58 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1963 



second floor of the Museum of History and Teclinology, where it 

 stands at the entrance to the series of halls which will interpret the 

 growth of the United States. Exhibits scripts for three of the five 

 halls illustrating this growth were prepared by associate curator Peter 

 Welsh in collaboration with Dr. Anthony N. B. Garvan, chairman of 

 the Department of American Civilization, University of Pemisylvania. 

 Exhibits designers Kobert Widder and Nadya Kayaloff prepared de- 

 tailed designs for many of the units in the two halls of this series. 

 George Watson restored an 18-century Peimsylvania waterwheel and 

 gear-train wliich will illustrate the ingenuity and skill of the colonial 

 millwright and demonstrate the use and transmission of power in his 

 time. 



The production of exhibits for the hall of philately was begun, 

 and 18 units have been completed. Associate curator Francis J. 

 McCall and assistant curator Carl H. Scheele prepared the scripts 

 for several series of exhibits in the hall devoted to the history of 

 postal services in this country and abroad, methods of postal trans- 

 portation, mail metering devices, and the design and production of 

 U.S. stamps. Exhibits designer John Clendening is preparing the 

 detailed layouts for these units. 



The history of the Armed Forces of the United States in war and 

 peace is the subject of a series of exhibits in the new Museum of His- 

 tory and Teclniology ; curator of military history Edgar M. Howell, 

 curator of naval history Philip K. Lundeberg, and associate curator 

 of naval history Melvin H. Jackson continued to write scripts and 

 provide technical supervision for the design and production of these 

 exhibits. A striking series of models of militarily historic ships 

 was produced during the year. Other exhibits produced depict the 

 role of the Army in the Mexican War, in frontier service during the 

 middle 19th century, and in the Civil War, and the service of the 

 Navy in the Mexican and Civil Wars. Exhibits designer Fred Craig 

 designed the units for these halls. 



Design and production of exhibit units for the hall of ordnance 

 are largely completed. Associate curator Craddock H. Goins sup- 

 plied technical direction for the exhibits, the design of which was 

 contributed by exhibits designer Jolm Brown. Among these is in- 

 cluded an interpretation of the interchangeable-parts system of man- 

 ufacturmg, a significant development in the history of firearms. 

 Other units trace the development of naval artillery and naval guns 

 and relate the history of tanks and armored warfare. Dr. Lundeberg 

 prepared detailed specifications for those units concerned with the 

 original Continental gunboat Philadelphia, which include original 

 items of equipment recovered with the gunboat itself from the waters 

 of Lake Champlain and graphic materials which help to explain 



