Albert C. Smith

ID: SIA2010-0615 and SA 765

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1955

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 20, Folder 56

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Summary

Albert C. Smith (1906-1999) served as Director of National Museum of Natural History (before 1969, Museum of Natural History) from 1958 to 1962 and chaired several important scientific societies. Smith was a distinguished botanist who specialized in Pteridophytes and Spermatophytes. He worked in the United States and Fiji.

Subject

  • Smith, Albert. C
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 20, Folder 56

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1955

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Botany
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Museum directors
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Botanists

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Portraits

ID Number

SIA2010-0615 and SA 765

Physical description

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

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