138 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1959 
1958 
November 1. 
November 3-4, 
November 8-11. 
November 20-26. 
December 8-10. 
1959 
February 1-24, 
February 11. 
February 16-26. 
February 16-27. 
February 18-20. 
March 17-22. 
April 8-12. 
April 8-14. 
Mrs. Usilton and Mrs. Hogenson, in Baltimore, Md., at- 
tended an all-day meeting of Regional Catalogers of 
Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia at the 
Peabody Institute. 
Dr. Ettinghausen, in Baltimore, Md., examined 1 Christian- 
Arab dagger, 1 Turkish box, 1 Moroccan dagger, 4 
Indian manuscripts, and 10 Indian miniatures in the 
Walters Art Gallery; did research work in their library. 
Mr. Stern, in New York City, examined 141 objects at 
dealers. Looked at the collections of the Museum of 
Modern Art; examined 30 pieces of Japanese porcelain 
and 1 Japanese painting at the Metropolitan Museum 
of Art. 
Dr. Cahill, in New York City, examined 30 Chinese paint- 
ings in private collections, and 88 objects at dealers. 
Dr. Cahill, in Boston and Cambridge, Mass., examined 86 
Chinese paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, and 24 
Chinese paintings at the Fogg Art Museum. 
Mr. Stern, in Los Angeles, Calif., examined 50 Far Eastern 
objects in the Los Angeles County Museum, and 62 
objects in private collections; in San Diego, examined 60 
Japanese objects in the Museum of Art; in Santa Barbara, 
examined 145 Chinese and Japanese objects in the 
Museum of Art, and 215 Far Eastern objects in private 
collections; in San Francisco, examined 40 Indian paint- 
ings at the De Young Memorial Museum, 406 objects 
belonging to various dealers, and 457 Far Eastern objects 
in private collections. In Kansas City, examined 207 
Far Eastern objects in the William Rockhill Nelson 
Gallery of Art, and 35 Indian bronzes in a private col- 
lection. In Chicago, examined 43 Far Eastern objects 
in the Art Institute of Chicago, and 25 Japanese paintings 
in private collections. 
Dr. Ettinghausen, in Baltimore, Md., examined objects in 
the Walters Art Gallery. 
Mr. Gettens, in Upton, Long Island, N.Y., continued the 
spectrographie analysis of Chinese bronzes begun last 
year at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. 
Miss Elisabeth H. West, in Upton, Long Island, N.Y., 
continued the spectrographic analysis of Chinese bronzes 
begun last year at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. 
Dr. Ettinghausen, in New York City, examined objects at 
dealers. 
Dr. Cahill, in Cambridge, Mass., examined 12 Far Eastern 
paintings at the Fogg Art Museum, and 41 paintings in 
private collections; in Boston, examined 17 paintings at 
the Museum of Fine Arts. 
Dr. Pope, in Ann Arbor, Mich., attended a meeting of the 
American Oriental Society; examined 100 objects in the 
University Museum of Anthropology. 
Dr. Ettinghausen, in Ann Arbor, Mich., attended a meeting 
of the American Oriental Society; examined 155 Persian 
objects and 20 transparencies of Persian miniatures at a 
special exhibition in the Museum of the Near East. 
