G. Arthur Cooper in Marathon, Texas

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Object Details

Author

Grant, Richard E

Subject

Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Paleobiology Division of Invertebrate Paleontology

United States National Museum

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of G. Arthur Cooper Interview by Pamela M. Henson, January 26, 1984, in Smithsonian Institution Archives

Summary

G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) Cooper (1902-2000), stands gazing up at a century plant at the Hess Ranch near Marathon, Texas. Cooper, a paleobiologist specializing in the classification and stratigraphy of Paleozoic brachiopods, was appointed Assistant Curator in the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology of the United States National Museum (USNM) in 1930. He advanced to Curator of the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology in 1944. He assumed the Head Curatorship of the Department of Geology in 1957, oversaw its split in 1963, and continued as Chairman of the new Department of Paleobiology. In 1967, he was appointed Senior Paleobiologist, to devote his time completely to research, and continued as Paleobiologist Emeritus after his retirement in 1974. Throughout his career he conducted extensive field work in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, adding significantly to the national collections.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9524, Box 1, G. Arthur Cooper Oral History Interviews

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1960

Standard number

86-496

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Landscape

Person, candid

Photographic print

Physical description

Color: Color; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: person, candid; Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Century plant

Hess Ranch, Marathon, Texas

Field Work

Flora and fauna

Museum curators

Paleobiologists

Scientific expeditions

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10838