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Author:
Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969  Search this
Subject:
Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969  Search this
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-  Search this
Ray, Sammy M (Sammy Mehedy) 1919-  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
United States Navy  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 5.25w x 8h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper
Type:
Letters (correspondence)
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Date:
October 17, 1944
20th century
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
A. Remington Kellog was an American naturalist and the Director of the US National Museum 1948-1962. He studied the evolution of marine mammals and came to the US National Museum from the Biological Survey of the US Department of Agriculture.
Summary:
Note from A. Remington Kellog to Alexander Wetmore, October 17, 1944, about a bat specimen collected by Sammy Ray, a soldier stationed in the Pacific during WWII.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 192, Box 557, Folder: 166401-166425
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Bats  Search this
Collectors and collecting  Search this
National Collections  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2010-0638
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_14414