﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  33 
  

  

  Gallery's 
  guard 
  force 
  and 
  under 
  supervision 
  and 
  inspection 
  by 
  a 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  curatorial 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  Gallery. 
  

  

  EDUCATIONAL 
  PROGRAM 
  

  

  The 
  attendance 
  (97,000) 
  for 
  the 
  educational 
  program 
  was 
  double 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  (47,000). 
  

  

  The 
  Gallery 
  tours 
  of 
  the 
  collection, 
  conducted 
  twice 
  daily, 
  Mon- 
  

   day 
  through 
  Friday, 
  and 
  once 
  on 
  Saturday, 
  have 
  been 
  supplemented 
  

   by 
  tours 
  for 
  service 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  on 
  Saturdays. 
  In 
  addition 
  

   to 
  these 
  tours, 
  slide 
  lectures 
  on 
  the 
  collection, 
  given 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  

   the 
  curatorial 
  and 
  educational 
  departments, 
  were 
  continued, 
  and 
  

   more 
  than 
  22,000 
  persons 
  attended 
  the 
  consistently 
  popular 
  feature, 
  

   the 
  "Picture 
  of 
  the 
  Week," 
  a 
  10-minute 
  discussion 
  of 
  single 
  paintings. 
  

  

  New 
  features 
  introduced 
  by 
  the 
  department 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  

   included 
  film 
  lectures, 
  music 
  lectures, 
  and 
  noon-hour 
  concerts 
  of 
  re- 
  

   corded 
  music, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  well 
  attended. 
  

  

  Changes 
  in 
  personnel 
  due 
  to 
  wartime 
  conditions 
  placed 
  unusual 
  

   responsibilities 
  and 
  added 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  

   and 
  because 
  of 
  this 
  increased 
  pressure 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  possible 
  for 
  the 
  edu- 
  

   cational 
  staff 
  to 
  assume 
  extra 
  assignments. 
  The 
  following 
  projects, 
  

   however, 
  were 
  completed 
  : 
  cataloging 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  approximately 
  

   3,500 
  slides; 
  preparation 
  of 
  manuscripts 
  for 
  lectures 
  on 
  the 
  Gallery 
  

   for 
  the 
  Federation 
  of 
  Women's 
  Clubs; 
  slide 
  lecture 
  on 
  the 
  Gallery, 
  

   for 
  circulation 
  by 
  the 
  American 
  Federation 
  of 
  Arts; 
  various 
  articles 
  

   for 
  publication 
  in 
  art 
  magazines; 
  and 
  the 
  planning 
  and 
  supervision 
  

   of 
  the 
  motion 
  picture 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  This 
  motion 
  

   picture 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  June 
  1943, 
  by 
  the 
  Gallery 
  staff 
  in 
  coopera- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Strategic 
  Services. 
  Accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  special 
  

   musical 
  score 
  and 
  commentary, 
  the 
  film 
  includes 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   terior 
  and 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  air-conditioning 
  and 
  lighting 
  

   equipment, 
  and 
  a 
  color 
  sequence 
  showing 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  outstanding 
  

   works 
  of 
  art 
  on 
  exhibition. 
  It 
  is 
  expected 
  that 
  the 
  film 
  will 
  be 
  

   widely 
  circulated 
  among 
  educational 
  institutions 
  and 
  the 
  general 
  

   public 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  and 
  abroad. 
  

  

  LIBRARY 
  

  

  A 
  total 
  of 
  746 
  books 
  and 
  106 
  pamphlets 
  and 
  periodicals 
  were 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  the 
  Gallery; 
  33 
  books 
  and 
  110 
  pamphlets 
  and 
  periodicals 
  

   were 
  purchased 
  by 
  the 
  Gallery; 
  472 
  photographs 
  and 
  drawings 
  were 
  

   presented 
  as 
  gifts; 
  27 
  books 
  and 
  316 
  pamphlets 
  and 
  periodicals 
  were 
  

   acquired 
  through 
  exchange; 
  1 
  film 
  was 
  presented 
  as 
  a 
  gift, 
  and 
  22 
  

   subscriptions 
  to 
  periodicals 
  were 
  made. 
  

  

  