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Stockholm were particularly outstanding. He also furthered his 

 research in dental history in the study collections of these museums. 



Early in December Dr. Sami K. Hamarneh, associate curator of 

 medical sciences, visited the Firestone Library at Princeton Univer- 

 sity, the College of Pharmacy and Science in Philadelphia, and the 

 chemistry department of the University of Pennsylvania to study 

 Arabic manuscripts pertaining to health arts, to consult oriental 

 published works contamed in these various libraries, and to examine 

 pharmaceutical antiques housed there. 



Dr. Philip W. Bishop, head curator of arts and manufactures, 

 spent two days in West Virginia in November inspecting certain 

 early oil-pumping equipment. He made a number of contacts with 

 oil- and gas-well owners which may lead to further acquisitions for 

 the exhibits of the Museum of History and Technology. 



In November Miss Grace L. Rogers, acting curator of textiles, 

 spent three days in New York City visiting various textile estab- 

 lishments. She also visited the Fabien Printing Co. in Lodi, N.J., 

 where with expert guidance she examined in detail the various steps 

 in both the screen-printing and roller-printing processes. In May 

 she attended the first International Textile Machinery Exhibition 

 sponsored by the American Textile Machinery Association, at At- 

 lantic City, N.J., where exhibits from 11 foreign countries and the 

 United States were on display that incorporated new ideas in tex- 

 tile macliinery. 



Several trips to museums and other institutions and individuals were 

 made during the year by Paul V. Gardner, acting curator of ce- 

 ramics and glass, for the purpose of acquiring materials for Smithso- 

 nian exhibits. These included visits to the Corning Museum of Glass, 

 the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, the New Haven Colony Histor- 

 ical Society, and the New Historical Society. 



Jacob Kainen, curator of graphic arts, spent five days in Septem- 

 ber in Minneapolis checking data on John Baptist Jackson and Hen- 

 drick Goltzius, ftarticularly at the Minneapolis Public Library, the 

 Minneapolis Art Institute, and the Walker Art Institute. In De- 

 cember he visited various museums and libraries in Richmond, Va., 

 and Raleigh, N.C., in pursuance of the same research projects per- 

 taining to these artists. 



In April, Fuller O. Griffith, 3d, assistant curator of gi-aphic arts, 

 studied a collection of Hassam lithographs in the Detroit Institute 

 of Arts. He found several unique examples of Hassam's work that 

 were of great interest and value in furthering his research on this 

 artist 



Charles O. Houston, Jr., associate curator of industrial coopera- 

 tion, made two trips to Pittsburgh during the year to visit the 



