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Two oil paintings, The Woodland Way, and Joyous Childhood, by 
William Baxter Closson, lent to the civilian medical division, War 
Department, were returned November 21, 1945. 
THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 
No. 115. Wreck at Lobster Cove, by Andrew Winter, N. A. (1893- ), pur- 
chased in 1940 by the council of the National Academy of Design from the fund 
provided by the Henry Ward Ranger bequest, was assigned by the council to 
the Winchester Public Library, Winchester, Mass., December 7, 1945. 
The following two paintings were recalled for action on the part of 
the Smithsonian Art Commission, in accordance with the provision 
in the Ranger bequest. The Smithsonian Art Commission decided not 
to accept the paintings and they were returned to the museums to 
which they were originally assigned: 
No. 61. Woodland Nymph, by Douglas Volk, N. A. (1856-1935), assigned 
to the Atlanta Art Association and High Museum of Art, May 16, 1927. 
No. 67. A Long Island Garden, by Childe Hassam, N. A. (1859-1935), assigned 
to the Kansas City Art Institute, February 27, 1929. 
THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS REFERENCE LIBRARY 
A total of 414 publications (277 volumes and 137 pamphlets) were 
accessioned. This number includes 152 volumes and 36 pamphlets 
purchased, the priced auction catalogs of the Parke-Bernet Galleries 
accounting for 33 volumes and 30 pamphlets. The other accessions 
were publications received by exchange, gift, or transfer, with the 
exception of 72 volumes of periodicals which were returned from the 
bindery. This year’s additions brought the total library accessions 
to 10,134. 
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 
July 3 through October 9, 1945.—An oil painting, John Barrymore 
as Hamlet, by John Slavin, of Richmond, Va., was shown in Gallery 2. 
October 8 through 28, 1945—The Hon. William D. Pawley col- 
lection of 27 portraits of “Flying Tigers,” by Raymond P. R. Neil- 
son, N. A., was sponsored by the Chinese Ambassador to the United 
States, Dr. Wei Tao-Ming. Catalog was privately printed. 
October 7 through 28, 1945.—Exhibition of sculptures by Genaro 
Amador Lira, of Nicaragua, consisting of 11 large pieces, 16 minia- 
ture figures carved in wood and ivory and 1 cast in silver, was spon- 
sored by the Pan American Union. A catalog was published by 
the Pan American Union. 
October 8 through 28, 1945.—Twenty portraits of members of the 
Lafayette Escadrille, and a few other Americans who fought in 
