Pope John Paul II Receives Smithson Medal

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Object Details

Author

Hofmeister, Richard K

Subject

Burger, Warren E. 1907-

Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents

James Smithson Medal

Notes

Featured in TORCH, November 1979

Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley chatting with Pope John Paul II after John Paul received the James Smithson Medal from Chief Justice and Smithsonian Chancellor Warren Burger (c.) on October 7, 1979.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 3, Folder: November 1979

Contact information

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

Date

1979

Standard number

79-11779-33A

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Group, candid

Physical description

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Celebrities and Dignitaries

Pope John Paul II

Secretaries

Rewards (Prizes, etc.)

Secretariats

Awards

Medals

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8627