Scientists on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands

Summary

Gathered on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, are scientists who were sent to resurvey the region to determine the impact of the atomic bomb tests of 1946. J.I. Tracy, Geologist with the USGS, is in the front row, fourth from the left. Leonard Peter Schultz, ichthyologist at the National Museum of Natural History, is sitting in the front row, third from the left. Second from the left in the front row is likely A.C. Cole, professor of zoology and entomology, University of Tennessee and Joseph P.E. Morrison, invertebrate zoologist at the National Museum of Natural History, is likely in the front row, far left.

Subject

• Schultz, Leonard P (Leonard Peter) 1901-
• Morrison, Joseph

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Operation Crossroads was an expedition to Bikini Atoll and the northern Marshall islands iunder the auspices of the Department of the Navy. Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, Curator of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History, was in charge of the biological investigation of the reef fishes in the area. His investigations centered on the relative abundance of fauna before and after atom bomb tests. Specimens were collected for the purpose of comparison and to make possible a study of anatomical variations among the various island fish populations.
• In 1947 scientists returned to resurvey the region to determine the impact of the atomic tests.
• See Neg. #s for Operation Crossroads 1947: 92-11701, SIA2010-0924, SIA2010-0925, SIA2010-0927, SIA2010-0928, SIA2010-0929, SIA2010-0964, SIA2010-0965, SIA2010-0966, SIA2010-0967, SIA2010-0968, SIA2010-0969, SIA2010-0970, SIA2010-0971, SIA2010-0972, SIA2010-0975

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 24

Contact information

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

Date

1947

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Atomic Bomb Tests
• Ichthyology
• Employees
• Nuclear weapons
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Explorations and Expeditions
• Collecting and collections
• Scientists
• Invertebrate Zoologists
• Testing
• Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946/1947
• Nuclear weapons--Testing
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

• Marshall Islands
• Pacific Ocean
• Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

92-11701

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 4.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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