St. Arjdrevv'’s School 
Middletown, Del. 
Feb. 18, 1959 
iJaLi 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
Here is the list of items that will be sent by 
ship. If the bills of lading, or whatever is necessary, 
can reach m# by next Tuesday, Feb. 24th, I ’ll ship the 
boxes off at once and they should arrive in Kew York be- 
fore the 1st of March. 
1. Foot-locker trunk. 32x16x14. Approx. 75 lbs. 
Contents personal effects: clothes, shoes, diving 
equipment (mask, schnorkle, fins), papers, etc. 
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2. Specimen chest. 40x30x30. Approx, l^lbs. 
Contents specimen jars, small aquaria, some metal 
equipment (stands, clamps, etc. for phctography). 
<25t? 
3. Equipment chest. 40x30x30. A*pprox. lbs. 
Contents underwater camera housing, dissecting 
microscope, tripod, reflectors, electronic flabh, 
wrater cells, small typewriter, telephoto camera^ 
lens, movie camera, misc. camera^^equipraent (small 
accessories). 
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All will be well-packed. The twfo chests will have a 
great amount of excelsior padding for as complete protection 
as possible. Since the chests are so well constructed, I 
have no particular fear for the delicate equipment that 
w'ill go dowTi in them. 
If possible, I hope that #1 will fit into my cabin 
on the Caribee, and that #3 will be accessible. #2 I will 
only get in to occasionally, so that can be stored anywhere. 
Once again I’m sorry about the size of these two chests, 
but I didn’t realize you wanted them smaller until after 
they had been constructed. 
I am planning, along with some other teachers here, to 
bring a vrhole batch of students down to the Smithsonian this 
coming Monday, Feb. 23rd. I’ll have to be with them most of 
the time, but I’ll inquire at the desk if you are in, and if 
so Tffill run up to see you for a few minutes. 
7, lien we next meet I would greatly appreciate your opinion 
on a confidential matter: I have been offered an excellent 
nosition at American lBtitutai6)f Biological Sciences in Washing- 
ton, and I would value highly your opinion of the organization, 
its value, and its future; also your feelings on an administrative 
vs. an academic position, etc. 
Cordially, 
yiCi/UL Ct'U-u 
