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Herbert Deignan on Expedition

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Author
Walker, Howell
Subject
Deignan, H. G (Herbert Girton) 1906-
United States National Museum Dept. of Birds
United States National Museum Dept. of Biology Division of Birds
Arnhem Land Expedition
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Originally published in National Geographic Magazine, vol. XCVI, December 1949, page 746. Image was displayed in the 2012 exhibit, "When Time and Duty Permit: Smithsonian Collecting in World War II," in the SI Libraries exhibit case in the National Museum of Natural History.
Summary
Herbert G. Deignan, curator of birds, is preparing a bird specimen while on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Deignan was part of the expedition team made up of Australian and American researchers and support staff. The expedition lasted nine months and explored northern Australia's remote region known as Arnhem Land. The team consisted of men and women from various disciplines including: an ethnographer, archaeologist, photographer, and film maker. The expedition included a botanist, a mammalogist, an ichthyologist, an ornithologist, and a team of medical and nutritional scientists. Under the leadership of Charles Mountford, the team investigated the Indigenous populations and the environment of Arnhem Land.
Earlier, Deignan served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II and was stationed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) where he collected natural history specimens for the National Museum, along with S. Dillon Ripley.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 194, Folder: Deignan, Herbert G
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1948
Standard number
SIA2008-2369
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White ; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, Candid; Medium: Photographic print
Place
Australia
Sri Lanka
On view
When Time and Duty Permit: Collecting During WWII, July 14, 2012 to May 2013
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Collectors and collecting
Ornithologists
Scientific expeditions
Birds--Collection and preservation
Birds
World War, 1939-1945
Record ID
siris_sic_13627
Metadata Usage (text)
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