Bredin, Bruce 
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Filed: Bredin Exp. — Society Ids. 
July 11, 1956 
Hr. Brace Bredin 
F. 0. Box 87 
HUmington, Del. 
Dear Bruce: 
I have been making headway rather slowly with your Society 
Islands suggestion, but have, withal., turned up a few mm items 
of interest. 
Bob Barry of the Vanderbilt Foundation, Stanford Ikiiversity, 
ma in Tahiti not so long ago. He tells me that one can get 
there by air by way of Fiji, taking Quantas or Tasman Stepire Air- 
ways from there to Papeete. Such the same- information was given 
m by PM. The closest that MATS could take the party would be 
Sanaa. From there one would have to get back to Fiji for the 
Tasman Airline flight to Tahiti. The contemplated flying boat 
line of siiieh Mr. Bonnet spoke apparently has done no more than 
make © m experimental flight. Nothing more has been heard of it 
or its plans. 
Harry recommends that we go by the Matson Line which makes a 
direct run fro® San Francisco and Los Angeles to Tahiti by way of 
Honolulu. The trip takes 11 days. Minimum round trip ia $750. 
All accommodations are first-class and air-conditioned . First 
class air fare, round trip, is $l,27lt.9Q| tourist, San Francisco 
©r Loss Angeles to Sava, is #761.1:0 plus $325. 1 ) first class, 
Suva to Papeete, total $1,086.50 round trip. I can well imagine 
that reservations should be made early whether one goes by air 
or by steamer. 
The most favorable months are April to August and the sail- 
ings of the Matson Line MARA.FOSA from San Francisco (from boa 
Angeles the next day) in this favorable period are on March 23 
(arriving Papeete April it) J May 11 (arriving May 22) | June 29 
(arriving July 11). 
Dr. Harry also gave a® the name of a lady curator at the 
Tahiti Museum, & Miss A. Hatua , who should prove to be of great 
help In furnishing information regarding transportation among 
the islands and possibly as a guide later on. Be said she knew 
the islands well, their inhabitants and their language, and was 
of the kind who would not be out of place on a collecting 
expedition even if composed wholly of men. But that is some- 
thing we can think about. I have said nothing of this last to 
her, though I have written for information regarding charter 
