| | 1 | Author: | Osborn, Frederick, 1889-1981 | | | | | Businessman, eugenicist. Treasurer and vice-president in charge of traffic, Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad, Detroit, 1914-1917, president, 1920-1921; partner, G.M.P. Murphy and Co., New York City, 1921-1938; research associate in anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1934-1953; executive vice president, Population Council, 1953-. Writer on eugenics, race, and population issues; member and officer, American Eugenics Society, Eugenics Research Association, Galton Society | |
| | | Title: | Frederick Henry Osborn Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1903-1980 | | | | Extent: | 8.5 linear feet (approximately 6,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, diaries, reports, article drafts, speeches, photographs. Includes records of Osborn's business career; work in eugenics; race and population research; and government service. Correspondents include Boas, Dobzhansky, Julian Huxley, William Schockley, SSRC, Society for Study of Social Biology, Association for Research in Human Heredity | | | | Source: | Frederick Henry Osborn Papers (Ms. Coll. 24) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
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