REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 51 



THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS REFERENCE LIBRARY 



A total of 524 publications \Yere accessioned during the year. A 

 card index of auction prices brought by works of art was beg-un, which 

 when completed, will save many hours of search now made necessary 

 by the frequent requests for information on tlie market value of art 

 objects. 



SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 



The following exhibitions were held : 



July and August 1938. — The Eberstadt collection of 260 naval his- 

 torical prints, lent by the Naval Historical Foundation, was continued 

 through August. 



September 3 to 26, 1938. — Architectural exhibition of representative 

 buildings of the post-war period, consisting of 127 photographs assem- 

 bled by the Committee on Education, American Institute of Archi- 

 tects, lent by the American Federation of Arts. 



October 7 to 30, 1938. — Special exhibition of 200 prints by graphic 

 artists, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. 



November 8 to W, 1938. — Special exhibition of 76 water-color paint- 

 ings of the flora of the Isthmus of Panama, by Marie Louise Evans, 

 under the patronage of His Excellency, the Minister of Panama, 

 Senor Dr. Don Augusto S. Boyd. 



January 6 to 30, 1939. — Special exhibition of 173 framed water- 

 color sketches and 7 progressive proofs of wild flowers of various 

 National Parks, by Mary Vaux Walcott. 



Februainj 3 to 27, i.9.55.— Special exhibition of 56 oil paintings, 38 

 drawings, 4 water colors, and 3 pastels, by Joel J. Levitt (1875-1937). 



PUBLICATIONS 



ToLMAN, R. P. Report on the National Collection of Fine Arts for the year ended 



June 30, 1938. Appendix 3, Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 



Institution for the year ended June 30, 1938, pp. 35-^0. 

 Lodge, J. B. Report on the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 



1938. Appendix 4, Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 



for the year ended June 30, 1938, pp. 41^5. 



Eespectfully submitted. 



K. P. ToLMAN, Acting Director. 

 Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



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