.D27); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D27-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; Correspondence
Date: 1913

Title: Banquet tendered physicians and delegates to the national Conference on Race Betterment by the Battle Creek Sanitarium portrait in dining hall.
Identifier(s): graphics:1481; APSimg2691; Graphics Number: F8-8-6
Description: Printed on front; Banquet tendered physicians and delegates to the national Conference on race betterment by the Battle Creek Sanitarium, January 10, 1914.
Source: Charles B. Davenport Papers (Mss.B.D27); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D27-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; Meetings
Date: 1914

Title: Two young researchers in laboratory setting.
Identifier(s): graphics:1664; APSimg1464; Negative Number: neg870.017
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of two young researchers in laboratory setting.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 017
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Laboratories
Date: n.d.

Title: Fitter Family medal, "I Have a Goodly Heritage."
Identifier(s): graphics:1673; APSimg1539; Negative Number: 870.092
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of medal reading "I Have a Goodly Heritage."; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 092
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Plaques
Date: n.d.

Title: Board showing color inheritance in guinea pigs.
Identifier(s): graphics:1652; APSimg1482; Negative Number: 870.035
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of "Color Inheritage in Guinea Pigs" chart.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 035
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Guinea pigs
Date: 1926

Title: Flashing light sign used with first exhibit at Fitter Families Contest.
Identifier(s): graphics:1644; APSimg1491; Negative Number: 870.044
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of Flashing Light Exhibit sign at Fitter Families contest.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 044
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Fitter Family Contests
Date: ca. 1926

Title: Eugenic and Health Exhibit, Kansas Free Fair, 1929.
Identifier(s): graphics:1661; APSimg1479; Negative Number: 870.032
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph with caption "Eugenics Building- Kansas Free Fair, 1929."; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 032
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Fairs--Kansas
Date: 1929

Title: Chart used at Kansas Free Fair showing "marriages fit and unfit" with outcomes of "pure" and "abnormal" unions.
Identifier(s): graphics:1641; APSimg1480; Negative Number: 870.033
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of chart showing "marriages fit and unfit" with outcomes of "pure" and "abnormal" unions.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 033
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Fairs--Kansas; Marriage
Date: ca. 1929

Title: Letter to Mrs. Harriman from Cold Spring Harbor, August 21, 1910.
Identifier(s): graphics:1484; APSimg5186
Description: First page of a handwritten letter addressed to Mrs. Harriman and written at Cold Spring Harbor, August 21, 1910. Concerns office furnishings and the need for immigration officials to better detect "mental defectives."; Series I.
Source: Charles B. Davenport Papers (Mss.B.D27); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D27-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; Correspondence; Emigration & immigration; Eugenics Record Office
Date: 1910

Title: Guinea pigs showing color inheritance.
Identifier(s): graphics:1643; APSimg1495; Negative Number: 870.048
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of guinea pigs showing color inheritance with pure black, pure white, and hybrid guinea pigs.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 048
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Guinea pigs
Date: ca. 1926

Title: Chart used at Kansas Free Fair describing "unfit human traits" and the importance of eugenic marriage.
Identifier(s): graphics:1648; APSimg1481; Negative Number: 870.034
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of chart describing "unfit human traits" and the importance of eugenic marriage.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 034
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Fairs--Kansas; Marriage
Date: ca. 1929

Title: "Eugenists are Congratulated."
Identifier(s): graphics:1493; APSdigobj3443
Description: Newspaper article on the congratulations being given to the first family to present a bill of health at their marriage, and their efforts at passing the California eugenic marriage bill.; Leon Whitney scrapbook, 1927-1930; Box 1, page 96.
Source: American Eugenics Society material collected by Leon F. Whitney (Mss.575.06.Am3w);
Subject: Eugenics; Marriage; Clippings
Date: 1929 May 20

Title: "Eugenics Victory."
Identifier(s): graphics:1492; APSdigobj3442
Description: Newspaper clipping featuring the first family to produce affidavits of health upon marriage, and announcing the new law making such certificates compulsory in California.; Leon Whitney scrapbook, 1927-1930; Box 1, page 7.
Source: American Eugenics Society material collected by Leon F. Whitney (Mss.575.06.Am3w);
Subject: Eugenics; Marriage; Clippings
Date: 1929 May 30

Title: Judge Harry Olson.
Identifier(s): graphics:1658; APSimg1459; Negative Number: neg870.012
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of Judge Harry Olson, Board of Directors.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 012
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Olson, Harry, 1867-1935
Date: n.d.

Title: Winner of Large Family Class, Texas State Fair, 1925.
Identifier(s): graphics:1681; APSimg1532; Negative Number: 870.085
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of winner in Large Family Class, Texas State Fair, 1925. Parents and five children. Family posed in bathing suits, back to back.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 085
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Fairs--Texas; Fitter Family Contests

Title: Examination building, Fitter Families Contest, Kansas Free Fair.
Identifier(s): graphics:1659; APSimg1499; Negative Number: 870.052
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of examination building, Fitter Families Contest, Kansas Free Fair.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 052
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Fairs--Kansas; Fitter Family Contests
Date: ca. 1925

Title: Mongolian Idiots Hands.
Identifier(s): graphics:1668; APSimg1450; Negative Number: 870.003
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph with caption "Mongolian Idiots Hands." Four boys with Down's Syndrome with hands on a white sheet.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 003
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943
Date: n.d.

Title: Mendel's Theatre showing inheritance of hair color.
Identifier(s): graphics:1646; APSimg1498; Negative Number: 870.051
Description: American Eugenics Society photograph of Mendel's Theatre showing inheritance of hair color. Leon Whitney demonstrating with pointer.; Original scrapbook no. 575.06:Am3 no. 051
Source: American Eugenics Society Records (Mss.575.06.Am3); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.575.06.Am3-ead.xml
Subject: Eugenics; American Eugenics Society; Whitney, Leon Fradley, 1894-
Date: ca. 1926