Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Smith, Albert. C  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Physical description:

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Portraits

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

c. 1955

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Summary:

Albert C. Smith (1906-1999) served as Director of National Museum of Natural History (before 1969, Museum of Natural History) from 1958 to 1962 and chaired several important scientific societies. Smith was a distinguished botanist who specialized in Pteridophytes and Spermatophytes. He worked in the United States and Fiji.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 20, Folder 56

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Museum directors  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Botanists  Search this

Standard number:

SIA2010-0615 and SA 765

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_12300