Richard H. (Richard Hall) Benson

ID: SIA2013-03868

Creator: Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-

Form/Genre: Person, candid

Date: 1975

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier

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Summary

Richard H. Benson (1929-2003), 1964-1978, curator at the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, and expert on animal forms, points to the Mediterranean Sea on a geographical map of the world behind him. Benson holds papers in his right hand. An image of an invertebrate fossil specimen is displayed on an easel.

Subject

  • Benson, Richard H (Richard Hall) 1929-
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • See image numbers SIA2013-03867, SIA2013-03869, SIA2013-03870, SIA2013-03871, SIA2013-03872, and SIA2013-03873 for additional photos.
  • The paleontological collections of the Smithsonian Institution were a part of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum (USNM) from 1880 until its dissolution in 1963. The Department of Paleobiology was created in 1963 as part of a reorganization in the Museum of Natural History. At that time, the Department of Geology was divided into two departments, with the Divisions of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany and Vertebrate Paleontology joined to form the Department of Paleobiology.
  • Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975.
  • See Record Unit 000328, National Museum of Natural History, Box 5, for a list of research reports by Richard H. Benson.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier

Contact information

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

Date

1975

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Paleobiologists
  • Animals, Fossil
  • Paleontologists
  • Invertebrates, Fossil
  • Paleoontology
  • Personnel management
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Paleontology
  • Paleobiology
  • Museums--Employees
  • Maps
  • Museum curators
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Person, candid
  • Slide

ID Number

SIA2013-03868

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1w x 1 3/8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide

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