SECRETARY’S REPORT 207 
son consulted with educators of the Fairfax County schools, judged 
art shows at the Hecht Company and at the National Collection of 
Fine Arts, where she also exhibited. She delivered a lecture at the 
National Housing Center. 
LIBRARY 
The most important acquisitions to the Library this year were 621 
books, pamphlets, periodicals, and subscriptions, and 3,610 photo- 
graphs which were purchased from private funds. A total of 34 
books and subscriptions were purchased from Government funds 
made available for this purpose. Gifts to the library included 1,024 
books and pamphlets; 836 books, pamphlets, and periodicals were 
received on exchange from other institutions. More than 490 visits 
were made by other than National Gallery staff to the Library for 
study and research during this year, and approximately 1,600 tele- 
phone requests for information were handled in the Library. 
The Library is the depository for photographs of the works of art 
in the collections of the National Gallery of Art. A stock of repro- 
ductions is maintained for use in research by the curatorial and other 
departments of the Gallery, for dissemination of knowledge to quali- 
fied sources, for exchange with other institutions, and for sale at the 
request of any interested individual. Approximately 5,400 photo- 
graphs were received in the Library and processed for the Library’s 
stock in this fiscal year of 1958. Approximately 1,100 requests were 
handled of which 1,059 orders were actually filled, 8373 by mail and 
686 over the counter. Sales to the general public amounted to 
$1,156.33 covering approximately 1,500 photographs. There were 295 
permits for reproduction of 778 subjects processed in the Library. 
INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN 
The work of the Index continued as usual and in addition included, 
this year, the processing for preservation of some 17,200 renderings. 
Approximately 533 persons studied Index material for research pur- 
poses, and to gather material for publication and design. The circu- 
lation of traveling exhibitions of Index renderings continued during 
the year (see exhibitions) ; and approximately 146 slides were lent 
for lecture and study purposes. 
The curator of the Index continued to take part in the orientation 
program of the USIA personnel, and delivered seven lectures on the 
purpose of the Index and on folk arts and crafts in the United States. 
The curator of the Index is also curator of decorative arts, and in 
that capacity undertook preparation of a guide on “Objects of Medi- 
eval Art.” The work of labeling the Chinese porcelains was also 
begun. 
