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Archives related to: Osborn, Frederick, 1889-1981
| title | Frederick H. Osborn Papers, [ca. 1903]-1980 © American Philosophical Society | repository | American Philosophical Society |
| description | This collection includes letters, diaries, reports, speeches, drafts of articles and books, oral history interviews, and photographs. There are diaries and letters for his service in Europe with the American Red Cross during World War I. There are some letters and documents, such as patent applications and plans for inventions, from his "business career" period prior to 1928, after which he became a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History studying anthropology and population. This study led to his later important contributions to the redirection of eugenics study in the U.S. and the reorganization of the American Eugenics Society. His other related organizational work and publications relating to human and population genetics are also documented in this collection. There is significant material (letters, diaries, reports) related to Osborn's World War II contributions as the chairman of the Civilian Committee on Selective Service in 1940, and as head of the Morale Branch of the U.S. Army (later, the Information and Education Division of Special Services) in 1941. Also included are important documents, especially his diary, from his work as deputy representative on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the U.N. Commission for Conventional Armaments. His letters, writings, and speeches relating to foreign policy are extensive, spanning the period from the 1940s until his death, much of it from the Vietnam War years. The correspondence with Kathleen Harris is particularly rich in this respect. There is family correspondence reflecting his dynamic philosophy of life, with long series of letters to his parents (1917-1945) and to his children and grandchildren. His later civic and regional interests, as a long-time resident of Garrison, N.Y., are evidenced in the work he did on the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Bio/History: Frederick Henry Osborn was an administrator, humanist, scientist. |
| extent | ca. 6000 items (9 linear ft.). |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries Writings Interviews Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.amphilsoc.org/library |
| acquisition information | Presented by Alice Osborn Breese, 1983. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:57 |
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| title | Harry H. Laughlin papers, 1910-1939. | repository | Truman State University |
| description | Collection contains Harry H. Laughlin's professional files from the Eugenics Record Office, 1910-1939. These files contain: institutional correspondence, memoranda, and reports; general correspondence; correspondence and printed materials related to the eugenical organizations to which Laughlin belonged; working manuscripts; notes; some photographs; and miscellaneous collected printed materials. The collection reflects Laughlin's interests in the identification of the "socially inadequate," genetically caused diseases, eugenical sterilization, immigration restriction, and the establishment of a common world government. Laughlin was also involved in thoroughbred horse breeding studies as a practical application of genetics. Correspondents include the Carnegie Institue of Washington, Charles B. Davenport, Madison Grant, Walter J. Salmon, James G. Eddy, Charles M. Goethe, Wickliffe Draper, Irving Fisher, Frederick Osborne, Harry Olson, W.A. Plecker. Bio/History: Harry Laughlin was director of the Eugenics Records Office in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island from 1910-1940. |
| extent | 52 boxes (25 linear ft.) |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Ephemera Printed Materials Notes |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the repository and on the Internet. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:03 |
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| title | Reminiscences of Frederick Henry Osborn: oral history, 1967. | repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Trustee of Carnegie Corporation from 1936; impressions of other board members; role of the Corporation, World War II service; postwar foreign affairs programs; area studies; Alger Hiss; Congressional investigations; impressions of Russell Leffingwell, Morris Hadley, Charles Dollard, and others. Notes: Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner. Biographical/ Historical Note: Foundation and corporation executive, government official. In : Carnegie Corporation project. Location (guide): Oral History, 801 Butler (Non-Circulating) Call Number: NXCP88-A358 |
| extent | 140 leaves, 2 reels. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. |
| record source | http://clio.cul.columbia.edu |
| finding aid | Name and topical index available. |
| acquisition information | Underwritten by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Forms part of: Carnegie Corporation project. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:03 |
