Page 2 of a Letter from S. Dillon Ripley to Herbert Friedmann

ID: SIA2010-0578

Creator: Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

Form/Genre: Document

Date: October 7, 1944

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

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Summary

Page 2 of a letter from S. Dillon Ripley to Herbert Friedmann, curator of birds at the U.S. National Museum, continues on about Salim Ali's collection; mentions that he had spent several days in the rain forest of the southwest part of this island (Sri Lanka); names several birds he saw and that he collected altogether 41 skins; and that the Colombo Museum has agreed to do some collecting. He mentions that Mr. P.E.P. Deraniyagala is willing to send this material.

Subject

  • Ali, Sálim 1896-1987
  • Friedmann, Herbert 1900-1987
  • Deraniyagala, P. E. P (Paulus Edward Pieris) 1900-1973
  • United States National Museum
  • Office of Strategic Services
  • United States National Museum Dept. of Biology Division of Birds 1897-1947
  • Colombo Museum

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. SIA2010-0577 for page 1 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
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Collectors and collecting
  • 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.)

Form/Genre

  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2010-0578

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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