SECRETARY'S REPORT 
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Index of American Design.—During the fiscal year 1949 exhibitions 
from this collection were shown at the following places: 
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 
Western Reserve Historical Society, 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
Shaker Village Work Camp, Pittsfield, 
Mass. 
New York State Historical Association, 
Cooperstown, N. Y. 
Damariscotta Information Bureau, 
Damariscotta, Maine. 
University of ‘Tennessee, 
Tenn. 
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, 
Wis. 
City Art Museum, St. Louis, Mo. 
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kan- 
sas City, Mo. 
Munson- Williams-Proctor Institute, 
Utica, N. Y. 
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. 
Mint Museum, Charlotte, N. C. 
Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Ala. 
Knoxville, 
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, 
Na ¥2 
University of Oklahoma, Norman, 
Okla. 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 
Mich. 
North Carolina College, Durham, N. C. 
Art Institute, Zanesville, Ohio. 
Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. 
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, 
N. H. 
Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. 
Brown University, Providence, R. I. 
Fort Valley State College, Fort Valley, 
Ga. 
Washington College, Chestertown, Md. 
Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pa. 
Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical 
College, Tallahassee, Fla. 
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine. 
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. 
Young Playways, Inc., Washington, 
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Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 
Prairie View University, Prairie View, 
Tex. 
University of North Dakota, Grand 
Forks, N. Dak. 
American University, Washington, D. C. 
Rockford Art Association, Rockford, II. 
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Va. 
Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and 
Normal College, Pine Bluff, Ark. 
Alfred University, Alfred, N. Y. 
Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. 
St. Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minn. 
Spelman College, Atlanta, Ga. 
Arnot Art Gallery, Elmira, N. Y. 
Kenneth Taylor Galleries, Nantucket, 
Mass. 
CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 
The Curatorial Department accessioned 1,118 new gifts to the 
Gallery during the fiscal year. Advice was given in the case of 233 
works of art brought to the Gallery for opinion, and 58 visits were 
made by members of the staff in connection with proffered works of art. 
Almost 1,000 research problems requiring reports were investigated 
in response to inquiries received by the Gallery. During the year, 
16 individual lectures were given by members of the curatorial staff, 
both at the Gallery and elsewhere. In addition Miss Elizabeth 
Mongan gave a seminar at Alverthorpe, Jenkintown, Pa., for Swarth- 
