Louis Musso, "'Less Children from the Unfit': Eugenic Sterilization in WA State, 1909-1980" (pdf of Master's thesis)
Julius Paul, unpublished manuscript about WA sterilizations (pdf)
Harry Laughlin, Eugenical Sterilization in the US (1922, 500-page summary of the laws etc., pdf found online) (
pdf of summary of WA laws) (
pdf list of all state laws to date)
Laughlin/ERO, Legal, Legislative, and Administrative Aspects of Sterilization, 1914 (pdf)
summary of state laws to 1913 (pdf)
Summary of 1912 Feilen case in WA, in Thomas Mosby,
Causes and Cures of Crime, 1913 (pdf)
Roger Nett, Mental Institutions in the State of Washington, 1948 survey (pdf)
Stevenson Smith, et al., A Summary of the Laws of the Several States Governing I. Marriage and Divorce of the FM, II. Asexualization, III. Institutional Commitment, Bulletin of the UW No. 82, Bailey and Babette Gatzert Foundation for Child Welfare, 1914 (pdf 21Mb)
Here are some primary texts you may use, or do your own research to find a text that fits your choice of topic:
Harry Laughlin, "Calculations on the Working out of a Proposed Program of Sterilization" (pdf)
William Castle, et al., "Inheritance of Physical and Mental Traits of Man and Their Application to Eugenics" (pdf)
Carl Brigham, A Study of American Intelligence (pdf)
Bleeker
Van Wagenen, "Preliminary Report of the Committee of the Eugenic
Section of the American Breeders' Association to Study and Report on
the Best Practical Means for Cutting Off the Defective Germ-Plasm in
the Human Population" (pdf)
Proceedings of the First National Conference on Race Betterment (pdf)
Albert Wiggam, The New Decalogue of Science (pdf)
Charles Davenport, The Trait Book (ERO, 1912) (pdf from Google)
Charles Davenport, A First Study of Inheritance of Epilepsy (pdf)
Davenport, State Laws Limiting Marriage Selection (pdf)
Henry Fairfield Osborn, "Birth Selection versus Birth Control" and 2 other articles from
A Decade of Progress in Eugenics (pdf)
For more ideas see the bibliographies in Diane Paul (
pdf Controlling Human Heredity) and Mark Largent (
Breeding Contempt pdf)
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Charles Darwin,
Descent of Man conclusion (
pdf) (
link)
Aboutdarwin.comFrancis Galton, "Hereditary Talent and Character" (
pdf 2Mb)
Francis Galton, "Eugenics: Its Definition, Scope, and Aims" (
html)
Galton's writings available on
http://galton.orgKarl Pearson, National Life from the Standpoint of Science (
link to full text)
Caleb Saleeby, "Racial Poisons--Alcohol" (pdf)
Not about eugenics, but suggests "Herland" may not be entirely improbable: "Female shark reproduced without male DNA" (
NY Times, May 22)
"Haunting echoes of eugenics" from disability rights perspective (
Washington Post, May 18)
"Mad Nazi dream of racial purity revealed" (
PI, May 7)
"Indiana apologies for role in eugenics" (
Seattle PI, Apr 13)
"Woman seeking frozen embryo loses case" (
Yahoo, Apr 10)
Here's an article about the FDR memorial addition from a
Disability Studies scholar, explaining the wheelchair-using depiction
and the choice of inscription: FDR's quotation on equality/rights
(which represents more a modern DS perspective) vs. Eleanor's quotation
on his individual problem requiring "strength" and "courage."
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, "Who Speaks from the Wheelchair?" (Word doc).