58 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1930 



3 Chinese paintings. 

 5 Chinese porcelains. 



5 pieces of Chinese pottery. 

 2 velvet wall hangings. 



6 Egyptian bookbindings. 



4 Indian paintings. 

 G Japanese screens. 

 8 Japanese panels. 



19 Pei*sian paintings. 



1 South Indian bronze. 



1 piece of Syrian enameled glass. 



13 pages of calligraphy. 



On March 25, 1930, a special exhibition of "New Accessions" 

 was opened to the public, in Galleries I and II. 



THE LIBRARY 



During the year, there have been added to the main library 93 

 volumes, 37 unbound periodicals, and 229 pamphlets. Twenty-nine 

 volumes were sent to the bindery. A list of the new accessions to 

 the library accompanies this report as Appendix A (not printed). 



The library is in process of being catalogued under the direction 

 of the librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, Mr. W. L. Corbin. 

 This work was begun in November, 1929, and is not yet completed. 



REPRODUCTIONS AND PAMPHLETS 



Four hundred and five new negatives of objects have been made. 

 Of these, 182 were made for registration photographs and 223 for 

 special orders. The total number of reproductions available either 

 as carbon photographs or as negatives from which prints can be 

 made upon request is now 3,094. 



Eighty-two lantern slides have also been added to the collection, 

 making a total of 911 available for study and for sale. 



The total number of sales of reproductions, at cost price, is as fol- 

 lows: Photographs, 1,600; post cards, 16,683; lantern slides, 79; 

 negatives, 2. Eighty-three lantern slides have been loaned for 

 lecture purposes. 



Of booklets issued by the gallery, the following number were sold 

 at cost price : 



F. G. A. pamphlets 150 



Synopsis of History pamphlets 116 



List of American paintings 53 



Annotated Outlines of Study 22 



Gallery books 259 



Floor plans 11 



