Robert (Bob) J. Emry

Summary

Robert J. Emry observing a technician, working at a microscope, in the preparation of fossil material.

Subject

• Emry, Robert J
• United States National Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• 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 Neg. SIA2013-03911 and 95-1207 for other photo of Bob Emry.
• Curator of Cenozoic Mammals, emeritus. Research Interests: Evolution, Relationships, Biochronology and Paleogeography of Cenozoic Mammals. Broadly, his research centered on fossil mammals, more specifically the land mammals of the late Eocene and Oligocene epochs (about 45 to 30 million years ago) in the northern hemisphere.

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
• Equipment
• Scientific apparatus and instruments
• Paleoontology
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Museums
• Microscopes
• Paleontology
• Fossils
• Museum curators
• Paleobiology
• Research--Equipment and supplies
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Group, candid
• Slide

ID Number

SIA2013-03912

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color; Size: 1"w x 1 3.7"h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Slide

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