FBI Returns Stolen Items to NMAH

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Summary

The Federal Bureau of Investigation returns items to the Smithsonian Institution that were apparently stolen by a National Museum of American History security guard. The guard was only sentenced for the theft of a 19th century sword, which was returned to the SI minus its gold and diamond encrusted hilt. Also returned were a cigarette box, the silver pen used to sign the Treaty of Paris, and frames of political buttons.

Subject

  • Whitley, Vincent Butler
  • Office of Protective Services

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," September 1981, p. 2.

Contact information

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

Date

August 19, 1981

Topic

  • Personnel management
  • Crime
  • Employees
  • Theft
  • Employee theft

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