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  ANNUAL 
  liEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  194 
  3 
  

  

  PHOTOGRAPHIC 
  DEPARTMENT 
  

  

  Prints 
  totaling 
  11,401, 
  459 
  black-and-white 
  slides, 
  and 
  2,034 
  color 
  

   slides 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  photographic 
  laboratory. 
  The 
  prints 
  

   have 
  been 
  placed 
  on 
  file 
  in 
  the 
  library, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  for 
  sale 
  and 
  

   for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Gallery 
  staff. 
  The 
  slides 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  avail- 
  

   able 
  for 
  the 
  staff 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  public 
  lectures 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   Gallery 
  and 
  have 
  likewise 
  been 
  lent 
  to 
  lecturers 
  outside 
  the 
  Gallery 
  

   and 
  to 
  other 
  galleries. 
  

  

  OTHER 
  GIFTS 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  gifts 
  to 
  the 
  Gallery 
  of 
  plants 
  for 
  the 
  

   garden 
  courts; 
  also 
  certain 
  expenses 
  were 
  paid 
  by 
  others 
  on 
  behalf 
  

   of 
  the 
  Gallery, 
  the 
  donors 
  being 
  Mrs. 
  William 
  Corcoran 
  Eustis, 
  

   David 
  E. 
  Finley, 
  Dumbarton 
  Oaks 
  Research 
  Library 
  and 
  Collection 
  

   of 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  Life 
  magazine, 
  The 
  A. 
  W. 
  Mellon 
  Edu- 
  

   cational 
  and 
  Charitable 
  Trust, 
  and 
  the 
  Toledo 
  Museum 
  of 
  Art. 
  

   Gifts 
  of 
  money 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Gallery 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  

   Florence 
  Becker, 
  Maj. 
  Curtis 
  Bryan, 
  Chester 
  Dale, 
  Mrs. 
  William 
  

   Corcoran 
  Eustis, 
  David 
  E. 
  Finley, 
  Mrs. 
  David 
  E. 
  Finley, 
  Sr., 
  S. 
  R. 
  

   Guggenheim, 
  Samuel 
  H. 
  Kress 
  and 
  Samuel 
  H. 
  Kress 
  Foundation, 
  

   Lt. 
  Paul 
  Mellon, 
  Mrs. 
  Stephen 
  S. 
  Pichetto, 
  Donald 
  D. 
  Shepard, 
  

   Mrs. 
  Gertrude 
  Clarke 
  Whittall, 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  Widener, 
  Avalon 
  Founda- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  The 
  A. 
  W. 
  Mellon 
  Educational 
  and 
  Charitable 
  Trust. 
  

  

  AUDIT 
  OF 
  PRIVATE 
  FUNDS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GALLERY 
  

  

  An 
  audit 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  private 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  Gallery 
  for 
  

   the 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1943, 
  by 
  Price, 
  Waterhouse 
  & 
  Co., 
  a 
  nation- 
  

   ally 
  known 
  firm 
  of 
  public 
  accountants, 
  and 
  the 
  certificate 
  of 
  that 
  

   company 
  on 
  its 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  accounting 
  records 
  maintained 
  for 
  

   such 
  funds 
  has 
  been 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  Gallery. 
  

   Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  F. 
  L. 
  Belin, 
  Acting 
  President. 
  

   Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

   Secretary, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  