SECRETARY'S REPORT 17 



educational and visitor service programs, particularly in regard to the 

 greatly increased demands for suck services arising upon the opening 

 of the Museum of History and Teclmology. 



During the year curator G. Carroll Lindsay attended various pro- 

 fessional meetings and conferences. He appeared on the programs 

 of the following meetings: The Annual Winterthur Seminar on 

 Museum Operation and Connoisseurship, Winterthur, Del.; the 

 Museum Audio-Visual Applications Group, Kochester, N.Y.; the 

 American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Mo. 

 He also attended the annual meetings of the Division of Audio- Visual 

 Instruction, National Education Association, Eochester, N.Y. ; and 

 the Museum Stores Association, Chicago, 111. 



He also lectured before various groups visiting the Institution, de- 

 scribing for them the history and current work of the Smithsonian, 

 and presented similar talks before meetings of local service clubs and 

 other groups interested in the Institution. 



Mr. Lindsay continued his research in the field of early American 

 culture. He also presented lectures to the St. Mary's County, Md., 

 Historical Society and to the National Trust Conference for Historic 

 Museum Associates on the subject of southern colonial architecture; 

 participated in the annual Forum held by the Alexandria (Va.) Asso- 

 ciation and spoke on early Alexandria architecture; presented a series 

 of four lectures on early American furniture as part of the Junior 

 League of Washington's adult education program; and lectured 

 at the Cheltenham Township (Pa.) Adult School on the subject of 

 early American silver. He appeared four times on television pro- 

 grams to discuss the work of the Smithsonian Institution and twice 

 for the same purpose on radio programs. 



The curator and the consultant on TV installations, William C. 

 Grayson, traveled to New York to consult with the program director 

 of Lincoln Center. They also observed the visitor information facili- 

 ties in Williamsburg, Va. 



The assistant curator attended the Calvin Motion Picture Studio 

 Workshop seminar on motion-picture production in Kansas City, Mo. 



The audiovisual librarian. Miss Mary Ann Friend, represented the 

 Museum Service at the American Film Festival of the Educational 

 Film Library Association in New York City for the entry of one of 

 our films. 



The museum docents have made trips to the American Museum of 

 Natural History to examine the education programs and confer with 

 staff members. In addition, the docent in zoology traveled to Boston 

 to examine the education department at the Science Museum. The 

 docent in zoology attended the International Congress on Zoology 

 which consisted of seminars and a film theater in action. 



