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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1965 



19Si 

 July 26. 



September 23. 



19SS 



January 13. 



March 20. 



March 23. 

 March 29. 



Members of 

 ness as follows 



195i 



July 1- 

 November 1. 



Dr. Ettinghausen lectured at the Art Historical Institute, 

 Istanbul Univei'sity, Istanbul, Turkey. "Turkish and Is- 

 lamic Art in the Freer Gallery of Art" (in German). At- 

 tendance, 50. 



Dr. Ettinghausen at the "Victoria and Albert Museum, Lon- 

 don, addressed staff members of that museum and tlie 

 British Museum who are interested in Islamic art. 

 "Islamic Art in the Freer Gallery of Art." Attendance, 5. 



Mr. Wenley addressed the Regents of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. "The Freer Gallery of Art — A Retrospective 

 Glance." 



Dr. Ettinghausen, at Arlington Unitarian Church, Arling- 

 ton, Va. "Shiite Islam" (not illustrated). Attendance, 

 95. 



Dr. Ettinghausen, at Vienna Episcopal Church, Vienna, Va. 

 "Iran — Land and People." Attendance, 85. 



Dr. Ettinghausen, at the Cosmos Club, Washington. "In 

 pursuit of Art Treasures in Iran." Attendance, 250. 



the staff traveled outside Washinsrton on official busi- 



Dr. Ettinghausen continued his studies in the Near East 

 and Europe. In Iran he worked in Tehran and also visited 

 Mashhad and the sites of Nishapur and Tus. He then pro- 

 ceeded to Istanbul, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Marie- 

 mont (Belgium), London, Oxford, and Cambridge where he 

 attended the 23d International Congress of Orientalists. 

 En route home he stopped in Dublin to study the famous 

 collection of manuscripts in the library of Sir Chester 

 Beatty. In all cities he visited collections and conferred 

 with scholars ; much of the time was devoted to the study 

 of materials relating to the Shah Jahan album which he 

 is preparing for publication by the Freer Gallery of Art, 

 and to arranging for contributions to the new journal, 

 Ars Orientalis. 



September 13-18. Mr. Gettens in New York attended meetings of the American 

 Chemical Society ; inspected the restoration laboratories 

 of Joseph Ternbach, the Brooklj-n Museum, and the Metro- 

 politan Museum of Art; in Philadelphia attended the 

 Micro-chemical Symposium and the International Congress 

 and Exposition of Instruments. 



October 11-13. Mr. Gettens in Oberlin, Ohio, visited the Intermuseum Lab- 

 oratory to discuss restoration methods and techniques : 

 examined objects in the laboratory. 



November 6. Mr. Pope in Alfred, N. Y., attended the meeting of the Far 



Eastern Ceramic Group held at the New York State College 

 of Ceramics, Alfred University. 



November 8. Mr. Wenley in Ann Arbor for meeting of the Freer Fund 



Committee at the University of Michigan. 



