Clifford Evans and Betty Meggers

Summary

With the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans, anthropologists, were a husband and wife team, who specialized in Amazonian anthropology. A large print-out is on the table and a map of South America hangs on the wall.

Subject

• Meggers, Betty J
• Evans, Clifford 1920-
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology

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 Negs. SIA2013-03915 for another photo of Clifford Evans and Betty Meggers. See Neg. 2013-03916 for Clifford Evans.

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

• Women
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Anthropology
• Employees
• Museums
• Anthropologists
• Maps
• Museum curators
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

• South America
• Washington (D.C.)
• Amazon River Region

Form/Genre

• Group, candid
• Slide

ID Number

SIA2013-03914

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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