Letter from Alexander Wetmore to Sammy Ray, October 19, 1944

Summary

Secretary Alexander Wetmore's letter discusses a bat, examined and identified by Dr. Remington Kellogg, Curator of the Division of Mammals, which Sammy Ray had sent with his last lot of birds collected in the Pacific. Wetmore goes on to relate his latest interest in collecting during the fall migration and the bird specimens he has collected.

Subject

• Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969
• Ray, Sammy M (Sammy Mehedy) 1919-
• United States Navy
• United States National Museum Dept. of Biology Division of Birds 1897-1947

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Throughout the war, Sammy Ray, a Pharmacist's Mate in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II, who collected specimens for the United States National Museum, maintained correspondence with Dr. Alexander Wetmore, the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 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

Date

October 19, 1944

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Bats
• WW II
• Animals
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Collectors and collecting
• Specimens
• Birds
• Employees
• Collection and preservation
• World War, 1939-1945
• Birds--Collection and preservation
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Pacific Ocean

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2010-0637

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 7.66w x 10.28h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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