SECRETARY'S REPORT 39 



Sherman, by George P. A. Healy; and one marble bust of Alexander 

 Graham Bell, by Moses W. Dykaar, were lent to the National Gallery 

 of Art, to be included in the Sesquicentennial celebration, "Alakers 

 of History in Washington, 1800-1950," from June 28 through Novem- 

 ber 19, 1950. 



Oil, December Uplands, by Bruce Crane, was lent to the executive 

 office. Council of Economic Advisers, on June 27, 1950, to be hung in 

 room 372A, Old State Building, for a period not to exceed 4 years. 



LOANS RETURNED 



Four oil paintings lent to the Public Library of the District of Colum- 

 bia in April 1940 were returned on November 22, 1949: Portrait of 

 Thomas McKean, by Charles Willson Peale, and Portrait of Mary 

 Abigail Willing Coale, by Thomas Sully, from the Georgetown Branch; 

 Madonna with Halo of Stars, by an unknown artist, from the South- 

 eastern Branch; and Musa Regina, by Henry Oliver Walker, from the 

 Northeastern Branch. 



THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 



Since it is a provision of the Ranger bequest that the paintings pur- 

 chased by the Council of the National Academy of Design from the 

 fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger bequest, and assigned to 

 American art institutions, may be claimed by the National Collection 

 of Fine Arts during the 5-year period beginning 10 years after the death 

 of the artist represented, two paintings were recalled for action of the 

 Smithsonian Art Commission at its meeting December 6, 1950: 



Oil painting, Gold Mining, Cripple Creek, by Ernest Lawson, listed earlier in 

 this report, was accepted by the Commission to become a permanent accession. 



Frances, by Frederick Carl Frieseke, N. A., was returned to the Washington 

 County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Md., where it was originally assigned 

 in 1932. 



THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS REFERENCE LIBRARY 



Three hundred and eighty-four publications (260 volumes and 124 

 pamphlets) were accessioned during the year, bringing the total in 

 the National Collection of Fine Arts Library to 11,746. 



INFORMATION SERVICE 



The requests of 1,255 visitors for information received special atten- 

 tion, as did many similar requests by mail and phone; 706 art works 

 were submitted for identification. 



922758—51- 



