Attendees at Conference on Future of Smithsonian Institution

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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

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

Date

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

Data Source

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

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

siris_sic_7677