Herbert S. Bryant Reading at Desk

Summary

Herbert S. Bryant, chief of the Division of Correspondence and Documents, seated at his desk, looking at papers he holds in his hand.

Subject

• Bryant, Herbert S 1878-1950
• Federal Credit Union (FCU)
• Correspondence and Documents, Division of

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Herbert Sydney Bryant (1878-1950) worked as a messenger for the United States Patent Office from 1897 to 1901. He later gained employment at the United States National Museum, first as a clerk in the Division of Correspondence and Documents (1907-1918) and then as chief of that division (1918-1948). He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Smithsonian Employees Federal Credit Union from 1935 to 1950, acting as Vice President of the Board from 1940 to 1950.
• This image was taken by Ruel P. Tolman, former Director of Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Arts (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) and is included in a scrapbook of photographs of Smithsonian staff, grounds and buildings, exhibitions, and Washington, D.C. scenes (Section B).

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Box 3, Folder: Scrapbook A-N

Contact information

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

Date

• See Negative Number SIA2011-0259 for another image of Bryant
• May 1935

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-0260

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 2.25w x 2.25h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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