1958 
July 1-3. 
July 7. 
July 17-18. 
September 3-11. 
September 11. 
September 12. 
September 12. 
September 13-15. 
September 15. 
September 15-17. 
September 15-18. 
October 11-22. 
October 22. 
October 23-25. 
October 23-25. 
SECRETARY’S REPORT 137 
Mr. Stern, in New York City with Dr. George Switzer of the 
U. §. National Museum, examined the Vetlesen jade 
collection, and arranged for transportation as a gift to the 
Smithsonian Institution. 
Mr. Gettens, with Dr. Harold Plenderleith of the British 
Museum, London, England, visited the Mellon Institute, 
Pittsburgh, Pa., where Dr. Robert Feller showed them 
installations. 
Mr. Gettens, with Dr. Harold Plenderleith, attended the 
Seminar on Museum Science at the Winterthur Museum, 
Winterthur, Del. 
Dr. Cahill, in Aspen, Colo., attended the ‘‘Conference on 
Chinese Thought.” 
Mr. Wenley, in Ann Arbor, Mich., conferred with the Freer 
Fund Committee, head of the art department, and editors 
at the University of Michigan. 
Dr. Ettinghausen, in Baltimore, Md., examined Near East- 
ern manuscripts and miniatures in the Baltimore Museum 
of Art. 
Dr. Cahill, in Chicago, Ill., examined Chinese paintings at 
the Art Institute of Chicago. 
Dr. Cahill, in New York City, examined objects at dealers. 
Dr. Pope, in Baltimore, Md., examined one Japanese sculp- 
ture in the Baltimore Museum of Art. 
Mr. Stern, in Ann Arbor, Mich., consulted with Doctoral 
Committee at the University of Michigan. 
Mr. Gettens, in Boston, Mass., attended a Seminar on Appli- 
cation of Science in Examination of Works of Art at the 
Museum of Fine Arts; participated in the ceremonies to 
honor Edward Waldo Forbes, director emeritus of the 
Fogg Art Museum, on his 85th birthday. 
Dr. Ettinghausen, in Cleveland, Ohio, examined Rajasthani 
miniatures belonging to G. K. Kanoria, Calcutta, India, 
exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art; examined 
Mughal, Rajasthani, and Pahari miniatures in a private 
collection; examined and photographed 4 Mughal minia- 
tures in the Cleveland Museum of Art; in Ann Arbor, 
Mich., examined 40 pieces of pottery in the Museum of 
Art, University of Michigan; examined 1 Persian manu- 
script and photographed 3 Persian miniatures in a private 
collection; in Detroit, Mich., examined 1 Indian miniature 
and 1 Egyptian ceremonial mace in the Detroit Institute 
of Art. 
Mr. Gettens and Miss Elisabeth H. West, in Upton, Long 
Island, N.Y., visited Brookhaven National Laboratory 
where technical matters were discussed with Dr. E. V. 
Sayre, and other members of the Chemistry Department. 
Dr. Pope, in New York City, examined 30 objects at dealers. 
Attended a meeting of the American Council of Learned 
Societies, Committee on Asia. 
Mr. Gettens, in Brooklyn, N.Y., attended a ‘‘Conference on 
Conservation” at the Brooklyn Museum. Served as 
a member of the ad hoc committee on Resolutions for 
Exploratory Conference on Conservation. 
