A. Remington Kellogg

Summary

A. Remington (Arthur Remington) Kellogg, 1892-1969, holding the skull of an Amazon river dolphin. Kellogg was the Director of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, from 1948-1962. Prior to becoming director, Kellogg served in the Division of Mammals, beginning in 1928 as assistant curator, and becoming curator in 1941, focusing on the study of marine mammals.

Subject

• Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of the Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interview by Pamela M. Henson, September 6, 1984 in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529 Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1955

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Marine Biology
• Animals
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Specimens
• Employees
• Skulls
• Museums
• Amazon river dolphin
• Aquatic mammals
• Mammals
• Dolphins
• Marine animals
• Marine mammals
• Museum curators
• Museum directors
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

78-3701

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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