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i962— Continued 



May 11. Dr. Ettinghausen, at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York 



University, New Yorli City, "Political Themes in Early 

 Islamic Paintings and Mosaics." Attendance, 95. 



May 15. Dr. Cahill, at the De Young Memorial Museum, San 



Francisco, Calif., "Chinese Art Treasures," and 

 "Chinese Figure, Bird, Flower and Animal Painting." 

 Attendance, each lecture, 400; total, 800. 



May 16. Mr. Gettens, at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, 



and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration, Washing- 

 ton, D.C., "Analytical Problems in Archaeology." At- 

 tendance, 82. 



May 16. Dr. Cahill, at a seminar, Stanford University, Stanford, 



Calif., "Counoisseurship of Chinese Painting," and lec- 

 ture, "Chinese Art Treasures." Attendance, respectively, 

 15 and 200 ; total, 215. 



May 17. Dr. Cahill, at the University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 



"Great Paintings in the Chinese Art Treasures Exhibi- 

 tion" and "The Contemporary Relevance of Chinese 

 Painting." Attendance, respectively, 250 and 300. 



Members of the staff traveled outside Washington on official busi- 

 ness as follows : 



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July 5-8. Dr. Stern, in New York City, examined objects at dealers 



and in museums. 



July 8-10. Dr. Stern, in Boston, Mass., examined objects at dealers 



and in museums. 



July 0-15. Mrs. Usilton, Librarian, in Cleveland, Ohio, attended the 



meetings of the American Library Association. 



July 29. Dr. Ettinghausen, in New York City, examined objects at 



dealers. 



August 25- Dr. Stern, in Europe, examined objects in museums, in pri- 



January 8. vate collections, and at dealers ; and consulted with col- 



leagues in various institutions of learning, which in- 

 volved travel in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzer- 

 land, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Scotland, Italy, 

 and Greece. 



September 4-15. Dr. Cahill, in New Haven, Conn., and New York City, 



examined objects at dealers, and in private collections. 

 He attended the International Congress of Art His- 

 torians at Columbia University, a session of the College 

 Art Association, Biltmore Hotel, and a reception of that 

 group at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York Univer- 

 sity. He also attended the dinner and opening of the 

 Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition at the Metropolitan 

 Museum of Art, and saw the exhibition of Peasant and 

 Nomad Carpets of Asia at Asia House. 



September 13-15. Dr. Pope, in New York City, attended the dinner and 

 opening of the Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition at the 

 Metropolitan Museum of Art, and examined objects at 

 dealers. 



