﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  7 
  

  

  since 
  1935. 
  Fourteen 
  miniatures 
  were 
  acquired 
  through 
  the 
  Catherine 
  

   Walden 
  Myer 
  fund. 
  Five 
  paintings 
  were 
  purchased 
  under 
  the 
  Henry 
  

   Ward 
  Ranger 
  bequest; 
  by 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  bequest 
  these 
  are 
  as- 
  

   signed 
  to 
  various 
  art 
  institutions 
  and 
  under 
  certain 
  conditions 
  are 
  

   prospective 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts. 
  Seven 
  

   special 
  exhibitions 
  were 
  held, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Oil 
  paintings, 
  water 
  colors, 
  

   and 
  pastels 
  by 
  Senorita 
  Carmen 
  Madrigal 
  Nieto, 
  of 
  Costa 
  Rica; 
  oil 
  

   paintings 
  by 
  Senorita 
  Pachita 
  Crespi, 
  of 
  Costa 
  Rica; 
  oil 
  paintings 
  

   by 
  Frank 
  C. 
  Kirk, 
  of 
  New 
  York; 
  miniatures 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pennsylvania 
  Society 
  of 
  Miniature 
  Painters 
  ; 
  oil 
  paintings 
  and 
  designs 
  

   by 
  Simon 
  Lissim, 
  of 
  New 
  York; 
  water 
  colors 
  by 
  Leonora 
  Quarterman, 
  

   of 
  Savannah, 
  Ga. 
  ; 
  oil 
  paintings 
  by 
  Walter 
  King 
  Stone, 
  of 
  Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  — 
  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  included 
  Chinese 
  

   bronze, 
  Persian 
  gold, 
  Persian 
  and 
  Indian 
  paintings, 
  Chinese 
  porce- 
  

   lain, 
  and 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Persian 
  pottery. 
  Besides 
  the 
  regular 
  curatorial 
  

   work, 
  the 
  staff 
  devoted 
  much 
  of 
  its 
  time 
  to 
  supplying 
  information 
  to 
  

   war 
  agencies 
  and 
  to 
  translating 
  matter 
  from 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  

   sources, 
  amounting 
  to 
  hundreds 
  of 
  typewritten 
  pages. 
  In 
  addition, 
  

   Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  names 
  on 
  maps 
  of 
  war 
  areas 
  were 
  identified 
  and 
  

   transliterated 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  5,000. 
  The 
  Director 
  gave 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  lectures 
  to 
  Washington 
  school 
  teachers 
  on 
  Chinese 
  culture 
  

   as 
  reflected 
  in 
  the 
  fine 
  arts 
  in 
  furtherance 
  of 
  a 
  plan 
  to 
  disseminate 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  China 
  in 
  the 
  public 
  schools. 
  Visitors 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  

   numbered 
  53,769 
  for 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  12 
  groups 
  were 
  given 
  docent 
  service 
  

   or 
  instruction 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  room. 
  John 
  Ellerton 
  Lodge, 
  Director 
  of 
  

   the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  from 
  its 
  beginning 
  in 
  1920, 
  died 
  on 
  December 
  29, 
  

   1942. 
  Under 
  Mr. 
  Lodge's 
  wise 
  administration 
  was 
  developed 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  Gallery 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  and 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  Oriental 
  fine 
  

   arts. 
  He 
  was 
  succeeded 
  as 
  Director 
  by 
  Archibald 
  G. 
  Wenley, 
  asso- 
  

   ciate 
  in 
  research 
  at 
  the 
  Gallery. 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology. 
  — 
  Activities 
  concerned 
  with 
  the 
  

   other 
  American 
  republics 
  have 
  been 
  emphasized 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  

   a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  has 
  been 
  devoted 
  to 
  war 
  projects. 
  

   Several 
  members 
  have 
  worked 
  nearly 
  full 
  time 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  

   the 
  Ethnogeographic 
  Board 
  in 
  preparing 
  strategic 
  information 
  for 
  

   the 
  Army, 
  Navy, 
  and 
  war 
  agencies. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling, 
  Chief, 
  directed 
  

   the 
  fifth 
  National 
  Geographic-Smithsonian 
  archeological 
  expedition 
  

   to 
  southern 
  Mexico. 
  Excavations 
  at 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  La 
  Venta 
  in 
  southern 
  

   Tabasco 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  construction 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  stone- 
  

   fenced 
  enclosure, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  site. 
  Three 
  rich 
  

   burials 
  contained 
  jade 
  offerings 
  of 
  high 
  quality. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  S 
  wanton 
  

   completed 
  the 
  proofreading 
  of 
  his 
  850-page 
  bulletin 
  entitled 
  "The 
  

   Indians 
  of 
  the 
  Southeastern 
  United 
  States," 
  and 
  did 
  further 
  work 
  

   on 
  the 
  now 
  extinct 
  language 
  of 
  the 
  Timucua 
  Indians 
  of 
  Florida. 
  

  

  