The View from the Castle

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley describes the loan of the Smithsonian "Castle" to the United States Treasury Department for an International Monetary Fund meeting. Ten countries sent deputies and attendant directors to the "Castle" in December, and Ripley relates slight mishaps and interesting trivia.

Subject

  • International Monetary Fund
  • United States Dept. of the Treasury
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Vol. 2, no. 11 (Journal)

Contact information

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

Date

February 1972

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Meetings
  • Castle View
  • Buildings

Physical description

p. 4

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