| | 1 | Author: | Jennings, Herbert Spencer, 1868-1947 | | | | | Geneticist, eugenicist. Instructor, botany and bacteriology, Montana State College, Bozeman, 1897-1898; instructor, zoology, Darthmouth College, 1898-1899; instructor, University of Michigan, 1899-1901; assistant professor, 1901-1903; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1903-1906; associate professor, physiological zoology, Johns Hopkins University, 1906-1907; professor, experimental zoology, 1907-1910; Henry Walters professor of zoology, and director of the zoological laboratory, 1910-1938; emeritus professor, 1938-1947; research associate, UCLA, 1939-1947. Jennings was an active scholar in genetics and eugenics after 1907, with a special interest in the significance of genetic discoveries for society. His writings in the 1920s and 1930s include studies on heredity and environment, biology and the human future, eugenics and race progress, and the biological bases to human nature and behavior. Jennings was involved in controversies in the 1920s over immigration and its influence on the nation's racial stock | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Herbert Jennings and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 8 July 1933 - 31 July 1933 | | | | Extent: | 3 letters | | | | Abstract: | 3 letters (1 to Boas, 2 to Jennings). Race; sterilization; genetics | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 2 | Author: | Jennings, Herbert Spencer, 1868-1947 | | | | | Geneticist, eugenicist. Instructor, botany and bacteriology, Montana State College, Bozeman, 1897-1898; instructor, zoology, Darthmouth College, 1898-1899; instructor, University of Michigan, 1899-1901; assistant professor, 1901-1903; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1903-1906; associate professor, physiological zoology, Johns Hopkins University, 1906-1907; professor, experimental zoology, 1907-1910; Henry Walters professor of zoology, and director of the zoological laboratory, 1910-1938; emeritus professor, 1938-1947; research associate, UCLA, 1939-1947. Jennings was an active scholar in genetics and eugenics after 1907, with a special interest in the significance of genetic discoveries for society. His writings in the 1920s and 1930s include studies on heredity and environment, biology and the human future, eugenics and race progress, and the biological bases to human nature and behavior. Jennings was involved in controversies in the 1920s over immigration and its influence on the nation's racial stock | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Herbert Jennings and Charles Davenport
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1910-1930 | | | | Extent: | 4 folders | | | | Abstract: | There are several letters between Davenport and Jennings (in an extensive correspondence dealing with biology, genetics, and institutional matters) that discuss eugenics, human genetics, and race. | | | | Source: | Charles Benedict Davenport Papers (B D27) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 3 | Author: | Jennings, Herbert Spencer, 1868-1947 | | | | | Geneticist, eugenicist. Instructor, botany and bacteriology, Montana State College, Bozeman, 1897-1898; instructor, zoology, Darthmouth College, 1898-1899; instructor, University of Michigan, 1899-1901; assistant professor, 1901-1903; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1903-1906; associate professor, physiological zoology, Johns Hopkins University, 1906-1907; professor, experimental zoology, 1907-1910; Henry Walters professor of zoology, and director of the zoological laboratory, 1910-1938; emeritus professor, 1938-1947; research associate, UCLA, 1939-1947. Jennings was an active scholar in genetics and eugenics after 1907, with a special interest in the significance of genetic discoveries for society. His writings in the 1920s and 1930s include studies on heredity and environment, biology and the human future, eugenics and race progress, and the biological bases to human nature and behavior. Jennings was involved in controversies in the 1920s over immigration and its influence on the nation's racial stock | |
| | | Title: | Herbert Spencer Jennings Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1893-1947 | | | | Extent: | 14.5 linear feet (approximately 7,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes manuscript writings, lectures, notes, and correspondence on human inheritance, nature versus nurture in heredity, racial heredity, genetics and behavior. Paper and lecture topics include "Biology and the Principles of Human Conduct," "Biology of Democracy," "Concerning the Lunatic Fringe," "Biological Results of Race Crossings." See also the collection description in Bentley Glass, Guide to the Genetics Collections. | | | | Source: | Herbert Spencer Jennings Papers (B J44) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
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