Certificate of Insurance for one case of scientific specimen from S. Dillon Ripley
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Object Details
- Author
- Thomas Cook (Firm)
- Subject
- Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
- United Dispatch, Inc
- United States National Museum
- United States National Museum Dept. of Biology Division of Birds 1897-1947
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- 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. SIA2010-0598 for page 2.
- Summary
- Page 1 of the Certificate of Insurance under War Risk policy for one case of scientific specimen from S. Dillon Ripley going to U.S. Dispatch Agent, New York, U.S.A..
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 866, Folder: 164398
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- August 23, 1944
- Standard number
- SIA2010-0597
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Document
- Paper
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4.94w x 8.62h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Collectors and collecting
- Insurance
- Insurance, Property
- Shipment of goods
- Shipping
- World War, 1939-1945
- Ornithologists
- Ornithology
- Ornithology--Field work
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Specimens
- Birds
- Transportation
- Record ID
- siris_sic_14736
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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