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UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 
NEWARK, DELAWARE 
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 31 JanUarVj 1958, 
Dr, Waldo L, Schmitt 
Smithsonian Institution 
United States National Museum 
Washington 25, D, C, 
Dear Dr, Schmitt: 
I had intended to reply to your 'nformative letter long 
before this but got involved In those things academic that occur 
with the closing of the semester, 
F^rst let me say that I agree with you on the conditions 
you outlined In your letters regarding the "ownership'* of speci- 
mens, photographs, etc. by the Smithsonian Institution, There 
i s no question* as far as T am concerned, with my complete compli- 
ance with whatever conditions are attendant to collection and use 
of any material, 
I believe that I understand what is necessary in the way of 
clothing, etc,, so I will outline briefly what equipment may be of 
use to us (from my own point of view). These are listed by topic 
below. Those items marked with an asterisk I do not have but will 
secure if you do not have or Intend to ‘take, 
SEROLCIjICAL collecting material, I had an opportunity to stop In 
at Rutgers and talk with Dr, Boyden, It would have been 
additionally pleasant If I could have been there during 
the symposium and seen you and all the others who came back, 
Boyden suggests the following: 
Stainless steel syringe - 50 cc, capacity 
Na-citrate solution 
Merthiolate preservative 
Funnel and pipette 
Filter paper 
Fine bolting cloth 
* Hand centrifuge (15 ml tube capacity) 
Bottles 
COLLECTION OF SPECIMENS, Dr, Robert Howard of our Department has 
and is making an extensive collection of pseudoscorpions 
and earwigs from the beach zone. He has been on several 
collecting trips to the Gulf of Mexico coast and last summer 
spent some time in Cuba, I believe it would be of mutual 
advantage if the Smithsonian Museum could furnish Dr, Howard 
with a duplicate set of these organisms If we collect any. 
