Number of Images: 7 Color: Color; Size: 6.25w x 10h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Letters (correspondence)
Place:
Islands of the Pacific
Date:
November 18, 1944
20th century
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The seven page letter is made up of negative numbers SIA2010-0619 to SIA2010-0625.
Summary:
A seven page letter written by Sammy M. Ray, a Pharmacist's Mate I/C in the U.S. Navy, from 1942-1945, to then Acting Secretary Alexander Wetmore on November 18, 1944. Ray and Wetmore maintained an active correspondence throughout Ray's tour of duty. The letter discusses Ray's activities collecting, primarily birds, in the Pacific Islands during World War II. The letter details the specimens Ray has collected for the United States National Museum (USNM). Additionally, Ray enlightens Wetmore about living conditions, battling disease and war engagements in the Pacific. Ray was one of the many of the soldiers who collected specimens for the USNM during the war. Ray's specimens are housed in the National Museum of Natural History.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit: 192, Box: 557, Folder: 166401-166425
