SECRETARY'S REPORT 35 



CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 



The Curatorial Department accessioned 1,653 new gifts to the 

 Gallery during the fiscal year 1952. Advice was given regarding 307 

 works of art brought to the Gallery for opinion, and 56 visits to other 

 collections were made by members of the staff for either expert opinion 

 or in connection with offers of gifts. About 2,000 inquiries requiring 

 research were answered verbally and by letter. During the year seven 

 individual lectures were given by members of the curatorial staff. 

 Miss Elizabeth Mongan gave a lecture series to students of Beaver 

 College, and Charles M. Richards conducted two courses in art history 

 under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Richards 

 attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums 

 and served as an expert in a round-table discussion of registrarial 

 problems. Miss Katharine Shepard was sent as a delegate from the 

 Washington Society to the annual meeting of the Archaeological In- 

 stitute of America. Perry C. Cott was elected to the Board of Gov- 

 ernors of this Institute. Mr. Cott arranged a schedule of tours of 

 United States museums for visiting foreigners under the International 

 Exchange of Persons Division, State Department. Erwin O. 

 Christensen made examinations of objects in the Widener collection in 

 connection with the publication of the handbook, "Jewels and Rock 

 Crystals." Mr. Christensen also made a survey and wrote a report 

 on the condition of the marquetry of the furniture in the Widener 

 collection for restoration purposes. 



Special installations were prepared for the eight gold medallions 

 lent to the Gallery by C. S. Gulbenkian, and for Pre-Columbian objects 

 lent by Robert Woods Bliss. 



The cataloging and filing of photographs in the Richter archive 

 continued to make progress. The cataloging of photographs in the 

 Stieglitz collection was completed in the spring ; 1,436 cards were made. 



RESTORATION AND REPAIR OF WORKS OF ART 



Necessary restoration and repair of works of art in the Gallery's 

 collections were made by Francis Sullivan, Resident Restorer to the 

 Gallery. The work was completed in the Restorer's studio in the 

 Gallery. 



PUBLICATIONS 



During the year Huntington Cairns contributed an article on "The 

 Humanities and the Law" to the New York University Law Review, 

 and reviews of volumes I, II, and III of "The Psychology of Art," by 

 Andre Malraux, to the Virginia Quarterly Review; "Caravan: The 

 Story of the Middle East," by Carleton S. Coon, to the Scientific 

 Monthly; and "The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of 

 Learned Hand," edited by Irving Dilliard, to the Baltimore Evening 



