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Mr. S. Dillon Ripley
May 10, 1974
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of federal funds and that the realization of these representations is dependent on the availability of federal funds.

It is intended to continue the mission of the Burndy Library in serving scholarship, especially in the area between New York and New Haven, after the gift is effected. It will, therefore, be the program of Burndy Library's management to replace the given material by duplicates, reprints, and other reference material and to add it to the items which are not selected as part of the gift and retained by the Burndy Library. The help and cooperation of the Smithsonian in keeping the Burndy Library as a viable institution by providing exhibits and rendering similar assistance is expected.

I would welcome your comments on this proposal. If agreeable to you, I will ask my attorney to work with your staff in preparing a definitive gift instrument by next fall for submission to my Trustees and to your Board of Regents. Hopefully, our mutual desire to advance scholarship will lead us to a productive agreement.

Very truly yours,
[[signed]] Bern Dibner [[/signed]] 
Bern Dibner
Director