SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
July 16, 1937 
Dr* Waldo L* Schmitt 
U* S# National Museum 
Washington, D. C* 
Dear Dr* Schmitt: 
I have read with interest your report under date 
of July 7 covering your detail to accompany the Smith- 
sonian-Hartford Expedition - 1937 on the ship JOSEPH 
CONRAD. 
The material received and the numerous contacts 
made during the course of the trip are very gratifying# 
I have expressed the Museum* s appreciation for 
assistance rendered by some of the gentlemen whose 
names you mention* 
Assistant Secretary 
