166 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1955 



in the act of incorporation of the Association. The following reports 

 were issued during the year : 



Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the year 1952. Vol. 



2. Writings on American History, 1950. xiii +609 pp. 1955. 

 Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the year 1953. Vol. 



1. Proceedings. 52 pp. 1955. 



REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN 



REVOLUTION 



Tlie manuscript of the Fifty-seventh Annual Keport of the Na- 

 tional Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, was transmitted 

 to Congress, in accordance with law, on March 21, 1955. 



DIVISIONAL ACTIVITIES 



The chief of the division continued to represent the Institution on 

 the board of directors of the Greater Washington Educational Tele- 

 vision Association, Inc., of which the Smithsonian is a member. 

 During the year the Association produced a series of educational 

 television programs broadcast over Washington stations, and the 

 Smithsonian participated in two of these. 



The assistant chief of the division, John S. T-^ea, devoted consider- 

 able time during the last half of the year to the preparation of a 

 brochure explaining the history, purposes, and accomplishments of 

 the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Lea also served as chairman of 

 a committee formed to assist the Washington Area School Study 

 Council, representing the school boards of the area, in working out 

 a method of making more effective use of the educational potential 

 of the Institution. 



Members of the division, particularly Ernest E. Biebighauser, as- 

 sisted the Personnel Division in planning and inaugurating publi- 

 cation of The Torch^ a multigraphed house organ for Smithsonian 

 employees superseding the monthly newsletter of the Smithsonian 

 Employees Federal Credit Union. The first number appeared in 

 March 1955. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Paul H. Oehser, 

 Chiefs Editorial and Publications Division. 



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



