Manufacturer

The S.A. Mullikin Company

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-Category

Documentary Artifact

Material Type

Artifact

Place of Manufacture

Ohio

Period Date Notes

1919

Description

"Eugenics: the Science of Human Life"

Narrative

Other owners: According to name written inside cover, original owner was Mrs. John Blackburn, the donors great grandmother, who passed it on to her daughter Dorothea Martin, who passed it to her daughter Gertrude Grant, the donors mother.

Technique

printed; embossed

Material

Paper; cloth

Inscriptions

cover reads, "Eugenics"; spine reads, "The Science of Human Life," "Twilight Sleep," Dr. W.J. Truitt"

Height

20.2

Width

14.5

Depth

5

Unit of Measure

Centimeters

Accession Number

DE2003.1

Catalogue Number

DE2003.1.1

Condition Code

Fair

Current Condition

Spine is loose; edges worn

Notes

The Grants are a long time Delta family. See Grant Fond for related information.

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