204 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1961 



by Kichard Bales furnished music during the opening of the new Print 

 Room and the Widener Rooms on October 8, 1960, and at the open- 

 ing of the Civil War Exhibition on January 7, 1961. The concert on 

 Sunday evening, October 23, 1960, was dedicated to United Nations 

 Day and four Sunday evening concerts during May 1961 were devoted 

 to the National Gallery of Art's 18th American Music Festival. All 

 concerts were broadcast in their entirety in stereophonic sound by 

 station WGMS, AM and FM. Intermission talks during these broad- 

 casts were given by members of the Gallery's Educational 

 Office. 



During the year 8,059 copies of 16 press releases were approved 

 and issued in connection with the various exhibitions and Gallery 

 activities. A total of 138 permits to copy and 81 photographic permits 

 were issued. 



In response to requests 2,275 copies of the pamphlet "A Cordial Invi- 

 tation from the Director," and 1,650 copies of the Gallery's Informa- 

 tion Booklet were sent to members of the House and Senate for 

 distribution to their constituents; and 26,225 copies of the pamphlet 

 "A Cordial Invitation from the Director," and 2,655 copies of the 

 Information Booklet were sent to various organizations holding 

 conventions in Washington. 



A total of 95 publications on the Gallery's collections and exhibi- 

 tions were sent to various museums in accordance with the Exchange 

 Program. 



Henry B. Beville, the Gallery's photographer, and his staff proc- 

 essed 22,124 prints, 17,142 color slides, 570 black-and-white slides, 

 3,510 negatives, 558 color transparencies, 146 sets of color separation 

 negatives, 5 infrared photographs, and 3 ultraviolet photographs 

 during the fiscal year. 



AUDIT OF PRIVATE FUNDS OF THE GALLERY 



An audit of the private funds of the Gallery will be made for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1961, by Price Waterhouse & Co., public 

 accountants, and the certificate of that company on its examination 

 of the accounting records maintained for such funds will be forwarded 

 to the Gallery. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution, 



