While the Eugenics Survey operated as an official adjuct to the Zoology Department at the the University of Vermont, it was privately funded and staffed by a succession of professional social workers who conducted the investigations, compiled reports, and promoted the findings among Vermont's social agencies. Professor Perkins depended upon the cooperation and support of an impressive roster of civic leaders, private charities, government officials, and professors in relevant fields, who endorsed the enterprise through their official role advisors to the Survey. While Perkins' advisors frequently tempered his zeal for hereditary causes of social problems, they nevertheless supported state programs for identification, registration, and "social control" of "dependent, deliquent, and deficient" families. The Eugenics Survey also derived support from governors, state legislators, judges, and town officials throughout the state.
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Department of Zoology University of Vermont |
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| Professional Staff:
Harriett E. Abbott (1925-27) Sponsors: Mrs. Emily Proctor Eggleston |
Advisory Committee:
Academe: Guy W. Bailey, UVM President Private Charities: Vt. Conference of Social Work |
| Vermont State Government & Institutions:
Dept. of Public Welfare, W. H. Dyer, Commissioner |