T D Stewart Measures Human Leg Bone in Terry Collection

ID: NMNH-21581 NMNH

Creator: Clark, Chip

Form/Genre: Person, candid

Date: c. 1981

Citation: National Museum of Natural History, Chip Clark Collection

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Summary

T. Dale Stewart (1901-1997), Curator Emeritus of Physical Anthropology, examines human skeletal remains from the Robert J. Terry Collection, Department of Anthropology, at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, circa 1981. He is using calipers to measure a leg bone.

Subject

  • Stewart, T. D (Thomas Dale) 1901-
  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Physical Anthropology
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The Robert J. Terry Collection consists of over 1,700 complete human skeletons from known individuals assembled by Robert J. Terry during his career (1921- 1946) at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Missouri. The collection was continued by Mildred Trotter until her retirement in 1964. Accurate age, sex, ethnicity, cause of death are present for each individual. Medical histories, postmortem photographs, death masks, and hair samples are present for approximately half of the total collection. Because of the completeness of the information and excellent preservation of the collection, it has been and continues to be used as a primary resource for research on bone pathology, skeletal biology, and forensic anthropology.

Contained within

National Museum of Natural History, Chip Clark Collection

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1981

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Collection storage areas
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Specimens
  • Anthropology
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Physical anthropology
  • National Collections
  • Anthropologists
  • Museum curators
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

  • Person, candid
  • Slide

ID Number

NMNH-21581 NMNH

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 0.5" w x 0.75" h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide

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