Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Robert C. Cook papers, 1882-1992 |
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Span Dates | 1882-1992 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1940-1970) |
ID No. | MSS61599 |
Creator | Cook, Robert C. (Robert Carter), 1898- |
Extent | 19,600 items ; 56 containers plus 1 oversize ; 22.4 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Geneticist, demographer, editor, and author. Correspondence, diaries, writings, research notes, professional files, family and estate papers, genealogical and biographical information, photographs, and other papers documenting Cook's career as managing editor and editor of the American Genetic Association's Journal of Heredity, as director and president of the Population Reference Bureau and editor of its Population Bulletin, and as an authority on population policy, eugenics, and the effect of population growth on the environment. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011012 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm84061599 |