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by Richard H. Bales. Tayo of these 10 were made possible by the 

 Music Performance Trust Fund of the American Federation of IMusi- 

 cians. A string orchestra conducted by Mr. Bales furnished music 

 during the opening of the Japanese Haniwa exhibition on January 9, 

 1960, and at the opening of the new Widener rooms on May 20, 

 1960. The five Sunday evening concerts in May were devoted to the 

 Gallery's 17th American Music Festival. The Sunday evening con- 

 cert on October 25, 1959, was dedicated to United Nations Day. All 

 concerts were broadcast in their entirety in stereophonic sound by 

 station WGMS-AM and FM. The Voice of America recorded por- 

 tions of several Sunday concerts for transmission overseas. 



Intermissions during the Sunday concerts featured radio talks by 

 members of the Educational Depai-tment and by Mr. Bales. 



During the year 12,794 copies of 17 press releases in connection with 

 the Gallery's activities were issued. A total of 166 permits to copy 

 works of art in the Galleiy, and 96 photographic permits were issued. 



In response to requests 2,862 copies of the pamphlet "A Cordial 

 Invitation from the Director" and 2,582 copies of the Information 

 Booklet were sent to Senators and Representatives for distribution to 

 constituents ; and 40,820 copies of the pamphlet "A Cordial Invitation 

 from the Director" and 3,500 copies of the Information Booklet were 

 sent to various organizations holding conventions in Washington. 



The slide project begun the last fiscal year was extended, and sets 

 of 500 color slides were placed on permanent deposit with 26 foreign 

 universities and museums. This program was initiated to make the 

 works of art in the National Gallery of Art better known. 



A total of 110 publications on the Gallery's collections and exhibi- 

 tions were sent to various museums in accordance with the Exchange 

 Program. 



Henry B. Beville, the Gallery's photographer, and his staff proc- 

 essed 14,567 prints, 193 black-and-white slides, 18,813 color slides, 

 1,862 black-and-white negatives, 67 color-separation negatives, 393 

 transparencies, 9 infrared photographs, and 4 ultraviolet photographs, 

 during the fiscal year. 



AUDIT OF PRIVATE FUNDS OF THE GALLERY 



An audit of the private funds of the Gallery will be made for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1960, by Price Waterhouse & Co., public 

 accountants, and the certificate of that company on its examination 

 of the accounting records maintained for such funds will be forwarded 

 to the Gallery. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 



