Dereine, Mr. Chas. 
July 25, 1955 
Air Letter 
Mr. Charles Dereine, Librarian 
Institute pour la Recherche Scientifique 
en Afrique Central e 
Lwiro (Katana), D. Sp., Bukavu, Belgian Congo 
Dear Mr. Dereine? 
I have taken up the matter of sending a full set of Smithsonian 
and National Museum publications with Mrs. Eileen McCarthy, who is 
in charge of the distribution of publications from this institution. 
She is getting together quite a large sending of as many back numbers 
as she can obtain and at the same tijst® is putting you on our mailing 
list for all future publications issued by any branch of the Smith- 
sonian Institution. This should make good your great lack of publi- 
cations emanating from this institution. I am glad I had the 
opportunity of learning of your need for them and of seeing that 
veiy wonderful library building in which you plan to house th® 
publications received. Xou folks have done wonders in building up 
so outstanding a research institution in the Belgian Congo. 
I have also written Dr. van den Berghe along these lines Md 
have raised the question about your mailing address, kfe have in 
our files this one for IRSAC at Bukavu. Is it under that address 
that you have received the few things that I saw on your shelves? 
If not, can you possibly ascertain where the other publications 
are going? They were but few in number and I think would only 
cover one or more of the zoological subjects. What you shall be 
getting henceforth covers all fields of science with which the 
Institution is concerned. 
MsT best good wishes to you and yours and our mutual friends 
at Lwiro. 
Sincerely yours. 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Dept. ofZaEoology 
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