Smithsonian Institution Archives

Photograph Collection, circa 1919-1976 and undated

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Margaret D. Foster (1895-1970) working in the lab in 1919. [Image no. SIA2010-0474]

Collection ID:: SIA.FARU7421
Creators:: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Mineral Sciences
Dates:: circa 1919-1976 and undated
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 0.69 cu. ft. (1 16x20 box)
Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

This photograph collection was maintained by the Department of Mineral Sciences and its predecessor, the Department of Geology. It includes photographs of curators and other departmental staff members, donors to the national collection of minerals and gems, geologists, paleontologists, mineralogists, and gemologists. Paul E. Desautels, William F. Foshag, Edward P. Henderson, George Frederick Kunz, George P. Merrill, Washington A. Roebling, Waldemar Theodore Schaller, and Henry Stephens Washington are but a few of the scientists represented by photographs in the collection.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7421, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Mineral Sciences, Photograph Collection

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Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Desautels, Paul E.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Foshag, William F. (William Frederick), 1894-1956	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Henderson, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1898-	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Schaller, Waldemar T. (Waldemar Theodore), 1882-	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Washington, Henry S. (Henry Stephens), 1867-1934	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
United States National Museum. Department of Geology	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Museum curators	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Geologists	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Museums -- Employees	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Mineralogists	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Gemologists	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Museums -- Public relations	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Paleontologists	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Black-and-white photographs	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

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