United States National Museum Dept. of Biology Division of Birds 1897-1947 Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.74w x 9.87h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Sri Lanka
India
Date:
October 7, 1944
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. SIA2010-0578 for page 2 and SIA2010-0579 for page 3.
Summary:
Page 1 of a letter from S. Dillon Ripley to Herbert Friedmann, curator of birds at the U.S. National Museum, quotes from a letter from Salim Ali of the Bombay Natural History Society about Ali's proposed collecting of bird skins in India for the U.S. National Museum.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 899, Folder: 170221