UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTRO PHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
J fashinaWn 25, D. C. 
April 28, 1949. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
Your notes arrived this morning and I have instructed Milton to get 
the cars in readiness for your return. Apparently you have had a busy and 
successful trip and we are all anxious to hear about it. 
The two transportation requests are enclosed herewith. 
I am also enclosing a schedule of meetings for next month that I 
thought you might like to have. Those that come before the 9th you need 
not worry about for I have notified the offices concerned that you would not be 
able to attend. The others you may want to think about to see which ones you 
wish to attend. 
We had word yesterday that Senator Walcott passed away. His 
funeral is tomorrow, Friday the 29th. Mr. Graf asked me to prepare a short 
note for his signature to send to his son. 
Dillon Ripley is in town today and said to tell you that he is sorry to 
have missed seeing you. He said to tell you that the collections are on their 
way here and that he is glad to be back home again. He does not expect to be 
in Washington again until fall. 
As for the Executive Meeting, on receipt of your note Miss Schmaltz 
cohtacted Mr. Fleming’s secretary, and after comparing your schedule with 
Mr. Fleming’s, found that your commitments and his conflicted to the point 
where it was thought best to postpone the meeting until some time after the 24th 
of May. 
Today I shall wind up the indexing of the contents of the safe, and next 
week shall get the miscellaneous correspondence that was left by Mr. Dorsey 
for going over in shape . It will be a satisfaction to have these chores out of the 
way and to know where to go for certain records. After you get your accumulation 
under control there are several small items I shall wish to take up with you! ! 
The Fenimore Johnsons are having the Bartschs for dinner on their 
yacht this evening which is anchored off Gunston Hall! 
It has been very cool for the past week so that a good many of the spring 
flowers are still ip bloom. We look forward to seeing you. Kindest regards 
from the both of us. 
