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and indices are placed in a perfectly fire-proof section of 

 the building of the Bureau. The hbrary is rich in New Eng- 

 land town histories and genealogies, in addition to works 

 on the deaf. 



About 1905 the late Sir Francis Galton contributed to 

 the support of a Eugenics Laboratory at University Col- 

 lege, London, under the direction of Professor Karl Pearson, 

 and at his death in 1911 Galton made it his residuary 

 legatee. This laboratory is pubhshing an important ' ' Treas- 

 ury of Human Inheritance." 



In October, 1910, The Eugenics Record Office was started 

 at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N. Y., in connection 

 with the Eugenics Section of the American Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation in a tract of 80 acres, with a good house to which 

 has been added a fii'e-proof vault for the preservation of 

 records. Mr. H. H. Laughlin is its superintendent. At 

 this place the collecting and cataloguing of records goes on 

 apace. It is hoped to establish here a very completely in- 

 dexed collection of published genealogical and town his- 

 tories for the United States as well as the manuscript 

 reports of the field investigators. The main work of the 

 office is investigation into the laws of inheritance of traits 

 in human beings and their application to eugenics. Two 

 series of pubUcations are contemplated, an octavo series of 

 Bulletins and a quarto series of Memoirs. Several numbers of 

 the Bulletin are issued or in press. The Eugenics Record Of- 

 fice wishes to cooperate with Institutions and State Boards of 

 Control in organizing the study of defectives and criminal- 

 istic strains in each State. It will ofi'er suggestions as to 

 the organization of local societies devoted to the study of 

 Eugenics. It proffers its services free of charge to persons 

 seeking advice as to the consequences of proposed marriage 

 matings. In a word it is devoted to the advancement of 

 the science and practice of Eugenics. 



