G. Arthur Cooper
ID: 85-16954
Creator: Grant, Richard E
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1957
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9524, Box 1, G. Arthur Cooper Oral History Interviews
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G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) Cooper (1902-2000), stands beside a Cholla cactus. Cooper is at Glass Mountains, Texas, where he was doing field work. Cooper, 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.
Subject
- Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-
- United States National Museum
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Geology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology Division of Invertebrate Paleontology
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Photograph included in the transcript of G. Arthur Cooper Interview by Pamela M. Henson, January 12, 1984, in Smithsonian Institution Archives
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9524, Box 1, G. Arthur Cooper 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
1957
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Curators
- Paleobiologists
- Landscapes
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Field Work
- Employees
- Collecting and collections
- Flora and fauna
- Museums
- Cholla cactus
- Glass Mountains, Texas
- Museum curators
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
- Texas
- Washington (D.C.)
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
- Landscape
ID Number
85-16954
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid, Landscape; Medium: Photographic print