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Subject:
Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872  Search this
Baker, Frank 1841-1918  Search this
Clark, A. Howard  Search this
Dorsey, Harry W 1874-1960  Search this
Hodge, Frederick Webb 1864-1956  Search this
Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929  Search this
Rathbun, Richard 1852-1918  Search this
Stejneger, Leonhard 1851-1943  Search this
Traylor, James G  Search this
Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this
Adams, Washington I  Search this
Brockett, Paul  Search this
Hill, James H  Search this
Shoemaker, Coates Walton  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group
Date:
1915
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
This is an oversize photograph.
Summary:
Smithsonian Institution officials at the East Front entrance of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," on January 11, 1915. First row (front) left to right: Charles Doolittle Walcott (Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1907-1927), Richard Rathbun (Assistant Secretary), George Perkins Merrill (Head Curator of Geology), Frank Baker (Superintendent, National Zoological Park), William Henry Holmes (Head Curator of Anthropology), and Harry W. Dorsey (Chief Clerk).
Middle row, left to right are: Charles Greeley Abbot (Director, Astrophysical Observatory), Leonard C. Gunnell (Assistant in Charge, International Catalogue of Scientific Literature), James G. Traylor (Appointment Clerk), Washington I. Adams (Disbursing Agent), Leonhard Steineger (Head Curator of Biology), and Paul Brockett (Assistant Librarian). Back row, left to right are: James H. Hill (Property Clerk), C. Walton Shoemaker (Chief Clerk, International Exchanges), A. Howard Clark (Editor), and Frederick W. Hodge (Ethnologist-in-Charge, Bureau of American Ethnology).
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 29, Folder 11
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Administration  Search this
Curators  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Management--Museums  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Museums--Employees  Search this
Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this
Standard number:
82-3221
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9560