154 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 195 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 



Centennial exhibition of paintings by Abbott Handerson Thayer, N. A. (1849- 

 1921), August 12 through December 1949. 4 pp. 1949. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



ORIENTAL STUDIES 



No. 4. Shiraz painting in the sixteenth century, by Grace Dunham Guest. 

 70 pp., 50 pis., 15 figs. (PubL 3978.) 1949. 



OCCASIONAL papers: volume 1 



No. 4. James McNeill Whistler: A biographical outline, illustrated from the 

 collections of the Freer Gallery of Art, by Burns A. Stubbs. 29 pp., 28 pis. 

 (Publ. 3994.) 1950. 



REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 



The annual reports of the American Historical Association are trans- 

 mitted by the Association to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion and are by him communicated to Congress, as provided by the 

 act of incorporation of the Association. The following report volume 

 was issued this year: 



Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1948. Vol. 1. Pro- 

 ceedings. 



The following was in press at the close of the fiscal year: 



Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1949. Vol. 1. 

 Proceedings. 



REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE 

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION 



The manuscript of the Fifty-second Annual Report of the National 

 Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, was transmitted to 

 Congress, in accordance with law, December 13, 1949. 



APPROPRIATION FOR PRINTING AND BINDING 



The congressional appropriation for printing and binding for the past 

 year was entirely obligated at the close of the year. The appropria- 

 tion for the coming fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, totals $103,000, 

 allotted as follows: 



General administration (Annual Report of the Board of Regents; Annual 



Report of the Secretary) $18, 500 



National Museum 36, 200 



Bureau of American Ethnology 21, 500 



National Air Museum 500 



Service divisions (Annual Report of the American Historical Association; 



blank forms; binding; Museum print shop) 26, 300 



* 103, 000 



