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Author:
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Subject:
Henderson, John Brooks, Jr  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Date:
c. 1900
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Photograph included in the transcript of the S. Stillman Berry Oral History Interview by Donald R. Shasky, May 7, 1980, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Summary:
John Brooks Henderson, Jr., (1870-1923), was appointed a citizen member of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents in 1911 and retained that post until his death. Interested in shell collecting as a youth, Henderson later concentrated on the marine life of the West Indies and participated in several expeditions to the Caribbean. His collections were donated to the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History. He did volunteer work in the Division of Mollusks in his spare time, and wrote several articles for the Proceedings of the United States National Museum and Bulletin of the United States National Museum.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9526, Box 1, S. Stillman Berry Oral History Interview
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Regents  Search this
Collectors and collecting  Search this
Invertebrate Zoologists  Search this
Malacologists  Search this
Volunteers  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Standard number:
88-11258
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8110