Focuses on his career at the USNM, c. 1935-1957, including: reminiscences of colleagues, including Richard G. Paine and James H. Benn; his 1937 trip to Russia with John Putnam Marble and return via Ceylon and Japan; his routine duties in the USNM; the effects of World War II, especially special projects he worked on, steps to protect the collections during the war, and the post-war surge of interest in meteorites; William F. Foshag's observations of the Paricutin volcano in Mexico; exhibits modernization in the 1950s; pet snakes of museum staff and volunteers; marriage to Rebecca R. Rogers in 1941; reciprocal visits from Russians in 1950s; staff changes at the SI in the 1950s; his trip to Japan with Foshag in 1947 to sort, count, and appraise gemstones recovered by the U.S. Army, and travels within Japan with Mr. Takeo Kume.
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-1615312838738-1615312838833-0
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- CC0