UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SMITH SOX IAN INSTITUTION 
Was/anyton 25, D. C. 
US. A. 
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
April 12, 1949 
I have held the enclosed “Please For ward” letter for a few days 
thinking that there might be something else of that nature to send you but 
nothing further has turned up. 
How nice that you were able to locate in a house in town, and that 
your trip thus far has been so successful. All this should compensate for some 
of the trying problems of the past year. 
A note from Miss Sherman, Dr, Murphy’s secretary, tells of the 
death of Dr, Gregory Mathews in Winchester on March 27, at the age of 72, 
She wanted you to notify ornithological organizations and friends that might 
be interested. She listed those that she had notified, among them many of your 
friends and several organizations with which you are connected, so that I sent 
the letter to Dr. Friedmann for any further attention that might be necessary. 
J. Townsend Russell has asked for a copy of the letter you sent him 
in reply to the one he sent you last spring in which he outlined what he hoped to 
be able to do for the research fund. He says that he has been ill with an attack 
of his chronic trouble but that he is now able to get around to taking up where 
he left off! 
There are a lot of meetings going on. NACA’S semiannual meeting 
will be held at Wallops Island on April 21. The plane will go via Chincoteague 
whence transportation to Wallops Island will be provided. It will be a one day 
airplane trip. Sounds interesting. 
Mr. Graf stuck his head in the door last night and said that he felt 
much better since he heard that the appropriation bill will be passed, I suppose 
he will write and tell you about this himself. 
Speaking of housecleaning, we have been trying to get things in 
shape here by cleaning up a lot of miscellaneous matters. We hope to finish 
while you are away since to do some of these things while you are here would 
be a long drawn out process! Besides it is necessary that I orient myself with 
the work of this office. Going over some of the old records has been an in¬ 
teresting experience . At least I know where to find things now and have better 
understanding of how the organization operates. 
There have been many inquiries as to when you will return. 
