Author:

Ploskonka, Jeffrey  Search this

Subject:

Bennett, Deborah W  Search this

Coffer, Tim  Search this

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

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

Silver Hill Facility (Maryland)  Search this

National Collections  Search this

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

Physical description:

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic Print

Type:

Photographic print

Group, candid

Date:

October 1979

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

This photo appeared in the October 1979 issue of the Smithsonian Torch.

Summary:

Deborah Bennett, museum technician, and Tim Coffer, data gatherer, sort trays of seashells for the mollusk inventory in the National Museum of Natural History's Division of Mollusks. The shells are part of an overall collection close to 800,000 shells. The inventory, directed by Bennett, is a preparatory step for the collections move to the Smithsonian's Silver Hill Museum Support Center.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder October 1979

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Mollusks  Search this

Shells  Search this

Women  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Museums--Collection management  Search this

Specimens  Search this

Standard number:

SIA2009-3232 and 79-9800-18

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_12123