KEPOKT OF THE 



jECRETAEY 47 



There were 1,223 visitors to tlie main office during the year. The 

 purposes of their visits were as follows : 

 For gpiieral iiifonnation 214 



To SOP objects in storage 234 



Far Eastern paintings 31 



Near Eastern paintings aiid manuscripts 7 



East Indian paintings and manuscripts 12 



American paintings 41 



Whistler prints 2 



Oriental pottery, jade, bronzes, sculpture, lacquer and bamboo 89 



Byzantine objects 2 



Washington Manuscripts 50 



To read in the library 180 



To make tracings and sketches from library books 7 



To see the building and installation 8 



To obtain permission to photograph or sketch 26 



To submit objects for examination 141 



To see members of the staff 363 



To see the exhibition galleries on Monday 19 



To examine or purchase photographs 280 



LECTURES AND DOCENT SERVICE 



One lecture by a staff member was given to a woman's club organiza- 

 tion (20 members) ; 5 groups (total 81 persons) were given instruction 

 in the study room; 1 group (20 persons) was given docent service in 

 storage rooms, and 9 groups (total 190 persons) were given docent serv- 

 ice in the exhibition galleries. The total number of persons receiving 

 such services, by request, was 311. 



A series of lectures upon air-raid precautions, addressed to Smith- 

 sonian and Freer Gallery employees, was given in the auditorium by 

 Kenneth M. Perry of the United States National Museum, June 9, U, 

 and 13, 1942 ; total attendance, 97. 



PERSONNEL 



Grace T. Whitney worked intermittently at the Gallery from No- 

 vember 3, 1941, to June 22, 1942, on the translation of Persian texts. 



On March 7, 1942, Margaret B. Arnold resigned as assistant after 2 

 years of service. 



Miss M. Eleanor Morsell was appointed to succeed Miss Arnold on 

 May 1, 1942. 



On June 16. after a month's serious illness, occurred the death of 

 Carl "Wliiting Bishop, associate in archeology. Mr. Bishop became 

 a member of the Gallery staff April 10, 1922, to work in his chosen 

 field of Far Eastern archeology. From 1923 to 1927, and again from 



