54 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1952 



1961 



Feb. 4. Mr. Gettens addressed members of the Cosmos Club on "Some Obser- 

 vations on the Patina and Corrosion Products of Ancient Bronzes." 

 (Illustrated.) Attendance, 50. 



Mar. 12. Mr. Pope addressed members of the Questers at luncheon in the 

 Arts Club, Washington, D. C, on "Mr. Freer and His Collections." 

 Attendance, 25. 



Apr. 15. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed members of the Oriental Institute in 

 Chicago on "Islamic Manuscripts and Miniatures." (Illustrated.) 

 Attendance, 90. 



Apr. 17. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed members of the Department of Near 

 Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., on 

 "Islamic Art; The Book." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 90. 



Apr. 21. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed members of the Department of Near 

 Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., on 

 "Islamic Art ; The Mosque." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 30. 



May 20. Mr. Stern addressed members of the Takoma Park Women's Club on 

 "Survey of Japanese Art." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 25. 



May 21. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed members and guests of the Middle East 

 Institute and Oriental Club, Washington. D. C, on "Travels in 

 Afghanistan and India." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 120. 



May 29. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed members and guests of the Middle East 

 Institute and Oriental Club, Washington, D. C, on "Travels in 

 Afghanistan and India." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 90. 



During the year five members of the staff made a total of 14 trips 

 outside of Washington on official business. 



Members of the staff held honorary posts and undertook additional 

 duties outside the Gallery as follows : 



Mr. Wenley: Member, visiting committee, Dumbarton Oaks Research 



Library and Collection. 



Research professor of oriental art, University of Michigan. 



Trustee, Hermitage Foundation, Norfolk, Va. 



Chairman of the Louise Wallace Hackney scholarship com- 

 mittee of the American Oriental Society. 



Member, Smithsonian Art Commission. 



Trustee, Textile Museum of the District of Columbia. 



Member of the Board of United States Civil Service 

 Examiners at Washington, D. C, for the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 

 Mr. Pope : President, Far Eastern Ceramic Group. 



Art editor, Far Eastern Quarterly. 



President, Washington Society, Archaeological Institute of 

 America. 



Member, two advisory selection committees for Fulbright 

 awards in fine arts and architecture, under the Conference 

 Board of Associated Research Councils. 



Served as one of the judges at the Second Annual Exhibi- 

 tion of Ceramic Art, Kiln Club of Washington, D. C, held 

 at the Smithsonian Institution, National Collection of 

 Fine Arts, on August 28, 1951. 



