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National Gallery of Art. — Three special exhibitions were held during 

 the year, one of works by Negro artists, another of miniatures by 

 Charles Eraser, and the third of water colors of the American Navy. 

 by Lt. Arthur E. Beaumont, U. S. N. R. A number of art works 

 were accessioned during the year subject to transfer to the Gallery 

 if approved by the National Gallery of Art Commission. Under the 

 fund established by the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Mjer, 

 three miniatures were purchased for the Gallery, A descriptive 

 catalog was prepared of necklaces, jewels, and other miscellaneous 

 art objects contained in the Gellatly Collection, and a translation 

 was made of the Salmony Catalog of the Chinese glass in the same 

 collection. 



Freer Gallery oj Art. — The year's additions to the collection include 

 an example of Arabic bookbinding, Chinese bronzes, Chinese and 

 Persian ceramics, Arabic glass, Chinese gold work, an Armenian 

 manuscript, and Chinese, East Christian (Byzantine), Indian, and 

 Persian paintings. Curatorial work was devoted to the study of 

 Armenian, Cliinese, Japanese, Arabic, and Persian texts associated 

 with recent acquisitions. During the year 708 objects and 433 photo- 

 graphs of objects were submitted to the Curator for an opinion as to 

 their identity, provenance, and historical or esthetic value. Visitors 

 totaled 117,363, and 68 groups were given docent service. The 

 Gallery's field expedition in China was recalled, as present conditions 

 there render cooperative archeological work practically impossible. 

 The expedition has to its credit, however, a moderate amount of 

 positive scientific achievement, as shown by the results of its surveys 

 and excavations. 



Bureau oj American Ethnology. — Under the C. W. A. relief program 

 a number of archeological investigations were conducted under the 

 direction of the scientific staff of the Bureau. In Florida, mounds 

 and habitation sites were excavated near Bradenton, on Perico Island, 

 at several points on the east coast, and in the vicinity of Lake Okee- 

 chobee. In Georgia, a large mound group was excavated near Macon. 

 In Tennessee, work was done on mounds in Shiloh National Militarj^ 

 Park. In California, archeological excavations were undertaken at 

 Buena Vista Lake, Kern County. Besides employing large numbers 

 of men, these projects resulted in the amassing of a considerable 

 amount of new information on the Indian cultures of the regions 

 involved. Members of the staff also carried on other archeological 

 investigations in Georgia and Arizona, field studies of the California 

 Indians, linguistic studies, and further researches on the Iroquois 

 tribes. 



International Exchanges. — In the official exchange with other coun- 

 tries of governmental and scientific documents, the exchange service 

 handled during the year a total of 675,980 packages, weighing 624,741 



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