National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites Search this
United States National Museum Division of Mineralogy and Petrology Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color; Size: 1w x 1 3/8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide
Type:
Person, candid
Slide
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1975
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.
Dr. Roy S. Clarke, Jr., an authority on meteorites, came to the Smithsonian in 1957, after several years as an analytical geochemist in a United States Geological Survey laboratory, as a chemist in the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology. Starting from 1966, he was an Associate Curator in the Department of Mineral Sciences, a division of National Museum of Natural History, and in 1970, named curator . He is famous for his chemical analysis of meteorites and minerals.
See image numbers SIA2013-03877 and SIA2013-03879 for additional photos of Clarke standing at meteorite cabinet.
Summary:
Dr. Roy S. Clarke, Jr. curator of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History meteorite collection, stands at collection storage cabinets holding meteorite specimens. Several drawers are open displaying specimens and Clarke holds a specimen in his hands.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
