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June 12, 1939 Mr. Gerard Piel Life Magazine Time & Life Building Rockefeller Center New York City Dear Mr. Piel: Thank you for your letter. The pictures and publications arrived safely this morning. The real scientific worth of the material collected by many an expedition is not known until some years later. It takes time to study the material and get the reports about it published. Scenes taken during the course of an expedition are another matter, and I shall certainly bear in mind your suggestion and let you yourself know when next I return from a field trip. With kind regards, Sincerely, Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, Division of Marine Invertebrates. WLS:LMc