SECRETARY'S REPORT 197 



The curator published The History of Western Art (Volume 1, the 

 New American Library of World Literature) . Expert opinions and 

 advisory services were rendered by the curator. Gifts to the Index 

 included a photograph of carved- wood gable figures given by H. F. 

 Kuether, and a "Holly Doll" made and given by Miss Helen Bullard. 



MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 



The Gallery building, the mechanical equipment, and the grounds, 

 have been maintained at the established standards throughout the 

 year, under the direction of Ernest R. Feidler, administrator, and his 

 staff. 



The promenade tile on four small roof areas at the East and West 

 Garden Courts was removed and replaced with new copper roofing. 

 The design and installation of the replaced roofing were accomplished 

 by the Gallery maintenance staff. 



In keeping with the recommendations of the Committee on the 

 Building and the resolution of the Board of Trustees, in the southwest 

 corner of the ground floor there were completed three new gallery 

 rooms to provide a more suitable background for the French works of 

 art in the Widener Collection and to place on permanent view the 

 Rembrandt drawings in the Widener Collection, which have hereto- 

 fore been exhibited periodically. One of these rooms is an 18th-cen- 

 tury oak-paneled room once in the New York house of Dr. Hamilton 

 Rice. Adjacent to the three new rooms a Graphic Arts area has been 

 constructed and is now being completed. It consists of a Print Exhi- 

 bition room containing 11 specially designed exhibition cases, a Print 

 Study room, offices for the curator and assistant curator of Grapliic 

 Arts, and a print storage room. 



LECTOUR 



The Gallery's electronic guide system, LecTour, continued to prove 

 its value as an effective tool for art education purposes. It was used 

 by 84,128 visitors during fiscal year 1960, being available in 20 differ- 

 ent exhibition areas. Two special exhibitions — one on Daumier's 

 works and one on Japanese Haniwa — received LecTour coverage. The 

 use during fiscal year 1960 represented an increase of more than 15 

 percent over use in fiscal year 1959. 



Flexibility of LecTour lectures was insured by the completion dur- 

 ing fiscal year 1960 of a sound studio with the most modem and effec- 

 tive equipment for expeditiously making the Gallery's own recordings 

 and tapes. 



OTHER ACTIVITIES 



During the fiscal year, 40 Sunday evening concerts were given, 10 

 of which were given by the National Gallery of Art orchestra directed 



