SECRETARY’S REPORT 121 
1958 
March 11. Dr. Ettinghausen, at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 
Israel, ‘‘Characteristic Features of Mughal Paintings.” 
Attendance, 45. 
April 1. Dr. Pope, in New York City, to members of the American 
Oriental Society, ‘‘Chinese Remains in Sarawak.” Attend- 
ance, 75. 
April 3. Mr. Stern, at China House, New York, ‘Japanese Painting 
as Represented by the Hauge Collection.”” Attendance, 40. 
May 1. Mrs. Usilton, in Charleston, 8.C., to the Librarians’ Section 
of the American Association of Museums, ‘‘What’s New 
in Museum Libraries.’”? Attendance, 30. 
May 2. Mr. Gettens, in Charleston, 8.C., to the Art Technical! 
Section of the American Association of Museums, ‘‘Examin- 
ing Tables.”’ Attendance, 50. 
May 2. Miss Elisabeth West, in Charleston, 8.C., to the Art Tech- 
nical Section of the American Association of Museums, 
‘‘Cross-Sections of Layered structures in Polyester Resin.”’ 
Attendance, 50. 
May 14. Mr. Gettens, to the Abracadabra Club, Bethesda, Md., 
“Adventure in Color.’”’ Attendance, 20. 
Mrs. Usilton attended the two sessions of the Regional Catalogers 
and Classifiers meeting of the American Libraries Association at the 
Folger Library, Washington, D.C. Members of the staff traveled 
outside Washington on official business as follows: 
1957 
July 1- Mr. Stern in the Far East. 
December 23. 
July 1-3. Mr. Gettens, in Boston, visited the Museum of Fine Arts, 
where he examined 10 Far Eastern objects; and the 
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where he examined 
1 Far Eastern object; and in Cambridge, Mass., visited 
the Fogg Art Museum where he examined 1 Far Eastern 
object. 
August 26- Mr. Wenley attended meetings of the International Con- 
November 12. gress of Orientalists in Munich, Germany. 
September 13. Miss Elisabeth West, in Baltimore, visited the Walters 
Art Gallery where she examined 96 pieces of jade and 
sampled 17. 
September 30- Dr. Ettinghausen, in New York, visited various dealers 
October 4. and museums and examined 155 Near Hastern objects. 
October 15. Dr. Ettinghausen, in Baltimore, visited the Baltimore 
Museum of Art, where he examined 3 pieces of Turkish 
pottery, 4 pieces of Persian pottery, and 1 piece of 
Hispano-Moresque pottery. 
October 24-26. Dr. Pope, in New York, visited various dealers and museums 
and examined 80 Japanese prints and 35 miscellaneous 
Far Eastern objects. 
