Page 1 of a Letter from S. Dillon Ripley to Herbert Friedmann

Summary

Page 1 of a letter from S. Dillon Ripley to Herbert Friedmann, curator of birds at the U.S. National Museum, quotes from a letter from Salim Ali of the Bombay Natural History Society about Ali's proposed collecting of bird skins in India for the U.S. National Museum.

Subject

• Ali, Sálim 1896-1987
• Friedmann, Herbert 1900-1987
• United States National Museum
• Office of Strategic Services
• United States National Museum Dept. of Biology Division of Birds 1897-1947

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Future Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, formerly assistant curator in the Division of Birds, U.S. National Museum, volunteered for service during World War II with the Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency. Stationed in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, he continued his ornithological passion with bird field studies in his free time. Having traveled widely in the South Pacific before the war, he knew the geography, natural history and languages of the region.
• See Neg. SIA2010-0578 for page 2 and SIA2010-0579 for page 3.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 899, Folder: 170221

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

October 7, 1944

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• WW II
• Animals
• Letters
• Collectors and collecting
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Specimens
• Birds
• Employees
• Field work
• Museums
• World War, 1939-1945
• Ornithologists
• Ornithology--Field work
• Museum curators
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

• Sri Lanka
• Washington (D.C.)
• India

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2010-0577

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.74w x 9.87h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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