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| title | American Eugenics Society Records, 1916-1973 ©American Philosophical Society | repository | American Philosophical Society |
| description | The American Eugenics Society Records is a small, selective collection offering information on various periods of the Society's development, including correspondence, membership records, and formal and informal material on its history. Of particular interest are the records of the Society's numerous committees, including the Executive Education, Population Genetics Research, Legislative, and local and state committees, and documentation of AES educational initiatives at state fairs and eugenic health exhibits and contests, especially the Fitter Family Contests. A scrapbook containing 83 images of Fitter Family and eugenic health exhibits, 1924-1926, provides valuable visual information of AES activities. One series in the collection relates to the numerous Princeton Conferences and to a genealogical survey of the populations of Shutesbury and Leverett, Massachusetts, and there is also material on the Population Council. The collection largely revolves around Frederick Osborn, the moving force in the Society for most of its later history, and it includes approximately 100 papers written or delivered by Osborn concerning eugenics, genetics, or population related topics. Cite as: American Eugenics Society Records, American Philosophical Society. |
| extent | 12 linear ft. |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Printed Materials Ephemera |
| access | None. |
| record source | http://www.amphilsoc.org/library |
| finding aid | In repository and on repository's Web site. |
| acquisition information | Gift of the American Eugenics Society, through Frederick Osborn, Leon Whitney, and Jonathan Marks, 1967-1995. |
| updated | 08/25/2017 14:24:39 |
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| title | Osborn and Dodge family papers, 1726-1983. | repository | Princeton University |
| description | Consists of Osborn and Dodge family papers representing mainly three generations of family members, including William Henry Osborn (1820-1894), his wife, Virginia Reed Sturges (1831-1902), and several members of the Sturges family; their sons Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935, Princeton Class of 1877) and William Church Osborn (1861-1951, Princeton Class of 1883), William’s wife, Alice Clinton Hoadley Dodge (1864-1946), as well as several Dodge family members; the sons of Henry Fairfield Osborn and his wife, Lucretia Perry (1858-1930), Fairfield Osborn (1887-1969, Princeton Class of 1909) and Alexander Perry Osborn (1884-1951, Princeton Class of 1905); and the children of William Church Osborn and Alice Clinton Hoadley Dodge, Frederick Henry Osborn (1889-1984, Princeton Class of 1910), Aileen Osborn (b. 1892), and William Henry Osborn (1895-1971, Princeton Class of 1916). The collection contains family correspondence of members of the Osborn, Dodge, and Sturges families; business correspondence (New York City) of William Henry Osborn, much of it concerning the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad and the Illinois Central Railroad, both of which he served as president; correspondence relating to the art collection of Frederick Henry Osborn; and letters to Mary Hoadley Dodge by Henry James and the painters John Singer Sargent and Edwin A. Abbey. Also included in the correspondence are letters relating to the political life of William Church Osborn, who was active in Democratic politics in New York State; letters written from Europe during World War I by Earl Dodge Osborn and William Henry Osborn to their parents; and letters by the philanthropist Evert Janson Wendell (1860-1917) to his boyhood friend William Church Osborn when they were students at Harvard and Princeton respectively. In addition, there is a diary (1915) kept by Earl Dodge Osborn during the war; documents; wills (1849, 1934); an English deed (1726); receipts, appraisals, and inventories of the art collections of Frederick Henry Osborn and William Church Osborn; photographs of family members, John Singer Sargent, and Edward Robinson, head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; genealogies of the Osborn, Dodge, and Sturges families; and printed matter. Notes: Frederick Henry Osborn’s papers relating to the Atomic Energy Commission, American Eugenics Society, and population research are with the American Philosophical Society. Location: Rare Books: Manuscripts Collection (MSS) Call number: C0537 |
| extent | 5.6 linear ft. (13 archival boxes, 1 half-size archival box) |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Ephemera Photographs |
| access | A finding aid (18 pp.) is available. |
| record link | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bv73c044x |
| record source | http://catalog.princeton.edu |
| finding aid | A finding aid (18 pp.) is available. |
| acquisition information | Osborn’s papers relating to the Atomic Energy Commission, American Eugenics Society, and population research are with the American Philosophical Society. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:04 |
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