January 28, 1926



Dear Dr. Holland:



I have been thinking about writing to you for the last five or six months.  When I received the Christmas present which you were so kind as to send, I thought I would write at once.  The present was a surprise to me and it made us happy to know that there was still one there who had not forgotten us.



I had some very interesting talks with Mr. Kay asn he said that your health seemed to be just about as good as ever.  I hope that this is so.  Mrs. Douglass and Gawin are just recovering from the flu and probably the recovery will be rather slow as it isn't an easy disease to get over.  Gawin had the Pneumonia or was very near to it.  He is taller than I am now.  You would hardly know the little boy that used to like to walk over the hills with you.



I am still interested in the Carnegie Museum and the work you are doing there.  I was sorry, when I received the last annual Report to learn that they had dropped me form even a nominal connection with the museum.  I had not dreamed that my conduct with the institution had been so bad that my name there would be a disgrace.  I could not bear to go back to Pittsburg on account of my health, my distate for the city and lack of sufficient salary to keep my family.  I thought, too, that the time would come when I could furnish the museum with some things which would be valuable to them.



I remember that you wrote that you were preparing a history fo the work which has been done for the museum.  If there is anything I can do at any time let me know.



I now have charge of getting out some fine material which the University of Utah got from the quarry.  The Carnivorous dinosaur is now pretty well exposed and it is the most perfect one that has been found.  The skull is perfect as is nearly all of the skeleton, except the tail.  That is probably in the quarry yet.  I do not know how long I will remain here.  When the warm days come I suppose I will want to get into the field again.



Earl Douglass