Confiscated Japanese Gems Appraised by Edward P. Henderson

ID: 85-9063

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1966

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529, Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews

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Summary

At the request of the United States Army, Edward P. Henderson (1898-1992), curator of mineral sciences in the National Museum of Natural History, went to Japan to appraise gems confiscated by the Japanese government from Japanese citizens during World War II.

Subject

Henderson, Edward Porter

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of the Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interview by Pamela M. Henson, August 29, 1984, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529, Edward P. Henderson 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

  • 1966
  • Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Gems
  • Mineralogy
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Field Work
  • Jewelry
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Mineralogists
  • History
  • Appraisers
  • Museum curators
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

  • Japan
  • Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

85-9063

Physical description

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

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