UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
ns. a. 
NATIONAL. GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
February 21, 1950. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
It is near the end of the day, the day before George 
Washington’s birthday; the main items of business have been dis¬ 
posed of, and I shall wind up the day by giving you a resume of a 
few things that have happened since the arrival of your letter of 
February 13. Probably you have already been advised of some of 
them so this is one letter you may discard. I have no business to 
take up with you! 
I am sorry to tell you that Mr. Bryant passed away on 
February 10. With the exception of Dr. Schmitt none of the folks 
here got to see him at the hospital. In my last letter to you I told 
you that I had had a report that he was responding to treatment and 
that he hoped to go home soon. Two days later he had a relapse, 
and died the following day. I believe most of the employees in the 
Smithsonian attended the funeral. Everyone was shocked and a good 
many of the folks had tell tale tears in their eyes during the service. 
Even Henderson was there! His body was cremated the same 
afternoon. 
We had another scare this past Monday. Dr. Stewart 
was rushed to the hospital and the report was “heart attack” and 
later paralysis. I learn today, however, that he awoke Monday 
morning with a smothered feeling and pressure around the heart. 
Mrs. Stewart, who has been seriously ill recently, has been taking 
some nitroglycerin tablets and he asked her to give him one. After 
taking one he passed out and as he was coming to she gave him 
another ! This really put him out cold and she had to call the doctor. 
They could not rouse him so they rushed him to the hospital. How¬ 
ever, after many car^ographs and blood tests they have found nothing 
seriously wrong with him and he now hopes to be back to work next 
week. 
Mr. Graf tells me that Mrs. Graf has had another fall, 
this time breaking her knee cap! For a Valentine gift he gave her 
the very latest in a plastic cast! 
