MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE 
May 8, 19^9. 
Dr, Waldo Schmitt 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington, D.C, 
Dear Dr, Schmitt: 
Thank you for your letter regarding the processing 
of films. I agree that factory processing is among the 
best available, and will go along with your request that 
the manufacturers actually do the work. I fear, however, 
that we will lose some of the biophotographs that were 
specially calculated. I am sure that your advice in Washing- 
ton is expert, but the point I tried to make earlier is that 
through an Eastman Kodak executive I am allowed the services 
of a research laboratory that will do compensating work on 
their films. Since this primarily is an experimental labora- 
tory, the cost is very low indeed, and I hope the special 
government processing rates are equally favorable. 
As this is a new development I had not counted on, 
since you assured me last winter I could sec to all pro- 
cessing, I have been advised to ask for new assurances. 
First, that all films be returned to me unopened, 
and that they should be retained by me for approximately 
one month while data arc recorded, sequences assembled, 
serial numbers provided, labels written, and so forth. At 
the completion of this work, the collection will be sent 
to the Smithsonian at which time we can discuss the matter 
of duplicates. 
Second, that the permission for reproduction be a 
two-way proposition, i.e,, not only do I clear with the 
Smithsonian when one of the expedition pictures taken by 
me is to be published, but also that any of my pictures 
the Smithsonian intends to publish be cleared with me first. 
This last is only a formality, but 1 feel there is the 
possibility that there are, or may be, pictures in the 
collection that I would not want associated with my name 
(inferior quality, inadvertent positions or expressions of 
recognizable person?, and the like). 
Third, that the films be processed at once, and 
be returned at once. During the next month I will have 
more time than later to get the collection in order, and 
also I have an early lecture appointment at St. Andrew’s 
that I feel I am obligated to keep since the school was so 
generous in allowing me to go on the expedition and in 
making available funds for Carl and others to fill my shoes. 
