What You Will Find at BuckvBell.com
Digital Archive of the Buck Case
1. Timeline: Documenting legal events from Carrie Buck’s commitment to the Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded to the United States Supreme Court Decision
19 documents that lead the reader from the 1924 Virginia law to the trial and the 1927 Supreme Court decision.
2. A Roadmap to Buck
A. Eugenical Sterilization Laws
- Model Sterilization Law, 1914
- 1924 Virginia Sterilization Law
- All Records from the Buck Lawsuit
- Justice O.W. Holmes 1927 Supreme Court opinion
- Public Reactions to Buck (26 1927 news stories)
- Copies of 32 State Sterilization Laws, enacted from 1907–1937
- 15 Court Opinions in Challenges to Sterilization Laws
B. A Library of Eugenics Literature
- Foundational Works on Eugenics by Francis Galton and others
- Problem Family Literature: The Jukes & The Kallikak Family
- 4 Important Textbooks on Eugenics
- 400+ page 1924 Bibliography of Eugenics
C. Chronicles of the Eugenics Movement
- 7 vol. International Eugenics Congress Proceedings 1912-1932
- 3 vol. Race Betterment Conference Proceedings 1913-1928
Supplement to Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court & Buck v. Bell
Materials for readers of Paul A. Lombardo’s book (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022 edition)
1. Links to sources used in the book:
a. Digital Documents
Professional articles, government reports, evidence from the court case keyed to book chapters
b. Digital Images
32 Photographs and illustrations listed by chapter
2. Links to Related Sites on Eugenics
3. Carrie Buck’s letters
4. 30+ scholarly articles on eugenics
5. Other Materials
The 1965 Julius Paul study on state sterilization in the U.S.
6. Extensive Related Digital Material
Forthcoming
The entire archive is searchable by word and phrase and all documents may be downloaded.