A. H. Estabrook papers
Collection — Folder: S0434
Identifier: S0434
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers from A. H. Estabrook and others in Indiana, ranging from 1921 to 1922, regarding a defendant in a sterilization case in Indiana and occupational therapy in hospitals for the insane.
Dates
- 1921-1922, undated
Creator
- Estabrook, Arthur H. (Arthur Howard) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Arthur Howard Estabrook was born on May 9, 1885, to Arthur Francis and Susan Rebecca (Breck) Estabrook in Leicester, Massachusetts. He earned an A.B. degree in 1905 and an A.M. in 1906 from Clark College in Worcester. Estabrook was a fellow and assistant in zoology at Clark during 1906-1907. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1910. Estabrook married Jessie McCubbin on October 25, 1911. He studied at the School of Philanthropy at Columbia University in 1914.
Estabrook worked in the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, a part of the Carnegie Institution (1910-1929) and also served as a special investigator for the Indiana State Commission on Mental Defectives (1916-1918). Estabrook also served in the U.S. Army during 1918-1920 as a captain in the Sanitary Corps. In 1924, he served as an expert witness in favor of sterilization at the first trail regarding the forced sterilization of Carrie Buck in Amherst County, Virginia. Three years later, Estabrook returned to Virginia as a representive the Eugenics Record Office during the second court case, Buck v. Bell, in 1927, and also conducted research concering the case, as well as sterilization in Virginia in general. His research also included cases of so-called "degenerate families" in New York and North Carolina. He authored at least twelve works, mostly about eugenics and genealogy. He also served as president of the Eugenics Research Association during 1925-1926. In 1929, Estabrook left the Eugenics Record Office and began working for the American Society for the Control of Cancer in 1929 After the death of his first wife, he married Anne Ruth Medcalf on July 8, 1931. Arthur H. Estabrook died on December 6, 1973, in Chatham Center, New York, and is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. in Bangor, Maine
He is buried at Bangor, Maine in the He authored at least twelve works, mostly about eugenics and genealogy.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Arthur H. Estabrook." Web: Penobscot County, Maine; Mount Hope Burial Index, 1861-2012. Accessed July 7, 2014. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
"Arthur H. Estabrook Papers, 1908-1962." Finding aid. M. E. Grenander Special Collections and Archives, University of Albany. Accessed July 7, 2014. http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/findaids/apap069.htm#history.
Wikipedia. "Arthur H. Estabrook." Wikipedia.org. Accessed October 1, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Estabrook.
Wolfe, Brendan. "Buck v. Bell (1927)." Encyclopedia Virginia, February 12, 2021. Last updated August 26, 2024. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/buck-v-bell-1927.
Estabrook worked in the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, a part of the Carnegie Institution (1910-1929) and also served as a special investigator for the Indiana State Commission on Mental Defectives (1916-1918). Estabrook also served in the U.S. Army during 1918-1920 as a captain in the Sanitary Corps. In 1924, he served as an expert witness in favor of sterilization at the first trail regarding the forced sterilization of Carrie Buck in Amherst County, Virginia. Three years later, Estabrook returned to Virginia as a representive the Eugenics Record Office during the second court case, Buck v. Bell, in 1927, and also conducted research concering the case, as well as sterilization in Virginia in general. His research also included cases of so-called "degenerate families" in New York and North Carolina. He authored at least twelve works, mostly about eugenics and genealogy. He also served as president of the Eugenics Research Association during 1925-1926. In 1929, Estabrook left the Eugenics Record Office and began working for the American Society for the Control of Cancer in 1929 After the death of his first wife, he married Anne Ruth Medcalf on July 8, 1931. Arthur H. Estabrook died on December 6, 1973, in Chatham Center, New York, and is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. in Bangor, Maine
He is buried at Bangor, Maine in the He authored at least twelve works, mostly about eugenics and genealogy.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Arthur H. Estabrook." Web: Penobscot County, Maine; Mount Hope Burial Index, 1861-2012. Accessed July 7, 2014. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
"Arthur H. Estabrook Papers, 1908-1962." Finding aid. M. E. Grenander Special Collections and Archives, University of Albany. Accessed July 7, 2014. http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/findaids/apap069.htm#history.
Wikipedia. "Arthur H. Estabrook." Wikipedia.org. Accessed October 1, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Estabrook.
Wolfe, Brendan. "Buck v. Bell (1927)." Encyclopedia Virginia, February 12, 2021. Last updated August 26, 2024. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/buck-v-bell-1927.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a records transfer from the Indiana Division.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2014/07/07 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2014/07/07 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid revised 2025/10/01 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Estabrook, Arthur H. (Arthur Howard) (Person)
- Title
- A. H. Estabrook papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
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Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
