72 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 



The numerous articles, reports, and monographs in which Dr. White 

 recorded the principal scientific results of his official work are char- 

 acterized by a clear, simple style which never permits any doubt of 

 the author's meaning or of his honesty of purpose. An annotated 

 bibliography of his writings was published by the National Museum in 

 Bulletin 30, and a supplement in volume 20 of the Proceedings 

 brought it down to 1897 with a total of 211 entries. After retiring 

 from active work he continued to publish occasional articles on 

 general biological topics until the last year of his life. 



During all the years of Dr. White's service with the various Govern- 

 ment surveys his office work was done in the National Museum, where 

 he was actively connected with the care and preservation of the 

 collection of invertebrate fossils to wdiich his field work so largely 

 contributed. He came to the Institution at a critical period in the 

 history of its paleontologic collections. Prof. F. B. Meek, who 

 long had charge of them had recently died and new material was 

 rapidly coming in from the various surveys and exploring expeditions 

 in the western Territories. Dr. White immediately took up the 

 work of properly caring for the collections, at first unofficially and 

 afterward as curator. His intimate acquaintance with Prof. Meek 

 and his work, his knowledge of the subject and his systematic, pains- 

 taking habits enabled him to render invaluable service at that time. 

 Scattered types were recognized, catalogued and fully labeled, those 

 that had not been illustrated were figured, and the records and 

 collections of the whole department were systematized. After retiring 

 from the active duties of a curatorship he continued his connection 

 with the National Museum as an associate. Dr. White was a member 

 of the National Academy of Sciences and of man^^ important scientific 

 societies both in this country and in Europe. 



