Carnegie Museum

November 9, 1907



Monsieur V. Blavette,

Architect du Museum d'Historie Naturelle

Paris, France.



Dear Sir;-

I have just received your letter of the 18th of October, which I find upon my return after a short journey in the Rocky Mountains.



It will be perfectly agreeable to me as you propose to have the bases intended to support the reproduction of the Diplodocus made of oak. I have no preference whatever and th4e choise of materials rests entirely with you.



I have received a communication from Monsieur Boule in which he proposes a small modification in the pose of the skeleton. I shall conform the arrangement of othe caudal vertebrae to the suggestion of M. Boule, and will send you in a few days plans conformed to this proposed modification.  In installing the Diplodocus it is best that the gramework of the  bases should be first built, then the skeleton placed in position, and finally that the outer finish of the bases, the sides and the tops, should be applied.  By deferring the placing of the polished wood composing the sides and toops of the bases until the rough work of mounting the specimen has been completed, all danger of injuring this polished wood is averted.



You as a practical architect will understand these plans, and I am sure that you will so arrange matters that we shall experience