Dr. Leonard P. Schultz's Log of Operation Crossroads

ID: SIA2010-0894

Creator: Schultz, Leonard P (Leonard Peter) 1901-

Form/Genre: Book Cover

Date: 1946

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 23, Folder: 1

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Summary

Cover of Dr. Leonard P. Schultz's Log of Operation Crossroads. The cover reads "Log of Crossroads Project by Dr. Leonard P. Schultz Curator of Fishes U.S. National Museum."

Subject

  • Schultz, Leonard P (Leonard Peter) 1901-
  • United States Navy

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • Leonard Peter Schultz, Ichthyologist and Field Naturalist, served as National Museum of Natural History's assistant curator of fishes from 1936 to 1938, when he was named curator-in-charge of the Division of Fishes, a position he held until 1965.
  • The Crossroads Operation was an expedition to Bikini and the northern Marshall Islands in 1946 under the auspices of the Department of the Navy. Schultz was in charge of the biological investigation of the reef fishes in the area. His investigations centered on the relative abundance of fauna before and after the atom bomb tests. Specimens were collected for the purpose of comparison and to make possible a study of anatomical variations among the various island fish populations.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 23, Folder: 1

Contact information

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

Date

1946

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Reef ecology
  • Atomic bomb
  • Atomic Bomb Tests
  • Fishes
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Ichthyology
  • Museums
  • Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946/1947
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Museums--Employees
  • Museum curators

Place

  • Marshall Islands
  • Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
  • Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Book Cover
  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2010-0894

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 5.25w x 8h; Type of Image: Document; Book Cover; Medium: Paper

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