J. BRUCE BREDIN 
P. O. Box 87 
Wilmington, De la w a r e 
December 7, 1959 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt 
Smithsonian Institution 
United States National Museum 
Washington 25 , D.C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
I have your letter of December 6th and am pleased to 
hear that the arrangements for the expedition to the Yucatan 
are developing. I feel certain that if you are satisfied 
■with the Blue Goose, the others interested will likewise be 
satisfied. 
In order that we may complete the group, please let 
me know the individuals you have selected who will partici- 
pate in this expedition. The University of Delaware would 
like to be represented and possibly St. Andrew's School for 
part of the time while I am not aboard. Also, you know 
John Finlay would like to be along for part of the time if 
there would be a berth available. As for myself, I will 
probably fly to Yucatan around March 25th and be with you 
for a week or ten days . 
This morning I had a letter from Bill Amos. It seems 
to me that it would be very desirable to have some articles 
published on our activities in the so-called "popular 
magazines. " As a matter of fact, Bill Amos had the approval 
before going on the expedition that he would be able to do 
just that. I am distressed to learn that there is a contro- 
versy over some pictures. Bill tells me that he needs some 
of the pictures for his articles and will give the necessary 
credit line to the Smithsonian for their use. Frankly, I 
can see no objection to this, but perhaps the Smithsonian 
does have objections. If so, I would like to know about 
them. 
We spent a lot of money on the photographic debacle 
in Africa. I have yet to see any good pictures come out of 
that trip. In this instance, we do have some good pictures 
and I would like to see them used. 
