G. Arthur Cooper
ID: SIA2013-03893
Creator: Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-
Form/Genre: Person, candid
Date: 1975
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
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The Smithsonian Institution Archives welcomes personal and educational use of its collections unless otherwise noted. For commercial uses, please contact photos@si.edu.Summary
G. Arthur Cooper uses an eyepiece to examine a fossil specimen. Other specimens are in a tray.
Subject
- Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology Division of Invertebrate Paleontology
- United States National Museum Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany
- United States National Museum
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) Cooper (1902-2000), a paleobiologist specializing in the classification and stratigraphy of Paleozoic brachiopods, was appointed Assistant Curator in the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology of the United States National Museum (USNM) in 1930. He advanced to Curator of the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology in 1944. He assumed the Head Curatorship of the Department of Geology in 1957, oversaw its split in 1963, and continued as Chairman of the new Department of Paleobiology. In 1967, he was appointed Senior Paleobiologist, to devote his time completely to research, and continued as Paleobiologist Emeritus after his retirement in 1974.
- Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975.
- See Negatives SIA2013-03893 through SIA2013-03899 for other photos of G. Arthur Cooper examining specimens.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1975
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Paleobiologists
- Optical instruments
- Paleoontology
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Specimens
- Employees
- Museums
- Fossil Invertebrates
- Paleontology
- Fossils
- Museum curators
- Paleobiology
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Form/Genre
- Person, candid
- Slide
ID Number
SIA2013-03893
Physical description
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color ; Size: 1"w x 1 3.7"h; Type of Image: Person, candid ; Medium: Slide