SECRETARY'S REPORT 45 
THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS REFERENCE LIBRARY 
A total of 347 publications (219 volumes and 128 pamphlets) were 
accessioned, bringing the total National Collection of Fine Arts library 
accessions to 11,364. 
The most noteworthy gift this year was that of the Ferdinand Perret 
Research Library of the Arts and their Affiliated Sciences, from Fer- 
dinand Perret of Los Angeles, Calif. This library, a series of uniform 
portfolios, containing mounted reproductions of paintings and art 
objects, represents many years of work on the part of Mr. Perret. 
The volumes on painters and sculptors are arranged by schools and 
alphabetically according to the names of the artists. 
PRESERVATION 
In addition to much necessary repair and renovation to the per- 
manent collections, portraits were cleaned, restored, and revarnished 
for the following departments: State Department—Secretaries of 
State John Hay and Elihu Root, by unknown artists. Marine Corps, 
Department of the Navy—Generals Franklin Wharton and George 
Barnett, by L. H. Gebhard; George Elliott, by Richard N. Brooke; 
John A. Lejeune, by S. B. Baker; Archibald Henderson, by R. Le 
Grande Johnston, and John H. Russell, by Bjorn Egeli. United States 
Air Force—a minor correction was made to the uniform in the por- 
trait of Brig. Gen. R. E. Ramey. 
The portrait of Alvin C. York, by Joseph Cummings Chase, was 
cleaned for the Department of History, United States National 
Museum. 
INFORMATION SERVICE 
The requests for information of 1,422 visitors received special atten- 
tion, as did many similar requests by mail and phone; 332 art works 
were submitted for identification. 
The Director and Mr. Gardner, curator of ceramics, gave lectures 
on art topics during the year to a number of groups, including the 
District of Columbia Chapter of the American Association of Uni- 
versity Women, the art section of the Twentieth Century Club, a 
group of art students from the Washington Missionary College, 
Takoma Park, Md., the American Association of Music and Fine 
Arts, and the District Chapter of the National League of American 
Pen Women. They also served as judges or as members of juries of 
selection and award for a number of exhibitions held in Washington. 
Permission was given to four persons to copy art works in the 
collection. 
