John Brooks Henderson, Jr

Summary

John Brooks Henderson, Jr., (1870-1923), was appointed a citizen member of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents in 1911 and retained that post until his death. Interested in shell collecting as a youth, Henderson later concentrated on the marine life of the West Indies and participated in several expeditions to the Caribbean. His collections were donated to the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History. He did volunteer work in the Division of Mollusks in his spare time, and wrote several articles for the Proceedings of the United States National Museum and Bulletin of the United States National Museum.

Subject

• Henderson, John Brooks, Jr
• Board of Regents
• 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 S. Stillman Berry Oral History Interview by Donald R. Shasky, May 7, 1980, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9526, Box 1, S. Stillman Berry Oral History Interview

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1900

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Malacologists
• Collectors and collecting
• Portraits
• Invertebrate Zoologists
• Volunteers
• Regents

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

88-11258

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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