SECRETARY’S REPORT ilk 
April 10, 1959, Mr. Kendall made a western trip to examine certain 
pieces of farm machinery. In Detroit he visited the Henry Ford 
Museum, which has a large collection of machinery including an early 
mowing or reaping machine made by Enoch Ambler. In Omaha 
he was much impressed by the Joslyn Art Museum, where he saw 
good examples of ingenuity in producing effective exhibits at rela- 
tively low cost. In California he visited the Caterpillar Tractor Co. 
near San Francisco and the Holt Brothers in Stockton, examining 
machinery of potential use in Smithsonian exhibits. 
With the intention of examining and perhaps acquiring examples 
of electrical equipment for the Smithsonian Institution, W. James 
King, acting curator of electricity, made several field trips. In July 
1958 he visited Cornell University to study Anthony’s dynamo and 
a Westinghouse alternator of the late 1880’s. In Pittsfield, Mass., 
he visited the General Electric Co. to examine William Stanley’s 
papers in the Stanley Library and to see the Stanley transformer at 
the Crane Museum, and at Housatonic, Mass., the site of Stanley’s 
pioneer a.c. power installation. In September Mr. King discussed 
the new Hall of Electricity with several officials of the American 
Telephone & Telegraph Co. Visits to the General Electric Research 
Laboratory, the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and the 
Westinghouse Electric Co. in Pittsburgh, Pa., were productive of 
ideas for new exhibits for the Smithsonian Institution. Between 
February 2 and 8, 1959, Mr. King made a tour of various institutions 
in New England and New York to gain information regarding 
equipment in connection with the history of radio. 
George B. Griffenhagen, curator of medical sciences, made several 
field trips to museums and pharmaceutical houses throughout the 
Eastern States, traveling to Chicago, Missouri, and Wisconsin. He 
investigated several health museums to obtain ideas that might be 
useful in planning details of new exhibits for the Museum of History 
and Technology. Mr. Griffenhagen’s most extended trip took him 
to England, Spain, Italy, and Belgium, between August 14 and Sep- 
tember 16, 1958. The primary purpose of the trip was to attend the 
17th general assembly of the International Pharmaceutical Federa- 
tion, held in Brussels. Included was an all-day meeting of the World 
Union of Pharmaceutical Historical Societies, during which Mr. 
Griffenhagen presented a paper on “The Equipment of the Early 
American Pharmacy.” He also visited the Brussels Universal Ex- 
hibition. In Spain, and also in Italy, he saw some outstanding col- 
lections of pharmaceutical antiquities and apothecary shop and al- 
chemical laboratory restorations. 
Between November 17 and 21, 1958, Dr. John B. Blake, associate 
curator of medical sciences, studied the clinical amphitheater at the 
