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Eight outside organizations used the auditorium as follows; 



1959 

 September 17. 



October 29. 



November 17, 18. 



December 15. 



1960 

 January 18. 



January 21. 



January 25, 26. 



February 18. 



March 17. 



April 21. 



May 2. 



May 19. 



May 23. 



Daughters of the American Revolution special regents' 



meeting. Attendance, 272. 

 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and 



Drug Division meeting. Attendance, 76. 

 Department of Agriculture, Federal Extension Service, 



meetings. Attendance, 117 and 75. 

 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and 



Drug Division meeting. Attendance 25. 



Department of Agriculture, REA conference. Attendance, 

 118. 



Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Micro- 

 biology seminar. Attendance, .56. 



Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and 

 Drug Division meetings. Attendance, 290 and 169. 



Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and 

 Drug Division meeting. Attendance, 72. 



Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and 

 Drug Division meeting. Attendance, 72. 



Department of Agriculture. Food and Drug Division 

 meeting. Attendance, 68. 



The IVth International Congress of Iranian Art and Arch- 

 aeology, all-day meeting. Attendance, 128. 



Department of Agriculture. Food and Drug Division 

 of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, meeting. Attendance, 138. 



Indian Embassy, Educational Department, presented Mrs. 

 Sarada Arundel in Indian dances with a talk given by 

 Mrs. Rukmini Devi. Attendance, 284. 



STAFF ACTIVITIES 



The work of the staff members was devoted to the study of new 

 accessions, objects contemplated for purchase, and objects submitted 

 for examination, as well as to individual research projects in the fields 

 represented by the collections of Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, 

 and Indian materials. Reports, oral and written, and exclusive of 

 those made by the technical laboratory (listed below), were made on 

 10,379 objects as follows : For private individuals, 7,004 ; for dealers, 

 1,484; for other museums, 1,891. In all, 1,021 photographs were 

 examined, and 321 Oriental language inscriptions were translated for 

 outside individuals and institutions. By request, 24 groups totaling 

 258 persons met in the exhibition galleries for docent service by staff 

 members. 



Three groups totaling 34 persons were given docent service by staff 

 members in the storage rooms. 



Among the visitors were 95 distinguished foreign scholars or persons 

 holding official positions in their own countries who came here under 



