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The Public Information Department, over the years, has accumulated 

 a set of pictures. Unfortunately, many were taken by unnamed staff mem- 

 bers in connection with one or cmother publicity project then underway. A 

 series for Life magazine, for example, or some for a WGBH program or a 

 special ceremony or exhibit: photos taken for many diflferent reasons and 

 by many different people have found their way into the Archives, and some 

 of those are in this book. 



In working on this project, we added a few new discoveries as well. 

 Undoubtedly there are others to be made. Elaine Pear Cohen provided the 

 photograph of her bonded bronze 1980 sculpture, "Woods Hole: The 

 Scientists." The sculpture resides in the collection of Dr. Virginia Peters, on 

 the corner of Water and School streets in Woods Hole and was photo- 

 graphed by Sally Brucker. Deborah Day, archivist at Scripps Institution for 

 Oceanography, sent the photograph of Purdum as Gosnold. 



Perhaps the most exciting find, because of its quality and extent, is the 

 work of Alfred Francis Huettner. An accidental meeting vvdth MBL Associates 

 Robert and Millie Huettner, now of Woods Hole, revealed that Robert's 

 father had, in fact, taken many of the beautifully artistic photos of peo- 

 ple and activities at the MBL during the early decades of this century. 

 Many people have long wondered who had made such excellent portraits 

 as those of E. B. Wilson and T. H. Morgan that reside in the Archives and 

 have hung on MBL walls and have been printed in biographical works on 

 these men. Now we know. The Huettners have negatives as well as quality 

 prints that beautifully illustrate the MBL life and people. They have 

 generously shared those with the MBL, and modern prints and negatives 

 are now also on deposit in the Archives. An exhibit of Huettners work 

 graced the Meigs Room walls during the centennial summer, and the prints 

 are now scattered throughout the MBL. For more discussion of Alfi-ed 

 Francis Huettner, see Collecting Net (August 1987) 5#5: 4. 



In working with the historical collection of photographs and preparing 

 modern negatives and prints for archival purposes and for this volume, 

 Linda Colder and Linda McCausland have provided invaluable help. Linda 

 Colder heads the photolab at the MBL and has been very helpful in 

 providing quality copies of older materials from the MBL collection. Linda 

 McCausland, a professional photographer in Orleans, Massachusetts, has 

 worked with the old and fragile materials requiring special care. With her 

 previous experience at the Eastman School of Photography working with 

 archival photos, she has provided the expertise to prepare negatives and 

 prints of far better quality than the original, sometimes faded and yellowed, 

 prints we have had in the archives. The careful work of both these highly 

 qualified women has really made the photographic side of this project 

 possible. 



