Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 209
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Echinoderms and Lower Invertebrates
Records, 1920-1953
Historical Note
Austin H. Clark (1880-1954) came to the Smithsonian in 1908 as a collaborator in the Division of Marine Invertebrates. In 1910 he became assistant curator of Marine Invertebrates. In 1920 the collection of Echinoderms was removed from Marine Invertebrates to form a new Division of Echinoderms, with Clark as curator, a position he held until his retirement in 1950. From 1950 to 1954 he was an associate in Zoology. The Division of Echinoderms, which ceased to exist as an administrative entity after Clark's retirement, was reestablished in 1966.
Descriptive Entry
This collection consists of annual and quarterly reports of the Division together with some official correspondence.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Clark, Austin Hobart, 1880-1954
- United States National Museum
- United States National Museum. Division of Marine Invertebrates
- United States National Museum. Division of Echinoderms
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 209, National Museum of Natural History. Division of Echinoderms and Lower Invertebrates, Records