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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.

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Henderson, Edward P., interviewee
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Interviews
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529, Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews
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ebl-1615312838738-1615312838833-0
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  • Online Finding AidEdward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews

View L to R: Edward P. Henderson and William F. Foshag on a trip to Japan to do post-war work for the United States Army. The picture is entitled "Husks on Houses." He went to Japan with Foshag to sort, count and appraise gemstones recovered by the United States Army, 1945. [Image no. 85-7029]
View Exhibit of drawings by Japanese and American children, organized by Teiichi Kobayashi and Rebecca Henderson, wife of Edward P. Henderson, at the Transportation Museum, Tokyo, 1951. [Image no. 85-7040]
View At the request of the United States Army, Edward P. Henderson, curator of mineral sciences in the National Museum of Natural History, went to Japan to appraise gems confiscated by the Japanese government from Japanese citizens during World War II, 1966. [Image no. 85-9063]
View William F. Foshag and Takeo Kume in Japan are standing in front of what appears to be living quarters with clothes hung to dry on lines, 1946. [Image no. 85-7033]
View In Japan from left to right are Takeo Kume, Edward P. Henderson, Kokichi Mikimoto, and William F. Foshag. In 1946 National Museum of Natural History mineral science curators Henderson and Foshag travelled to Japan to sort, count and appraise gemstones recovered by the United States Army. Henderson later traveled within Japan with Takeo Kume, 1946. [Image no. 85-11397]
View National Museum of Natural History mineral sciences curator Edward P. Henderson made several trips to postwar Japan to appraise gems confiscated during the war. This group includes Takeo Kume (fourth from left in rear line) and Kokichi Mikimoto in center (seated with crutches), 1951. [Image no. 85-11396]
View Edward P. and Rebecca Henderson arriving at their hotel in Yokohama, Japan, 1966. [Image no. 85-7039]
View Edward P. Henderson (seated 2nd from right), curator of mineral sciences in the National Museum of Natural History, travelled to Japan several times to appraise gems confiscated by the Japanese government during World War II. Here he sits with a group of Japanese men who inspected diamonds. Apparatus for studying the gems can be seen on the table, 1966. [Image no. 85-7031]

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