Newly Found Scopes Trial Photos Shown at Photo Committee Meeting, Noon, June 30

Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette will show newly discovered photos from the famous 1925 Scopes trial at the Photography Committee luncheon meeting at noon on Wednesday, June 30, in the McClendon Room.

LaFollette, a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, will describe how two Washington journalists took their cameras to Tennessee to cover the anti-evolution trial of John Scopes. Eighty years later, their unpublished photos were rediscovered at the Smithsonian.

LaFollette will describe the images, the photographers and some other recent acquisitions related to the "trial of the century." Her research on these photos sheds light on the proceedings as well as on the journalists, lawyers and scientists who gathered for the confrontation between science and tradition.

In addition to writing five books, including one on the Scopes trial, LaFollette has held research and teaching appointments at Harvard, MIT, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University. LaFollette's work examines the communication and popularization of science. She is completing a book about the evolution of science on American television from "Watch Mr. Wizard" to "NOVA."

All are welcome to attend. Reservations are not required, however, seating is limited.