The Talk of the Town: Ripley Revisited

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Summary

A New Yorker journalist visits Secretary S. Dillon Ripley within his first year at the Smithsonian Institution. Secretary Ripley gives a tour of the Smithsonian and talks about the Institution's past role and the new role he hopes to create.

Subject

Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

New Yorker Vol. 40 (Journal)

Contact information

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

Date

July 11, 1964

Topic

  • Secretaries
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Successful people

Physical description

pp. 19-21

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