Hayden Survey Group, 1877
Object Details
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Notes
- See A. Hunter Dupree's volume on Asa Gray, pp. 406-408.
- Summary
- Hayden Survey Group (United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1871-1877) seated at a field luncheon table outside a tent. L to R: unknown; Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker; unknown; Asa Gray; Mrs. Strachey; Mrs. Asa Gray; unknown; Dr. Lambourne; James Stevenson; Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Strachey, R.E.; Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden; unknown. Black servant stands to the right of the group. Hooker, president of the Royal Society of London, was making a botanical tour of the United States with Professor Asa Gray of Harvard. Gray and Hooker subsequently published an essay on the geographical distribution of plants in the Rockies, a reflection in their interest in Darwinian evolution. Specimens from the survey were deposited at the Smithsonian Institution.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder: 2
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Date
- 1877
- Standard number
- 19660 or MAH-19660
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Gray, Asa 1810-1888
- Hayden, F. V (Ferdinand Vandeveer) 1829-1887
- Strachey, Richard Sir 1817-1908
- Hayden Survey
- United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1871-1877
- Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- United States
- West (U.S.)
- Topic
- African Americans
- Botany
- Explorations and Expeditions
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton
- Strachey, Mrs
- Lambourne, Dr
- Scientific expeditions
- Camping--Equipment and supplies
- Discovery and exploration
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9835
