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Author
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Subject
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
Henry, Mary Anna 1834-1903
Clark, Frank Wigglesworth
Dalton, John Call 1825-1889
Bessels, Emil 1847-1888
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp
Billings, John Shaw 1838-1913
Rhees, William Jones 1830-1907
Dutton, Clarence E (Clarence Edward) 1841-1912
Guyot, A (Arnold) 1807-1884
Parker, Peter
Mayer, Alfred M
Silliman, Benjamin 1816-1885
Loomis, Elias
Schott, Charles A (Charles Anthony) 1826-1901
Newcomb, Simon 1835-1909
Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818-1881
Newberry, John Strong
Hilgard, J. E
Woodward, J.J
Ferrel, William
Coffin, J. H. C
Engelmann, George
Pierce, Benjamin
Michelson, A. A
Mitchell, S. Wier
Endlich, F. M
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
This negative number has numbers written on it to identify the people attending the meeting. See also Neg. #19072 (SIA RU95 B56 F1) for the same image without the numbers written on it.
See the "Bulletin of the Stated Session of the National Academy of Sciences" in Record Unit 7115 National Academy of Science Records, Box 1, Folder 15 for a list of speakers. Emil Bessels presence dates this photograph.
Summary
Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in the Mineral Hall, West Wing, Smithsonian Institution Building, "Castle," April 1874. Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian (1846-1878) is seated at the head of the room behind a small table. The rest of the participants are seated around the room. Several maps are arranged around Henry and there are mineralogy specimens visible in their exhibit cases against the walls of the room. There are a total of 48 people present at the meeting. Although Mary Henry is the only woman identified at the meeting, there are five other women present as well.
Those identified are as follows: 1. Joseph Henry, presiding, 2. Mary Henry, 3. William Jones Rhees, 4. Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 5. J. S. Newberry, 6. J. C. Dalton, 7. J. E. Hilgard, 8. J. J. Woodward, 9. Peter Parker, 10. Alfred M. Mayer, 11. William Ferrel, 12. Benjamin Silliman, 13. C. E. Dutton, 14. Emil Bessels, 15. Arnold Guyot, 16. J. H. C. Coffin, 17. B. A. Gould, 18. Elias Loomis, 19. C. A. Schott, 20. George Engelmann, 21. Benjamin Pierce, 22. Simon Newcomb, 23. Lewis Henry Morgan, 24. A. A. Michelson, 25. J. S. Billings, 26. S. Wier Mitchell, 27. F. M. Endlich. Simon Newcomb (#22) has a full beard and is the gentleman sitting directly in front of Benjamin Silliman (#12).
There remains a question concerning the identification of two individuals. There are two number "24's" on the photograph and no number "21." Therefore, it is most likely that one of these men is Pierce and the other is Michelson.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder: 22
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
April 1874
Standard number
MAH10844
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Photographic print
Group
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Secretaries
Secretariats
Women
Women--History
Scientists
Meetings
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Record ID
siris_sic_9834
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