Doris M. Cochran Holding Frog

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Cochran, Doris Mable

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Summary

Doris Mable Cochran (1898-1968), herpetologist in the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians of the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History). Cochran was appointed an aid to Leonhard Stejneger in 1919, Assistant Curator in 1927, Associate Curator in 1942, and Curator in 1956. She retired in 1968. In this picture, she is seated in a wooden chair, looking at a frog she is holding in her hands.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7151, Box 7, Folder 11

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1930s

Standard number

96-956

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Person, candid

Physical description

Color: Sepia; Size: 4w x 5h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

United States National Museum

Women--History

Herpetology

Women

Museum curators

Frogs

Herpetologists

Animals

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9837