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larly in the Print Department of the William Rockhill Nelson Gal- 
lery of Art. He visited New York between March 22 and 28, 1959, 
to check data for his study of John Baptist Jackson, to study the 
work of Hendrick Golzius, and to select prints for possible purchase 
for the new Museum of History and Technology. Mr. Kainen visited 
the New York Public Library, the Frick Art Reference Library, and 
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Between May 20 and 24, 1959, he 
made a trip to Sarasota, Fla., to gather further background data in 
connection with his research project on Golzius. An extended visit 
to the Ringling Museum permitted Mr. Kainen to study the largest 
collection of baroque art in this country and to note its international 
influences. 
Alexander J. Wedderburn, associate curator of photography, visited 
New York City between May 27 and 29, 1959, to discuss material for 
exhibit in the Museum of History and Technology with a number of 
manufacturers and distributors. 
Fuller O. Griffith, assistant curator of graphic arts, spent 3 days in 
New York in November 1958, carrying out research for his catalog 
of lithographs of the American artist Childe Hassam (1859-19385). 
He visited the Knoedler, Kennedy, and Weyhe galleries, where he ex- 
amined numerous prints by Hassam, as well as the Grand Central Art 
Galleries, the New York Historical Society, the Pierpont Morgan 
Library, and the New York Public Library, where there is a large 
body of Hassam’s lithographs. 
Rudolph G. Morris, museum aide, division of graphic arts, visited 
the Rochester, N.Y., Museum of Arts and Sciences in January 1959 to 
discuss with staff members the role of photography and the Museum’s 
audiovisual program. Extending his visit to Holyoke, Mass., he made 
an extensive tour of inspection of the facilities of the Technifax Corp. 
and discussed research facilities with members of the staff. 
The head curator of civil history, Dr. Anthony N. B. Garvan, made 
several trips to institutions and other organizations in the eastern half 
of the country in connection with his historical studies. In July he 
visited the Marine Historical Association in Mystic, Conn., where he 
discussed with staff members the possibility of acquiring objects relat- 
ing to marine industry for exhibit in the Growth of America Hall. In 
October he went to St. Louis, Mo., where he spent some time with 
the National Park Service, selecting structural and decorative iron 
from the vast accumulation preserved by that Service. At Williams- 
burg, Va., Dr. Garvan visited the Information Center in February 
1959, and examined new exhibits and material of possible value to the 
Smithsonian Institution. He viewed a superb series of plaster models 
of houses showing their outline and linking them with horizontal 
photographs and labels. He also examined a complete archeological 
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