Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: The seven scientists asked to testify for the defense standing in front of the Defense Mansion

Summary

Scientists who submitted testimony for the defense of John Thomas Scopes, Dayton, Tennessee, July 1925. Back row (left to right): Horatio Hackett Newman (University of Chicago), Maynard Mayo Metcalf (Johns Hopkins University), Fay-Cooper Cole (University of Chicago), and Jacob Goodale Lipman (Rutgers University). Front row (left to right): Winterton Conway Curtis (University of Missouri), Wilbur Armstrong Nelson (State Geologist of Tennessee), and William Marion Goldsmith (Southwestern University).

Subject

• Cole, Fay-Cooper 1881-1961
• Curtis, Winterton C (Winterton Conway) 1875-1965
• Goldsmith, William Marion 1888-1955
• Lipman, Jacob Goodale 1874-1939
• Metcalf, Maynard M (Maynard Mayo) 1868-1940
• Nelson, Wilbur A (Wilbur Armistead) 1890-1969
• Newman, Horatio Hackett 1875-1957
• Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc
• University of Chicago
• Johns Hopkins University
• Rutgers University
• University of Missouri
• Tennessee State Geologist
• Southwestern University (Winfield, Kan.)

Notes

See also number SPI_5305

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7091, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1146

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1925
• July 1925

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

• Creationism
• Evolution

Place

Dayton (Tenn.)

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU007091 [SIA2008-1146]

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