National Academy of Sciences Meeting, Smithsonian Institution Building

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Author

Unknown

Subject

Henry, Joseph 1797-1878

Henry, Mary Anna 1834-1903

Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth 1847-1931

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.)

Notes

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

Date

April 1874

Standard number

MAH10844

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Photographic print

Group

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Secretaries

Secretariats

Women

Women--History

Scientists

Meetings

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

siris_sic_9834