William H. Dall Sitting at a Desk

Summary

William H. Dall, curator of echinoderms for the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, is sitting at a desk that has two books on it.

Subject

• Dall, William Healey 1845-1927
• United States National Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mollusks
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Echinoderms
• United States National Museum Dept. of Biology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Dean of Alaskan explorations, William Healey Dall , 1845-1927, began his scientific career as a member of the Scientific Corps of the Alaskan Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1865. In 1871, he was appointed to the United States Coast Survey, where he continued his studies on Alaska and the northern Pacific Coast. Dall left the Coast Survey in 1884 to accept the rank of Paleontologist with the United States Geological Survey, a position he held until 1925. Having assembled and described some of the collections of mollusca and other organisms held by the United States National Museum since 1868, Dall served as Honorary Curator of the Museum's Division of Mollusks from 1880 until his death.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 6, Folder: 42

Contact information

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

Date

circa 1900

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Malacologists
• Echinodermata
• Paleontologists
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Museums
• Invertebrate Zoologists
• Museum curators
• Echinoderms
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2009-4239 or 14535

Physical description

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

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