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eugenicsarchive org image archive on american eugenics movement i have adobe flash player take me to the fully flash based eugenics archive click here to enter the archive image database the buttons below link to essays using the ruffle flash player emulator that introduce the key events persons and social conditions that contributed to the development of eugenics we suggest you visit these exhibits before searching the images in the archive click here for text only versions of the virtual exhibits eugenics archive grows to 2200 items browse 950 new photos papers and data including extensive collections from noted eugenicists discover francis galton s work on fingerprint analysis and composite portraiture and read charles davenport s treatise eugenics the science of human improvement by better breeding presented in its entirety explore arthur estabrook s field photos of subjects of his in famous studies the jukes in 1915 mongrel virginians and the nam family click the search the archive button to access the image database new images have id s 1255 2320 examine the chronicle of how society dealt with mental illness and other dysgenic traits in the final installment of our website dna interactive meet four individuals who became objects of the eugenic movement s zeal to cleanse society of bad genes during the first half of the 20th century then meet a modern day heroine for an account of mental illness and the lesson it holds for living in the gene age he philosopher george santayana said those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it this adage is appropriate to our current rush into the gene age which has striking parallels to the eugenics movement of the early decades of the 20th century eugenics was quite literally an effort to breed better human beings by encouraging the reproduction of people with good genes and discouraging those with bad genes eugenicists effectively lobbied for social legislation to keep racial and ethnic groups separate to restrict immigration from southern and eastern europe and to sterilize people considered genetically unfit elements of the american eugenics movement were models for the nazis whose radical adaptation of eugenics culminated in the holocaust we now invite you to experience the unfiltered story of american eugenics primarily through materials from the eugenics record office at cold spring harbor which was the center of american eugenics research from 1910 1940 in the archive you will see numerous reports articles charts and pedigrees that were considered scientific facts in their day it is important to remind yourself that the vast majority of eugenics work has been completely discredited in the final analysis the eugenic description of human life reflected political and social prejudices rather than scientific facts you may find some of the language and images in this archive offensive even supposedly scientific terms used by eugenicists were often pervaded with prejudice against racial ethnic and disabled groups some terms have no scientific meaning today for example feeblemindedness was used as a catch all for a number of real and supposed mental disabilities and was a common diagnosis used to make members of ethnic and racial minority groups appear inferior however we have made no attempt to censor this documentary record to do so would distort the past and diminish the significance of the lessons to be learned from this material during a two year review process involving a 14 member advisory panel this site has developed an editorial policy to protect personal privacy and confidentiality for this reason names and places have been deleted from pedigrees medical documents and personal photographs awards media coverage american philosophical society library archiv zur geschichte der max planck gesellschaft cold spring harbor laboratory archives international center of photography national park service rockefeller archive center truman state university university at albany university college london university of tennessee knoxville university of virginia dolan dna learning center cold spring harbor laboratory 1 bungtown road cold spring harbor new york 11724 you can access the palm version of the site here