Mildred Adams Fenton (1899-1995)

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Object Details

Subject

Fenton, Mildred Adams 1899-

Fenton, Carroll Lane 1900-1969

b University of Iowa

Summary

Mildred Adams Fenton (b. 1888) trained in paleontology and geology at the University of Iowa. She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband, Carroll Lane Fenton, including Records of Evolution (1924), Land We Live On (1944), and Worlds in the Sky (1963).

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0567

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0567]

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Type

Black-and-white photographs

Data Source

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Topic

Geology

Women scientists

Paleontology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_arc_290953