REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 23 



THE NATIONAL GALLERY REFERENCE LIBRARY 



The work of reorganization in the Ubrary has been continued with 

 the services of one full-time assistant ; from the first week in December 

 until the middle of February additional assistance was given by a 

 part-time C. W. A. worker. Catalogmg and classifying has been con- 

 tinued, and considerable time has been given to book selection and 

 ordering, to transferring publications, to checldng missing parts in 

 serial publications, to reference work, and to the making of bibli- 

 ographies on subjects pertaining to art. 



The collection has been increased by over 700 publications. 



OTHER ACTIVITIES 



The Harriet Lane Johnston collection, which has been shown with 

 other miscellaneous works of art, now occupies a smaller gallery by 

 itself. 



A selection of early and contemporary American miniatures were 

 on exhibition. 



Two cases of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean porcelains from the 

 Alfred Duane Pell and H. Foster Bain collections were arranged for 

 display in the Ralph Cross Johnson Room. 



The acting director was detailed to Chicago from July 21 to August 

 19, 1933, to study the art collections at the Century of Progress 

 Exposition, 1933, and to visit and examine the various art museums 

 and galleries en route. Galleries were visited at Pittsburgh, Pa.; 

 Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, and Notre 

 Dame University, South Bend, Ind.; Chicago, 111.; Muskegon, Grand 

 Rapids, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Detroit, Mich.; Toledo, Cleveland, 

 and Youngstown, Ohio; Buffalo, Rochester, and Elmira, N. Y.; and 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



In preparation for an exhibition in the National Gallery of mini- 

 atures by Charles Fraser, which was being shown at the Gibbes 

 Memorial Art Gallery, Charleston, S. C, the acting director was 

 detailed from February 12 to March 3, 1934, to visit Charleston for 

 the purpose of examining and studying the collection there, and 

 arranging for the shipment to Wasliington of such of the miniatures 

 as were available through courtesy of their owners. Visits were 

 made to points farther south, examining galleries and museums at 

 Savannah, Ga.; Sarasota, Orlando, and St. Augustine, Fla. 



PUBLICATIONS 



ToLMAN, R. p. Report on the National Gallery of Art for the year ending 

 June 30, 1933. Appendix 1, Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution for the year ending June 30. 1933, pp. 13-21. 



