[Sighfis-l] Watson Davis in the news

[rhill at asis.org]

Watson Davis, the founder of ASIS&T, is in the news today.  Below is from
the Washington Post, but it was also an AP story.

Dick Hill
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 Smithsonian Finds Scopes Trial Photos
 
 By CARL HARTMAN
 
  WASHINGTON -- Eighty years after the Scopes Monkey Trial, a trove of about
60 unpublished photos from the landmark case has been found in Smithsonian
Institution archives, including a shot of Clarence Darrow's courtroom
sparring with William Jennings Bryan.
 
 "These stunning photographs are the discovery of a lifetime and a
spectacular find for the Smithsonian Archives," Marcel LaFollette, a
historian who volunteers at the Smithsonian, said in a statement Monday. He
found the negatives while doing research for a book.
 
 The photos were taken by Watson Davis, managing editor of Science Service,
who covered the 1925 Tennessee trial, which pitted evolution against the
biblical story of creation and resulted in the conviction of biology teacher
John T. Scopes for teaching evolution. The photos were among 267 cubic feet
of Science Service material given to the Smithsonian Institution Archives in
1971.
 
 
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