APPENDIX 3 



KEPORT ON THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 



Sm : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activ- 

 ities of the National Collection of Fine Arts for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1941 : 



Two bequests were received, namely, $5,000 from the Cornelia Liv- 

 ingston Pell Estate of New York, and $10,000 from the Julia D. 

 Strong Estate of Washington, D. C. 



Several proffered gifts of etchings, miniatures, and paintings have 

 been deposited here to be passed upon by the Smithsonian Art 

 Commission in December 1941. 



Eight special exhibitions were held in the foyer involving the 

 installation of over 900 specimens. Eight special Graphic Arts 

 exhibits were shown in the lobby because of alterations in the 

 Smithsonian Building. 



Three paintings were restored for the Comptroller of the Currency, 

 Treasury Department: "Portrait of Charles G. Dawes," by Zorn, 

 "Portrait of Henry W. Cannon," by T. W. Wood, and "Portrait 

 of Jolm Jay Knox," by Eastman Johnson. 



Illustrated lectures were delivered by Mr. Tolman, the Acting 

 Director, before the American Association of University Women 

 on January 30, 1941, and before a group of young Italian art lovers 

 at the Ambassador Hotel on February 19, 1941. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



For the administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts 

 by the Smithsonian Institution, including compensation of necessary 

 employees, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, traveling 

 expenses, uniforms for guards, and necessary incidental expenses, 

 $41,715 was appropriated, of which $32,006.84 was expended for the 

 care and maintenance of the Freer Gallery of Art, a unit of the 

 National Collection of Fine Arts, and $1,585 for the salary for 11 

 months of one clerk in the Smithsonian Institution. The balance 

 of $8,123.16 was spent for the care and upkeep of the National Col- 

 lection of Fine Arts, nearly all of this sum being required for the 

 payment of salaries, traveling expenses, books, periodicals, and 

 necessary disbursements for the care of the collection. 



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