Aleš Hrdlička papers, 1914-1943

Papers, newspaper articles, and publications by and about Aleš Hrdlička, a physical anthropologist with the Smithsonian Institution. Topics include: physical anthropology, anthropometry, eugenics, race, and immigration. Includes the following publications by Hrdlička: "Race Deterioration and Destruction with Special Reference to the American People," reprinted from "Proceedings of the Third Race Betterment Conference," Jan. 2-6, 1928; "Anthropology and Medicine," American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. X, No. 1, Jan.-Mar. 1927; "A Descriptive Catalog of the Section of Physical Anthropology, Panama-California Exposition 1915"; "Normal Variation," reprinted from Proceedings American Philosophical Society, Vol. lxxiv, No. 3, 1934; "The Forehead," reprinted from Proceedings American Philosophical Society, Vol. lxxii, No. 5, 1933; "Man's Future in the Light of His Past and Present," reprinted from Proceedings American Philosophical Society, Vol. lxviii, No. 1, 1929; "The Influence of Immigration on American Culture: A Dinner Discussion of the Conference on Immigration Policy," New York, April 10, 1929; "The Coming of Man from Asia in the Light of Recent Discoveries," reprinted from Proceedings American Philosophical Society, Vol. lxxi, No. 6, 1932; and "Physical Anthropology in America, Panama-California Exposition Edition," from the American Anthropologist, Vol. XVI, No. 4, October-December, 1914; as well as "The Antiquity Phantom in American Archeology" by William Henry Holmes, reprinted from Science, Vol. LXII, No. 1603, September 15, 1925, pp. 256-258. Also includes a biography and bibliography of Aleš Hrdlička from 1929.