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FIELJ) WORK 



In spite of greatly disturbed conditions now and long since pre- 

 vailing in China, Mr. Bishop was able, last spring, to make investi- 

 gations of considerable interest at the site of the Liang dynasty 

 (A. D. 502-556) tombs, not far from Nanking. The detailed report 

 on these excavations has not yet been received; but, meanwhile, 

 copies of Mr. Bishop's letters from the field are submitted herewith 

 as Appendix B (not printed). 



In June, after a profitable winter at the Imperial University, 

 Kyoto, Mr. Wenley joined Mr. Bishop in China. He has been re- 

 called for work at the gallery where he is due to arrive next 

 December. 



Mr. Acker has been making excellent progress in his Chinese 

 studies at the University of Leiden, and has also found opportunity 

 to see some of the important Chinese collections in Paris, Berlin, 

 and Stockholm. He will pass one more school year under Professor 

 Duyvendak at Leiden. 



PERSONNEL 



Miss Christabel E. Hill, stenographer to the field staff, resigned 

 from her position August 23, 1929. 



Mr. Carl W. Bishop, associate curator, left for field work in China 

 on November 16. He was married to Miss Daisy Furscott in Berke- 

 ley, Calif., on November 30. 



Miss Eleanor Thompson took up her position as office assistant 

 on November 15, 1929. 



Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy spent July 12, February 19 and 

 20, in reclassifying Persian and Indian paintings and drawings. 



Mr. Y. Kinoshita worked at the gallery from February 1 to June 

 26, on the preservation of oriental paintings. 



Mrs. R. W. Edwards, who has been associated with the Freer 

 Gallery since February, 1924, resigned from her position on May 22, 

 1930, because of removal from the city. 



Mrs. R. W. Helsley, who was at the Freer Gallery between No- 

 vember, 1920, and March, 1922, returned to it on May 5, 1930, by 

 transference from the administration office. National Museum. 



Dr. Chi Li, ethnologist, who has been associated with the field 

 staff in China for several years, resigned his position on June 30, 

 1930, to take up other scientific work in Peiping. 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. E. Lodge, 

 Curator^ Freer Gallery of Art. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



