Report on the National Collection of Fine 
Arts 
Sirs: I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 
ties of the National Collection of Fine Arts for the fiscal year ended 
June 30, 1958. 
SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION 
The 35th annual meeting of the Smithsonian Art Commission was 
held in the Regents Room of the Smithsonian Building on Wednes- 
day, December 4, 1957. Members present were Paul Manship, chair- 
man; Robert Woods Bliss, vice chairman; Leonard Carmichael, sec- 
retary ; Gilmore D. Clarke, David E. Finley, Lioyd Goodrich, Walker 
Hancock, Bartlett Hayes, Charles Sawyer, Stow Wengenroth, and 
Archibald G. Wenley. Thomas M. Beggs, Director, National Col- 
lection of Fine Aris, was also present. 
A resolution on the death of Mahonri M. Young, a member of the 
Commission since 1933 to the time of his death November 2, 1957, 
was submitted and unanimously adopted. 
Dr. Finley, chairman of the executive committee, reported that 
this committee had met on October 30, 1957. The executive commit- 
tee, acting as a nominating committee, recommended the following 
actions, which were accepted by the Commission for recommendation 
to the Board of Regents: 
Reappointment of Robert Woods Bliss and George Hewitt Myers 
for the usual 4-year period. 
Election to the Commission of Henry P. Mcllhenny, to fill the 
vacancy caused by the resignation of John Nicholas Brown, and of 
Ogden Pleissner, to fill that caused by the death of Mahonri M. 
Young. 
Reelection of officers: Paul Manship, chairman; Robert Woods 
Bliss, vice chairman; and Leonard Carmichael, secretary. 
Election of the executive committee: David E. Finley, chairman; 
Robert Woods Bliss, Archibald G. Wenley, and Gilmore D. Clarke, 
with Leonard Carmichael and Paul Manship, ex officio. 
Congressional bills and their effect upon the National Collection 
of Fine Arts and priorities in the Smithsonian building program 
were discussed. 
95 
