Denver Museum of Nature & Science

The Earth Sciences Department at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science is one of the institution's oldest. It now includes the areas of paleontology and geology, which at one time were separate entities.

Numerous individuals who worked in the department and its predecessors contributed to the archival record of its history contained in this collection. Philip Reinheimer was a preparator in the Department of Paleontology from 1919 to 1921, Chief Preparator from 1922 to his retirement in 1946, and Honorary Preparator until his death in 1947. Frank M. Figgins was on the staff of the Division of Paleontology in the 1920s. Floyd F. Blair was a preparator in the Division of Paleontology in the early- and mid-1920s. Harold Cook was Curator of Paleontology from late 1928 to 1930. Harvey C. Markman was a preparator in the Division of Paleontology from 1922 to 1927, a general staff member from 1929 to 1935, Librarian in 1935, and Curator of Geology and Paleontology from 1936 until his retirement in 1954. He was Curator Emeritus from 1955 until his death in 1959. Robert L. Landberg was Assistant Preparator in the Department of Paleontology from 1936 to 1946 and Chief Preparator from 1946 until his death in 1949. Jack A. Murphy joined the Museum in 1964 as an assistant preparator and was appointed Assistant Curator of Geology in 1968. He served as Curator of Geology from 1969 until his retirement in 2004 when he was named Curator Emeritus. K. Don Lindsey was Assistant Curator of Paleontology from 1971 to 1974 and Curator of Paleontology from 1975 to 1984.

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