SECRETARY'S REPORT 51 
There were 1,724 visitors to the main office during the year; the 
purpose of their visits was as follows: 
Hon Peneraiginformationcassst ee tae ee i ae eee ed oye i 787 
Mo/SeemcatminemMbershawss sie use He a ee 91 
Losreadhnetheslilbrary. ws _ 3% ee eee en 8 see ee PAG 
To make sketches and tracings from library books____-_-__._______ 9 
Tojfseevburlcings andiinstallations#es. 22 Ss = ee eee ee ee 24 
To make photographs in court and sketches in exhibition galleries___ 74 
To examine, borrow, or purchase photographs and slides____________ 333 
MOSUL TAG LO WC CUS MO Rae Neen TNT TT oa UO Te a eee 378 
FLOISeC TO DIECUSHIN SLOTALC = ees eens ese see eee ee clei PB 
Wiasliim'gt oma iiss sence bee or ye oe ere 29 
Far Eastern paintings and textiles______.___________-_ 48 
Near Eastern paintings and manuscripts_.___________ 21 
Mibetanypainbin pss s fo fk ey ee oe 3 
AMMEN CAnspaintMO Skye aetpae eee re ee Lee 20 
Wihistleriprintsi ss see oie ee bua 1 
Oriental pottery, jade, bronze, lacquer, and bamboo___ 96 
Allisculptureve Sass aek re Meee es Pees 8 
Symanveandvotheriglasss 0 a8 oe Lees eels ii 
SPECIAL VISITORS 
Two scholars made extended study visits to the Gallery during 
the year, as follows: 
Nov. 22, 1948—Jan. 26, 1949._ Mr. Shih-hsiang Wang, Curator of Paintings in 
the Palace Museum in Peiping, studied the 
construction and operation of the building as 
a whole and made a detailed study of the 
collection of Chinese paintings. 
Feb. 7—Mar. 4, 1949_.____--- Mr. Won-yong Kim, of the National Museum 
of Korea, studied the Gallery and the Far 
Eastern collections. 
DOCENT SERVICE AND OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES 
By request 16 groups met in the exhibition galleries for instruction 
by staff members. Total attendance was 358. 
On invitation the following lectures were given outside the Gallery 
by staff members: 
1948 
OcbAZO) de pe Sig td oe ere ten eee: Mr. Pope lectured at the Denver Art 
Museum, Denver, Colo., on (1) ‘“Pre- 
historic Pottery and Unglazed Wares of 
Shang, Chou and Han.’ (Illustrated.) 
Attendance, 150. 
Octe2ilas 2 Oe Re fue Bal ee Se Mr. Pope lectured at Denver Art Museum, 
Denver, Colo., on (2) “Beginnings of 
Glaze and of Porcelain and their Develop- 
ment through the Ming Dynasty.” (Illus- 
trated.) Attendance, 150. 
