UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
February ~ 1941* 
TO MGM IT MAY CONCERN: 
This will serve to introduce Dr. Alexander 
Wetmore, Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, in charge 
of the United States National Museum. 
Dr. Wetmore will travel officially to Colombia on 
business for the Smithsonian Institution and the United States 
National Museum to secure collections of birds and other natural 
history material. He will return through Venezuela to Maracaibo 
and from there to Curacao to take the steamer home. Any 
courtesies that may oe afforded him in his work will be greatly 
appreciated. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Was/iiuyton, fZS.A. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
DIVISION OF RADIATION AND 
ORGANISMS 
