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Collection Creator::

Kellers, Henry C., 1874-1954  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7241, Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

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Collection Creator::

Kellers, Henry C., 1874-1954  Search this

Container:

Box 3 of 3

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7241, Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

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Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection / Box 3

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Creator::

Kellers, Henry C., 1874-1954  Search this

Extent:

0.55 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (2 3x5 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Black-and-white photographs

Lantern slides

Date:

1929-1930

Introduction:

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

Descriptive Entry:

This collection consists of lantern slides, a photograph album, and loose photographs taken by Henry C. Kellers on the United States Naval Observatory Eclipse Expeditions to the Philippine Islands, 1929, and Nivafoou Island, 1930.

Historical Note:

Henry C. Kellers (1874-1954) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. A graduate of the South Carolina Medical School, Kellers joined the United States Navy as a Hospital Steward in 1903. During the First World War he served as Assistant Surgeon with the Navy. He was promoted to Lieutenant in the Medical Corps in 1920 and to Lieutenant Commander in 1931. In 1938, he was placed on the Retired List of Officers of the Navy. He was recalled to active duty in 1939, serving until 1945 when he again retired. Kellers died in Oakland, California.

During his career in the Navy, Kellers participated in several scientific expeditions. He was a member of the United States Naval Observatory Eclipse Expeditions of 1925, 1927, 1929, and 1930 to Sumatra, Nicaragua, the Philippine Islands, and Nivafoou Island, respectively. On these expeditions, Kellers served as a representative of the Smithsonian Institution for the purpose of making biological collections. While in Nicaragua in 1927, he collected over 130 animals and birds for the National Zoological Park; and he secured over 10,000 zoological specimens from the Philippine Islands in 1929.

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Natural history  Search this

Scientific expeditions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white photographs

Lantern slides

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7241, Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

Identifier:

Record Unit 7241

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Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

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Collection Creator::

Kellers, Henry C., 1874-1954  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7241, Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

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Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

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Collection Creator::

Kellers, Henry C., 1874-1954  Search this

Container:

Boxes 1-2 of 3

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7241, Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

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Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection

Henry C. Kellers Photograph Collection / Boxes 1-2

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