Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., Studying Fish
ID: SIA2013-03939
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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- Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., sits at a table examining a fish as he compares it to an illustration in a book. He has on a magnifying headset. On the table is a magnifier, a glass jar, glasses, desk lamp and other papers. In the background are shelves, and a doorway.
- Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., joined the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum staff as Associate Curator in the Division of Fishes in 1963 and became Curator in 1967. An American ichthyologist, he devoted much of his career to the study of pelagic and deep-sea fishes. He was also an avid conservationist and a member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists for over 30 years.
Subject
- Gibbs, Robert H. Jr
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Fishes
- Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
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.
- For other images of Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., see Negatives SIA2013-03837 and SIA2013-03838.
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
- Marine sciences
- Ichthyology
- Employees
- Museums
- Marine Biology
- Equipment
- Optical instruments
- Scientific apparatus and instruments
- Fishes
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Specimens
- Microscopes
- Marine biologists
- Marine biology--Research
- Museum curators
- Research--Equipment and supplies
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Form/Genre
- Person, candid
- Slide
ID Number
SIA2013-03939
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1w X 1 3.7h ; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide