Bern Dibner Is Presented with Coin Set

ID: 74-11760-6 or 74-11760.6

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1974

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: January 1975

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Summary

Eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution S. Dillon Ripley (seated) presents Bern Dibner (standing) with a silver dollar set in a fragment of marble from the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, on November 25, 1974. Charles Blitzer is sitting at Ripley's left. Dibner donated his collection of rare books and manuscripts in the history of science to the Smithsonian.

Subject

  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Dibner, Bern
  • Blitzer, Charles
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • National Collections

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, January 1975

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: January 1975

Contact information

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

Date

1974

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Secretariats
  • Benefactors
  • Secretaries
  • Rewards (Prizes, etc.)
  • Gifts

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

74-11760-6 or 74-11760.6

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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