SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
April 17, 1931. 
Dr. A. Wetmore, 
c/o American Consul, 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
I was very glad to receive your letter of April 4> since 
there were some portions of this which have come in very useful. 
That portion of your letter relating to the Ekmann speci¬ 
mens was referred to Mr. Maxon and he has written to Samuelsson 
direct following the suggestions laid down in your letter. 
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Dr. Bartsch has got in touch with Dr. Clench regarding 
Mr. Archer, pointing out that we were considering giving an ex¬ 
amination for the position of Assistant Curator in Mollusks, P-3, 
but we wanted to know whether Mr. Archer would be interested in 
taking this examination. Dr. Clench replied to Dr. Bartsch as 
follows: 
"Certainly pleased to get your letter of March 
24 th. I would have answered it sooner but I just re¬ 
turned last Friday from a collecting trip in southern 
Florida. 
"Mr. Archer will not be available for this ex¬ 
amination, as he still has his graduate work to do. 
However, I have a Mr. Rehder here, my other student, 
who is well advanced in his work and would certainly 
want to take this examination if you saw fit. He is 
a most excellent man - capable, industrious - and has 
all of the necessary requisites for a museum curator. 
He is the son of Albert Rehder, a curator in the 
Arnold Arboretum. Any particulars that you have in 
mind that you would care to have him know would cer¬ 
tainly be appreciated by nyself as well. I want to 
see this boy well placed because he is going to go a 
long way in his field and I know would make you an 
excellent assistant. I would be glad to give you any 
additional information that you may want about Mr. 
Rehder. 
