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Sciences, Leiden ; Deutsches Museum, Munich ; Museo Nazionale della 

 Scienze e della Tecnica, Milan; and Museo di Storia della Scienze, 

 Florence. He studied exhibit techniques for the display of graphic 

 arts in the print rooms of the Rijksmuseum and the Gemeente Mu- 

 seum, Amsterdam; the Print Cabinet of Boymans Museum, Rotter- 

 dam; the Plantin-Moretus Museum and Prenten Cabinet, Antwerp; 

 the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels ; the Graph- 

 ische Sammlung, Munich ; the Gabinetto dei Desegni e Stampi, Uffizi 

 Gallery, Florence ; and the Gabinetto Nazionale della Stampi, Rome. 

 Most of these institutions serve as research centers for scholars. In the 

 museums featuring decorative arts, such as Die Neue Sammlung, 

 Munich, and the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, contemporary 

 display techniques were employed. 



Edward C. Kendall, associate curator of manufactures and agri- 

 cultural industries, on March 9-10", 1957, examined the Laucks col- 

 lection of farm equipment belonging to the York County Historical 

 Society at Lancaster, Pa., and the Pennsylvania Farm Museum of 

 Landis Valley with a view of locating duplicate equipment suitable 

 for display purposes. An old Pennsylvania plow dating from at least 

 1807 was presented by Daniel G. H. Lesher of Waynesboro, Pa. Ten- 

 tative arrangements for obtaining duplicate examples of farm equip- 

 ment in the possession of the New York State Historical Association 

 at the Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, were made by Mr. Kendall, 

 March 31-April 3, 1957. 



Miss Grace L. Rogers, assistant curator of textiles, studied exhibit 

 techniques and methods of portraying the crafts of primitive man, es- 

 pecially those of spinning and weaving, at the American Museum of 

 Natural History and the exhibit on printing fabrics in the Cooper 

 Union Museum. Effective exhibit techniques were observed in the 

 display of summer and other fabrics at the Salamandre Museum of 

 Textiles and at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Meth- 

 ods of cataloging and storage of textiles utilized in the Textile Study 

 Room of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were particularly instruc- 

 tive. This visit extended from August 27 to 31, 1956. 



At the County Court House, Savannah, Ga., Miss Rogers searched 

 the circuit court records from 1796 to 1812 for information on the 

 trials pertaining to Eli Whitney and the cotton gin. Valuable as- 

 sistance was given by Mrs. Hawes of the Georgia Historical Society. 

 Miss Rogers also examined the textile collections of the Telfair Acad- 

 emy of Arts and Science and the Charleston Museum and the facili- 

 ties for storage of textiles at Colonial Williamsburg, March 11 and 

 16, 1957, and consulted with Arthur E. Wullschleger, New York City, 

 on April 11-12, 1957, regarding the assembly of an old Jacquard loom 

 that he had purchased in France as a gift to the museum. 



