Peter C. Welsh

Summary

Curator Peter C. Welsh conducting research, possibly for his book entitled "Track and Road: The American Trotting Horse, 1820-1900," published in 1968. Welsh is standing with an open book in front of him. There are two photos of horses propped up leaning against the wall. Welsh was Associate Curator in the Department of Civil History, National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1959-1969. As curator he played a major role in the development of the "Growth of the United States" Hall in the Museum. Welsh was Assistant Director General of Museums, 1969-1970, and also served as Director of the Office of Museum Programs, 1970-1971.

Subject

• Welsh, Peter C
• Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
• National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Museum Programs
• Growth of the United States (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

For another image see SIA2007-0167

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 420, Box 10, Folder 21

Contact information

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

Date

1964

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Animals
• Historians
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Horses
• Employees
• Civil History
• Museums
• Museum curators
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2007-0168

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid Medium: Photographic print

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