Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian

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Summary

  • A group of Smithsonian Employees in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building on February 9, 1927 in connection with a test of the lights in preparation for the group shot of the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian. The employees are (left to right): Row 1: Alexander Wetmore, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian; Charles G. Abbot, Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian; Row 2: J. U. Perkins; Nicholas W. Dorsey; Walter Hough; Ruel P. Tolman; Row 3: Leonhard Stejneger; Paul Bartsch; Clarence R. Shoemaker; Frederick L. Lewton; J. H. Hill; Charles Elmer Resser; Ray S. Bassler.
  • Row 4: John Merton Aldrich; John R. Ellingston; William P. True; George P. Merrill; William F. Foshag; Charles W. Gilmore; Earl V. Shannon; Row 5: James S. Goldsmith; Loyal B. Aldrich; Herbert W. Krieger; Henry Bascom Collins, Jr.; Jesse Walter Fewkes; J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton) Hewitt; Row 6: Arthur H. Clark; William L. Corbin; Mrs. D. P. Hulsizer; Leonard C. Gunnell; M. A. Tolson; Row 7: Gerrit S. Miller; James W. Gidley; Row 8: C. R. Denmark (Engineer, USNM); W. H. Goldsmith; J. S. Prescott; Row 9: I. S. Dyer; J. F. Brazerol; Frank H. Cole; S. F. Williams; Harry C. Taylor.

Subject

  • Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
  • Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872
  • Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954
  • Stejneger, Leonhard 1851-1943
  • Bartsch, Paul
  • Bassler, Ray S. (Ray Smith), b. 1878
  • Foshag, William F
  • Gilmore, Charles W
  • Aldrich, Loyal Blaine 1884-1965
  • Collins, Henry Bascom 1899-
  • Fewkes, Jesse Walter 1850-1930
  • Tolson, M. S
  • Taylor, Harry C
  • Hough, Walter 1859-1935
  • Lewton, Frederick L
  • Resser, Charles Elmer 1889-1943
  • Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929
  • Shannon, Earl V (Earl Victor) b. 1895
  • Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton)
  • Miller, Gerrit S., Jr
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder 17

Contact information

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

Date

1927

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Perkins, J. U
  • Goldsmith, W. H
  • Prescott, J. S
  • Krieger, Herbert W
  • Corbin, William L
  • Secretaries
  • Goldsmith, James S
  • Williams, S. F
  • True, William P
  • Gidley, James W
  • Employees
  • Ellingston, John R
  • Gunnell, Leonard C
  • Great Hall
  • Hill, James H
  • Shoemaker, Clarence R
  • Brazerol, J. F
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Clark, Arthur H
  • Cole, Frank H
  • Smithsonian Institution Building
  • Hulsizer, Mrs. D. P
  • Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Smithsonian Institution Building--Great Hall
  • Dorsey, Nicholas W
  • Aldrich, John Merton
  • Denmark, C. R
  • Dyer, I. S

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group

ID Number

82-3349

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print

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