Memorandum from Alexander Wetmore to H.W. Dorsey, July 25, 1944
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Memorandum from Alexander Wetmore, Assistant Secretary, Director of the U.S. National Museum, and later sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian to H.W. Dorsey, Administrative Assistant to the Secretary and supervisor of the International Exchange Service, asking nine copies of the Field Collector's Manual, given to servicemen in WWII, be sent to Herbert G. Deignan, Assistant Curator of Birds, who was working as an Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agent in Ceylon during the war.
Subject
- Dorsey, Harry W 1874-1960
- Deignan, H. G (Herbert Girton) 1906-
- Field Collector's Manual in Natural History
- United States National Museum Dept. of Birds
- Office of Strategic Services
- International Exchange Service (IES)
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- Written by Alexander Wetmore, Assistant Secretary, Director of the U.S. National Museum, and later sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian, July 25, 1944.
- "A Field Collector's Manual in Natural History" (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1944), was prepared by members of the staff of the Smithsonian Institution. The manual, with directions on collecting natural history specimens, was sent to soldiers stationed abroad during World War II who wished to collect specimens for the United States National Museum.
- Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. During World War II, Ceylon served as an important base for the Allied forces in the fight against the Japanese Empire.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 15, Folder: 5: Diegnan, Herbert Girton
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
July 25, 1944
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Archaeology
- WW II
- Animals
- Collectors and collecting
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Birds
- Employees
- Field work
- World War, 1939-1945
- Ornithology--Field work
- Fieldwork
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
Sri Lanka
Form/Genre
- Document
- Paper
ID Number
SIA2010-0860
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 8w x 5h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper