REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 63 
To see objects in storage—Continued. 
Oriental pottery, jade, bronze, lacquer, bamboo__--_-- 102 
Gold treasure and Byzantine objects_--___-----_--___- 4 
Atlesculpture Sas sess Set Sie Eee es 9 
Syrian-and: other glassii 22 sees ae eee eee q 
— 323 
DOCENT SERVICE, LECTURES, MEETINGS 
By request, 11 groups met in the exhibition galleries for instruction 
by staff members. Total attendance, 226. 
Mrs. Usilton, librarian, gave three talks on indexing before the 
editors and indexers of the Dewey Decimal Classification System at 
the Library of Congress, October 23, 26, 30, 1945. 
The Freer Gallery of Art auditorium was used for two meetings as 
follows: 
January 12, 1946__The East-West Institute for Librarians. Attendance_. 228 
The Director of the Gallery opened the meeting with a brief address 
of welcome. 
May 18, 1946__The Art Technical Section of the American Association 
Of Museums a7 cAtten Gan Ces aa ae ee eee 150 
Members of the staff traveled outside of Washington for profes- 
sional purposes as follows: 
November 18-16, 1945___ Mr. Wenley examined objects at various dealers in New 
York and attended an evening meeting of the trustees 
of the Textile Museum of Washington. 
December 18, 1945______ Miss Guest and Dr. Ettinghausen spent the day at the 
Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore studying Near East- 
ern collections. 
February 1, 1946____---_ Miss Guest spent the day at the University Museum in 
Philadelphia studying Near Hastern manuscripts. 
March 13, 1946____.___- Mr. Wenley spent the day at Princeton University at- 
tending a meeting with Professor Rowley regarding 
Princeton University Bicentennial, April 1-3, 1947. 
April 17-18, 1946_______ Dr. Ettinghausen at Princeton University to see Prof. 
Ernst Herzfeld regarding gift of the Herzfeld Archive 
to the Smithsonian Institution for deposit in, and 
under the direction of, the Freer Gallery of Art. 
May 31—June 24, 1946___ Dr. Ettinghausen at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 
to do editorial work on Ars Islamica. 
June 12-14, 1946________ Mrs. Usilton attended annual convention of Special 
Libraries Association in Boston. 
PERSONNEL 
Isabel I. Mayer was appointed assistant in research August 1. 
William R. B. Acker reported for duty December 8, as associate in 
languages, after serving with the Office of War Information since 
