216 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1964 



1964 



April 19-21 Dr. Cahill, in West Palm Beach, Fla., examined objects 



at the Norton Gallery of Art and in a private collection. 



April 22 Dr. Cahill, in Princeton, N.J., examined objects in a pri- 

 vate collection. 



April 24-25 Dr. Pope, in Philadelphia, recorded two taped programs 



for "What in the World" at WCAU-TV broadcasting 

 station ; and in New York City attended the board meet- 

 ing of the College Art Association. 



May 7-8 Mr. Trousdale, in New York City, did preliminary work 



on a film narration for the Asia Society ; and examined 

 a large private collection of jade. 



May 17-June 30 R. C. Mielke saw building installations at the Dayton Art 



Institute, Cincinnati Art Museum. John Herron Art In- 

 stitute, City Art Museum of St. Louis, William Rockhill 

 Nelson Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit 

 Institute of Arts, Cleveland Museum of Art. and Toledo 

 Museum of Art. 



May 21-22 Dr. Cahill, in New York City, attended a meeting of the 



American Council of Learned Societies, Committee on 

 Studies of Chinese Civilization ; saw the exhibition "Art 

 of Nepal" at Asia House; and examined objects at 

 several dealers. 



May 25-26 Mrs. E. West FitzHugh, in St. Louis, Mo., attended the 



annual meeting of the International Institute for the 

 Conservation of Museum Objects, American Group. 



May 25-27 Mrs. L. O. West and Mrs. M. H. Quail, in Chicago, 111., 



attended meetings of the Museums Sales Association. 



May 25-29 Mr. Gettens, in St. Louis, Mo., attended meetings of the 



LLC, American Group, and the American Association 

 of Museums ; he also examined objects at the City Art 

 Museum of St. Louis and the Allen Art Museum, Oberlin 

 College, Oberlin, Ohio. 



June 8 Dr. Pope left for Europe to visit museums and collections 



in England and France. 



June 19 Mrs. FitzHugh, in Baltimore, Md., visited the Walters 



Art Gallery where she worked in the conservation lab- 

 oratory on the chemical microscopy of pigments. 



June 29 Dr. Ettinghausen, in New York City, examined objects 



at several dealers. 



As in former years, members of tlie staff undertook a wide variety of 

 "Deripheral duties outside the Gallery, served on committees, held 

 honorary posts, and received recognitions. 



Respectfully submitted. 



John A. Pope, Director. 

 S. Dillon Ripley, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



