Whitman, Charles Otis
The desire to maintain the laboratory and requesting the support of the Carnegie Institution.
Asks Conklin a favor: Whitman will not be able to arrive to Woods Hole when the course starts, and offers Conklin $100 extra pay to replace him.
Discusses the future of the MBL and says it should be independent and should not abandon the ship to the Carnegie ownership.
Reports about the letter he mailed to Wilson and Morgan, in which he says that the individuality of the MBL is sacred.
Whitman relates to Conklin a meeting he had with several others. The group was evenly divided as to whether to accept the Carnegie proposition.
Helen Culer's gift and how it is helping. What the hopes and plans are. Talks about Whitman as well.
Whitman wanting to know if Lillie will come to MBL.
Harper informing Lillie that the Board of Trustees did not reach the recommendation. Hoping that they will discuss the following Tuesday.
Discusses a misunderstanding on some letters that Conklin had sent, of which he apparently had not preserved any copies.
Draft. Address to the members of the corporation of the Marine Biological Laboratory. Annual meeting 1901.
Lillie responding to a job offer and negotiations
Message for a meeting on August 12, 1902, to discuss plans for the Laboratory. Includes the zoology plans (without the floor plans) and the library plans. Page 4 is missing.