Dr. Don Davis and Mary J. Mann

ID: SIA2013-03900

Creator: Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-

Form/Genre: Slide

Date: 1975

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier

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Summary

Mary J. Mann, a National Museum of Natural History technician on the left, sits at a scanning electron microscope (SEM) in the Department of Entomology in National Museum of Natural History, and Donald Davis, a research entomologist at the National Museum of Natural History, on the right, holds an image in his hand.

Subject

  • Mann, Mary J
  • Davis, Donald R (Donald Ray)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Entomology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • 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.
  • Dr. Donald Davis received his B.A. degree in Entomology at the University of Kansas in 1956. In 1962, he earned his Ph.D. at Cornell University under John G. Franclemont, formerly a USDA research entomologist at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH.) Don was hired by J. F. Gates Clarke and the Smithsonian Institution as a research entomologist in Microlepidoptera in the fall of 1961. Curator of Lepidoptera, Don's various activities have involved him in fieldwork over much of the United States and in 40 countries resulting in the addition of nearly one million insect specimens to the National Museum.
  • See Negatives SIA2013-03901 and SIA2009-1230 for other photos of Dr. Don Davis and Mary J. Mann

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

  • Equipment
  • Electronic apparatus and appliances
  • Entomology
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Personnel management
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Entomologists
  • Microscopes
  • Museum curators
  • Museums--Employees
  • Research--Equipment and supplies
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Slide
  • Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2013-03900

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1"w x 1 3.7"h ; Type of Image: Group, candid ; Medium: Slide

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