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Attendees at Conference on Future of Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Author
Unknown
Subject
Coolidge, Calvin 1872-1933
Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872
Laughlin, Irwin Boyle
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Bartsch, Paul
Bassler, Ray S. (Ray Smith), b. 1878
Aldrich, Loyal Blaine 1884-1965
Mann, William M. 1886-1960
Delano, Frederic Adrian
Fewkes, Jesse Walter 1850-1930
Flexner, Simon
Ferris, Woodbridge Nathan
Stejneger, Leonhard 1851-1943
Dorsey, Harry W 1874-1960
Foshag, William F
Hamlin, Chauncey J
Hough, Walter 1859-1935
Hrdlička, Aleš
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton)
Davis, James John
Campbell, W. W
Brush, Charles F
Gifford, Walter S
Casanowicz, Immanuel Moses
Dorsey, Nicholas W
Corin, William L
Collins, J
Gunnell, Leonard C
Aldrich, John Merton
Gidley, James W
Clark, Arthur H
Denmark, C. R
Ellingston, John R
Goldsmith, James S
Mellon, Andrew W (Andrew William) 1855-1937
Smoot, Reed 1862-1941
Osborn, Henry Fairfield
Merriam John Campbell
Morrow, Dwight Whitney
Robinson, H. M (Henry Martin) 1845-1907
Raskob, John J (John Jakob) 1879-1950
Lord, Herbert M
Judd, Neil Merton
Miller, Gerrit S., Jr
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929
Resser, Charles Elmer 1889-1943
Roberts, Frank H. H (Frank Harold Hanna) 1897-1966
Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930
Welch, William Henry
Vincent, George E
Hoover, Herbert 1874-1964
Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution
United States. Secretary of the Treasury
United States. Secretary of State
United States President
Chief Justice of the United States
United States National Museum
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary
Gathering in the Great Hall of fifty leaders of the scientific, political and industrial life of the country at a conference held at the Smithsonian Institution in February, 1927. In the front row, left to right: Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon; Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg; President Calvin Coolidge; Chief Justice William Howard Taft; and Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot. Second row: Senator Jesse Houghton Metcalf; Senator Reed Smoot; W. H. Jardine; H. Hoover; J. J. Davis; C. D. Wilbur. Third row: W. H. Welch, H. Work, W. W. Campbell; Henry Fairfield Osborn; John C. Merriam; Dwight Morrow; H. S. New. Fourth row: C. F. Brush; I. B. Laughlin; F. Walcott; C. Hamlin; Frederick A. Delano; Jesse Walter Fewkes; J. Tamblyn. Fifth Row: G. E. Vincent; H. M. Robinson; E. B. Parker, Charles F. Choate; E. W. Gifford; S. Flexner; J. G. Sargeant.
Sixth row: J. J. Raskob; J. L. Lewton; J. Poole; unidentified; Alexander Wetmore; H. M. Lord. Seventh row: unidentified; I. M. Casanowicz; Nicholas W. Dorsey; Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris. Eighth row: unidentified; E. Rickard; unidentified; Neil M. Judd; William P. True; Walter Hough; Aleš Hrdlička. Ninth row: William L. Corbin; Paul Bartsch; Leonhard Stejneger; J. Collins; Gerrit S. Miller, Jr.; George P. Merrill; Tenth row: Unidentified; Leonard C. Gunnell; Harry W. Dorsey; John Merton Aldrich; Ray S. Bassler; James W. Gidley; Charles Elmer Resser; unidentified; F. Roberts. Eleventh row: Loyal B. Aldrich; W. R. Maxon; William M. Mann; William F. Foshag; Herbert W. Krieger. Twelfth row: Arthur H. Clark; Clarence R. Shoemaker; J. N. B. (John Napolean Brinton) Hewitt. Standing: Wayland; Prescott; C. R. Denmark; S. F. Williams; John R. Ellingston; James S. Goldsmith; and George M. Johnson.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder: 17
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1927
Standard number
MAH-17884A and MAH-17884A
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
Kellogg, Frank B
Secretaries
Metcalf, Jesse Houghton
Jardine, William M
Wilbur, Curtis D
Work, Hubert
New, Harry S
Walcott, F
Tamblyn, J
Parker, Edwin B
Sargeant, John G
Lewton, J. L
Poole, John
Rickard, Edgar
True, William P
Mason, W. R
Krieger, Herbert W
Shoemaker, Clarence R
Wayland
Prescott, J. S
Williams, S. F
Johnson, George M
Maxon, W. R
Smithsonian Institution Building--Great Hall
Meetings
Record ID
siris_sic_7677
Metadata Usage (text)
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