The correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1959. There are references to slides, photographs and film from the expedition. Includes a photograph (portrait) of Waldo Schmitt. Schmitt includes progress reports to J. Bruce Bredin. Subject matter covers expedition logistics; permission of use for expedition images; selection of participating scientists and their specialties; and lectures relating to expedition. Includes correspondence of William H. Amos, J. Bruce Bredin, Leonard Carmichael, Richard Sumner Cowan, Richard F. Darsie, Jr., C. John Finlay, Desmond V. Nicholson, and Alvina S. Schmitt (Mrs. Waldo LaSalle).
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