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

ID: SIA2010-0584

Creator: Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

Form/Genre: Document

Date: January 3, 1944

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

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Summary

Page 1 of a letter from Ripley to Herbert Friedmann, curator of birds, U.S. National Museum, that he wants Friedmann to distribute a separate to Salim Ali. He informs Friedmann that he is sending a second shipment of about 250 skins in case 1 and that he has over 400 skins on his list including 37 sent by Dr. P.E.P. Deraniyagala of the Colombo Museum.

Subject

  • Friedmann, Herbert 1900-1987
  • Deraniyagala, P. E. P (Paulus Edward Pieris) 1900-1973
  • Ali, Sálim 1896-1987
  • 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, US 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. SIA2010-0585 for page 2.

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

January 3, 1944

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • WW II
  • Animals
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • 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

SIA2010-0584

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.92w x 10.46h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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