116 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1958 
There were 2,253 visitors to the office for the following purposes: 
Hor;general informa tion®==— =e eee 911 
Totsubmit objects: forexamination= se.) eee 434 
Tovstudy in library 2202 0s Ss ee ee ee a ee ee ee 439 
To see wstafi Members 22 22255 a ee ee ee eee 180 
To take photographs in court or exhibition galleries_________________ 117 
Toysee building, and jinstallations==Ss2—2 2 eee 26 
TOVEXAMINELOL DOLLO Ws SIGeg =e ee eee 23 
‘To_ sketch in‘ galleries s= = 22 tife 2 ee ee ee 10 
To see objects in storage: 
AMEOPICAN QT Gs es eRe ee Sd ee ee 2 Oe 26 
Armenian, Byzantine, iGreek MSS; etel=2 23. eee 2 
Christianvart (Washing tonuMiSS:)ieses- 2 oe eee 45 
Far Hastern jade, lacquer, wood, ivory, etc_-____________________ 23 
Kar Hastern= metalwork: 222 23252 2 ee eee 82 
Rar bastern: paintings: == 2-22 se eee 97 
Mar’ Wastern pottery. 22. eee es ee eee 61 
Near Eastern glass, bookbindings, ete-__-.__________.___________ 8 
Near, Hastern metalwork: <= 223s se eee 5 
Near Hasternopaintin gs! ee Bee ee 20 
Near Hastern spotterys 22222 = eee ee ee eee 8 
AUDITORIUM 
The series of illustrated lectures was continued as follows: 
1957 
October 8. Dr. John Alexander Pope, Assistant Director, Freer Gallery 
of Art. ‘Ceramic Finds in the Far East.’”’ Attendance, 
222. 
November 5. Dr. John D. Cooney, Curator of Egyptology, Brooklyn 
Museum. “Adventures in Collecting.” Attendance, 108. 
1958 
January 7. Harold P. Stern, Associate in Japanese Art, Freer Gallery of 
Art. ‘‘The Korean Imperial Treasures.’ Attendance, 165. 
February 11. Dr. Jane Mahler, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Columbia 
University. ‘‘The Glory of Medieval Burma.” Attend- 
ance, 173. 
March 11. Dr. Charles K. Wilkinson, Curator, Ancient Near Eastern 
Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art. ‘‘Achaemenian Art: 
The Art of a Persian Empire.” Attendance, 175. 
April 15. W. G. Archer, Keeper, Indian Section, Victoria and Albert 
Museum, London. “The Loves of Krishna.” Attend- 
ance, 166. 
Outside organizations used the auditorium as follows: 
1957 
August 13. The United States Department of Agriculture held a meeting 
of 4-H Club representatives. Attendance, 220. 
November 19. The United States Department of Agriculture held a meeting 
of the Commodity Stabilization Service, Sugar Division. 
Attendance, 311. 
November 20. The United States Department of Agriculture held an all-day 
meeting of the Federal Extension Service. Attendance, 
255. 
