38 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1962 



federate submarine H. L. Hunley. A fiill-scale replica of the Cur- 

 tiss A-1, first aircraft purchased by the United States Navy, was 

 placed on exhibition with the cooperation of the National Air Museum. 



A special exhibition of marine paintings and ship portraits by 

 Jolm W. Schmidt was shown in the rotunda of the Arts and Indus- 

 tries Building during December 1961 and January 1962. The divi- 

 sion of naval history also cooperated with the Naval Historical Foun- 

 dation in providing half models and other memorabilia for exhibits, 

 on naval aviation and naval aspects of the Civil War, held in the Trux- 

 ton Decatur Museum. During the annual meeting of the Company of 

 Militaiy Collectors and Historians, a special display of rare naval 

 uniforms and flags of the Civil War period was exhibited. 



Under the chairmanship of museum director Albert C. Smith, the 

 committee coordinating and supervising the modernization of natural- 

 histoiy exliibits reviewed the planning of six additional halls in 

 earlier stages of development. 



Assistant director John C. Ewers continued to coordinate the activi- 

 ties of the curators and the exhibits staff engaged in planning and 

 preparing exhibits for the Museum of History and Teclmology. 

 During the year exhibits units were prepared which will be installed 

 in 16 halls of the new building. Although some of these exhibits were 

 placed on temporary display in the Arts and Industries Building, 

 others were placed in storage until the museum is completed. 



Exhibits chief John E. Anglim provided over-all supervision to the 

 exhibits staff engaged in the design, production, and installation of 

 permanent exhibits in the U.S. National Museiun, and directly super- 

 vised the exhibits laboratory in the Museum of Natural History. 

 Benjamin W. Lawless continued to supervise the design and prepara- 

 tion of exhibits for the Museum of History and Technology, assisted 

 by Robert Widder in design, Bela S. Bory in production, and Robert 

 Klinger in the model shop. Julius Tretick assisted in supervising the 

 production and installation of exhibits in the Natural History Build- 

 ing. Joseph G. Weiner, with the assistance of Constance Minkin and 

 Edna Wright, continued the editing of the curators' drafts of exhibits 

 scripts and labels. 



The design of the renovated halls in the Natural History Building 

 was aided greatly by Richard S. Johnson, design branch chief, and 

 John E. Morrissey, architectural branch chief, of the architectural 

 and structural division of the Public Buildings Service, General Serv- 

 ices Administration, and by Luther H. Flouton and Pasquale Battes- 

 telli, design architects of that agency. 



DOCENT SERVICE 



The Junior League of Washington continued its volunteer docent 

 program, conducting school classes from the greater Washington area 



