54 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1941 



There were 1,369 visitors to the main office during the year. The 

 purposes of their visits were as follows : 

 For general information 186 



To see objects in storage 370 



Far Eastern paintings 50 



Near Eastern paintings and manuscripts 19 



East Indian paintings and manuscripts 3 



American paintings 60 



Whistler prints 7 



American pottery 5 



Oriental pottery, jade, bronzes, and sculpture 133 



Syrian, Arabic, and Egyptian glass 11 



Byzantine objects 4 



Washmffton Manuscripts 78 



To read in the library 172 



To make tracings and sketches from library books — 6 



To see the building and installation 3 



To obtain permission to photograph or sketch 32 



To submit objects for examination 173 



To see members of the staff — 376 



To see the exhibition galleries on Mondays 49 



To examine or purchase photographs 292 



LECTURES AND DOCENT SERVICE 



A 6 weeks' lecture course in Chinese and Japanese art was given 

 by A. G. Wenley in the Far Eastern Institute held at the Harvard 

 University Summer School of 1940 under the auspices of the Ameri- 

 can Council of Learned Societies. 



At the Freer Gallery 6 illustrated lectures were given in the audi- 

 torium (total attendance, 98) ; 6 study groups were held in a study 

 room (total attendance, 80) ; and 10 groups were given docent service 

 in exhibition galleries (total attendance, 269). The total number 

 of persons receiving instruction at their own request was 447. 



PERSONNEL 



February 13, 1941, William K. B. Acker returned from Holland, 

 having taken his Ph. D. cum laude in Chinese at the University of 

 Leyden. 



September 3, 1940, Oliver W. Puckett reported for duty as watch- 

 man. 



June 30, 1941, David H. Zirkle, watchman, who had been at the 

 Gallery for 16 years, was retired with a record of the most faithful 

 and efficient service. 



