42 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1951 



have been grouped by Mr. Gardner for systematic display in the Pell 

 Collection. Two additional storage rooms with movable screens and 

 air conditioning are being provided for the better maintenance of 

 the collections. 



Mr. Gardner explained briefly the progress made in a project in- 

 volving spectrochemical analysis of ancient glass, the purpose being 

 to associate known types with the time and location of their manu- 

 facture and to trace ancient trade routes and material sources. An 

 initial group of specimens lent by two museums has been turned over 

 to the National Bureau of Standards for qualitative analysis, the 

 results of which are to be interpreted in collaboration with Ray Smith, 

 of the Archeological Institute of America. 



The Secretary outlined briefly further legal action relative to the 

 Gellatly Collection under which the United States Supreme Court 

 had ruled that there were no grounds for reopening the case. He also 

 mentioned briefly tentative suggestions relative to the art collections 

 in connection with present threats of war. 



The Commission accepted as a whole the 15 paintings of the Adams- 

 Clement Collection, gift of Miss Mary Louisa Adams Clement in 

 memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement, with dis- 

 cretionary powers to be exercised by the National Collection of Fine 

 Arts in regard to the showing of the individual pictures : 



Oil portrait, Mary Louisa Adams, by Asher B. Durand. 



Oil portrait, Georgianna Frances Adams, by Asher B. Durand. 



Oil portrait, John Adams, by Edward Dalton Marchant. 



Oil portrait, George Washington, by Edward Dalton Marchant. 



Oil portrait, John Adams, by Gilbert Stuart. 



Oil portrait, Joshua Johnson, attributed to John Trumbull. 



Oil portrait, Mrs. Joshua Johnson, attributed to John Trumbull. 



Oil portrait, John Quincy Adams, by Pieter van Huffel. 



Oil portrait, Mrs. John Quincy Adams, by undetermined artist. 



Oil portrait, Little Girl (one of the Adams children), by undetermined artist. 



Water-color portrait, Mary Louisa Adams, by undetermined artist. 



Miniature, Joshua Johnson, by Thomas H. Hull. 



Miniature, Boy in Peasant Costume, by Mary Louisa Adams Clement. 



Miniature, Portrait of a Young Woman, by Mary Louisa Adams Clement. 



Miniature, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement, by Mary Louisa Adams Clement. 



The following objects were also accepted : 



Oil portrait. Miss Mildred Lee, by S. Seymour Thomas. Gift of the artist. 



Oil portrait, Col. William Shakespeare King, by George Catlin. Gift of Daniel 

 Packard King and AUene Packard King, through Mrs. Harry Lazelle King. 



Oil portrait, Townsend Bradley Martin, by Abbott H. Thayer, N. A. Gift of 

 Mrs. Grosvenor Backus. 



Oil painting. Great Western, by William Marsh. Gift of Mrs. Alfred Born- 

 mann, in memory of her father, Frederick Boesen. 



Oil painting, Street Shrine, by Jerome Myers, N. A. Henry Ward Ranger 

 bequest. 



