Certificate of Insurance for one case of scientific specimen from S. Dillon Ripley

Summary

Page 2 of the Certificate of Insurance under War Risk policy for one case of scientific specimen from S. Dillon Ripley in Ceylon going to the U.S. Dispatch Agent, New York, U.S.A.

Subject

• Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
• Office of Strategic Services
• United Dispatch, Inc
• United States National Museum
• 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. SIA2010-0597 for page 1.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 866, Folder: 164398

Contact information

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

Date

August 23, 1944

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Transportation
• Birds
• Employees
• Field work
• Marine service
• World War, 1939-1945
• WW II
• Animals
• Insurance
• Collectors and collecting
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Shipping
• Shipment of goods
• Ornithologists
• Ornithology
• Ornithology--Field work
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2010-0598

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.94w x 8.62h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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