Number of Images: 2 Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10.5h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Letters (correspondence)
Place:
Islands of the Pacific
Date:
November 28, 1944
20th century
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
This letter consists of a front side, SIA2010-0626 and a back side, SIA2010-0627
Summary:
A two sided letter written by Alexander Wetmore, then Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian, to Sammy M. Ray, a Pharmacist's Mate I/C in the U.S. Navy, from 1942-1945, on November 28, 1944. Ray and Wetmore maintained an active correspondence throughout Ray's tour of duty. The letter is a response to Ray's recent collecting activities, primarily birds, in the Pacific Islands during World War II. In the letter Wetmore helps Ray identify the specimens and offers advice on how to preserve and package the collections that Ray is sending to the United States National Museum. 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
