Roy S. Clarke, Jr., Representative John Edgar Chenoweth and Edward P. Henderson Study the F Meteorites at the NMNH

Summary

Roy S. Clarke, Jr. (left) and Edward P. Henderson (right) study the Allen Collection of meteorties soon after its acquisition by the National Museum of Natural History in 1964, together with Representative John Edgar Chenoweth (Republican) of Colorado (center).

Subject

• Henderson, Edward Porter
• Clarke, Roy S., Jr
• Allen, Arthur R. 1880-1962
• Chenoweth, John Edgar 1897-1986
• United States Congress
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Arthur R. Allen (1880-1962), an amateur mineralogist, spent a large part of his adult life searching for meteorites in Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Allen corresponded with professionals and other amateurs throughout the world in the hope of obtaining new specimens for his meteorite collection. After his death, his collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7261, Box 2, Folder: Arthur R. Allen Papers, 1928-1964

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

• Legislators
• Meteorites
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Collecting and collections
• Museums
• Meteors
• Museum curators
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

• United States
• Washington (D.C.)

ID Number

SIA2011-0735 and MNH Neg. 90A

Physical description

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

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