APPENDIX 3 
REPORT ON THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
Sm: I have the honor to submit the following report on the activities 
of the National Collection of Fine Arts for the fiscal year ended June 
30, 1944: 
APPROPRIATIONS 
For the administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts by 
the Smithsonian Institution, including compensation of necessary em- 
ployees, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, traveling 
expenses, and other necessary incidental expenses, $17,486 was allot- 
ted, of which $6,364.74 was expended in connection with the care and 
maintenance of the Freer Gallery of Art, a unit of the National Collec- 
tion of Fine Arts. The balance was spent for the care and upkeep 
of the National Collection of Fine Arts, nearly all of this sum being 
required for the payment of salaries, traveling expenses, purchase 
of books and periodicals, and necessary disbursements for the care 
of the collection. 
THE SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION 
Owing to crowded transportation conditions and lack of proper 
hotel facilities, it was decided to omit again the December annual 
meeting of the Smithsonian Art Commission. Several proffered gifts 
of art works have been deposited with the National Collection of Fine 
Arts to be passed upon at the next meeting of the Commission. 
The Commission lost one member by death during the year. Dr. 
Frederick P. Keppel, a member of the Commission since 1932, died 
September 8, 1943. 
THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 
Four miniatures, water color on ivory, were acquired from the fund 
established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Myer, 
as follows: 
42. “Charles Carroll,” by Henry Inman (1801-1846); from Mrs. Dora Lee 
Curtis, Arlington, Va. 
43. “William E. Dickson,” by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) ; from Mrs. J. J. 
Hooper, Washington, D. C. 
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