do ..ot have a copy of the letter in widch 1 said this. I would dive anything 
for a theraofax copy of that letter, as -well as of the two I wrote him about 
the type of chests in whdeh vse packed our gear. In the begin:dng I kept no 
copies of letters to hira o>xept the one quoted in paid above which spelled 
out the Sr.iithsonian stipulations. (As silly as this restark nay sounu, I 
nojin it; T shall be glad to pay hin v5»CX) foi' copy-aacldne copies of the 
three- letters raontlonod.) 
V/hen 1 first aontionod Ancs to you I had only known hin as a successful 
i,-hotorTaphcr of natural hiatory siil)Jacts and author of sotao papers -^bout them, 
and as editor of that attractive Estuarine Bulletin, but hfid had but little 
personal contact with bin. Outwai’diy ho is a pre|:x)ssessin;; chap, ver:^ nice 
looking, a pleasant conversationalist, and, at least on limited acquaintance, 
an ongayinr p>croonality, , Thoise were inpressions bofore I s;.)ent the better 
part of five '.;soks on the C^-iriboe with hiin* Tiiese .yive rm quite another 
impression. I now feel that he is about the Riost devious, evasive, double- 
or /-obbledygook-talkor I have ever- encountered. It was when I bocau© aware 
of these traits that I chan;©d inind about letting him have the films for 
procossin.. . before I even couM glance 
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his ruluctance of kms to lot^ -us at lea;, t examine all of the film is 
alinost a re-;jlay of my Arric;an experiences 'With that Dr. Sexton. The latter 
asked to siail back the exiwsed film for processing and delivery to a personal 
friend, of his here in Washington so that exposures and camera behavior could 
be checked. The request was granted 'with the 9|;oclfic sti|)ulation t- at, after 
his friend had looked at it, the flLm was to be turned over to the fmithsonian 
But of the early sendln'::s none weim turned over to the Museum, when his 
friend was asked by my secretary for the filai he denied having received any. 
It was oni.y when the Museum put the Post Office Department inSj/ectors on the 
trail of that ft Lm that we woi’e -able to got an acknowledgment of its receipt, 
but- even at that., it wa-s sorae weeks after I rot back to Washington from 
Africa that Sexton's office delivered those early films to the Museum. 
Naturally, ifion I learned of the difficulty In a letter from thw office, I 
refused to lot him sard any .more film to his friend, and had it addressed 
to the ! lusaum direct for procossing. 
Nov; I find myseir involved in :aich the sam situation again, kll of 
the processed fiLns were sent back 'to Amos on June 30 for idontlfying, cata- 
loging, and/or listinf;, .for which ''work*' he asked for i?((nontlNs tirae. He 
kept it for 3 ful... fi\"c months beforo jdeiding to Tom. Bowmfin's and impor- 
tuning, Tom has an official .soninar date to talk about the njirine Otjorations 
of the cruine ? 3:00 p.m. on DocerTber 18 boforo tho scientific staff of the 
iuseui. 1 , at \.B;ich ti;rie Dr, Covian will sjxiak about the land OijQratlons of 
sarsie and hitaoelf, (I if.all just snake a few introductory remrks, so that 
the younger men who are still active staff rfjemters may have their innings, 
rather than liavo a retired man take over.) As the result of this need for 
pictures of marine life by Tom, Amos sent back for Tom's use (aid mine for 
a lecture bofo'x'e tlic Fossils C.lub) less than half of what he exjXised, Is he 
afraid tb.at '..e are -oing to rob l;in of the chance to publish any of the 
slides or rii'iotographs he is ho Id in . out? Tbd.s Institution, as well as this 
former rsiembor of its staff, i.ioes not operate that wayi 
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