Covers his youth, career at USGS, education, and early years at the USNM, c. 1900-1960, including: his youth on a farm and early interests in agriculture and chemistry; his career at the USGS, including reminiscences of David White, his analysis of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, and his contacts with the USNM while at USGS; his education at George Washington University; his career at the USNM, including his appointment and the suggestion that he be responsible for meteorites; reminiscences of the Department of Geology when he first arrived; reminiscences of William F. Foshag and Earl V. Shannon; weekend river trips with Secretary Alexander Wetmore; reorganization of the mineral collections; daily routines in the division; public inquiry duties; reminiscences of Roland Wilbur Brown and his etymological dictionary; the official correspondence system maintained by Herbert S. Bryant and Helena M. Weiss; equipment and techniques for care of the meteorite collection, including cutting of specimens; relations between the USGS and USNM; field trips in the U.S. and Canada for specimens; reminiscences of meteorite collector, Harvey Harlow Nininger; his close relationship with amateur collector, Stuart H. Perry; the effects of the Great Depression on the USNM; reminiscences of Secretary Charles G. Abbot; techniques for locating meteorites, including the Prairie Network of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Object Details
- Collection Creator:
- Henderson, Edward P., interviewee
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- Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews
- Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews / Interviews
- Container
- Interviews
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529, Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews
- Record ID
- ebl-1615312838738-1615312838829-0
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- CC0