Smithsonian Explorers, The Megatherium Club

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Kennicott, Robert

Stimpson, William 1832-1872

Ulke, Henry

Bryant, Henry

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Megatherium Club

Notes

Original located in small print file, have copy negative and black and white print in RU95, Box 14, Folder 39

Summary

Many scientists lived in the Smithsonian Institution Building in its early years. These four young naturalists lived in the building and often collected for the Smithsonian while on exploring expeditions in the mid-nineteenth century. Clockwise from upper left: Robert Kennicott, Henry Ulke, Henry Bryant and William Stimpson. They dubbed themselves the "Megatherium Club" after an extinct giant sloth that had been recently uncovered.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27-C, Folder: Kennicott

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1862-63

Standard number

43604-I and SIA2008-0347

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Card photograph

Group

Physical description

Color: Sepia; Size: 2w x 3h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Card photograph

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Collectors and collecting

Expeditions

Explorers

Natural history

Scientific expeditions

Clubs

Scientists

Societies

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_5844