Keywords: smithsonian institution archives smithsonianinstitutionarchives smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-0492] Summary: At the time of the 1925 Scopes anti-evolution trial, Wilbur Armistead Nelson (1889-1969) was State Geologist of Tennessee but soon thereafter he moved to Virginia to become a professor at the University of Virginia and the state's official geologist. While living in Tennessee, from 1921 to 1925, Nelson had served as President of the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly at the Chautauqua summer camp atop Cumberland Plateau, which is located near the site of the trial. Photograph by Frank Thone. Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-0492] Summary: At the time of the 1925 Scopes anti-evolution trial, Wilbur Armistead Nelson (1889-1969) was State Geologist of Tennessee but soon thereafter he moved to Virginia to become a professor at the University of Virginia and the state's official geologist. While living in Tennessee, from 1921 to 1925, Nelson had served as President of the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly at the Chautauqua summer camp atop Cumberland Plateau, which is located near the site of the trial. Photograph by Frank Thone. Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |