REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 6 



ship and locomotive models, and a complete Mcrgenthaler linotype 

 (no. 9). Field work, though greatly limited from lack of funds, was 

 carried on chiefly through the cooperation and generosity of out- 

 side individuals, through grants from the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and through assistance from the P. W. A. It will be described in 

 detail in the special report of the Museum in Appendix 1. Visitors 

 to the several Museum buildings during the year totaled 1,841,306. 

 Under the ausi)ices of various educational, scientific, or Govermnent 

 agencies, 17 special exhibits were held during the year in the foyer 

 of the National Museum. 



National Gallery of Art. — Seven special exhibitions were held dur- 

 ing the year, representing the work of Clayton Knight, Alexander 

 Trowbridge, Emil Jacques, William Woollett, Elena and Bertha de 

 Hellebranth, Howard Fremont Stratton, and the artists enrolled in 

 the Civilian Conservation Corps camps. A number of art works 

 were accessioned subject to transfer to the Gallery if approved by 

 the National Gallery of Art Commission. Under the Catherine 

 Walden Myer fund, two early American miniatures were purchased 

 for the Gallery. The fourteenth annual meeting of the National 

 Gallery of Art Commission was held on December 11, 1934. 



Freer Gallery of Art. — The year's additions to the collection in- 

 clude Chinese bronzes, jade, and ceramics, Syrian glass, Arabic and 

 Persian manuscripts, Chinese, Indian, and Persian paintings, Persian 

 silver, and Arabic wood-carving. Curatorial work was devoted to 

 the study of Chinese, Japanese, Armenian, Arabic, and Persian ob- 

 jects, and of the texts and seals associated with them. During the 

 year 1,268 objects and 153 photographs of objects were submitted 

 to the curator for an opinion as to their identity, meaning, or his- 

 torical or esthetic value. Visitors totaled 130,346, and 78 groups 

 were given docent service. The special exhibition of Whistler's work 

 installed on May 14, 1934, in honor of the Whistler Centenary, was 

 taken down on December 26. 



Bureau of Amencan Ethnology. — Systematic researches conducted 

 by members of the Bureau staff included investigation of finds of 

 the eastern type of Folsom points in Virginia, inspection of mound 

 excavations near Macon, Ga., examination of archeological sites in 

 Georgia and Florida, researches on the ethnology of the Indians of 

 California and other related western Indians, and extensive study 

 and publication on the problem of Folsom man, based on explora- 

 tions at the Lindenmeier site, Colorado. Linguistic studies were 

 conducted on several Indian languages, including Timucua, Natick, 

 and Algonquian. Further researches were carried on relating to the 

 League of the Iroquois, and a number of Indian songs were recorded 



36923—36 2 



